Card with Northern lights scene - Carte de scène des aurores boréales

 Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noël!

An easy-to-post one layer card of blended Distress Inks, an old (but still a favourite) Penny Black tree stamp and some Stickles for a bit of bling and texture.

Une simple carte, facile d'envoyer, d'encres Distress Ink mélangées, un vieux (mais toujours un favoris) tampon chez Penny Black et des Stickles pour un peu de bling et de texture.

Despite this unusual year, I hope you have a good end to 2020 and a better 2021.

Malgré cette année inhabituelle, j'espère que vous avez une bonne fin d'année et une meilleure 2021.

Christmas Card in non-traditional colours - Carte de Noël dans des couleurs non traditionnelles

Less traditional colours for this Tim Holtz stamp 'Carved Christmas' and background of blended Distress Oxide Inks! No heavy layers for posting overseas: Just a blended background and multi-colour stamping. Hopefully it has arrived safely by now.

Des couleurs moins traditionnelles pour ce tampon de Tim Holtz et fond de carte! Pas de couches lourdes pour poster à l'étranger: Juste un fond de couleurs mélangées et de tamponnage multicolore avec des encres Distress Oxide. J'espère qu'il est arrivé maintenant.

Sparkles Christmas Challenge

Winter & Christmas Tags - Tags d'hiver & Noël #2

Hello! I'm back today to share the three tags from my December workshop following on from the November ones shown here. These are made using lots of Tim Holtz products as I've been offering these tag workshops since the days when Tim was making his 12 tags of Christmas each year. He has since stopped but I am grateful to still have demand to continue.

Bonjour. Je suis de retour aujourd'hui pour partager les trois tags de mon atelier de décembre qui suivent ceux de novembre présentés ici. Ceux-ci sont faits en utilisant beaucoup de produits Tim Holtz comme j'ai offert ces ateliers de tag depuis les jours où Tim faisait ses 12 étiquettes de Noël chaque année. Il a depuis cessé, mais je suis reconnaissant d'avoir encore la demande de continuer.

They required lots of kitting, lots of supplies and a whole heap of techniques.

Ils ont eu besoin de beaucoup de kits, beaucoup de fournitures et tout un tas de techniques.

Both groups enjoyed making them and I had two lovely afternoons in their company. So I'll leave you with a photo of a few of them in the middle of their creations.

Les deux groupes ont aimé les faire et j'ai eu deux après-midi agréables dans leur compagnie. Je vais donc vous laisser avec une photo de quelques-uns d'entre eux à mi-chemin en faisant leurs étiquettes.

Tim Tags 2016 #1-3

I've had two great weekends teaching lots of techniques on Tim Holtz style tags. To stay true to style, nearly everything used on the tags are Tim Holtz products: dies, stamps, inks, paints, papers, tools, embellishments, ... Here are the three tags from the first week-end:
J'ai passé deux excellents week-ends en enseignant beaucoup de techniques sur des tags de style Tim Holtz. Pour rester fidèle au style, presque tout ce qui est utilisé sur les tags sont Tim Holtz produits: matrices, tampons, encres, peintures, papiers, outils, embellissements, ... Voici les trois tags du premier week-end:

#1 - Texture tag: grungepaper, card, jute, string, ribbon, canvas, mirror, cork:
Inspired by Tim's tag from August 2016: Brayered background and frameworks techniques with lots of inks and paints.

# 1 - Texture tag: 'grungepaper', papier, jute, ficelle, ruban, toile, miroir, liège:
Inspiré par l'étiquette de Tim d'août 2016: Fond d'encre au rouleau et des techniques de découpes 'Frameworks' avec beaucoup d'encres et de peintures.

Used /Utilisé:
Paper/ Papier: Ranger Manilla Tag; Tim Holtz Grungepaper, paper pad/bloc 'Seasonal' & 'Distress color-core'
Inks & Paints/ Encres & Peintures: Distress Ink Frayed Burlap, Forest Moss, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs; Distress Stain Antique Linen, Broken China, Weathered Wood; Distress Paint Antique Linen, Peeled Paint; Archival Olive; Alcohol Ink Hazlenut, Copper
Stamp: Tim Holtz 'Christmas Nostalgia'
Dies: Sizzix-Tim Holtz Holiday Greens, Trellis Frameworks
plus: Tim Holtz 'Pine cones' (pomme de pin) & 'mirror'; Ranger Canvas; cork/ liège auto-collant; ruban, jute; string/ficelle.

