When I saw Jennifer McGuire's shadow box cards, I knew I would be making one ... or more! 

Here you can see it as it comes out the envelope, and the movement of the dragonflies.

... Time Out Challenge : Inspired by Words

As the stamps I ordered are trickling in ever so slowly due to covid and the restricted flights in, I was delighted to finally receive one of my black Friday orders. That only took 3½ months.  But I have many outstanding still ... even from May 2020! I do hope they arrive.

It's been quite a while since I've created an inchie on a card. But I had just the right image in mind from my newly arrived Pinkfresh Studio set called Hello hello.

Then I thought, why not make another !

I coloured the letters with Prismacolor pencils and added Glossy accents to the hearts.

My entry to ...

... AAA Cards : One inchie (opt B&W)

... Colour Hues : Black & White

... NBUS #24

 I have a friend who loves puzzles, so I wanted to make a puzzle card for her especially as it was a big Birthday - her 70th!

Here's the card with the puzzle made up.

I gave it in a little bag.

I tried my hand at a little Japanese gift wrapping.

... Just Add Ink #543 : Sketch

More new un-inked products from my stash ... and a stencil with shading added using Prismacolour Pencils. 

A close up so you can see the shading on the stencil. 

... AAA Birthday #21 : Stencil Background

... NBUS #22

I've made another set of small gifts for the 12 Days of Christmas for a friend who needs a little cheering up.

I think this Ellen Hutson set is so delightful. I keep it simple by adding patterned paper and a simple colour palette. This year I went with kraft and red, with touches of white.

Have you ever read or listened to the wonderfully humorous book "The Twelve Days of Christmas" by John Julius Norwich. You can go and listen HERE.

My entry to ...

... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Christmas Critters.

We had our Book Club Christmas Dinner last week. My friend and fellow stamper, Bronwyn, had volunteered to make the name place cards. She designed the cards using the Ellen Hutson Bookworm lady. I helped a little by printing names on cardstock before die cutting the tags, and colouring the ladies.

Since Bronwyn had gone with the book theme, I had to put my chocolate in a little "book" box. I was inspired by Darcy Miller's little Book Favors. She did provide a PDF to print and make your own, but they were not the right size for my little chocolate so I made my own.

Our beautiful table.

My entry for ...

... The Card Concept : Christmas tree or decorations

Another new stamp set ... Beautiful World from Hero Arts.