Festive Warm Wishes

It's DEFINITELY Christmas time! I mean, it's December right? I gave my first gift today (a pre-Christmas gift, to cheer up a friend) and I also made my first Christmas card. The card itself doesn't yet have a recipient, but I'm sure it will do before 2014 is out.

The penguin, sentiment and red bow detail are all stamped images. I'd love to tell you from which set, alas, I cannot as I bought them from Summer Crafting in Doncaster earlier this year, and they were part of a bigger Christmas set that I purchased from the Stamposaurous stand. I also picked up a autumnal set, a nautical set and a general birthday set and they were all completely unbranded and 4 for £10! Bargain.

 I use them almost every time I make a card because there are so many options. But if anyone recognises the set, please do let me know where they are from as I would love to add to my collection.

For the gold bow, I used the Bow Maker from www.crafting.co.uk which I bought today (in the shop, not online) and it's amazing and so easy to use. I will be using it on all of my Christmas presents too!

A day for firsts!

Well hello there, this is my first blog post! And firstly I would like to share the first card I made in quite some time. I made this card a few weeks ago and I love it.

This centre point of this card is a stamped image, using distress ink in vintage photo and also my favourite Dreamee's stamp set - Bicycle, with comes complete with the 'Serendipity' sentiment.

'Serendipity : Finding something good without looking for it. (A happy accident) '

The full list of what I have used on this card includes :-

Dreamee's Bicycle Stamp Set
Kraft Card
Backing Papers - The Works 'Pretty in Pinks Set
Washi Tape - The Works 'Pretty in Pinks Set
Flower - The Works 'Pretty in Pinks Set
Glitzy Embellishment - The Works
Purple Cardstock - Create and Craft
Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Pastel Buttons

As you can tell, I had abit of a 'The Works' fest with this one. They have some great products at great prices, not a huge range but I think they refresh it often, and have all of the craft staples you will need. I even think I got my guillotine from there!

Kate x