I couldn't post this black and white Christmas card earlier as I made it for my husband. This came out of a challenge to make a card using mainly black and white, which I struggled with as black is not a colour I use a lot. So consequently, this card is really different from any other cards I have done lately. I really like the resulting card.

The words of this stamp from the God's Blessings stamp are perfect for this time of the year...

This card was inspired by a design that one of the ladies that attended my December workshop stamped on the front of her altered notepad. It reminds me of an over-grown garden that has just been disturbed.

This week was my nephews birthday and I used two sweet treat cups to create this card. I got the idea to use rolled licorice for the car wheels from Julia Leece's card and added a trap-door on the inside so that the licorice can be taken out without destroying the card.

As a small Christmas treat, I gave everyone who attended the December workshops last week a candy cane with a little stamped tag.

At our workshops in the past week, I have given everyone an opportunity to play with the new Butterfly Prints stamp set and the co-ordinating Butterfly punch. This is the little make-and-take that anyone who attended my workshops got to make:

I have been playing with the new buttons and grommets from the Summer Mini. I made a Christmas easel card with both of these (keep an eye out for easel cards in the January workshops).

Oooh, I just love the new Butterfly Prints stamp set in the Summer Mini and the co-ordinating punch. I think the stamped butterflies are lovely designs and I also like the way that it has the butterfly body as a 2-step stamping process. And the punch fits perfectly.