Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas is the theme for this week's challenge at Sweet Stampin'.  I'm feeling more harrassed than merry, to be honest, but I think once we finally break up from school and I can get my decorations up, I'll be more in the Christmas spirit.

I thought I'd do something non-traditional this time and got my much-neglected Papertrey Ink stamps out to create the background in soft tones of pigment ink. The die cut sentiment is made from a Mama Elephant die, layered up and coloured with a silver marker before being given a coating of Glossy Accents.  A few sequins for some extra sparkle and the job was done.  In fact, even allowing for the drying time of the pigment inks this card was reasonably quick to make - so much so, in fact, that I think I'm going to get a little production line on the go and get ahead with my cards for 2016!  You can remind me of this when I'm ordering my cards from John Lewis again next year!

I do hope you'll be able to find the time to play along with us this week.  As ever, the Sweeties have made the most lovely inspiration projects and what's more, we're being sponsored by the fabulous Crafty Ribbons.

I'm hoping to get some crafting done over the holiday period to make up for my lack of creative time this year.  This having to work for a living malarkey really does interfere with your hobbies, doesn't it?

Huge hugs

Tracey xx