 # 2- Photo tag:
Inspired by Tim's tag of February 2016. Different stencil techniques, photo colouring, Perfect Pearls techniques, different techniques with masking tapes, alcohol ink technique

#2 - Tag photo: Inspiré par l'étiquette de Tim de février 2016: Des techniques différents de pochoirs, coloriage de photo, des techniques de Perfect Pearls et des masking tapes, technique de l'encre alcool.

Used /Utilisé:
Paper/ Papier: Ranger Manilla Tag; Tim Holtz paper pad/bloc 'Seasonal' & 'Kraft core'; photo printed from /imprimé de Graphics Fairy
Inks / Encres: Distress Ink Frayed Burlap, Forest Moss, Gathered Twigs, Stormy Sky, Pumice Stone; Distress Stain Antique Linen; Alcohol Ink Red Pepper, Slate; Perfect Pearls Mist Heirloom Gold, Forever Red; Perfect Pearls powder Heirloom Gold; Perfect Medium
Stamp: Tim Holtz 'Mini Holidays 2'
Stencils /pochoirs: Tim Holtz 'Flourish' & 'Holly'
Dies: Sizzix-Tim Holtz Holiday Greens, Christmas decoration
plus: Tim Holtz 'Ring Fasteners' & 'Tidings' masking tape; pearls / demi-perles; ruban, Tim Holtz 'sanding block' & stapler / agrafeuse, Viva Ferro Amber-Gold.

#3 - Joy to the world tag: Patina technique with Distress inks and paints, stamping and stenciling and a different alcohol ink technique on the globe and crown.
#3 - Tag 'La joie au monde': Technique patine avec les encres et les peintures Distress, tamponnage et pochoir et une technique différente d'encre d'alcool sur le globe et la couronne.

Used /Utilisé:
Paper/ Papier: Ranger Manilla Tag; Tim Holtz 'Shattered kraft core'; Tim Holtz 'Frosted'; Dovecraft gold metallic card
Inks & Paints / Encres & Peintures: Distress Ink Frayed Burlap, Forest Moss, Gathered Twigs, Distress Stain Vintage Photo; Alcohol Ink Copper, Mushroom; PaperArtsy Metallic glaze
Stamp: Tim Holtz 'Christmas Nostalgia'
Stencils /pochoirs: Tim Holtz 'Stars'
Dies: Sizzix-Tim Holtz Mini Globe, Feathered Wings, Christmas Stacked Words, Mini Heart;
plus: ruban,

Des matériels prêt pour utilisation dans l'atelier

Three more Tim Holtz style tags

Hi. I'm back today with the other three tags that I created for workshops in December. The first 3 are shown here.
Coucou. Je suis de retour aujourd'hui avec les trois autres tags que j'ai créé pour les ateliers en Décembre. Les 3 premiers sont représentés ici.

The first manilla tag has a background of Distress Inks through Layering Stencils with Holiday Scribbles and Text and Vintage Lace die-cuts. The decoration is idea-ology trimming and gumdrop plus Distress Ink coloured ribbon and the stars of the show are the Crazy Birds, stamped first on Manilla card then on glossy paper along with the Accessory hat stamp. The manilla card was coloured with Distress ink and blending foam before the birds were cut out. Only the eyes and beak were used from the glossy card and coloured with Distress markers before being cut out and stuck on with 3D foam.
Le premier tag a un fond d'encres Distress avec pochoirs 'Layering Stencils' de Tim Holtz et décoré avec des découpes Holiday Scribbles, texte et dentelle. La décoration est un ruban et 'gumdrop' de la gamme idea-ology avec du ruban coloré avec Distress Ink. Mais, les 'stars' sont les oiseaux fous 'Crazy Birds', tamponnés d'abord sur la carte Manilla puis sur papier 'glossy' avec le tampon chapeau d'accessoire. La carte de manille a été colorée avec de l'encre Distress et de la mousse avant que les oiseaux ont été découpés. Seuls les yeux et le bec ont été utilisés à partir de la carte brillante et colorée avec des marqueurs de Distress avant d'être découpées et collées sur la mousse 3D.

