Happy Christmas

I just wanted to wish 

you all a 

very 

Happy Christmas and a wonderful 2013.

A Christmas Order

Firstly I would like to apologise for the flash in the photo's.

 Below are a few cards I have made for a Christmas card order.They have all been left blank as requested. I have repeated the images but made each one different, whether it be backing papers ,stamped images or embellishments.

VINTAGE THEMED ATC'S

Here are a selection of vintage themed ATC's (ARTIST TRADING CARDS)  I made today. It is one of my favourite themes and colours.

I swap monthly with  some people in the UK and bi-monthly with people abroad.

They are small enough to collect 3 1/2 inches by 2 1/2 inches without needing much space for storage.

They are great to use up bits and pieces in your craft stash, and its a different challenge to things on this small scale.

First painting I have done for months.

 My feeble attempt on Vincent Willem van Gogh painting. Painted in acrylics on canvas

With Sympathy

Here are a few With Sympathy cards I have done.

I tried to keep these simple in design.

More Birthday cards

These completed the order I have done recently.

 Its a mixture of male and female themed Birthday cards.

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Get Well Soon Cards.

I have just completed a small order of mixed cards and here are the 12 Get well soon cards I have done as part of the order.
 They are mainly decoupaged.

A few cards I have made in the last two days.

Had a little creating binge over the past few days, here are some of the cards I have made.

Saving money on backing paper.

I always like to try and save pennies and also experiement with different backing materials, the card below is wrapping paper used as backing. 

I think it looks quite striking, and it really helps save money.

Simplicity

I have been making more Christmas cards and had a very productive day yesterday. The power was out most of the day so I decided to do some crafting and make good use of the time.

I made around 50 cards with using the same verse of scripture but all slightly different design

I left them very simple and I am pleased with the end result.

Mini Christmas Cards.

I have started making Christmas cards as I have many to make, I like to try to send as many hand made ones as possible to family and friends.

Below are six mini decoupage Christmas cards with matching envelopes.

Jumbo cards

Well your probaly thinking what are Jumbo cards , well they are 12 cms by 8.5 cms cards. I had a go at a private swap and here they are.

I might have a go at making postcards because they are a little different to sending a notelet to  a person.

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Powder blue Birthday Cards

I have used one of my favourite colours here for three birthday cards, and yes they are vintage ladies but I just love using these type of images.