My Christmas cards this year were inspired by the New Zealand native Pohutukawa tree, which are now out in flower...
New Zealand Pohutukawa Flowers

I love that we have Christmas in the summer here in the southern hemisphere - barbeques, beaches, sun, swimming... But I do love snowflake images at Christmas too. They are really decorative, even though they don't fit with our summer-time holidays.

At another of our Crafters Anonymous online classes, we made these cute diamond-fold cards...

We recently created this simply-made Christmas ornament at a Crafters Anonymous online class...

This year I made cards and tags for a local company who gives out bottles of wine to their clients. Here are the three (very different) bottle tag designs I created for them to choose from...

On Saturday my team gathered at my house for a "Champagne" Christmas breakfast. We had cereal, yoghurt and strawberries, plus croissants filled with barbequed ham steaks, swiss cheese and tomatoes. All washed down with sparkling grape juice, orange and grapefruit juice.

On Saturday a friend of mine got married. Jacque is a very talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and this was the wedding invitation she sent...

The Established Elegance stamp set has been around for a while now, but I have only recently purchased this lovely, vintage-style stamp set. You can see this stamp set on page 125 of the Annual Catalogue. Here's two cute cards I made using this gorgeous stamp set...