magnolia

 Also for January as a change from houses I  used this magnolia die. I have coloured it 5 different ways

houses

 for Januarys workshops I have used the miniature house collection from Sue Wilson. to make thse scenes i have either used stamping, additional die cuts or both

Lanterns

 Every year I use some of the new dies we have in to produce lanterns. The bauble and star background worked well on a 5x7 face and the leaf used for autumn was used in the normal cube box that I do. This can also be done as a tissue box. I used an assortment of decorations for each face this time so that individuals can choose what type of box they want - everyday or Christmas.

Boxed and Book cards

 Although we have done similar cards before this time I used a frame from the John Next Door collection.

This die come with layered dies to form scenes  - these are the smaller images. I also looked at using the frame with strip dies from previous years.

The scenes can be built up in a concertina box or leave one side loose so you get a book effect.

Last minute quick cards

 For these I have used a snowflake tiered die from creative expressions and a  tree stamp from woodware.

missing baubles etc.

 The missing baubles from my previous post were found on the full workshop board for the die cuts  so I've

included that here. They  are on the top row.

The full stamping board for this month is

Stamped baubles and mittens

 Here I have stamped onto die cut bauble shapes, used a bauble stencil and also used a bauble media plate to create the bauble in which I stamped.

 I then looked at using woodware new stamps - cosy birds and mittens

and for a closer look at mittens

Baubles and more - die cuts

 Lots of different ideas for this month mainly centred on baubles but including other dies also. ......Just realised I don't have a picture of many of the baubles so that will come later. Meanwhile there are lots of other ideas here

This was adapting a die we had used earlier in year for Christmas since it had a star centre so I thought I'd fill the star with nativity scenes since we don't seem to have any religious things this year.

This folder embosses and die cuts

and then I looked at other ways to use this bubble frame.

Embossing Folders

 These 3D embossing folders are from creative expressions again.  With the bells I used the stencils that go with the folder for colouring - again trying out different products but the others were coloured from embossed image. I have coloured the folder first in some instances. In other cases I used inked card and then sanded the colour off after embossing.

Spot the differences on the 2 pictures - 3 have been varied from original although the white embossed image doesn't show up well here.

Poinsettia Wavy Strip

 Another die this month from creative expressions which I have tried to colour and use in different ways