My first Christmas cards!!

Hi. Hope you're all well. Today, believe it or not, I'm not going to moan!! Not to tempt fate but the nurse thinks Mum's infection is looking a little better today so fingers crossed..... So I've had a little time to myself in the past few days so finally have made a start on my Christmas cards!

This first card is the cutest stamp from Elzybells. I bought it in their closing down sale. I coloured with copics and paper pieced their coats. I bought some Glamour Dust for the first time and love its fine quality- now I know what all the fuss was about! The papers I've used are Basic Grey and I stitched with my sewing machine. This is only the second time I've used it because I'm so hopeless with anything "stitching" related but with this wiggly line design I'm OK so will definately try and use more often now! Letters are a Sizzix strip die. Snowflakes are a mixture of a punch and sequins.

I'm going to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations- Christmas in August

Pollycraft- In Stitches

Charisma Cards- Die cuts

Winter Wonderland- Winter Wonderland

Moving Along With the Times- Glitter

Creative Card Crew- Sparkle and Shine

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Elzybells); Copics; Paper (Basic Grey); Assorted cardstock; Lettering (Sizzix); Punch; Snowflake sequins (The Works); Sewing machine; Glamour dust; Stickles; Gems (Lakeland)

Here is a little close up of the carol singers. Don't they look cute and cold?!

This next card is made with a stamp I absolutely adored from the first moment I saw it. I got it from The Glitter Pot the first day they stocked it. I decided to do a very simple card because the image is so beautiful and doesn't need a lot of fuss. I paper pieced and decoupaged her dress. Papers are by Bo Bunny. I created a present look by adding some strips of chocolate card. The bow at the top was an ancient freebie with a craft magazine which I coloured brown with copics. Sentiment is by Craftwork Cards.

I'm going to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations- Christmas in August

Papertake Weekly- 321- 3 hot fix crystals, 2 papers and 1 image

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Penny Black); Papers (Bo Bunny); Assorted cardstock; Hot fix crystals (London Bead Co); Sentiment (Craftwork Cards); Copics

And finally here is my Glitter Pot and Sarah's Cards stash that I bought the other day. Some papers including Bo Bunny, Doodlebug, Fancy Pants, Cosmo Cricket and My Mind's Eye and new Penny Black Christmas stamps. Funny how much 12x12" paper costs!!!!!

Have a fun rest of the week. I'm hoping to make some more Christmas cards! x