christmas greetings

hello, thank you popping in to my blog. i know its been neglected for awhile but hopefully i am on the mend now so i will be a better blogger.

 

today i have a quick card and my first christmas card for 2012

 

i'm sorry about the poor photo. these dark days are killing my photography skills.

 

i have used some green cardstock from my stash, im not sure where i got it from.

 

the frame is a sizzix embossing folder called Loving Thoughts and can be found here

 

i cut it out twice and layered it up using 3D sticky pads.

 

the sentiment is from papermainia. i wish it was slightly bigger though, i need to look for some sentiment stamps now.

 

the flowers are marianne poinsettia, i used the large set and the small set

the pine leaves are a martha steward punch which is really difficult to get hold of so i dont have a link, sorry.

i made the little fir cones from a sizzix die called Bitty Blossoms i cut the smallest size from brown cardstock and rolled half of it to make each cone.

they are not perfect but do look ok. if anyone knows of a nice little cone die or punch i would love to hear from you.

 

i'm not entering this into any challenges but i still wanted to add it to my blog.

 

thank you for looking.

 

suzanne x