The second tag is embossed and has Distress Paint and Inks on the base, stamped with Distress and Archival inks. The die-cut Evergreen Tree is coloured with Distress Inks, Distress Glitter and white paint. The Mirrored Star is coloured with Alcohol Ink and the ribbon with Distress Stain.
Le deuxième tag est embossé et a la peinture et d'encres Distress sur la base, tamponné avec l'encre Distress et l'encre Archival. L'arbre 'Evergreen' découpé a été colorée avec des encres Distress, Distress Glitter et la peinture blanche. L'étoile 'Mirrored Star' est colorée avec l'encre alcool et le ruban d'encre avec Distress Stain.

The third tag is stamped with Distress Paint and coloured with Distress Inks. The Distress cardstock is embossed, sanded and then edged with Distress Paint. The 'Typed Token' is also coloured with Distress Paint. The die-cut Noel is heat-embossed three times with bronze UTEE before having a stamp pressed in to it to give it the texture. The tag is finished with die-cut greenery and quilled 'Tattered' flowers.
Le troisième tag a été tamponné avec la peinture Distress et colorée avec des encres Distress. Le papier Distress est embossé, poncé, puis bordée ave la peinture Distress. Le 'Typed Token' est également colorée avec la peinture Distress. Le mot Noël découpé est embossé avec UTEE bronze (ultra-thick embossing enamel = poudre embossage épaise) trois fois avant d'avoir un tampon poussé sur la surface pour donner la texture. Le tag est décoré avec des feuillages et des fleurs découpés.

Some of the group hard at work:
Certains membres du groupe en plein travail:

Winter Tags: Tim Holtz style

While we were without the internet last November and December, I had the annual ‘Tim tags’ workshops where the groups make three tags that I created in Tim Holtz’s style: That’s to say using techniques that I've learnt directly from him at Ranger U or on-line and using his stamps, inks, dies, idea-ology, etc. Here are the tags from the first weekend of workshops. I’ll return with the second set of three in another post.

Lorsque nous sommes sans l’internet le novembre dernier, j’ai eu les ateliers ‘Tim tags’ où les groupes sont fait trois tags que j’ai créée au style de Tim Holtz avec les techniques que j’ai appris directe du lui aux Etats-Unis à ‘Ranger U’ ou sur l’internet et avec ses produits, ses tampons, dies, encres, embellissements idea-ology, etc. Voici les trois tags fait dans les premiers ateliers. Je vais retourner avec le deuxième set.

The first tag is full of texture with different papers, wax, metal, foil, fabric... The manilla tag was inked and then embossed using Tim's Holly Leaves stencil; the little paper piece cut from the Seasonal block is attached with an Idea-ology mini paper clip; the candle is cut from manilla paper using the Candlelight die, inked, waxed and polished; the canvas is cut with the Poinsettia die and inked with Distress Inks and finished with a brad and bead spacer; the greenery is cut from Distress paper and sanded; the ribbon is coloured with Scattered Straw Distress Ink and a snowflake charm added.

Ce premier tag a beaucoup de texture avec des différents papiers, cire, métal, tissus, foil, ... Manilla tag encré puis embossé avec le pochoir de houx (oui pochoir, pas classeur, c'est possible!); petit découpe de papier avec un mini trombone Idea-ology, bougies: papier manilla découpé avec dies Candlelight, encré, collé en 3D et cire fondu et polis; fleur: tissus découpé au die Poinsettia, encré avec un attache parisienne et embellissement; feuillage: découpé du papier Distress et poncé; ruban: coloré avec d'encre Distress et un breloque suspendu.

