16 December General cards

Mens Waistcoat

Fold collar corners to meet in centre of shirt. Add pencil lines to indicate edges of waistcoat. Mock buttons are sticky gold gems.

Motorbike

china blue, tyres cool grey 4 or ice grey 3, bike frame ice grey 2 or 1, saddle black, barn door ink of heatwave promarker to edges.

Shopping bags

3D foam pads between squares on the bags.

Ornate frame

Cardinal red, pear green or marsh green, edges cardinal red pen and sakura clear pen to add sparkle.

Lilies

Marsh green leaves, flowers ivory, flower centres heatwave or burnt orange. Edges of flowers antique linen ink, edges of background card gathered twigs ink or chalk.

9 December Christmas bow cards

Holly bow,holly paper and stamped bauble

Stamp and emboss with white embossing powder onto green circle, red glaze pen to berries and embossed white card

Bow tree

Berry Red promarker pen around edge. Tree pot walnut stain ink pad.

Green spotty bow with stamped holly

Marsh green holly leaves and berry red to berries, stem is umber, red glaze pen to berries.

 Cracker

Holly leaves marsh green, large berry eggnog or primrose, sakura clear pen to berries, star dust stickles to white embossed card.

Diamonds bow with die cut holly

Spray and sparkle to red embossed card and merry Christmas square.

25 November Christmas stitched cards

Stitched bauble

In at 1 out at 14, edges brilliance gold ink or chalk, tie gold thread around cracker ends then fray.

Stitched cracker

Take prongs off tree then apply 3d foam pad.

Stitched Candle

Use die cut holes to add stitches to borders, use gold on red layer and red on white layer.

Candle trio

Place border strip to cover join of the die cut mesh pieces, stick red card under candles and gold under flames, add green holly leaves and berries.

Gold Bauble - not stitched

Sentiment is stamp embossed with gold embossing powder, festive berries or barn door ink to sentiment edges, stick bow on with glue gun., circle of text goes into centre of embossed layer (make sure text is right way up). 3D foam pads under bauble, gold thread goes under ribbon and through top of bauble. Stickles to embossed layer crystal, diamond or stardust.

18 November music Christmas cards

Piano

Stick music to top right of card, cut out piano shape and stick to card, keyboard along bottom, cover join with text or plain strip, cut out poinsettia colour large marsh green and small berry red add sakura clear pen to poinsettia.

Nativity silhouette

Scattered straw or antique linen ink or chalk to music then spray with spray and sparkle. Trim the silver borders to fit with corners. Peel off star fits in centre of die cut one.

Bethlehem town

trees marsh green and fire wood or umber, windows and path ice grey 2 or 3, buildings sleigh bell, spice, sandstone, capri blue, putty, heatwave, chalk to music centre and frayed burlap ink or chalk to edges, spray and sparkle to music and buildings, peel off star in centre of die cut star.

Candle trio

Gathered twigs ink or chalk to edge of music, apply frosted sheet to music and trim to fit. Marsh green to holly leaves, festive berries or red pen to edges of embossed sheet. Stick a piece of red card behind each candle, gold card under flames, stardust or crystal or diamond stickles to berries and embossed sheet. Gold star covers no 7.

Choir boy

Brushed corduroy ink or chalk to edge music, choir boy is berry red, hair sandstone, book china blue medal sunflower or canary, ribbon aubergine or plum preserve, shoes umber, trousers grey squirrel, skin blush or satin, frosted sheet to music, edge embossed layer chipped sapphire ink or chalk, 3d foam pads under choir boy, stardust or crystal stickles to choir boy trim and stars.

11 November Epsom Salts

Snowmen

Church

White Tree

Violin and music

3 Wise men

4 November Christmas Paper weaving and piecing

Gold bauble on cream card.

Edges of embossed paper strips and bauble, when you have woven the strips trim to fit under cream frame.

Triangles tree.

Make sure the outer triangles cover the red edges,the stars on the joins will hide any gaps, edge, sakura clear pen to dots on green paper and holly leaves. Frosted lace stickles to snowflakes,rocket red brilliance ink pad to edge.

Woven bauble

Woven tree.

When the strips are woven trim to fit under die cut, trim off a tiny bit of each corner die cut so that they join up.

Away in a manger

Edges of music scattered straw ink or chalk, sakura clear pen to leaves, stickles to snowflakes diamond, crystal or star dust.

