Sunday 6 January 2019

Christmas Card #1

It's been a horrible icky damp drizzly and dark old day today.  I think we've had the lights on all day, so other than housework and making soup for lunches I did very little else!

So I took the opportunity to join in my buddy Jo's new Christmas Kickstart Challenge - I'm definitely going to try to play along each fortnight.  I find that come Christmas I have a few nicely designed cards and then it's a mad rush for the others, so I'm hoping to avoid that this year!

 My little reindeer is from Hunkydory Crafts - coloured with polychromos and popped up on foam pads.  Lots of clear gloss and sparkle added to his nose and antlers.  My stripy DP is a dark navy, not sure if it just looks black here.

And here's Mum's calendar page, oops, only 6 days late ;)
I used some black and red glitter card for lots of sparkle.  Not sure of the make of the fireworks.

13 comments:

Dotty Jo said...

What a sweet card, I love that little Rudolph! n see that this new challenge is going to be bad news for my bank account! Thanks so much for playing along at Christmas Kickstart - just think of all the cards we'll have come December! Jo x

Kath said...

A lovely card and such a cute reindeer.
Kath x

Sarah said...

It's been pretty murky here too Lynne, lights and heating on all day, cuddling blankets on laps which means furry kids central heating too!! What a lovely start to your Christmas card pile, cute reindeer and I love the die cut wreath xx

Ellibelle said...

Two wonderful creations, love the Christmas card and what a great idea to make a handmade calendar!
Thank you so much for joining us this month at Penny Black and More challenge, and hope you come play along again soon!

Cheryl W. said...

Your reindeer is so cute! I love the navy stripes, too. Such a nice change from the usual Christmas paper designs. I also managed to get a nice start on my 2019 Christmas cards. Like you, I usually manage to get a few done, and then it's a mad rush to finish the rest. So I've made 27 already since Christmas. Pretty proud of myself. Now if I can just keep steadily plodding along on them...

Linda Callahan said...

This is adorable! Love that sweet image! Glad you joined us at FMS!

Jen Mitchell said...

This is so cute! And good luck with your Christmas card stash this year! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches!

Linby said...

What a lovely calendar and a great Christmas card too.
Thanks for sharing with us at PB & More.
Lynn x
dT

Sheryl said...

Love the silhouette skyline.
Thanks for joining us at CRAFT.
Hugs Sheryl xx

Mustang Creations said...

What a lovely and cheerful city scape you've created for January! Thanks for joining us over at Crafting by Designs for our Anything Goes challenge!

Grudniowe Handmade said...

Beautiful creations :) Great calendar! Thanks for joining us at CRAFT challenge this week.

Aunty Sue said...

Love this image and card thanks for sharing at Craft this week and good luck

Mervi said...

Fabulous calendar!
Thank you for sharing at Penny Black and more;-))m