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It's Christmas time...

 

 

 

 

It's Christmas time...

 

 

 

Christmas past...from MadDi

Hi folks and I hope you all had a joyful and festive Christmas day!

As you know, between now and new year we will be bringing you Christmas layouts cards etc some of which have never been posted before. Pehaps we will remind you of  'old' techniques', 'old stash' and perhaps you will be inspired you to take lots of photographs and use up that stash!

So hello from Di!!!

And lets start with some real fun stuff! - Christmas ornaments. I bought this pack of paper and embellishments as part of a challenge! No perhaps it's not my usual paper - but it's colourful and busy and captures Christmas moments spent in Caz's home 3 years ago.

 

 

 

This is one of my favourite cards from last year made mostly with scraps of ribbon:

 

BTW do you remember "my simple hanging thing"?

Bren very kindly sent us this information

"Hi There

They're called order racks :-
 
http://www.brakesce.co.uk/search.asp?strKeywords=order+rack&Search=Search

http://www.bslh.net/equipment/index.html?lang=en-uk&target=d70.html&lmd=39782.799306
 
hope this helps

Bren

Thank you so much Bren!!!

Thanks for visiting IACW, Take care of yourself and your loved ones over this holiday season. Cherish the time you have together. God bless you all.

Love from Di XXX

It's Christmas time...

 

Celebrating our Christmas Traditions!

 

It's Christmas time...

 

 

 

 

It's Christmas time...

 

 

 

 

It's Christmas time...

 

 

 

And Hi from Di in sunny Johannesburg

Today I will be remembering that this time last year I was with Caz and her DH in England. her Xmas table was simple, uncluttered but so beautiful:

 

Be sure to take photos of your wonderful Xmas table!

Twas the night before Christmas

The girls at It's a creative world would like to wish all our readers and their loved ones a very happy Christmas.

However you choose to celebrate and whatever you believe, or don't, we wish you all a very peaceful Christmas full of cheer and goodwill.

Our hearts go out to all who are facing Christmas without a loved one and you really are in our thoughts.

We will be taking a wee break over the festive period but will be sharing some of our favourite Christmas layouts, photos and piccies of our 2008 Christmas projects here. Be sure to check in every day to see what makes Christmas for us.

And, as we're a nosey bunch if you leave us a linkie dink we'll be sure to pop by and check out your festivities.

Don't forget to eat well, take lots of piccies and have FUN!!!

Lots of love

The girls at It's a creative world

Ooh, If you like these graphics check out Graphics fairy.

Simple card for a loved one.

Hi everyone

I've been quite into card making recently and thought i'd make a simple unisex card just to say 'You mean alot to me'.



I adhered a piece of peach coloured cardstock (Crate Paper) and used 2 stamps from the Stampin Up! set Simply Said to put some green and brown flowers on the card. Don't be afraid to stamp around the edge of the card, just make sure to put a piece of paper underneath beforehand.
I then stamped the cute little Hedgehog and title (Stampin Up! Fun and Fast Notes) and used watercolour crayons and water to paint it. I then mounted it on a contrasting piece of peach bazzill cardstock.
Lastly i stamped some more of the flowers in a peach colour on some light coloured cardstock and cut them out leaving a small border around the edge.
After mounting the Hedgehog in the middle i mounted the flowers around the card using foam pads for a 3D effect.

Thanks for looking

Cath xx

Christmas Cookies

Nothing says Christmas like the aroma of spices wafting from the kitchen, and I promise, you won't be able to resist the smell of these cookies!  They are also a doddle to make:)

INGREDIENTS

• 75g (3oz) butter
• 4 tablespoons golden syrup
• 100g (3 1/2 oz) caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• large pinch ground allspice
• 300g (10oz) plain flour
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Preheat your oven to moderate, and line two baking trays with non stick liner.  Add the butter, syrup, and sugar into a saucepan and heat until the butter has melted and the sugar is dissolved.  Place the flour, spices and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl, and pour onto the butter mixture.  Stir gently until you have a smooth dough.  You can add a few drops of milk to the mixture if it seems too dry.

Allow the dough to cool, then roll out onto a floured surface and use your favourite Christmas shaped cutters to make your cookie shapes.  Reroll all the trimmings, then continue cutting until all the dough is used.  Place the shapes on to the baking trays, and cook in the oven for around 10-12 minutes.  When cooled, you can have fun decorating them with your favourite icing and sweets!

Happy eating!  Paulaxx