I took a break from Christmas stamps to create this masculine birthday card using the very cute and versatile Banner Banter stamp set...

On Sunday we held the Hamilton Christmas Extravaganza. This annual event is run by 10 demonstrators who teach five gorgeous paper craft projects - cards, tags, boxes and gift ideas for Christmas. But the day includes so much more for the 70-80 crafters who attend: prize draws, displays and more crafting opportunities to create cards for charity.

A new Around The World Stampin' Up! Challenge is up and it's a colour challenge: Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow. With a touch of gold, these colours are perfect a vintage Christmas card.

For the Thank You cards I created this month I used the Letterpress Winter Christmas stamp set...

Stampin' Up! have released the Merry & Bright Extra Special Christmas Supplement, which has MORE beautiful Christmas products for you to browse. Please note that the products exclusive to this supplement are only available while stocks last.

Vellum is making a a come-back - I have recently seen some lovely projects using this fun product. And now the new Around the World Stampin' Up! Challenge is to create something using vellum! Here's my Christmas card in vellum using the Endless Wishes stamp set and some of the All Is Calm products from page 22 of the Holiday Catalogue...

The Four Feathers and Endless Wishes stamp sets featured on this one-layer card are both from the Holiday Catalogue...

For the latest birthday card I created, I took the opportunity to feature buttons for the new Around the World Stampin' Up! Challenge...