This time around on the
Jingle Belles blog, we are challenged to use our crafty Christmas presents to make a card - a great excuse to get them to work straight away.
I received a voucher for my favourite local scrapbook store,
Scrapabilly, and treated myself to some papers, pretty alphas, a sprinkle of Prima dots and a couple of stamps. I never buy stamps as I'm really not that good at it, but I'm determined to practice and get better. Seemed like a perfect time to start.
My stamping is still not perfect (as you can see here) but these
Cats on Apple Trees stamps are so good that I'm sure I can master it before long.
I've kept them super simple as always, going for a standard design and restricting myself to my Christmas paper scraps box. I also made sure to use my stitched effect circle dies which I got just before Christmas and am determined to really make the most of them. I'm usually too stingy to buy these types of products so they really need to earn their keep for me!
Thanks for dropping by and I hope I can continue this effort, even if it's only once or twice a month!
awesome use of your scrapbox for lovely holiday cards ... so very glad you joined us at Jingle Belles.
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely colours for a Christmas card, and I really like your stitched die. The rings and the sentiment look pretty perfectly stamped to me! It's also interesting to see how the different colours of circles behind the cream stitched one affect the overall feel. All kudos to you for managing to face Christmas in January!
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