This kraft tag was cut with the Holiday knits dies which were also used to create a stencil for the white paint on the chipboard cut with the Ornament die. The tag is brayered with a thin layer of white paint and then wood-stamped with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink to give extra texture between the paint. Distress and kraft-core cardstock is die-cut with the Pinecone, Holiday greenery and script dies. Idea-ology string is added to a wood button and a word token hangs of the inked ribbon.

Ce tag du kraft a été découpé au dies 'Holiday Knits' que j'ai utilisé également pour créer un pochoir pour la peinture sur la boule de Noël. J'ai utilisé un rouleau pour ajouté une couche fine du tag et tamponné un motif bois avec l'encre Distress. Des papiers kraft-core et Distress sont découpés avec des dies 'Holiday Greens' et 'Holiday Script'. La ficelle de la gamme idea-ology est passé dans un bouton du bois et un 'Word Token' est suspendu d'un ruban encré.

To evoke the sound of the sleigh bells as the reindeer pass overhead: A manila tag inked with blue tones of Distress Ink and stamped using the Christmas Nostalgia set in Chipped Sapphire Distress and black Archival ink. The die-cuts from 'Christmas Bells' and 'Townscape' dies are decorated with an idea-ology mirrored star, Stickles glitter glue, mirrored card, and wire 'smoke' and a little jingle bell is hung from the ribbon.

Pour évoquer le son des cloches de traîneau comme les rennes passent au-dessus: Ce troisième est un tag manilla encre avec des tons bleu d'encres Distress tamponné avec de set 'Christmas Nostalgia' et l'encres Distress Chipped Sapphire et Archival noire. Des découpes de 'Christmas Bells' et 'Townscape' sont décorés avec 'mirrored star' (étoile), papier mirroir, un fil de fer et Stickles (colle pailleté). Un petit cloche est suspendu du ruban.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you like these tags: I'll be back soon with the other 3 which are all different again.
Merci de visiter . J'espère que vous aimez ces tags: Je reviendrai bientôt avec des 3 autres qui sont tous encore différent.

Winter 'Tim' tags

Before winter leaves us, I thought it time that I shared my winter tags inspired by Tim Holtz's December tags (yes, just 3 months behind!!!):

Avant l'hiver nous quitte, je vais vous montrer mes étiquettes inspirée par Tim Holtz' étiquettes de décembre (Oui, 3 mois en retard!!!). 
I used the same technique of inking the tags and ribbons with a mix of Distress Stains - Fired Brick and Tarnished Brass on the first one; Broken China and Brushed Pewter on the second. I used the same general layout as Tim showed on his tags and added stamping to the backgrounds and different dies as the main features on the tags. I was particularly excited to use the Snowflake Rosette die with foil on card to create the centre piece for the blue card: Love it!
J'ai utilisé les même techniques de colorer les étiquettes et rubans avec une mélange de Distress Stains - Fired Brick (rouge) et Tarnished Brass (d'oré) sur la première; Broken China (bleu) et Brushed Pewter (étain) sur la deuxième. Elles ressemblent les originales modèles mais j'ai ajouté les tamponnages aux fond et j'ai utilisé les découpes différentes. J'adore la rosace de flocon découpé de alu auto-collant sur papier épais.
Materials: Both tags: Ranger Manila tags #8, Tim Holtz stamps 'Mini Holidays 2'. Tag 1: Distress Stains Fired Brick & Tarnished Brass; Distress Inks: Forest Moss, Vintage Photo; Ink-blending tool; Adirondack dabber: Gold; Stickles Rock Candy;  Tim Holtz idea-ology Sanding grip, Journal Ticket & 'Melange' tissue paper; Tim Holtz Kraft Core cardstock; Tim Holtz Sizzix dies: Tattered Florals, Elegant flourishes, Vintage Market alphabet, Festive Greenery. Tag 2: Distress Stains: Broken China & Brushed Pewter; Distress Inks: Broken China; Foil; Adirondack Dabber: Silver; Stickles: Crystal Ice; Tim Holtz idea-ology: Tissue tape, Tinsel, Tiny Attacher & Mirrored; Tim Holtz Sizzix dies: Word Play alphabet; Snowflake Rosette.
Matériels: Les deux étiquettes: Ranger Manila tags #8, Tim Holtz tampons 'Mini Holidays 2'. Etiquette 1: Distress Stains Fired Brick & Tarnished Brass; L'encre Distress : Forest Moss, Vintage Photo; l'outil Ink-blending tool; peinture: Adirondack dabber: Gold; Stickles Rock Candy;  Tim Holtz idea-ology Sanding grip, Journal Ticket & 'Melange' papier soie; Tim Holtz Kraft Core cardstock; Tim Holtz Sizzix matrices: Tattered Florals, Elegant flourishes, Vintage Market alphabet, Festive Greenery. Etiquette 2: Distress Stains: Broken China & Brushed Pewter; L'encre Distress : Broken China; Alu auto-collant; peinture: Adirondack Dabber: Silver; Stickles: Crystal Ice; Tim Holtz idea-ology: Tissue tape, guirlande, agrafeuse: Tiny Attacher & Mirrored; Tim Holtz Sizzix matrices: Word Play alphabet; Snowflake Rosette.

