January Rudolph Days

 The 25th of the month can only mean one thing, it's time for the Rudolph Days Challenge. I know we have just put away the Chrisrmas decorations but if we start making our cards now it's not so rushed nearer the big day. I've been doing this now for quite a few years and I always make several of the same design, this time I managed seven, it should have been eight but one went totally wrong so was popped into the bin. I used a die that was from Creative Expressions Paper Cutz collection. cut out of some holograpgic mirri card and teamed them with a pad of 6x6 papers that came from Crafters Companion. I still have to add a sentiment to the fronts, once I've decided which one to use. As always Maureen will have a wonderful prize for the winner who is drawn at random at the end of the challenge and you only need to make one card to join in with the fun. I hope to see you over on the challenge blog.

 Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

February Rudolph Days Challenge

Where has this year gone to already? I can't believe that we are nearly at the end of February but as we are it's time for this month's Rudolph Days Challenge. For those of you who haven't heard of this challenge before it's run by a lovely lady called Maureen who lives in Canada and runs from 25th of the month until the end. You can enter 1 card with any Christmas theme per month and the winner is pick at random at the end of the month. Maureen normally has a choice of 2 prizes for you to pick from should you be lucky enough to win. For my card this month I have used a stamp by Creative Expressions, there were 6 stamps in this set and they are all long and thin. I started with an A4 piece of card and sprayed it with Distress Oxide in greens. When dry I cut the card into three and stamped on each piece using versafine ink, then embossed using fine gold embossing powder. I then mounted them onto some gold card and then an A5 card blank. I'm not sure if I'm going to add a sentiment yet of just let the baubles speak for themselves. These are my first three cards into my box for this year. As many of you already know I usually make my Mum's Christmas cards for her, but as she has recently passed away the pressure has eased this year and I'll not have to produce so many.

Three for my box

 Thank you for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue