Christmas Pudding Tree Decoration

I’ve made this Christmas pudding tree decoration using a tin from a set of twenty four wedding favours bought from HobbyCraft, it was an expensive impulse buy, but now I am determined to use a few of them this Christmas …..

I drew round the tin and made the pudding base with brown Bazzill paper, topped off with white glitter paper. I’ve glued a loop of thread between the two paper layers so that the tin can be hung on a Christmas tree branch

That’s all there is to it. The holly is made using a punch, and I’ve doodled a few currants using  white and black gel pens and finally, no project of mine would be complete without a few flat backed gem berries!  All I need to do now is find a few sweeties to pop inside.

Simple Christening Card

When I was asked to make this Christening card I decided to keep things very simple. Little girls are easier to make for, as I could have added a few flowers in the corners, but I just didn’t have any embellishments suitable for a boys Christening card.

I have machine stitched the mat and layering in blue, something I haven’t done for a while.  The blue gingham is wallpaper bought for 10p a roll in a sale ages ago, the white ribbon was from a carboot sale (I must have had a million yards for about £2, and finally the font used is 2Peas Messy Etchy downloaded from the Two Peas in a Bucket website.

Christening Card

My apologies, these pictures contain shots of wet glue!
 
This is a simple card to make using punchies. I think the pictures explain how I have made it.  The daisy punches are nothing special, just ones I have collected over the years.  There are three layers of petals on the large flowers and two on the smaller ones.

The font used is Papyrus in a sepia shade of brown.

I have used flat backed pearls as they give a softer and more sophisticated effect than clear gems.
When the glue is dry I like to fluff up the petals, by separating the petals and lifting them up a little