I also had 3 different groups making these with me where I was happy to explain the techniques in French. Many of them made tags with me last year so I asked what they did with them: No-one gave them away as cards or tags - They all kept them and were pleased to add to their collection!
Trois groupes ont fait les étiquettes avec moi et plusieurs ont les fait l'année dernière aussi: Toutes a gardé leurs étiquettes et étaient ravie d'ajouter à la collection pour leurs décorations.

This is how I displayed mine this year: A photo hanging system from IKEA where you cut the cord to the length wanted and use clips to create the display: Easy to change with the seasons. Time for me to catch up the Tim Holtz tags of 2013!
Voici ma collection: Pour montrer mes étiquettes sur le mur j'ai utilisé un système de crochets de chez IKEA: Facile à changer en fonction des saisons. Maintentant, j'ai besoin de faire les premières 3 étiquettes de Tim Holtz de 2013!

'Tim Tags' #4 - Tags, techniques and more!

Happy New Year! Bonne année!
Here are the last of the tags, following the tags of Tim Holtz, that I created at the end of last year: Tags 7, 8 and a mix of 9 & 12. These formed the basis of a second workshop to share the techniques and materials created and shared originally by Tim and others.

I love Tim's tag for day 7 using his 'kraft glassine' paper and alcohol inks: Here is my version with hand-cut holly leaves and pieces cut using Tim's 'Elegant Flourishes' die underneath:


My version of Tim's tag 8 is less 'Steampunk' than his and includes for the ticket a technique using Cut'n'dry felt that Tim shared last year and again on Tag 3 this year.

The third tag shown here takes inspiration from Tim's tag #12 for the background and tag #9's background 'double embossed technique' for my bauble.

There are explanations of the techniques on Tim's blog and also extra examples to check out such as his pocket watches included under tag #8. I fell in love with those so here is my version that I have been wearing all over Christmas!

Materials used for the tags: manila tags, Distress Inks (various colours including the limited edition Winter 2011 colours); Tim Holtz stamps; Paint Dabber (gold, snow cap white, silver, copper) paper distresser tool; ribbon; Sizzix dies: Festive Greenery, Elegant Flourishes, Gadget Gears, Ornaments, Upon a Time and Vintage Lace; Alcohol inks (citrus, bottle, gold mixative, blending solution, watermelon); Tim Holtz kraft glassine paper;   Stampendous black embossing powder; Archival, Stazon and Versafine inks; Cosmic Shimmer silver mist; Hero Arts large flourish stamp; idea-ology sprocket gears and pen nibs; Cut'n'dry mousse and felt; plus charms, beads, lace and tinsel from my stash.
Materials for the pocket watch necklace: Tim Holtz idea-ology pocket watch, lace chain, pen nib, tissue tape and baubles and Tim Holtz Seasonal papers with some sticky gems and mica flakes.

'Tim tags' part #3 - Tags 5 & 6

OK, I'm on a roll now! I've actually finished tag 7 too but haven't got the light to photograph that one and I've got to prepare the studio table for tonight's scrap class!
So here are 2 rather unusual tags: #5 with its alcohol ink and plastic background has a rather clean & simple look. Tag 6 is metallic card, embossed, painted, sanded, inked and embossed with clear powder. You really need to go to Tim's blog to see the techniques explained - and his great tags of course - and you can believe him that you need to do the technique on tag 6 to see how good it is and that photos cannot do it justice!

