The Sparkles Christmas Challenge #165 has just gone live and the theme this month is
Use the Word 'Christmas' on your creation!
I don't want to panic anyone but it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - as of today you have 2 months to start getting your Christmas cards done if you haven't been making them throughout the year. I thrive on last minute stress - just kidding! I am ever so grateful to Caz and the design team at Sparkles and all the design teams who have made making Christmas cards throughout the year - for their inspiration, hard work and for showing me what I absolutely must add to my burgeoning Christmas craft stash!
I visited my son in Scotland during August and while there was able to "shop" for stash that is difficult to find in Europe post-Brexit and yes much of it was Christmas related so watch this space! I also picked up some (as many as I could find) craft magazines and this die was a freebie with one of them!
The two dies in the set pack a lot of punch and don't need much IMO, so all I did was add a little Distress Ink to the base layer and stack the sentiment layer - easy peasy lemon squeezy (or lime squeezy in this case)! I think this die will lend itself to doing something like I did last month so will try it again if I find an appropriate tartan panel in my stash!
If after visiting the Sparkles Challenge Blog you're still in need of inspiration, you can see all my Christmas cards and how I made them by hitting the "Christmas" Label (just below the archive list) or click here!
I'd like to enter these fab challenges
Kate
