This weeks Tuesday Project.

I credit the project to Claire at Which Craft where I recently  went on a workshop and I have re created it for my ladies.xx

MARGARET'S CHRISTMAS CARDS USING ACETATE - LOVE AT CHRISTMAS

I used two pieces of pearlised card which are joined at the spine.  I cut an aperture out of the front card using spellbinders nestability and stuck acetate behind this.  I stamped the church image onto pearlised white card which is mounted onto a silver shape and placed on the background card behind the aperture.  I then added a die-cut reindeer and snowflake to decorate.  Finally added double ribbon of chiffon and silver tied in a bow on the spine.

MARGARET'S CHRISTMAS CARDS USING ACETATE - RED WREATH

For this card I used a sheet of acetate as the front of the card - this was stuck down to the white backing card and folded round to make the front (I covered the tape on the back up with a strip of burgundy card).  I then created a ribbon border using the new Woodware punch and cartridge set (from Which Craft, Doncaster).  I stamped the wreath image and coloured using Pro Markers and decorated with gold pen.  This was mounted onto the top scalloped circles and the stamped image added on the front acetate.

MARGARET'S CHRISTMAS CARDS USING ACETATE - FRAME CARD

This card is created using a die-cut frame from Which Craft, Doncaster.  I made a base concertina card for the backing and topped it with a Lily of the Valley Topper mounted on red card and decorated with jewels.  I stuck green card behind the punched circles and then a square of acetate.  I finished the card with a double ribbon bow and peel off greeting.

Cards designed by Beryl for workshop at Gee Cross.

This card is made from one half of a square card and folded in half, I used a nutcrafters.com stamp, coloured it with promarkers and mounted onto a Christmas green card, some paper from my stash and cut out greetings card with my nesties.

Well would you believe it another cute card, using again a Lily of the Valley topper mounted onto red card. I used some green sparkly paper mounted onto red card to make the corner pieces and finished off with a small happy christmas tucked under the left side of the topper.

Another cute card using a Lily of the Valley topper, I added a little glitter to the image and used some blue sparkly card and finished it off with some blue card candy.

New Cards for my workshop this week at Gee Cross.

A cute Christmas Card, the stamp is from nutcraftres.com and base from Paula at Which Craft. I used royal blue card and cut my scalloped circle with Nestabilities die.

Margaret's Weekend Workshop at Buxton

A really enjoyable full-day Christmas Workshop staying at the Lee Wood Hotel - very comfortable and hospitable as always.  I met up with my crafting ladies in Buxton for lunch and shopping on Friday, then on to the hotel for a rest before dinner.  My Workshop started after breakfast on Saturday when we had a lovely day making the cards I had designed and prepared - plenty of chat and laughter with stops for drinks and lunch.  Looking forward to the next one with Beryl at the beginning of November.

Margaret's Lily of the Valley Christmas Workshop

I love these images from Lily of the Valley.  For the workshop I mainly used theVintage Girls toppers which make great quick cards.  I especially love this lilac vintage girl image which I have cut round and shaped then mounted onto a backing card inked with lilac and added a die-cut snowflake.

Margaret's Lily of the Valley Christmas Workshop

Another lovely Lily of the Valley topper from the vintage girls range, mounted onto die cut scallop, snowflake border and added punched flowers and stamped greeting.  Pearls were coloured using permanent markers.

Margaret's Lily of the Valley Christmas Workshop

For this card I cut the topper into a circle and mounted onto scalloped and straight circles then added glitter and a stamped greeting

Margaret's Lily of the Valley Christmas Workshop

Easel card using Lily of the Valley toppers

Margaret's Buxton Christmas Workshop - Glitter card

I cut the shape out of a piece of white glitter card using a spellbinder's nestability, then backed the glitter card with silver card.  I cut and embossed a frame from a marianne die and stamped the image onto card, then glittered and mounted onto silver.  I used a corner punch to decorate the corners of the mount and added small crystal gems then the stamped greeting.  The front card was attached to a backing card by the spine and ribbon added.

Margaret's Buxton Christmas Workshop - Step card

This step card (bought from Which Craft at Doncaster) is decorated using the Papermania die-cuts and toppers pack

Margaret's Christmas Workshop at Buxton - Shutter card

This shutter card is decorated using die-cut toppers and shapes from a Papermania pack

Margaret's Christmas Workshop at Buxton - Christmas mice

I love this Penny Johnson stamp which I coloured with pro-markers and added pearl decoration to the mistletoe.