I wish it could be Christmas every day

Hmm, maybe not every day, but I do confess to getting all excited when the weather turns colder as it means that Christmas is getting closer.

I really enjoyed the taste of Christmas I got this weekend at my 'Get Set for Christmas' Papercraft Session. Spending a chilly Saturday tucked away with friends, crafting and listening to carols whilst nomming on mince pies - what could be better? Here are some of the cards we made on the day...

Everyone made cards in five different designs and some even managed to get all ten cards completed in 3 hours - that's good going!

I had some good news this week too. The card I made for the Last Chance Blog Hop was picked as one of the Top 3 in the Simply Stampin' Challenge Blog #23. This is the second time I've made the Top 3 so I'm doubly thrilled!

The Papercraft Session planned for 29th September will now be held at a different address so be sure to let me know if you'd like to book so that I can let you know where it will be. We're going to be making the most of those products which are retiring at the end of this month, and so will no longer be available. So many lovely stamp sets have already sold out, including one of my faves - Forest Friends, so be sure to get in quick if the one you want is on the retiring list.

Lift an Odd Girl Challenge

Some Odd Girl has an unusually titled challenge this week... Lift an Odd Girl! By 'lift' they mean 'be inspired by' and the challenge is to take inspiration from a card on one of the Odd Girl DT's blogs. I saw Asa's card and immediately thought of how I could use the ink spots stamp from 'French Foliage' to imitate the effect she got around her image. I also loved the sweet bow made from Twill tape. Here's my homage to Asa's card...

I masked off the 'Tiny Tia' image and then stamped around it using Crumb Cake both on the stamp and as a distress effect. To get the corrugated effect on the second layer I used my scoring blade on the paper trimmer to score lines across the card.I've then layered it up on So Saffron cardstock and added a sentiment from the 'Best Yet' stamp set (retired SU! set).

I coloured the image using my Promarkers and went for a subtle, almost monochrome colour scheme and I love the innocent look it gives.