My Five Favourite Christmas Cards

I'm linking to Debbie's blog with my 'Favourite Five Christmas Cards' for 2015 - it was quite a hard choice this year, but these are the ones I've chosen.

January Rudolph Day

I made this card when I was GD for the January Rudolph Day.  I liked it so much that I made several more as I love the preloved Magenta stamp and it didn't take too long to colour the images.

July Rudolph Day

Another Rudolph Day card using a preloved Personal Impressions stamp and a magazine freebie stamp.  I stamped these poinsettias and took them on holiday so I could colour them in the evenings, so it also reminded me of my lovely holiday this year!

A Country Christmas

I chose this card as it was made entirely from freebies - paper, stamp, die and twine.  I will be doing a lot more thrifty crafting next year!

V for Very Cute

I bought some cute LOTV toppers and used one of them for this card to send to a friend who has a dog that loves Christmas presents.  The snowflake die was also another freebie!

Sparkles Christmas Die-Cuts

I love die-cutting and this card was made entirely from die-cuts - Memory Box, Spellbinders and another freebie.  I made fifteen of these cards for all of my neighbours this year.

I hope everyone has an enjoyable Christmas.

Kath x

My Favourite Five Christmas Cards of 2014

Debby is asking for 'My Favourite Five Christmas Cards of 2014'.  Even though I've made and sent almost 100 Christmas cards this year, not many of them found their way to my blog!  These are the ones that I've chosen and the reasons for choosing them.

Red Christmas

I like the snowflake paper on this card and used the area with the most pattern for the card and the lighter part of the paper for the topper.   I was also pleased to be an Honorable Mention at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.

Me to You Santa

I made several of these Tatty Teddy cards as they were a great way of using small snippets of card and didn't take too long to colour.

Sparkle and Shine at Christmas time

My OH gave me this Woodware stamp for my birthday and I've made loads of cards with it as it's been so quick and easy.  I was also pleased that the card received an 'Honorable Mention' at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.

Nordic Christmas

This card was made for a 'Nordic' challenge using a die that was a magazine freebie - I don't often use kraft card, but I like the look of it for this card.

September Rudolph Day

My final card is one of the cards I made for the September Rudolph Day - this one is my favourite as I like the non-traditional colours.

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas.

Kath x

My Five Favourite Christmas Cards

I've just come across Debby's blog and she is asking crafters to choose 'My Five Favourite Christmas cards' - there is also a chance to win some candy.  These are the five cards I have chosen and the reasons I have chosen them:

This Christmas Wreath was for a colour challenge - I wouldn't normally have chosen these colours but I was pleased with the finished card.

My OH bought this cute Bella stamp for me - I've used it several times but liked it layered onto the dark green heart paper for my sister (she liked it too!).

This Patchwork Christmas Tree was the first time I had tried paper pieceing - and I'm now hooked as it's a great way of using paper snippets.

This Carol Singing card was for a challenge - a traditional image with non-tradiitional colours - it was made from a recycled image and I liked the non-traditional colours

This Blue and Green Christmas Tree was the design I chose for my 'quick and easy' cards and made 20 in one evening using oddments of green paper for the trees and various colour papers and gems for the decorations.

Kath x