Green in winter

This is another of my 'make one, make five for a pack' quick cards, this time using some vellum wrap that I've had in my Christmas stash box for at least four years - and I've still got plenty of it - and pictures from Dovecraft paper.

I know it's very simple, but sometimes 'less is more' and sometimes people want to buy cards like this rather than any 'busy' ones.

Update: Having seen indybev's comment on behalf of Three Muses, I feel I need to explain that in no way am I trying to advertise sales of my cards. I make and sell cards to raise funds for Tearfund, but this is within the home among friends and neighbours and I don't seek in any way to advertise my cards for sale here. I only mentioned what kind of cards people sometimes buy in order to explain the simplicity of this one.

It's for these challenges:

Moving along with the times 64: 'Christmas'
Other lovelies thoughtful Thursday 26: 'C - my C is for Christmas'
Bah! humbug 36: 'text'
The three muses 68: 'the printed word'
Daisy doodles 17: 'keep it simple'
I did it 22: 'keep it simple'
Secret crafter Saturday 101: 'anything goes'
Shabby tea room 27: 'fresh living' - nature and/or green
Corrosive 82: 'clean up the dust' - the vellum is at least four years old
Alphabet: 'U for unused stash' - the vellum is at least four years old

Across the miles ...

I thought I'd have a change from the packs of 5 Christmas cards and show a couple of individual ones I've made for 'across the miles'.

Papers are Craft Creations and the images were both rescued from old cards, so a bit of recycling going on here - I just liked the idea of the pillar boxes for the 'across the miles' theme.


I've come back to amend this with a photo of a close up of the cat image because you can't see on this can that there is glitter to represent snow - at least now you can see it on top of the pillar box, although it's not that clear on the ground:



These are for:

Fussy & fancy 19: 'Christmas colours'
Moving along with the times 64: 'Christmas'
Other lovelies thoughtful Thursday 26: 'C - my C is for Christmas'
Bah! humbug 36: 'text'
The three muses 68: 'the printed word'
Daisy doodles 17: 'keep it simple'
I did it 22: 'keep it simple'
Secret crafter Saturday 101: 'anything goes'
Ooh-la-la 62: 'stripes'
Wild flower Wednesday 32: 'stripes'
Little red wagon 46: 'I love those stars'
Glitterbabe 12: 'anything goes - don't forget the sparkle' - the second card
Aly's 25: 'sparkle & glitter' - the second card
For fun: 'you'll need your sunglasses forr this one - glitter, glitter, glitter, glitz' - the second card
Totally Gorjuss 48: 'wild thing (an animal)' - the cat on the second card
Pixie dust studio 40: 'fur or feathers' - the cat on the second card

Sparkly snow

Another 5 of this design, out of my 90 cards made yesterday.

The background paper is some left over from a couple of years ago (English paper company) and the chipboard snow and flakes were from packs bought cheaply recently from Hobbycraft - just the job for some more quick cards.

I'm not sure why the scan cut off some of the left side of the card (but I can't be bothered to do it again because the cards are now bagged and labelled) - the 'snow' is more central than it looks here - and it is also very sparkly.

I'm linking for these challenges:

Moving along with the times 64: 'Christmas'
Other lovelies thoughtful Thursday 26: 'C - my C is for Christmas'
Bah! humbug 36: 'text'
Winter wonderland: 'monochromatic'
Crafty Ann 23: 'monochrome'
Lots to do: 'monochrome'
One powerful hour: 'I got the blues'
Daisy doodles 17: 'keep it simple'
I did it 22: 'keep it simple'
Secret crafter Saturday 101: 'anything goes'
Glitterbabe 12: 'anything goes - don't forget the sparkle'
Aly's 25: 'sparkle & glitter'
For fun: 'you'll need your sunglasses forr this one - glitter, glitter, glitter, glitz'
City crafter 22: 'trees'
Corrosive 82: 'clean up the dust' - the paper from two years ago

Traditional Christmas colours

I thought I'd show some more of the 90 cards I made yesterday - I made 5 of this design - quick cards with a strip of last year's Christmas green paper on pearlised red card, with a tag - the bit that took the time was putting the gold peel off strips either side of the green card (yes, I know, the dreaded peel offs getting used up again!).

I'm linking for these challenges:

Fussy & fancy 19: 'Christmas colours'
Moving along with the times 64: 'Christmas'
Other lovelies thoughtful Thursday 26: 'C - my C is for Christmas'
Daisy doodles 17: 'keep it simple'
I did it 22: 'keep it simple'
Secret crafter Saturday 101: 'anything goes'
Corrosive 82: 'clean up the dust' - the scraps of paper and tags
Alphabet: 'U for unused stash' - the scraps of paper and tags
Creative inspirations 78: 'tag it!'
Limelight 56: 'tags'

Blue and green Christmas tags

I made a batch of these cards yesterday - three or one and two of the other, to make up a pack of five.

The strips of paper were over from last year (Dovecraft, I think) and the tags were from a QVC kit from last year.


I'm linking for these challenges:

Moving along with the times 64: 'Christmas'
Other lovelies thoughtful Thursday 26: 'C - my C is for Christmas'
Daisy doodles 17: 'keep it simple'
I did it 22: 'keep it simple'
Secret crafter Saturday 101: 'anything goes'
Corrosive 82: 'clean up the dust' - the peel off greetings, also the scraps of paper and tags
Alphabet: 'U for unused stash' - - the peel off greetings, also the scraps of paper and tags
Tanda teaser 15: 'blue and green'
Creative inspirations 78: 'tag it!'
Limelight 56: 'tags'
Kenny K's krafty girlz 11: 'stitch it' - faux stitching around tags

Snowdrifts

I made five of these cards yesterday - very simple Dovecraft paper picture with torn paper for the snowdrifts - I enjoyed the ripping and tearing (and peel off greetings that have been in the box for years because I don't like using them now, but they are OK for cards like this, particularly as I sell them in batches of five more cheaply than the individual cards).

The scan is a bit dark, but the paper is pure white irl.

I'm linking for these challenges:

ABC: 'D is for distressing'
Sparkle creations Christmas 42: 'distressed cards'
Moving along with the times 64: 'Christmas'
Other lovelies thoughtful Thursday 26: 'C - my C is for Christmas'
Daisy doodles 17: 'keep it simple'
I did it 22: 'keep it simple'
Secret crafter Saturday 101: 'anything goes'
Our daily bread 30: 'white and bright'