Santa Greetings Christmas Crackers

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful day yesterday!

Each year for the past almost fifty years or so I have been creating my own Christmas crackers to use on Christmas Day. Having been in hospital a number of times in the past month or so, making my own crackers as such was not going to happen this year, so I cheated a little and purchased some crackers and then decorated them and added my own contents to the inside.

Earlier in the year, I discovered Sizzix/Tim Holtz Santa Greetings Colorize die set, which I thought would be perfect for this years crackers, so I searched where to purchase them and found somewhere who had them in stock and got them. So they have been sitting around my desk for months. Considering there were a lot of pieces to this die set, they came together pretty easily.

I didn't have enough gold crackers to do all of this years crackers the same colour. So I pulled out a couple of red ones i had for two of the carckers.

Here is a close up look at all of the die cut toppers.

Making Spirits Bright

Merry  Christmas Everyone!!!!

It's Christmas Day already down here in Australia! I must have been a good girl this year as I did very well! 😀

There are many of you who visit my blog regularly, so I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all so much for your support throughout the year. Hope you all have a wonderful and safe Christmas!

Today I am sharing two final Christmas cards with you that I made for my daughers, both got Ninja Slushi's this year so I know they will be making frozen cocktails today.

Both cards are Centre Step cards, and both share a lot in common including the colours and papers. Also in common are the Olive Martinis and Christmas Cocktails die sets from Spellbinders.

For my first card, I added the cute dog also from Spellbindeers ...  Deck the Paws, hopefully it looks a tiny bit like a pug as it is going to a Pug Mama!

For the second cards I pulled out the penguins from Spellbinders October 2024 Small Die of the Month -  Festive Friends and added those to my card.

I don't really have any drink related sentiments with a Christmas theme, but I did think this Making Spirits Bright worked ok for the cards which is a Spellbeinders Betterpress set.

Finally I added a sentiment to the inside of the card, another Spellbinders die set.

 

You Are Stronger Than You Think

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a Floating Cube Card using products from Spellbinders, including a few kits from the December 2025 Caboodle Club.

This card is for a friend, who has just been diagnosed with cancer. Cancer sucks, as I know too well, was I was diagnosed last February 2024, and have been having treatment since then. It's been a hard road and is a journey I will be continuing for the rest of my life. My friend has been so very supportive during my journey,  and I will make sure I will be supportive of her during hers.

For my card I used the Large DIe of the Month for December 25 - Wrapped in love. For the background I used a 3D Embossing Folder from November 25 - Petite Tuft. I added a sentiment using Concord & 9th's Written Words 2 stamp/die set designed by Kristina Werner.

For the back of the card I created the lower part of the girl, starting with the slippers and pj pants. I used the Cozy Toes Bear die set, which is the Annual freebie Spellbinders sent out to all Caboodle subscribers. This works with the October 24 Large Die of the Month - Cozy Toes Friends die set. I hand cut the dressing gown, adding a lacy die cut along the bottom. I added the belt and die using the Charmed Life die4 set which is from November 25.

To finish of the card I added another of the sentiments from the Concord & 9th Written Words 2 Stamps/Die set.

 Here is a look at my card, when it is folded ready to placed in an envelope. Folded it measures 4 1/2 inches x 7 inches, so it will fit inside a 5 x 7 envelope.

Slimline Ornaments

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing two Slimline Christmas cards I created recently. I made these a few weeks ago, but haven't had the time or energy to take photos to add them to my blog.

For these two cards I used Concord & 9th's Ornaments Stencil Pack designed by Kristina Werner. I am loving her stencil packs as they are all 6 x 9 stencil packs which means they are ideal for larger cards like Slimline and 5 x 7 cards which is what I prefer to make. I used four different shades of inks for the ornaments and a darker shade for the snowflake on each ornament, I then cut the panel into two panels to create slimline cards.

I added a reverse foiled sentiment to the inside of the cards. Being that these are Christmas cards, I kept the inside fairly simple.

