Welcoming Christmas into your heart.....

Today with the weather so so awful, I thought I would make another Christmas card that would fit the challenge on Sunny Challenges and Creations this week. This time I chose to use Garden Green for my card base, I topped that with Confetti Cream and the panels were cut from Holly Jolly DSP that I had on hand and is just about to retire. Using the Big Shot I cut a scallop oval in Garden Green and a medium oval in Confetti Cream which I ran through the Big Shot once again this time inside the Square Lattice embossing folder, because as you remember at least one embossing folder was to be used. The image I stamped twice in Garden Green and coloured the star yellow is from the soon to be retired Christmas Classics stamp set. One of the images I cut up in sections and layered it onto the bottom one with dimensionals just to give it a bit of a lift. The sentiment is from Heard from the Heart, and on the inside of the card on Very Vanilla Card stock I stamped the verse from Snow Swirled along with a snowflake in the top right hand corner.  The bow is Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon and the bow was placed in the centre of the top portion of the card to give it a 'bauble look'.It seems a bit sad to be saying goodbye to some of your favourite stamp sets, they are a little like comfy slippers really, they are always there when you wnat them. Nevermind on the 1st of September we will have a whole lot more new favourites that we will automatically reach for!

But Wait.............theres more!!

Sounds a bit like a TV add, doesn't it? Here are some Pics of my "Twisted End Box" that I created some months ago. I had no idea what to call these beautiful little boxes, so thats how they come to

be called what they are. I also created what I called the "Tobla Twist" for the obvious reason that Snak size Tobla's will fit in them, and they are the right shape as well. Those I created in error I suppose you could say, but error or not they are really lovely as well. If you would like the Tutorial on either of these boxes let mer know and I will send them to you. I used Crumb Cake, Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler Cardstock, the decorative panels in the centre are made from the Jolly Holidays Designer Paper. This DSP is Christmas! The colours are rich and inviting, and bring you to think about that Hollly Jolly time of the year! I have used various stamp sets and punches to finish these little beauties off. You could hang them from the tree, or use them to place little treasures in for Christmas. The tutorial I made for these boxes, gives measurements for 5 different sizes, and I feel that the largest of them could well be used as a Christmas Bon Bon with the addition of a small gift and the "cracker" strip. That is all for this time, I hope you have enjoyed reading about the samples that I made for the Regionals, and if you go to  Kris' blog you will see on there the beautiful altered note book that she made for me. There is also a matching pen to go with it and there were choccies as well but they are long gone! Thank you Kris!