Christmas Drum

Good afternoon!  I almost forgot to share the box style Christmas card I made for my son.  I created the outside from gold and metallic red card so that it resembled a drum.  I then added twine and half pearls to complete the look.

On the top I have added mistletoe, holly and pine fronds, all made with Magnolia Doohickey dies.  The sentiment is from the Merry Little Santa Collection and the tag is a Doohickey die too.  

The Seam binding and santa hat charm are from Craft Heaven.

When you lift the drum a pile of presents and a stocking is revealed.  All cut with Doohickey dies from Maja Design papers.  The candy cane is a Doohickey die from Vintage Box 6, the stocking from Volume 2 and the presents were cut with the Pixi Box die.

I used the trim from the bottom of two of the Maja Design papers to create the sides around the presents.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking!

♥

Christmas in April

 Good morning!  Today's piece for Craft Heaven is another Christmas card.  I'm doing well so far keeping to my promise of making one a month - I've only missed February!  I'm determined not to have that last minute dash this year!  This time I've made a shaker card - I just love these at Christmas!  

 I had to use Frozen Tilda - she reminds me so much of the snowman shaped 'snow globe' we had when I was a child.  I have painted her with Distress Inks using the no lines technique and used the Old Swedish Church from the A Christmas Story collection to create the scene behind her.

To create the frame for the shaker card I used the snow scene Doohickey Kit Volume 2 but spaced the top and bottom apart to make it big enough to surround the scene.  I've then used the snowflake border from the same kit and the bottom of the snow scene again to create the front of the card. 

I also used the off cut stars from the top of the snow scene to create a sprinkling of stars next to the sentiment.

 The sentiment is from the Starlight Kit and I have embossed it with silver embossing powder. 

 I created the flower spray with flowers and berries from my stash and some leaves and twigs cut with dies from Volume 2.

The gorgeous lace is from Kraft Heaven and so is the Maja Design paper.

Here's Tilda in a snowstorm when you shake the card!

I hope you like it and thanks for looking! x

♥