Sue The Iron: Reindeer Christmas

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Sunday, 18 December 2022

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

Good morning and a very happy Sunday, just seven more sleeps 'till Christmas!

This is my latest card for Relatively Thoughtful, and as I have the 12x12 version of the Reindeer Christmas collection I wanted to make a big statement card.

I've made a floating gatefold card before using a Paul Ford tutorial, but this was a 7x5 card. I thought it would be easy to size up, but I didn't take into account the size of my front panel, but I got there in the end, (just don't ask me about an envelope lol)

I love these little postcards with the reindeer, they are just perfect for the small side panels.

I've used lots of my older Tim Holtz dies too, together with a fair bit of paint spatter!

And sparkly sequins....

And pom-poms - did I mention the pom-poms!

This is such a versatile collection and can be found here in the store.

Digital Collection

A4 Paper Collection

As always there is lots of new inspiration daily on our social pages.

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If I don't see you before, have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year, and thanks so much for looking xx

Sunday, 11 December 2022

Christmas Wishes

Good morning and a very happy Sunday!

I've been playing with the beautiful Reindeer Christmas collection from Relatively Thoughtful.

The papers are such great quality, they take ink, embossing powder, and anything else that you care to throw at them lol.

And of course they die-cut perfectly.

With all these reindeer guiding the way I'm sure Santa's sleigh will find its way safely!

As always there is daily inspiration on the Relatively Thoughtful Facebook pages so please check them out.

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The collection can be found here in Sally's store in either A4 papers or digital download.

Take care and have a very happy day whatever you are doing x

Sunday, 4 December 2022

Happy 1st Christmas!

Good morning and a very happy Sunday!

As you may know, my beautiful granddaughter was born seven weeks early in October (she actually isn't due until this Thursday!) Thankfully she is now safely home, and I got my very first cuddle last week! Of course, this will be her very first Christmas, and I shall be taking lots of photos, so I have altered a frame to keep my favourite one in.

I've used papers from the Relatively Thoughtful Magic of Childhood and Reindeer Christmas collections, and I think they work beautifully together.

I started by taking my plain white photo box and applying black construction tape around all the edges. This now means that I don't need to paint them, and it's a nice surface to stick my papers to.

The front pieces have been carefully measured, the corners mitered, and all the edges inked.

Even with the careful preparation, it's always nice to see that they fit lol.

I've tried to use non-directional patterns as at this stage I don't know if I'll be putting a portrait or a landscape photograph inside.

This is the backing board that the photo will sit on. It's just under 7x5 so I can trim a little bit off a 7x5 photo. You know what I just said about non-directional.... Doh!! Never mind, as these collections are both available as digital downloads I can just print another sheet and use the other side if I go with portrait - it will be the poshest back to a frame ever!

The gorgeous rocking horse is part of a cut-apart sheet in the Magic of Childhood collection. I've heat-embossed it with sparkly powder - well it is Christmas!

It's really hard to show the sparkle in a photograph, but it is there. The embossing powder also adds strength to the card.

This is how it looks in landscape.

And we are going to pretend that the reindeer aren't standing on their heads for the portrait shot! I promise that no reindeer were harmed in the making of this frame 😂😂.