Christmas Crunch Sunday - on Saturday

Let me start with an apology. An apology to those people (if there were any..) who came over to my blog last Sunday expecting to see a Christmas card. There wasn't one *sad face*. Sooo many uni deadlines and stuff going on at home that I didn't even have time to turn around and it was the weekend again.

BUT THIS WEEK!! I have a LOVELY card using Beanie Anya from The Greeting Farm. I've had the stamp for aaaages, but I'm ashamed to say this is the first time I have inked her up!! Shocking! I also tried my hand at paper piecing again, I really don't know why I don't do this more, its a fantastic technique! :)

Isn't she the sweetest? I love her bunches! I wish my hair looked like that when I had a hat on my head! LOL. I have paper pieced everything but her skin and hair. Such a cool look and it only takes a few minutes to cut all the pieces out - especially with these TGF stamps, as they're only 'ickle.

Here is a picture of the over all card, it took me over an hour to make it as I just couldn't decide what to do. But I LOVE how it turned out.. what do you think?

Over on the TPS group on Facebook, there has been a lot of talk about which colour we find it most difficult to work with - I answered purple. I find it really difficult to colour with ProMarkers in purple shades - and I never really know what other colours to team it with. Well, I was looking through my Christmas patterned paper when I came across Cosmo Cricket - Mitten Weather collection. Low and behold, a load of purple goodness that I had forgotten aaall about. So here it is, a purple card! :)

I used some gorgeous seam binding from The Ribbon Girl to make a cute little bow using my new bow easy tool. The two tickets were cut using the Ticket Die from Whimsy Stamps. I embossed a vellum ticket with a snowflake EF from Sizzix for Basic Grey. The other I stamped with a greeting from the Holiday Ticket Sentiments from Whimsy Stamps in SU! Pale Plum. I added some Lavender Stickles to each bauble as well as the knot on the bow.

Here is a close up of some gorgeous vellum snowflakes I cute using my MM-Slice. I stamped over them in SU! Soft Suede using the Music Notes standard wheel. I used my Bazzill Swirls template to add some Lavender Stickles.. in swirls (obviously..) although I don't know how well that turned out!! Not too swirly is it? LOL!

And lastly, something a little new for me. I have began decorating the inside of my cards. Its a fab way to use up scraps of the patterned paper you have cut when decorating the front of the card. :) I kinda like it. And I think it makes the card appear more finished!

Hope you like it, this is one of my fave Christmas cards so far this year! I can see Beanie Anya being used a LOT more, especially for paper piecing, her hat is perfect for it!!

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:
× Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - I Can See Right Through That 

× Mojo Monday - #182

Well, I must dash. Going to make myself an omelette for tea and then get on with some uni work, which I have been telling myself I will do all day. Instead? I have been practicing colouring with my PM's!! :) I think I have nailed the colours I like for white skin colours and light browish hair. Result! Practice makes perfect, right? :) xo