A few more Christmas cards

I am doing quite well this year thanks to challenges, well ahead with the stash of cards I need ready for the festive season. Here are a few more I have made this week, I have been trying to use up last years Christmas papers before buying any more. I haven't succeeded and have succumbed to two new collections, both Kraft based.

 After every Christmas creating season, I look at my array of stamps and dies and think I can't possibly need anything else. However, another year rolls around and the companies come out with their new catalogues and I can't resist buying more. This wreath is one of my new faves along with the stars die on the card below.

Here is one of the new papers I couldn't say "no" to, it is from SU's Under the Tree set.

Colourful fungi

I have been meaning to post this wonky picture for some time but then kept forgetting. Holly and I went up to Maroondah Park last year and took lots of photos of fungi ( my friend Christine will appreciate the subject matter) because we thought they were quite beautiful in their own way.

Cardstock - Stampin Up Crumbcake

PP - DCWV

Chipboard toadstool - Scrap FX (I think)

Pearls - Kaisercraft

Small Alphas - Cosmo Cricket

Playing with PTI

I bought the Mat Stack 1 stamp set and die from Paper Trey Ink and have been having a bit of a play with them. I love PTI stamps as their images are always so well made and stamp beautifully. The first one I have teamed up with Stampin Up inks and card stock, as well as cutting the flower with their scallop circle punch from the packing paper that they include in copious amounts when you receive your goodies. I saw the flower technique on Judy May's blog (see Just Judy Designs in Blogs I visit in the sidebar) some time back. The top layer is stamped with a PTI image and the large pearl brad is from Kaisercraft.
This card incorporates some old Daisy D paper.

The border punch is Martha Stewart.

Leaves - PTI stamp.

The central sentiment is from an English company called Craftwork Cards.

Ribbon - American Crafts.

Ink and cardstock - Stampin Up
Finally:

Paper, cardstock and border punch - Stampin Up.

Flower and sentiment - Craftwork Cards.

Brad - Kaisercraft

Happy to be me

Holly took some photos of me on a recent walk, she was amazed when I scrapped them so quickly as there are very few pages of me in any of our scrapbooks as I am generally the photographer. I got to use another of my Stampin Up Christmas presents, the white crocheted doily. I had previously had a go at doing them myself (the larger pink one) but had never got around to incorporating them into any layout.
Here is a close up, I sewed a button(Doodlebug) on to the white doily and used a brad further up the stem. The felt flowers are from here, the paper flowers are all from Prima

The blue patterned paper is from Graphic 45 all the rest is Basic Grey.

Leaf stem- Kaiser craft, available here

Life is a beach

This is Holly and a friend on a recent trip to Phillip Island, it wasn't that warm but that didn't stop them playing in the surf. The papers, title and tickets are from Kaiser "Seaside" range, the orange tag is from Crafters Choice.