I used the concertina tunnel idea in simplified form this year but I thought we should look back at some of the cards done this way in previous years.
I also tried a flatter version of my window card for this year
I found the village scene embossing folders very useful for providing backgrounds for these cards
Having produced and shown a number of items earlier I carried on playing so hear are a few more variations that I have done.
I also made some Christmas tree decorations from a snowflake die and glitter foam.
Using the tree dies ( JND) which went with the tree box I produced these cards. I also used the Woodware tree stamp and made 1 into a winter birthday.
Another thing we often do in December's workshops is to produce cards for those special people in our life.
plus of course the specials from last month.
I'm still working on these so more to follow later
I always like to have something different from cards for people to do at December workshops and so these ideas from JND were great, and of course I had to do another box lantern with one of this years dies. I used the Elegant tree this year
The embossing folders I used appear mainly with the stamping - gnomes & mice for November but I also looked at ways of colouring the poinsettia folder. Also in case people wanted the 3D card without the gnomes and mice I looked at using it with a bird die I still have for sale.
The full board for this month is
For November's die cutting I have used the partridge in a pear tree - actually not a tree but pear foliage in a bauble and frame and this years bells with a mistletoe
Stamping for Novembers workshops involves a Gnomes stamp from Woodware and a 2jays Mice stamp and die set.
I have had great fun with these using them in all sorts of ways - some more of which you will see next month.
Also this month I looked at using embossing folders for backgrounds. I used a poinsettia folder for a background to the gnome gang and a snowflake one with the mice.
I have coloured these stencils on various ways and used them with the stamps shown on last post or with a die cut flower spray
These stamps are from the woodware collection by Francoise Read. They are solid images and so are good in black against many different backgrounds that have been produced. They can also be coloured with embossing powders.
