Old-fashioned Christmas and a farewell

Two days ago, we had to say goodbye to our beloved 15-year old male cat, Rolmops. When he was a small and chubby kitten – and about the same age as the queen of our household, Kokkini, who was born in our home – he would roll over in front of our feet while we were walking on the street, showing us how cute he was and telling us he was ready to be adopted. It wasn't until our 2 Dutch cats passed a few months later that he finally got his wish. We miss him but know he is happy and free now, and without any pain.

On a happier note, I have another Christmas card to share. I coloured in this Santa image (NBUS Crafter's Companion, Believe in the magic) using Copics, die cut the panel with a SSS stitched rectangle and adhered it to my card base (Schoolhouse red, SSS).

I'm linking up my card at:

Jingle Belles - Old-fashioned Christmas

NBUS #65

SSS Wednesday - Anything goes

GD at Rudolph Days - Dachshund through the snow

Hello everyone. I'm thrilled to be making a guest appearance today at this month's Rudolph Days, an Anything Goes Christmas challenge that runs from the 25th until the end of each month.

I used a shimmery galaxy background and a (possibly NBUS) treescape die cut from my UFO box and paired it with this sweet dachshund from a NBUS stamp set (Santa Paws) by Art Impressions. I coloured him in using Copics, using the image on the packaging for reference, and then fussy-cut him so that I could pop him up.

Do check out the Rudolph Days challenge to see what the other guest designers and our host, Helen, have created. And of course you are more than welcome to play along.

I'm also linking up my card at:

Art Impressions - #385 Keep calm and celebrate on!

NBUS #65

ATSM - #475 Stencils and die cuts

Christmas Kickstart - #89 Animal antics

Sparkles Christmas - #164 Christmas critters

Two snowy trees

Hello again. I have two more Christmas cards to share today. When I went to place the frame of my previous card between some heavy books to flatten it, I discovered these two snowy panels from a previous play session, so I decided this was a good moment to turn them into cards.

The panels had been created with the top of a large Stamperia stencil. To create more of a feel of a Christmas tree, I first painted the outline of the tree using Catherine Pooler ink and a large watercolour brush, using the stencil as reference. I also created the stars by blending yellow ink through the stencil. After the panel had dried, I placed the stencil again and added this glitter embossing past that contains flecks of mica. 

I created the frame using hammered cardstock and 2 nesting frames of a NBUS Card Making Magic label die set that I selected as a free bonus with a recent purchase from CraftStash. I finished off with a sentiment die from an older Tonic Chrismas kit. I die cut the sentiment using a snippet of the gold paper from my previous card and vellum for the outline.

I'm linking up my cards at:

Christmas Kickstart - #88 Festive Frames

Double Trouble - #171 Drive-thru window

Thing 1 - Window/aperture
Thing 2 - Snow
Thing 3 - Play at Jingle Belles

Jingle Belles - Dashing through the snow

Rudolph Days - July AG Christmas

NBUS #65