Sewing samples

My sister likes sewing - for her kids, as presents for friends and family and sometimes upon request. I have made her a mini book to put photos of her handmade items - some people may prefer to see a proper photo to just swiping though a collection of photos on a phone... hopefully.

I chose papers from the Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Party collection, as she often uses dark blue fabric and a blue/green striped one similar to the one on the title label.

The final Christmas countdown

I have enjoyed making Christmas cards this year, but to be honest I don't mind not having to make any for a few months...

And a few gift tags:

And here's another birthday card:

Polaroid style birthday cards and some more for Christmas

I love Polaroid dies and have recently used them a lot on cards. IrRESISTible inks are another recent discovery I cannot get enough of, so here we go:

It also means I can make more room in my box of DIY embellishments (see earlier post), and they can be used without a frame as well:

 

De-stashing is also more than necessary for my Christmas stuff, so more Christmas cards:

Off to the craft room now - I would like to finish something else for Christmas. Please stay tuned...

Christmas cards again

This time for personal use and made at home rather than in the office:

I love this forest die. Actually I just wanted to buy glue last Saturday, but the die somehow ended up in the shopping basked as well. If I remember well a snowflake punch was also involved.

Corsica

The other day I found a photo CD, which included some photos from a cycling tour in Corsica ending at the Pointe de la Parata with its Genoese tower. (For further info see Wikipedia.) Allegedly the Genoese towers inspired Tolkien to create the beacons of Gondor, but this may be a myth... and I digress.

Two of the found photos made there way onto this layout:

Some more cards for a good cause

We did it - a total of 168 Christmas cards! These are the ones we made with a bunch of colleagues over a few lunch breaks:

There was a bit of paper left over, and one evening and ten cards later we have used it all up, except for some tiny stripes:

More than half of the cards are sold already, the remaining ones will hopefully all be gone by Saturday.