Hello, crafting friends!
With 2024 hurtling to a close, I suspect some of you (like me!) will be up to your eyes in Christmas preparations; but I do hope you can take a little time to have some crafty fun. At the Flower Challenge, there's still time to join in with our Add Sparkle challenge.
On a side note, I am sad to be stepping down from this incredible design team. This year has thrown some personal challenges my way and it has made sense to reduce my commitments.
Anyway, back to the challenge: I've come up with a very quick design, suitable for last minute Christmas cards. Of course sparkly floral cards are appreciated all year round, so feel free to create something for other occasions!
For this card, I took an A6 card base and attached an A6 navy panel to the card front. A snippet of sparkly paper was glued over this to represent snow.
The focus of the design are three stamped and die cut poinsettias from Stampin' Up's Stylish Christmas. I added liquid pearls to the flower centres and finished with a shiny die cut sentiment from Tonic Studios. And there we are - Super fast, and even faster if you have pre-prepared flowers in your UFO box!
Do hop over to the Flower Challenge blog and admire the beautiful inspiration cards my team mates have prepared to inspire you. I hope you can find a minute to join in too! You will find the blue Linky button at the bottom of the post and can use that to share your own creation. Have fun - you deserve it!
CHALLENGES
I am sending a massive thank you to all the Christmas challenges that have encouraged this tardy crafter to at least make a start on her festive makes throughout the year :) I'm linking this card up with Peace on Earth where, as always, there is a fabulous and inspiring mood board; Jingle Belles are inviting us all to their Wrap Party - link your last minute Christmas cards there! And in the same vein, If it's Christmassy, Link it Up is Jo's final theme of the year at Christmas Kickstart Challenge!
AND IN OTHER NEWS
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Crafting Clare Towers, with wrapping paper, cards and Christmas decorations strewn about in all the wrong places! The Blonde Bombshells have been infected with a sense of excitement and, like toddlers, are having to be taken for long walks to help them calm down. I am constantly replacing ornaments on the Christmas tree which have been knoocked flying by wagging tails. But I am hopeful that by the time guests start arriving, everything will be sorted out and calm will reign!
How are your festive preparations going?
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