TGF Christmas Blog Hop

Today is a Very Special Monday, as it's time for The Greeting Farm's Christmas Blog Hop, and I know every stop is going to be full of gorgeous TGF yumminess.

In honour of this joyous occasion, I have not one but two projects to share with your today, firstly how about something with a Festive feel....

I decided to try something new for this project and created a Treat Box Card.  It was very simple to make I simply followed the tutorial, and used my Scor-pal for all the scoring.

I wanted to create quite a traditional Christmas project, so I chose the adorbale 'Holiday Anya' to be the main focus of my card; She's coloured with Letraset Promakers with the addition of some ultra fine white glitter.  My background papers are scraps I've been keeping for ages for just the right project, and the holly paper was the perfect accompaniment to Holiday Anya, and the Tartan paper just sets it off nicely.

I die cut some flourishes out of the same card stock as i made the card, and added some pearl pins and crystal embellishments for a little bling (I coloured these with my Promarkers to coordinate with the rest of the card).

I used a couple of the Christmas Mini Postage stamps from Whimsy Stamps, along with the mini postage stamp die to create my sentiment embellishments.  To finish it all off I added some beautiful red ruffled ribbon, a couple of snowflake die cuts, and a lovely little red rose.

My second project, isn't particularly festive, it's simply a very fun card...

I saw this set of sentiment stamps somewhere online, and as soon as i saw them i had to get them, If you don't know, like the true Brit I am, I love a nice cuppa tea.  As is traditional for us British if anything in life goes a little awry or not to plan, then the best course of action is to 'Keep Calm and Have a Cup of Tea'  a sentiment I truly embrace.

To go with this awesome sentiment, is the awesome HG Classy Digi from TGF, isn't she the perfect example of calm and serenity! My background papers came free with a magazine last summer some time; I added a couple of doilies to my background to give that real afternoon tea feel to the card.  I used Airmail Bakers Twine and Red and Blue Roses to celebrate the Britishness of the card, and as a final finishing touch added some patterned washi tape, you can never add to much love to a card.

Sorry for such a long post, thank you for visiting with me, and enjoy the rest of the Hop.
Head back over to The Greeting Farm Blog to find you next hop stop

Happy Hopping
A Very Merry Christmas to You All
Hugs
Suzi
xxx