Madonna with Child for Christmas

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? We have a a trip to meet up with  my sister to discuss family matters. The trouble is in the end she wasn't well enough to join us. So instead we saw some nice National Trust properties and had some lovely walks in the woods. It is good to be home now. 

Here is another Christmas card. I am very behind on my Christmas card making this year. I have made a lot of Christmas cards but most of them have gone off as samples. 

On this card I used two types of Claritystamp Designer paper. The die is the Madonna Window Aperture Clarity Freshcut die. This is a good die for paper piecing. For the wording I used the Christmas Words Stickers from Claritystamp. 

I was very pleased with how this card worked out. I might just make a few more of them. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge #552 at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Challenge #99 at the Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge blog

Challenge #36 at the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog

Have a good weekend. 

Happy crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog - December Challenge - Anything Goes

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How has your week been? We are settling into my hubby's retirement. We are both looking forward to the time when we can have a holiday. That was always the plan to have a big holiday when we were both retired. Oh well we will just have to wait for that. 

The new challenge starts today at the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog. This time there are no sponsors and the theme is Anything Christmas Goes. I have a bit of other news that this will be my last post for this lovely Challenge blog. As I have said before with my hubby being retired there is not so much time for me to craft. I will still be making cards it is a hobby I love. I just don't want to be working to deadlines. 

I do love a religious Christmas card. All the papers I have used are Designer papers from Claritystamp. I do love those papers. 

This challenge has no sponsor so it is an Anything Christmas Goes Challenge. If you click on my personal logo you will be taken to the challenge blog. 

This die is the Madonna Window Fresh Cut Aperture Die. It makes a great stained glass window.  I used a sticky sheet over some Designer paper. I added a circle around baby Jesus' head. Then I stuck down the black die cut. To this I was able to add paper piecing. Finally I covered the remaining sticky sheet with Micro Beads. 

I made two cards with the same design. Once I have shared this post my commitment to the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog is complete. As there will be no commenting on the entries this time I am finished. 

Have great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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