3 new cards to show

My first card is one I made for Michael - husband of my American friend Aimeslee.  Aimeslee happened in conversation to tell me that Michael loved Lighthouses -  and so do I.  It just so happened that I had obtained a greyscale image of a lighthouse that I had hand coloured with my pencils so I made it into a card and sent it off to Texas.

Here  it is:

As I told Aimeslee -  I was 'chuffed' that Michael liked it.

 

My second card is made using Serif Craft Artist 2. 

 

 I used the folder Butterfly Paradise.  I played about a little, taking out this and moving that to my liking.  I added the sentiment using my ACDSee Graphics programme.   I had recently purchased some wonderful die-cut butterflies from Katy Sue so I used three of them as my finishing touch.  I can highly recommend the sheets of butterflies and here is the link.

My third and last one was made using my Docrafts Digital Designer.  My favourite images from this designer are Tatty Ted.  They are all wonderful.  This is what I made;

I printed out Tatty Ted Twice and  used my Pinflair punch to punch out the flowers to decoupage.  Once I had fixed them on I used some Cosmic Shimmer twinkles in the centres. Everything comes from the Digital designer except the coloured borders which come from my ACDSee.

I hope you like them.

Carol xx

CD Sunday Plus Challenge - #117 - hosted by Carol

Our lovely teamie Jo still isn't up to par - although on the mend - so I am hosting again.

I have another La Pashe decoupaged Christmas card to share with you.  As you will know by now La Pashe items are a favourite of mine.

Here it is:

It measures 6" x 8.5" with at most 3 layers. It comes from the 'Big One' CD and the 'Remember When' folder.

 

I just like the boldness and simplicity and it just shouts 'Christmas'.

I have made most of my Christmas cards now so I am using the  time for  making some more 3 point cards and some stitch card work.  The 3 point cards I toyed with back in 2021 and always planned to come back to them.  I am trying some different stitch cards. That is with more involved patterns.

And of course the Jigsaws.   I never get tired of those.  I am an avid collector  of Audio CDs covering many genres and I listen to them whilst jigsawing or crafting.  I have the almost complete set of 'Agatha Raisin' novels on Audio - read by Penelope Keith - 32 of them -  and listen to them time and again.

In between writing this and before publication I have managed to track down the last Agatha Raisin Audio book and am now avidly waiting for its arrival.  This is Book No: 33 and as sadly the authoress has died there will be no more.

I look forward to your comments and seeing your entries.

Hugs

Carol xx

Some more stitch cards for the Christmas Box

 

A 'Stitch and Do' pattern - from the 05 set.  The central 3D image from ??

A Linzoos download.  It took a long time - more than the usual patterns I use.  But once started I felt I had to finish.  This pattern had beads which I haven't used for some time.  Again I can't remember where the 3D die-cut image came from.

Now have 56 Christmas cards completed for 2023.

p.s. In my post of 22nd July I showed you a new jigsaw  I was doing called 'The Crown' - purchased via Amazon. Not made by Amazon.  I finished it and was very disappointed in the quality of the whole puzzle. They use recycled board in the manufacture - which is to be admired - but it meant that the basis of the puzzle wasn't stable and the cut wasn't good. The purple border paper was so poor and thin that I had to repair most of it with my purple Polychromos pencil.  I am not saying anything I haven't said to Amazon and they have published my comments.  I had ordered a similar puzzle of my home county Surrey,  but I sent it back.  I couldn't see the point of being disappointed again.  

This avid jigsaw doer was very miffed.

CD Sunday Plus - Challenge #116 - hosted by Pamela

 I am getting on well with my Christmas cards for this year and here is one to show you:

This is one of quite a few stitched cards that I have completed.  The stitching pattern is a download from Linzoos in the Netherlands.   I chose to use glitter threads by Gutermann and the central die-cut decoupage image was purchased from The Art of Craft.

I used my graphics programme for the sentiment.

I have now completed 54 Christmas cards.  But I think I have a few more to make.

I hope all are well and dry.

Hugs

Carol

xx