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Christmas Cookies – 30 Day Christmas Cardmaking Challenge

Today’s card started off as 2 separate elements which I chose to combine for Day 25 of the #30DayChristmasCardmakingChallenge theme of Christmas Cookies. This gingerbread man is one of my favourites and he’s just such a happy chappy. I wanted the tag to have a vintage look so I watercoloured some Fluid 100 Cardstock to…

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Christmas Gifts Sketch – 30 Day Christmas Cardmaking Challenge

I thought I may struggle with this sketchfor the #30DayChristmasCardmakingChallenge However, with a little bit of thought I was able to recreate it using the presents from the Beary Cute stamp set. The image was stamped in Night of Navy ink on Fluid 100 Cardstock then watercoloured with Tahitian Tide and Night of Navy ink…

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Perched in a Tree – 30 Day Christmas Cardmaking Challenge

For the Day 22 colour combo of the 30 Day Christmas Cardmaking Challenge, I pulled out one of my favourites and therefore well-used stamp sets – Perched in a Tree. This little bird has provided me hours of creativity and for this card I chose to watercolour it to add some subtle colour. Watercolouring is…

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Feeling Holly – 30 Day Christmas Cardmaking Challenge

I went with a classic colour palette for this card throwing green out the window for the Feeling Holly theme of the #30DayChristmasCardmakingChallenge. This was quite an unusual palette for me and I absolutely loved how it turned out. The black leaves from the Leaves of Holly stamp set (retired) looked so good that I…