Day 10 - Wreaths

I had a wonderful time creating this wreath from scraps of green cardstock and a couple of foliage punches.  I added a simple sentiment stamped on a scrap of cardstock and some self-adhesive pearls to give the impression of baubles.

 

 

YOUR TURN: Create your own wreath card.

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Comment Winner - Day 8

Congratulations Ursula!
Your comment has won you a digital image of your choice.

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Love your traditional card Beccy, I love them too. Being in South Africa, we are much like you, with hot days and we have our traditional meal on Christmas eve..the European style. Christmas day is much more relaxed, spending the day with family and friends...of course eating far too much. Love all the Traditional things that go with a Northern Hemisphere Christmas. Ursula xx

Day 9 - Embossing

Embossing is quick and easy and adds lots of great texture and dimension to your paper craft projects.  For my card, I've used heat embossing for the bird and sentiment, and dry embossing to add the pattern in the background.

 

YOUR TURN:  Create a card that is either heat or dry embossed... or both!
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New Release: Stanley Claus

Stanley is such a cute little fellow, and so easy to colour and cut out for dimensional card making.  Check out all the great cards my designers have made with this little guy.  They've come up with lots of wonderful ideas for how to use him on their holiday cards.

 

Stanley Claus

Available in Store Now

 

 

Christine's Card

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Two cards from Gail K.

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Gail S.'s Card

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Ilaria's Card

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Renee's Card

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Susan's Card

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Saturday Weekly Winners

Congratulations to our first group of Saturday weekly winners!

Skye (card 18)

Karin (card 29)

Julianne "Jools" (card 53)

Please visit my online store to select either one full set of digital stamps or three individual images and email your choice to me at beccymuir@yahoo.com.

Comment Winner - Day 7

Congratulations Jennifer!
Your comment has won you a digital image of your choice.

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Wow, Beccy, I love your card with the beautiful colouring and design. I haven't seen, or used the cracked glass technique for ages...you have inspired me to revisit that very effective technique again!
Hugs,
Jennifer. x

Day 8 - Traditional

Even though I've lived all my life in Australia where Christmas falls in the summertime and we more often than not end up with a hot day followed by a storm in the afternoon, I still follow many traditional European customs.  We roast a turkey with all the trimmings for lunch, decorate our house with snowmen and fur clad Santas, and send cards that are decorated with frozen forests, glistening winter scenery and snow.  And why?  Because in my family, it's tradition!

 

 

YOUR TURN: Create your version of a traditional Christmas card.

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Comment Winner - Day 6

Congratulations Sue!
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Yes, I certainly can relate to this. I have far too many papers that are just for looking at!
Your card is gorgeous, such beautiful papers and wonderful design.
Sue xx

Day 7 - Vintage Christmas

The vintage-look is one of those old classics that's always in fashion.  There are countless examples of wonderful vintage cards on the internet as well as a multitude of gorgeous images from days gone by.  To create your own vintage look, choose muted or toned colours, classic shapes and old fashioned images.  Distress the edges of your cardstock and patterned papers with inks, sanding tools or by tearing.  Ribbons, pearls, old buttons and lace are also lovely additions that fit the theme well.

 

 

 

YOUR TURN:  Get vintage!

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Comment Winner - Day 5

Congratulations Debi!
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After having my grandsons here for the last 10 hours, I finally got to my computer and found this adorable gift on your blog. Thank you very, very much. I'm off to print Stanley and take some time in my craft room to de-stress. Hugs, Debi

Day 6 - Patterned Papers

I love collecting beautiful Christmas papers and have quite a stash in my studio... most of it hasn't been used because it's just too darn pretty to cut!

I created this card from a gorgeous pad of 6"x6" papers called Cozy Xmas by Karola Witczak.  I happened to find it in a tiny little store on one of my crafting excursions... it was the last one on the shelf!

 

 

YOUR TURN: Create a card using patterned paper and a minimum of embellishments.

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Random Winners

I'm too impatient to wait until Saturday for the first weekly winners so I've decided to give out some early prizes... and since I can't choose between all the beautiful cards that have already been entered I'm just going to give a prize to everyone who has entered so far!

 

Congratulations to:

Granmargaret

Dorothy S.

Created Just 4 U

Suze

Kellys Creative Designs

Crafty

KT Fit Kitty

Suzana (Floare de colt)

NanaConnie

Swissie

Skye

 

Please visit my online store and select a set of digital stamps.  Email your choice to me at beccymuir@yahoo.com.

 

All the cards that are entered remain eligible for prizes throughout the entire month, so get your entries in early!  There are daily, weekly and monthly prizes... plus random prizes from time to time.  Let's get those Christmas cards made and ready to send by the end of November!