White Christmas - Christmas Eve 2014

Good Day Friends,

Well here we are, all the preparing, wrapping, card making almost over for another year! I want to begin this post by saying a big thank you to each and everyone of you for your support, inspiration, friendship...I love our community; sharing tips and techniques, looking at all your wonderful projects..you really are a talented group of people!

I hope that you all have a happy and healthy Christmas Holiday with family and friends and look forward to seeing you all 'the other side'.

Glad you liked my Tilda Santas/Pixies yesterday...they probably took the longest to make of my Christmas projects, they weren't difficult, but there were two of them! lol!

Excuse this for being a bit of a picture heavy post, but I wanted to squeeze in my last 'makes' before Christmas...

Today I am sharing the card I made for Tom...he will be given it tomorrow, but he won't be looking at the blog...

I have no idea if this type of card has a name  - 'illuminated card'?? It is a tent fold shape, made using acetate and die cuts. I'm not going into details as you probably have a lot to do without me listing everything...but if you have any questions just ask in your comment and I'll let you know.

The base of the card has a little holder which I made to take a tealight, so when the card is on display it lights up.

Did I tell you that most occasions Tom makes my card too? I put some pieces/elements together in a 'kit' and leave him to decide what to do..generally he is very good. I'll photograph it after Christmas so you can see what he comes up with!

As this is my last post for a few days over the Holidays, I wanted to share the last few projects I made this Christmas...

Snow Globe


This has to be the easiest decoration to make...a dry snow globe!

All you need is a jam/mason/kilner jar, some figures, craft snow and foliage.

I pinched a few more figures from our Christmas Village (sssh!) and using glue dots adhered them to the base. I then added the craft snow. With more time I am planning on making a water filled one next! Just add the ribbon and foliage to the lid and it's all finished. I just wanted mine to stand on a shelf as an ornament, so I did wrap some snow acetate around the inside of the jar as well.

My final Tilda Christmas decorations for this year...


Snowmen Tree Hangers

I made these little snowmen tree hangers....the noses are broken wooden cocktail sticks coloured with orange promarker.

Here is one of the gingerbread men as a tree hanger.. 

Snowmen Pot Sitters
Here is one of the snowman pot sitters I made...loved making the little ear muffs with left over fabric from the polar bears.  He is simply sitting on cotton wool 'snow' and twigs in a clay pot. I dry sponged the edges with white paint for a dusting of snow. I think these are one of the favourite things I've made, he's so cute! The one thing I should have added was a little shovel, but time ran out to source one for this year.

Flowers
I had a lovely surprise yesterday when these flowers from Tom were delivered...they are so festive and beautiful, the photo doesn't do them justice...

Christmas Village
These villages are incredibly hard to photograph...my friend in Australia and myself were comparing our scenes on Facebook (they are really big there and the USA and growing here) and we both agreed there is no good time and way to snap them, but here is a little glimpse of ours...this year we added the windmill.

Tom started this after one of our 'closer to Christmas' trips to California..also at the same time they started to sell it at our local garden centre...it has grown each year and of course, I'm the one who puts it all up and believe me, it took the best part of a day!

The complete village with the house lights on and flash...a bit harsh but the only way to get it all

snippets of the village, you can click to make them larger if you wish

So my lovely crafty friends, I hope you all have the most beautiful Christmas and Santa brings some fab craft stash to put under your trees...thank you for all your visits and comments over the past year...you are all brilliant!

Love, Hugs, Peace and Holiday Joy,
Carole XXXX

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