Get cracking on Christmas - June 2022

Hi Everyone,

How have you all been? I know that I have been missing in action (again!), but we've had loads on our plates recently, and there is more to come yet! We finally managed to get the house sale and purchase sorted (only took 13 months!), and - all going well, we'll be moving in July. There are tonnes of renovations ahead of us, so probably a 1-2 year long project (before we're at least mostly done), but I sincerely hope that I will manage to find a temporary corner somewhere for my crafting time, and that my mojo is back at some point, too! Truth be told, the house situation has been really stressful, and I just needed a break from pretty much everything for a while, so hopefully now, bit by bit, I'll go back to my old beloved habits! :o)

This year, just like last year, I am joining Jenn Shurkus in her "Get cracking on Christmas" initiative - we will be encouraging each other, and our readers/followers, to create something Christmassy every month. It can be a card, a tag, a decoration... whatever you really want to! It saved me two years in a row now, with having enough cards in my stash for posting out in late November/early December. No stress, no drama - love it!

Do you want to join in? You can read all about it on Jenn's blog here.

Today's card is rather simple, as the long break from crafting has made me quite rusty, but I am still very proud of it, given the circumstances. I used the super cute Mama Elephant stamp set called Gingerbread Cookies, and I already have a few more ideas for this set, so maybe one day I'll manage to use it again, LOL! Where have the times gone when I could craft for hours each week?! 

I coloured the cute images with Copic markers & fussy cut them - thankfully, the shapes are relatively easy, so no major issues there (plus, I actually really love fussy cutting, as you know!). To add a bit of "glam" to the cookies, I made their buttons golden. But I think it would be really fun to use white gel pen, to imitate icing, too.

By the time I was done with my images, however, I was running out of crafty time and so I took a bit of a shortcut for the background - it's actually a washi tape, the whole thing! It adds the whole card a bit of a whimsical feel, which I really love. But a more traditional Christmassy background would absolutely have worked, too!

With just a bit of adhesive and matting, the card came together relatively quickly in the end, and there is a fun surprise inside, too! 

I hope to join in next month again (I have been doing rather poorly with building up my stash this year, I'm actually sending more cards than I'm making - but every little bit helps!), and we all might even have a surprise for you in July - stay tuned and make sure to come back! :0)

Stay safe and crafty,

Mirella

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Washi tape: Rainbow with splatters by PinkFresh Studio (discontinued)

Metallic Gelly Roll (I used gold): Simon Says Stamp here (sorry, there is no photo!)

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