and even more

 To finish? off with Sam's circles I decided to try the lanterns we did with Sam's star last year. I also tried hinging 2 together  with a T light in between. Pictures show effect with and without lighting nd with last years

 

More with Sam's Circles

 This is the most versatile die I have bought this Christmas. I set myself the challenge of how many

different ways could I use it and I am still working on it but here are a selection.

Christmas Flowers and poinsettia frame

 Here I have used the new poinsettia frame (JND) plus some of the words which are die cut into the card (JND) alongside various flowers that go with the Christmas theme. I also put flowers on the slider card, the bauble and used a Sue Wilson frame I had for sale.

Christmas Stamping - cottage , church and gnomes

 Here are some of the cards stamped with the 2 jays cottage in the trees and village church. 

and then I did a few cards with the Gnome stamps from Woodware

Christmas Time

 Here are a few cards done with the Christmas time die from JND.

3D cards & more with previous stamps

 Here are some examples of the Polar bear and cottage pop up cards using the papercuts die from creative expressions.

and a couple of other stamped cards using the stained glass window and the peaceful night broken down for use with the slider card die

Christmas Stamping

 Here I have picked the Dove stained glass window which initially I was unsure of using but then found there was so many variations you could do I was pleased with the choice. The second stamp chosen was "peaceful night" which I love. I did this as a single layer, multilayer with flat layers and multi-layered with raised layers.

Jane's tree

 Another new die from JND. A quick card to do that looks very stylish - well I think so anyway!

Penguins and Polar bears

 Just a couple of cards with each of these Sue Wilson dies  shown here. Obviously there is a lot more we could do with these and I'll have a go soon.

More Papercuts

 I know I showed a few of these earlier but I now have 2 boards full of new papercuts so I'm showing them both together since they are samples for October workshops. Great for quick cards and for using lots of background and colouring techniques when you want to spend more time on them.

Papercuts 1 board - fox,snowman,snowmen, birds, tree

Papercuts 2 board - " A child is born", " we three kings", penguins, Santa plus a few from last year at the bottom where I still have the dies for sale.