Hello to all the busy, crafty people out there in blogland.
I feel as if a huge weight has been lifted from our shoulders, as John's medical
negligence case was all 'done and dusted' in Sydney earlier this week. For
more than 2 1/2 years we have experienced almost constant stress.
For the past few months I have managed to have spasmodic sessions in my craft
room, and by breaking my own rule of only creating 'one-of-a-kind' cards, I
have managed to finish the 54 cards that I mail or personally deliver.
Hopefully I can now try to get into the spirit of Christmas,
decorating the house, cooking, and shopping.
This card was not a production line creation, although to save time I did use a topper
from a sheet I bought several years ago at a craft show in England. It did
however take a fair amount of my time because I was rather 'out of practice'.
A close up look at the wintery spray I made from various die-cuts,
recycled Christmas decorations, and some tiny conifer cones from
our trees in one of our paddocks back on our farm.
A small section of the house on the topper.
Challenges I would like to enter
Die Cut Divas - 'Winter Time'
Kreativeinkauf #57 - 'Conifer'
Sparkles Monthly #98 - 'White Christmas'
The Holly and The Ivy #20 - 'Anything Goes, Christmas'
The Merry Christmas #46 - 'Anything Goes + Christmas'
Tuesday Throwdown #371 - 'Christmas Scene'
Winter Wonderland - 'Anything Christmas Goes'
Image - Topper Sheet (Unknown Brand)
Paper - Kaisercraft Letters To Santa
Dies - Cheery Lynn Cutie Fringe 2, Wreath Strip; Memory Box Woodland Branch; Impression Obssession DIE-021N; Sizzix Tim Holtz Holiday Greens; Spellbinder Decorative Labels Eight
Sentiment Tag - Craftworks Cards
Snow - Leane Creatief
Glitter - Tim Holtz Distress Stickles Clear Rock Candy
Red Berries and Gold 'Twigs' - recycled Christmas Decorations
Lace, gold bead, and pine cones - from my junk stash
I do hope your Christmas preparations are coming along nicely, and you are not getting too stressed. I also hope you are staying warm or cool, depending on what part of the world you live in.
'Til next time (soon I hope), thank you for your visit,
Hugs,
Jennifer. xx
So pretty & gorgeous Jennifer. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely creation with us at Sparkles Monthly Challenges.
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Cathy DT Member
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A beautiful card Jennifer, love that image and the gorgeous foliage! Thank you for joining us over at Sparkles Monthly Challenge and I hope we'll see you again soon, love Jacky x
ReplyDeleteWonderful scene on this card and fabulous spray of embellishments. Thanks ever so much for sharing it at Tuesday Throwdown Challenge. Good luck. Debi DT
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your super card with us at Winter Wonderland this time. You certainly don't look out of practice. Hopefully we will see you again soon. So pleased to hear you have had good news about your husband's illness. You must be so relieved. Christine DT xx
ReplyDeleteSuper duper fun! Thank you for linking at H&I. Jackie DT member xxx
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ReplyDeleteA really pretty card, thanks for sharing it at KE-C! Good luck!
ELFi
Smashing card with lovely details and design. A real winter feel to it. Thanks for joining us over at TMCC.
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Marie
I love all your die-cut creations to add to the card. So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas.
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