Christmas decorations

Hello lovely people,

Only 2 sleeps to go!
I am really excited to do things a little differently this year as we are spending Christmas Day at ours with some lovely friends and our main meal will be curry :-)
We will then be catching up with our families over the weekend.

I still have some preparations to do, so today is going to be a busy one getting the last bits of food and presents...and a new shower head since the one in the bathroom rather inconveniently broke :-(

While I hit the shops (but try not to hit any shoppers getting in my way!) I shall leave you with the new Creative Inspirations challenge and this week we have the theme... 

ANYTHING GOES
(+/- the option of a sketch)

You can use any of the previous sketches from the sketch page or this new one;

Our sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter with a $15 gift certificate

This Christmas card was a very late make and won't get used this year so that's one in my stash for next year!
It's based on the sketch with a slight rearrangement of the layers.

This was my first time using an image from The Paper Shelter and I love the retro feel of it.
Sorry the photo is a little grainy because of the serious lack of proper daylight!

I cut the sentiment from one of the DP border strips and used a new swirly die to add a few flourishes.  It's an absolutely brilliant die for cutting apart and using in sections; it's so versatile :-)

Card recipe;

Image: Christmas decorations - The Paper Shelter

DP: Home for the Holidays - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Fancy edge: Martha Stewart doily edge punch

Dies: Fancy flourish - MFT Die-namics

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E41/43/47
Dress / headband: R37/39/89
Sash / shoes: W6/8/10
Branches / tree on headband: YG93/95/97
Boxes: E41/42/43/44
Tissue paper: W00/1
Baubles: B24/26
Fairy lights: B26/R37/YG67/Y35
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4

In case I don't get round to any more blog posts before the big day then I wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and hope you have a wonderful festive season!

The DT have made some wonderful samples to inspire you so pop over to Creative Inspirations to take a look :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,