Midweek post - can you believe it!

Hello everyone

This week I appear to be super organised and have for once have had chance to just make something, just because...  Given Christmas is only a few weeks away I thought I should make a start on my cards instead of my usual last minute dash to make them all.

I saw a Facebook post yesterday from LoTV about their discontinued stamps being available on eBay.  Well I couldn't really pass up the opportunity to let some of these go,  so I naughtily ordered some mega cute ones, including loads for Christmas.  Today on Facebook, LoTV announce they are to retire 200 stamps... I've already selected those I need to add to my collection before they disappear but this could get expensive! I may need to ask for some early Christmas pressies.  Hubby - if you're reading this - big hint!!!!

Here's what I made with one of them.

The papers are from a nitwit digikit called winter wishes.  The image is coloured with promarkers (skin - blush, sunkissed pink, coral and carmine pink, Hair - walnut and shale.  Clothes - Glacier blue, sky blue and arctic blue, warm grey 2 and 3, cool grey 1, sandstone, tan, caramel, cinnamon, shale with pear green, forest green and marsh green for leaves).
The sentiment is a crafter companion one from a die-sire set, finished with snowflake die cuts, hessian jute, flowers stamped from a polkadoodles kit and all distressed with broken china and vintage photo distress inks.

I'd like to enter this into:

Die cutting divas - anything goes (Die cut snowflakes)
Holly Jolly Christmas - anything goes Christmas
Top tip Tuesday - non traditional colours
Cutie pie challenge - use three (three flowers)
Merry Monday Christmas Challenge - use polka dots

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See you soon
Rachael
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