 

Happy 90th

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a 90th birthday card I created for a friend who is turning 90 in December. As December is a busy month and very hot down here in Australia, he had his party early. 

For the card base, I used Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Side Panel Card die set which creates a 5 x 7 inch card.  

For the blue panels, I pulled out Kristina Werner's Dots on Dots Stencil Pack. I love that she is creating 6 x 9 stencils as I love making larger cards and this gives me more options.

The "Happy", "Birthday" and "90th" are also from Made To Surprise.

I used the whiskey glasses from Spellbinders Love on the Rocks die set for the middle portion of the card.

 This is a look at the back of the card. I added the white panel and added a stamped sentiment, leaving enough room for a personal message to be added.

Christmas Slippers

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing three Christmas cards using Spellbinders Cozy Toes Slippers die set that was the large die of the month for October 2024. This was such a popular set that they have released a coordinating set that can be used all round. But before I use that sent I wanted to play a little more with the Christmas version.

For my first card I added Santa to the slippers. I also added a couple of sentiments.

The next one features Rudolph. It’s fun to select the papers for the pjs. Again I added the two sentiments.

For my final card, I used the cute penguins. This time round, I crossed the legs when I attached them to the card.

I added a stamped sentiment to the inside of the card, keeping it fairly simple.

Ornament Season's Greetings

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing yet another Christmas card. This one is a Slimline Floating Cube card and is another tutorial from Sam Calcott. You can find her instructions on how to create this here.

Recently when I was looking for a die, I discovered that I had several ornaments already assembled from Elizabeth Craft Designs Winter Ornaments die set. This is an older die set, but it seemed silly not to use some of the ornaments,  so I pulled them out for this card.

I added a foiled sentiment to the bottom of the card, which is a Spellbinders Betterpress Plate.

Here is a look at the back of the card. I added another one of the ornaments and a sentiment.

 

Rebus - Types of Hobbies

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's time to share another rebus swap with you. This month the theme is "Types of Hobbies"

If you would like to solve my rebus puzzle, why not post a comment on my blog post with your answers. I will let you know what the correct answers are next time I post a rebus card here.

How did you go solving my October Rebus which was "Movies Starting with the Letter F"

 Here are the correct answers so you can check how you did.

1. Frozen
2. Five for Hell
3. Firefox
4. Fort Apache
5. Funny Girl
6. Fall
7. Frances
8. Flipper
9. Foe

You can find all my past Rebus Cards here.

Tree-Mendous Christmas

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing the last of the Postal Collage Christmas cards, I have shared recently. Again this card uses products from Waffle Flower Crafts and Spellbinders. This is another 5 x 7 card, which I prefer over A2 sized cards.

The Postage Collage stencil used here is called Vertical Tree and is another from Waffle Flower Crafts. After stencilling the tree, I splattered over the whole image using white paint for a snowy look.

For the background I used Spellbinders Starry Snowfall 3D Embossing Folder, apply white pigment ink to the raised areas after embossing.

To finish off the front of the card I added an older sentiment from Made To Surprise.

For the inside of my card I added a panel of embossed card to the bottom of the card.

I also added a Christmas sentiment and postage cancellation images which are all from Made to Surprise.

 

Penguinning To Look Like Christmas

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a fun Christmas card I created recently. This card is a Swing Box Card which is 5 x 7 in size. I used a tutorial by Sam Calcott, which you can find here.

To decorate my card, I used Spellbinders Festive Friends die set which was the Small Die of the month for October 2024. I had spent about a week looking for this die set in my stash, so when I finally located it I decided I had to use it again LOL!

For the bears jumper, I used Spellbinders Sweater Weather Embossing Folder, adding white ink over the top once I had embossed it.

For the snowy background, I used Spellbinders Snowfall Shimmer Betterpress Plate, using my die cutting machine to emboss it rather than Betterpress it.

I used an older Mama Elephant sentiment for the sentiment on this card.

Here is a look at the back of my card. I added two foiled sentiments using the Merry & Bright Sentiment Strips Betterpress Plate and added another of the cute penguins.