Materials: both tags: Sizzix 'Tag and Bookplates' die; for tag 5:  Sizzix 'Festive greenery' die; adirondack alcohol inks: watermelon, terracotta, sunset orange; plastic packaging; white card, ribbon and pearls.

Materials for tag 6 acrylic paints: Metallic card from PaperArtsy; retired cuttlebug folder 'Lace Tree'; acrylic paints (PaperArtsy, Ranger Studio and DecoColor); Dovecraft brad and flower; ribbon.

'Tim tags' part #2

I'm back with the 3rd and 4th tag inspired by Tim Holtz. 8 tags behind as of today but ready to craft as soon as this post is finished...
For this tag I used Tim's Christmas background embossing folder and inked over the raised words with different colours of Distress before giving it a good coat of Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls Mist. To get the different directions, I embossed the top part of the tag sideways then lined up the bottom half of the tag with the edge of the plates so it only embossed that bottom section and didn't put pressure on the part already embossed. After that, a little arrangement of leaves from the Sizzix Strip die 'Festive Greenery' with some red bling for the holly berries, ribbon coloured with frayed burlap and some twine with a bell and I was finished!

Tag 4 has a beautiful background, explained on Tim's blog, using Distress Stains (Picket Fence, Broken China, Weathered Wood) and stamped with Weathered Wood stain. I then embossed the tag with the snowflakes border that comes in the Christmas background and border Texture Fades set and run Pearl Dabber over it to highlight the texture. The snowman is grungeboard cut with the Winter Wonder die and then the 'Noel' movers and shaper die, painted white and then with Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint and coloured with the Distress stains. I stuck a scrap of Lost and Found paper behind him, decorated him with ribbon, tulle and a bit of bling and then stuck him on the tag. The snowflake from the Winter Wonder die got the same paint, rock candy, Distress stains treatment and was then stuck (top right) on the tag. I added tulle to some buttons and stuck them down and then used tinsel, silver jute and a snowflake charm to decorate the top of the tag. Finally, I filled the spaces in the Noel with Glossy Accents and left it overnight to dry.
I used three further alternatives to tags 1,2 & 4 as the basis for workshops on Tuesday and Saturday where I introduced others to the wonders of Tim's products and techniques and they all left with their own versions of these tags:

'Tim Tags' part 1...

I wasn't late making these just slow to blog them... Have you seen Tim Holtz's fabulous tags this year? Still a few days to go: I love waiting for each one to appear.
Well, here are my versions of Days 1 and 2...

The first one features Tim's Kraft Core card, Sizzix 'Vintage Noel' die, Tattered Banners die, Festive Greenery die, idea-ology baubles, Distress Cardstock, Distress Inks, Distress Stickles, Lost and Found paper plus Snow Cap paint dabber, cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder, white embossing powder, Prima poinsettia, red pearl bead and ribbon. Please see Tim's blog for the techniques involved.


My second tag uses Tim's Christmas Memories kraft resist paper, Picket Fence Distress Stain, Distress Inks, Tattered Banners die, Pine Tree die, Ornate edge die, Trinket Pin, Muse Token and Grungeboard along with Sepia Archival Ink, Sticky-back canvas mounted on card, brads, PaperArtsy Old Gold paint, ribbon, jute, twine and my own home designed and produced stamp! Tags 3 and 4 are already done so I'll be back with those tomorrow I hope...

For NEXT Christmas !

I have followed the 'Just Christmas and Birthday Cards' sketch #53 (and added a penguin, as you do, LOL) to get started for next year, and I have the recipient in mind: He loves penguins! Papers and decoupage sheet by Patchwork Kingdom; embossing using Cuttlebug Winter House and Snowflakes folders.J'ai commencé mes cartes pour Noël prochaine ! Une carte selon le sketch #53 sur 'Just Christmas and Birthday cards'. Papier et feuille de découpage de Patchwork Kingdom; embossage avec la Cuttlebug (Maison d'hiver et flocons de neige).

