Magnolia Advent Day 17!!

Merry Christmas my Magnolia friends!
I am so very excited to share with you today my project which I made for Magnolia's Advent calendar - shutter 17!

 

 

I have made a Christmas decoration which is also a shaker with some glitter and hearts.

 

I stamped and embossed "A Merry Christmas" in white in this little window.

 

This little cutie pie is the Bull finch from So Jolly collection of 2009. And my favourite Christmas accessory stamp, the gorgeous forest stamp.

 

I've painted and stickled a cute little chipboard Santa and reindeer. Lots of Doo Hickey dies are used to decorate as well. Some stamped ornaments. All coloured with Copics.

 

 

And finally, adorable Tilda in the window at the bottom. I think this has to be my favourite Tilda from the Nativity Collection.

If you would like to be entered into the draw for today's Magnolia's Advent Prize. Then all you have to do is leave a comment at the end of this post and I will be back to announce the randomly drawn winner tomorrow!

Thank you so much for visiting me and good luck!

Tilda with little dove

Hi there friends,

I have a little gift box here to share with you today.

 

 

 

I have inked up this sweet little Tilda from the Nativity collection from Magnolia. She is just adorable.

The box is one that I saved and have altered with silver paint and white gesso.

 

All of the flowers, berries, bead cap and twine are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

 

Tilda with Little Dove coloured with lovely auburn hair.

 

And the finished box.

 

Have a great week!

Nativity scene

Hi again Magnolia fans. Thanks so much for checking back in with me today. 

I am still suffering with this rotten asthma and sinus infection. I havent had asthma for about 10 years so it has come as a bit of a shock to me this allergy season. 

Anyway, whinging aside - I am back today with my card for Magnolia Down Under Challenges. This week the challenge is my sketch. It is a pretty easy one as it is really great to see how each crafter puts their own personal spin on a sketch. So feel free to go as simple or as intricate in your interpretation of the sketch as you wish. 

I finally sat down and masked together some of the cute stamps from the Nativity collection. I will admit, it took me several attempts to get a decent masked image, lol. I am way out of practice in masking and was determined to do these little cuties justice.

The crystal stems, twine, bells, aster daisies and filigree corner are all from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

The poinsettia, fern leaves and other die cuts are all Magnolia Doo Hickey Dies. 

The papers are mostly Magnolia but also some MME thrown in there.

Finally - the finished result.  

The stamps are:

Holy Edwin, Holy Lamb, Holy Sheep, Holy House and last but not least, Little Holy Baby

All from the Nativity Collection.

I hope you have some time to put aside to get crafty and try out my sketch this week. 

With Christmas just around the corner we are all so busy, it makes good sense to just sit and take some time for yourself to relax and craft. 

I hope to see you at MDUC.

Hugs K, x

Holy Tilda with Lamb

Hi again friends :)

Today I have a new card to share with you,

I have coloured the adorable new Holy Tilda with Lamb from the new Nativity collection. There are so many adorable stamps to love in this collection, I am yet to choose a favourite. 

I have used some gorgeous flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. The lovely copper label plate is by Francheville. 

Well, I hope you have a lovely week! 

See you again soon,

Hugs x

Nativity Collection Wreath

Good morning friends,

Finally, I am back. I feel very out of sync with 'normality' right now. I suppose it is the season and also the mountain of work ahead of us as we prepare to move and build.

Last night I finally sat down and was able to focus on my project for MDUC today - the new challenge is Wreaths. Today is Remembrance Day so we have given you the choice of making a Remembrance Day or Christmas Wreath. But then, it doesnt have to actually be a wreath, it can be a stamp with a wreath or some other item featuring a wreath. The choice is all yours.  

I was very excited on Thursday when some new stamps arrived in my post box. The gorgeous angels from the Nativity collection are so dreamy. These two are Angel Tilda with Gloria (above) and Tilda Captures Stars (below)

The wreath is a cane one I purchases and splashed with gesso to make it a little shabby. The stars were left overs from Zoe after our trip to Melbourne for Paperific.  All of the flowers, brads and pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

I had ideas of putting lots of die cuts on the wreath but it was really late when I got to this stage last night and I kind of like the simpler look so left it as it was instead of going overboard when tired and ruining it. 

I hope you have a lovely weekend of crafting planned. I'll be back tomorrow with a card to share.

Until then, Hugs x