Christmas Baubles

Hi folks,

I think I reached the last of my "bulk" makes for Christmas 2017. These use the CTMH Silver and Gold paper collection.

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Joyful Tidings

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I know Christmas is officially over but I do still have cards to share.

These are my cards using the CTMH "Joyful Tidings" card making kit. I like to use different sentiments on my cards so that they are all different, even if the layout is the same.

As always - thanks for stopping by!

Be Merry

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I think this one says it all!

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Silvery Snowy Wishes

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Back again today to share more of my cards I made with the CTMH Silver & Gold PML cards.

This time it's the silver version.

These cards were inspired by those shared by the fabulously creative Julie Carriere.

As always, thanks for stopping by.

Golden Christmas Wishes

Hi folks,

Just popping in to share some cards I made using the CTMH Silver & Gold PML cards.

These are my gold cards. I paired up the gold PML cards with kraft card stock. I quite liked the look.

These cards were inspired by those shared by the fabulously creative Julie Carriere.

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Silver and Gold Christmas Trio

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Back today to share a few more cards I made at the pajama crop back in November. For these I used the Silver and Gold paper collection from CTMH.

I wasn't thrilled with the grey card on the left so I made another sample with the red card stock. I liked that version a bit more so, in the end, I went with making a few more of that style. I'll share those on another day.


As always, thanks for stopping by!

Sending Tidings of Comfort & Joy

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Just popping in today to share the other card style featured in the Joyful Tidings WYW Cardmaking Kit.

I love this fun colour combo! And, once again, while the kit suggests using the scalloped border Thin Cuts, I used my scallop border punch to replicate the look AND I hand cut the banner as I did not yet have the banner Thin Cuts (I do now!).

Warm Winter Wishes

Hi folks,

The Christmas cards continue - but with a different paper collection! This card features the paper collection "Silver and Gold" and is from the "Joyful Tidings" cardmaking WYW.

I quite like this colour combo and that little bit of bling is just right.

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Shopping Emily - It's Your Birthday!

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Today I'm sharing another card for an October birthday.

I haven't played with my stamps from Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps in a while but I thought this one would be perfect for my turning 13 niece.

card details:

• finished size: 6 x 6 inches, black cardstock base
• patterned paper: CTMH Adventure Fundamentals and Silver and Gold
• embellishments: CTMH Gold Heart Clips
• stamps: Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Shopping Emily (sentiment from another stamp - Party Time Oliver)

As always, thanks for stopping by!

September Cross Canada Blog Hop

Hi folks,

Welcome to our September Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring artwork created from products found in the 2017 Holiday Expressions Idea Book. To purchase any of the items seen in our hop today, please contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts as we love to get feedback from our readers.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this IS a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada, then please start at the beginning and join Michelle. If you came from Nicky then you are in the correct place!

If you are a frequent visitor, you know I am a card-maker so the first thing I look at when the new Holiday Expressions Idea Book is released are the ideas for Christmas cards.

I saw the Cut Above Tag Kit - Merry Everything and immediately set about coming up with ways to use the tag kit to make a bunch of this year's Christmas cards.

Here's the kit contents:

and the suggested tags you can make (with a couple of mini stamps)

And here are the TEN cards I made!

The first five feature the papers from the Silver and Gold Collection with a little ruby card stock to add a bit of pop.

These last five feature papers from the Beary Christmas Collection. Again, with some ruby and fern card stock to add a bit of pop.

In case you are wondering about the various embellishments and stamps I've used on these cards, here's a list:

• gold glitter gems
• gold shimmer trim
• silver shimmer trim
• M1184 - Merry Christmas
• M1183 - Merry Everything
• M1182 - Mistletoe Kisses
• M1181 - Ho Ho Ho
• M1176 - Little Saint Nick
• M1175 - Season's Greetings
• G1142 - Joyful Tidings WYW Cardmaking Kit Stamp set
• and, of course, coordinating inks in Ruby, Cranberry, Fern, Charcoal, and Black
• G1141 - Merriest Wishes WYW Cardmaking Kit Stamp set

Oh - and my cards are all 5 x 5 inch square.

Phew! Did you make it to the end of this post? Yay! Now I'll send you along your way to Diana.

If you get lost along the way, just pop over to Michelle S blog as she has the entire list of participants.