Christmas Cards for Pagans

I have a couple of friends who are Pagans and who don't really want to celebrate Christmas, but I don't want them to miss out on cards, so I have made these "Winter Wishes" cards which I hope they would like instead.

I now have a blog where I sell cards suitable for Pagans to send or receive over Christmas time at pagancards.blogspot.co.uk

Modern & Bright ..

Not my usual style, but I wanted to use up some freebie papers from a magazine and get out of my comfort zone! 

I think these Christmas cards will probably end up going to some of the teenagers in the family.

Scraps Away!

A few more Christmas cards made up with left over scraps from other cards! Feeling chuffed about making a small dent in my paper pile!

Bearly Mine has a fabulous pile of candy which even includes a new Epson printer!!!

Scrappy card

At long last, a  Christmas card made using up some paper scraps rather than creating them!

Lucky Me!

I was lucky enough today to win a free NitWit Potting Shed  download from Papercraft Essentials today - I love Nitwits and have several of their digital collections already.

Then I was told that a card of mine has been picked as the Star Card in the latest edition of Making Cards Magazine! As good things come in threes, I ought to rush out and buy a lottery ticket !!

A Herd of Reindeer

I've now had a bit of a Rudolf phase in my Christmas card making as you can see!

Sorry - yet more red Christmas Cards!

It will be a red, red Christmas..

For some reason I seem to be making a lot of red Christmas cards at the moment - not sure why?

 I don't know about you, but I never know how a card will turn out when I start, I just start with the main image and play around with papers and embellishments until  I like the results!

Tatty Button - Robins Present

I was lucky enough to get one of the Craft Barns Goodie Bags on Saturday - they sell out very quickly! 

For only £15 I got over £50 of stuff including a lovely Tatty Button stamp called Robins Present. As soon as the parcel was delivered in Thursday I just had to have a play.

I had great fun colouring her in with Promarkers in different colourways and making up these Christmas cards.

Getting into the Christmas Spirit ....

Getting into the swing of Christmas card making, although it still feels too warm at the moment ( I mustn't complain though!)

Went to a car boot sale this morning and got some real bargains - a pair Swarovski snowflake candlesticks for £2.50 ( they sell for about £20 each on eBay) and a large pad of A4 Xmas papers, snowflake punch and set of Christmas embellishments for only £2, well pleased!

Christmas is Coming .....

So it is time to dig out the Christmas stash, the snowflakes and the glitter and start making some cards, because before you know it, it will be the night before Christmas and you will still be rushing around making Aunt Mary's card!

My friend Laura and I got together on Monday and had great fun swapping bits - she has got a great collection of embossing folders so I spent ages cranking away at the Cuttlebug. Laura had never tried Promarkers  - so she sat there colouring little robins! 

There was also time for a piece of Chocolate cake, because I'm sure Chocolate aids creativity!

A Few More NeighbourWood Cards

Using up my bargain  NeighbourWood  chipboards - plus a few bits of papers from my paper  stash mountain!

Men Ahoy!

I used this kit from a magazine to put together a selection of cards for men - you know how hard it is to make cards for blokes, not all of them want a card with a fast car or footballer on!

At least I now have a few spares to keep by for the men in my family.

More Cards made with ATC's

ATC by Cazro

ATC by Mollicat

Another selections of cards designed around ATC's made by some of my Docraft buddies. These will also be going off to the local Cancer Care charity

ATC by Juliaamy

ATC by Kathleen2006

ATC by Dumbo

ATC by AngyB

Beatles 18th Birthday Card

You know how difficult it is to make cards for the men in your family, especially if they are a teen age boy? Well, I have been pondering on the design for for my sons 18th birthday card for ages and started to panic when I realised that it is only 10 days away now!

He is a big Beatles fan and like most teenagers, music plays a big part in his life so the card had to have a Beatles theme. I do hope he likes this. 

He is now awaiting his A level results and applying for jobs - he has another interview tomorrow, so fingers crossed!

Daisy & Dandelion Cards

This months edition of Simply Cards and Papercraft has a pad of  20 free Dandelion & Daisy images. They are not really my cup of tea, but I thought I would have a go and use them to make more cards for the Cancer Campaign charity (see previous post).

I just bought some Spectrum Noir pens, so it seemed a good excuse to use them too!

I thought I would also  *cough*  modestly mention that a card of mine is featured in the same mag to celebrate their 100 issue. I always get a bit of a thrill to see my name in print. It's the closest I will get to being famous!

Turning ATC's into Cards

toppers made by Furryboots & SandyPonty

I have been making and swapping ATC's for over 4 years now (mainly through the docrafts website) and have amassed quite a collection now.

 I regularly make cards for a local cancer care charity and have been asked to make more for their summer fund raising activities.

These cards have been made around the ATC's made by several of my online friends who have kindly agreed that I can use them in my cards - I think they show what a talented bunch they are and the variety you can put into these small pieces of artwork!

These ones are by Furryboots and Bottledolphin

Centrepieces by Grandma Jo and Juliaamy