21 October Fabric Christmas cards

General fabric instructions

Cut wadding to fit aperture, put double sided tape around the edges of aperture and on back of wadding and the outer edges. Use straight border peel off for bauble hangers.

Robin

Marsh green for holly leaves and trees, berry red for robin and berries, breast blush or sand dune, bird back and fence umber , legs henna, branch and bottom of fence posts caramel or cinnamon, windows sunflower or canary, path and sky is chalk, sakura clear pen to snowflakes in the sky, house and church walls anything pale, frosted lace stickles for snow on roofs and trees, bundles sage ink or chalk to robin frame, put 3d foam pads under the frame.

Mary and Joseph

Mary's dress cornflower, hands and faces satin, Mary's hair and Joseph s beard cocoa, baby's wrap china blue, Mary and Joseph's under garments red sweater, Joseph's outer clothing aubergine or sugar plum or plum preserve, building and babies hair pineapple crush or mustard,door is tawny owl ground tan,greenery marsh green, moon is sleigh bell or canary, clear sakura pen to stars on picture, edges black soot ink or chalk. Once coloured spray lightly with spray and sparkle.

14 October Christmas decorative double fold cards

Mary and Joseph

Cornflower blue to edges of clothing, faces and hands satin, beard sandstone, Mary's gown lavender, Joseph's coat pastel beige, baby shawl Capri blue, sakura clear pen to halos, edges frayed burlap ink or chalk. Once coloured spray lightly with spray and sparkle before sticking to card.

Red bauble

Iris folding using single layer of paper, straight border peel off to make hanging string.

Square Christmas Rose

Marsh green to fine greenery, holly leaves forest green AND marsh green, berries berry red, you have an extra printed flower from which you cut 3 flower heads to lay in top of the full base picture (use 3d foam pads) flowers primrose or eggnog. Red glaze pen to berries, sakura clear pen to flower centres, old paper ink or chalk to edges.

Paper strips tree

The longest strip of paper is 2” each subsequent strip of coloured paper is ¼” shorter than the one below. Frosted lace stickles to snowflakes.

Lamp post with tree

Marsh green to under edge of tree, wreath forest green, lamp bulb stars and ribbon on wreath

sunflower or canary, fence walnut or chestnut or burnt sienna, ground frosted leaf, lamp post frozen lake or pastel blue or icicle, sky is chalk sakura clear pen to falling snowflakes, lamp glass satin, frosted lace stickles as snow on tree.

7 October Christmas star fold cards

Green and red star

Tiny peel off star to paper star centre.

Blue and Silver star

Stardust stickles to snowflakes. Small peel off star to paper star centre

Bauble trio

The flourish is stamp embossed or use die cut flourish. Thread the thread to hang baubles through flourish, put 3d foam pads under baubles. Star peel off to bauble centres little gems red corner swirls and stamped flourish.

Heart tree

stick the brown square tree base to card then place 4 large hearts upside down in a row above tree base, then stick the remaining hearts upside down to create the tree shape. Barn door or festive berries ink to edges.

Holly and ribbon corner

General greenery marsh green, holly leaves holly, ribbon and berries berry red, red stickles to holly berries frosted lace stickles to snowflakes.

30 September Side step cards

Flowers in a frame

Bluebell, forest green, amber, heatwave, sunflower, Capri blue, edges of flower frame old paper ink or chalk. Edges of sentiment scattered straw ink or chalk, waterfall stickles to blue flower centres, diamond stickles to other flowers and butterfly antenna.

 

Cupcake

Berry red flowers, icing frozen lake blue or powder blue. Dots between flowers green shoot or apple green, fruit on top lime zest and pear for edge, cake case umber or fire wood, ribbon sleigh bell, red glaze pen to dots on flowers, sakura clear pen to dots between flowers, edges barn door ink.

Hiking Bear

Teddy raw sienna, burnt sienna in ears and boots, trousers marsh green, rucksack reef blue, shirt and hat berry red, bedding roll frosted jade, various colours to other bits, edges peeled paint ink or chalk.

Clock

Antique linen ink all over clock then coffee painted on outer clock dial. Black brad to clock centre. Edges of sentiment antique linen ink or chalk.

Ordinary flower card

Leaves pressed leaf or apple cider, flowers pale pink or baby pink or pastel pink, edges peeled paint ink or chalk. Sakura clear pen to dots and flower centres.