Christmas mini-album - Noël 2009

Here's a look at the cover and first pages of my Christmas mini-album using We Are Memory Keepers double-sided 'Whiteout' cardstock with recycled tags from our presents, title die-cut with the Cuttlebug and all held together with the Bind-It-All. The tags inside now have photos or journalling on the reverse. For the first page I cut the holly shape before slotting the photo behind it and mounting it on the inside cover.

Les premieres pages de mon mini-album de Noël. J’ai bien utilisé les étiquettes des cadeaux (recyclage !) avec les formes découpé avec la Cuttlebug, papiers de We Are Memory Keepers, reliuré avec la Bind-It-All. Toutes les étiquettes dedans ont les photos ou écriture sur le verso.

First post of 2010 - Christmas traditions

Oops, where did December go?! I made hundreds of cards to help raise money for the Téléthon charity and sent the least ever to my own family and friends just because I ran out of time. As many French send them for new year rather than Christmas, I am still getting them posted here. We spent Christmas in the UK so I was away for 10 days too!
So while I get back in to card-making, here are 2 pages I made in December: One recording the tree-decorating and one using the original printed photo from my pre-digital days of December 26th 2001: It has become a tradition to go for a morning walk and we did it again this year. I shall be back with a mini-album of my 2009 Christmas photos.
I hope you enjoyed the holidays and I wish you all the best for 2010.
J'était trop occupé en décembre : J'ai créé et vendu beaucoup de cartes au profit le Téléthon mais je ne trouve pas les temps pour envoyer mes cartes! Voici, deux nouveaux pages pour souvenir les fêtes : Une page où mon fils a confectionné l'arbre et une page du 26 décembre 2001: Le 26 décembre est un jour férié en le Grande Bretagne et il est une tradition pour ma famille se promenade dans le matin. Je te souhaite meilleurs voeux pour une très bien 2010.
J'ai utilisé: Page d'arbre: Bazzill embossé 'clover leaf', DCWV Holidays bloc prédécoupé, Cuttlebug boule 'Pour toi' et alphabet 'Harmony', fleurs et petite arbre de Prima. Page de notre promenade: Mes carton et chutes de papiers avec les matrices 'feuilles' de Cuttlebug, vaporiseurs de Cosmic Shimmer, stylo Sakura Stardust et encreur VersaMark 'gingerbread'. La plupart disponible ici ou demande-moi.
Used: Tree page: Bazzill swiss embossed 'Clover Leaf', DCWV die-cut Holidays, Cuttlebug with 'For you' bauble combo & Harmony alphabet, Prima flowers and paper tree. Walk page: Card and paper scraps from stash, Cuttlebug 'Leaves' dies, Cosmic Shimmer sprays (also dragged with the removed nozzle!), Sakura stardust pen, VersaMark: Gingerbread.

Just Christmas ... Cards Sketch

I made this square card for 'Just Christmas and Birthday cards' fortnightly challenge sketch:
Une carte selon the sketch chez 'Just Christmas and Birthday cards':and then another similar but A5: et d'autre similaire avec format A5:Very quick and easy using Kanban's backing and die-cut sheets plus silver mirri board embossed with the Cuttlebug snowflakes folder 3D mounted on blue card inked with silver Brilliance and then white card.
J'ai utilisé carton imprimé de Kanban avec carton argenté qui j'ai embossé avec la Cuttlebug classeur 'flocons de neige'. J'ai collé les images au carton bleu qui j'ai encré avec la Brilliance argenté, et au carton blanc.
JCBC are also having a DT call and I have sat on my hands since I read it: I have been on a DT before and know the commitment it demands but that was different... Sketches are what I love and Christmas and Birthday cards are what I do most: I know I can do it, just have to be organised... Here's my hat being thrown in... :)
J'essaye pour l'équipe de ce blog, alors j'ai choisi deux favorites cartes...
So I need to show 2 favourite cards:I love what the DT do on JCBC, just hope now they feel my style will fit in alongside theirs!