Christmas Concertina Card

 On Wednesday afternoon I hosted a private Crafternoon Tea party for a group of 9 ladies who work together. There was a mix of experienced crafters, casual crafters and total novice crafters so coming up with a project to do in 2 hours, along with a cream tea was a bit of a challenge. I turned to an old faithful project which I first shared in Sale-A-Bration 2014 and I even have a video on how to make it which you can find HERE

This is how the card looks before you open it, almost like a little book tied up with our lovely Real Red Stitched Satin. When you open the card you get the full wow factor of the Concertina style.

We used the Candy Cane Lane papers, the card uses one whole piece of 12x12 paper plus a little card for the layers and then I cut up one of the pieces to add the little images onto the design. We have also used the Stitched with Cheer stamp set for the little background stars which currently has 10% off until Monday 28th November.

I thought you might like to see the set up for the event that I ran. I love setting up my tables with the vintage china and making it a special event for my customers. I don't love the washing up quite so much!

I called upon my friends at Tarte and Berry (look them up on Google) to supply some gorgeous Mince Pie Slice and Salted Caramel Brownies to add to the usual scones that I supply.

 They went down very well and everyone seemed to have a great time. Thank you for visiting me ladies, hope to see you again soon.

Cookie Cutter meets Cable Knit

Good Morning. Today I am sharing the final make from last weeks Tuesday Club where I featured the wonderful Cable Knit embossing folder. I am loving using this folder for backgrounds on my cards and like many of my customers it wasn't on my original shopping list but I soon changed my mind when I saw all the wonderful projects made with it.

I am also loving this little reindeer and I also am still loving the reaction of my customers when I tell them its the Gingerbread man upside down! They often have to look twice!

Now I would have never used Delightful Dijon as a Christmas colour but I am loving it in the Warmth and Cheer papers so I added it to this card, think it makes a lovely change.

Inside the card got a lot of love as usual but I think I went a little overboard with the stars as there is not much room left to write in the card now!

Thank you to my shoppers who have used this months code so far! 

Merry Medley Background

Good Morning to you. Today is an exciting day for me as its the first day of my Annual Weekend Retreat which is now in its 4th year. I will be welcoming my ladies at a local hotel later on this afternoon and we will spend Friday to Sunday crafting away! Bliss! Hoping to get the dates for next years asap so watch this space!

As soon as I saw the Merry Medley background stamp I knew I had to purchase it and it hasn't disappointed. This is my first card with it, stamped it in Versamark and embossed with White embossing powder.

 Its not the easiest of cards as you are embossing a very large area and you have to make sure you get the full stamp inked up well.

I used the Holly Berry Happiness for the holly and the Stitched with Cheer stamps for the greeting.

Hope you like today's make, I will be back soon with something we are making at the retreat!