The Night Before Christmas Scene

Now that I am on my own I need a lot less Christmas cards and find myself more and more often opting for home decor items when I am crafting. And they make it possible to have some more and new decorative Christmas items even if the budget is tight. And Trimcraft's new collection 'The Night Before Christmas' with images by Helz Cuppleditch in combination with some other great new First Edition and Dovecraft Christmas products allows for some unique items with a personal touch that could not be just bought in shops or could be found in countless homes.

This 6" x 6" panel based on a piece of cardboard also brought out a great way of using up loose glitter without mess. I mixed a generous amount of PVA with white Dovecraft glitter and applied it lavishly to the icicle border and the snowflake elements. This leaves the ice and snow elements nice and sparkly - and the glitter is not shedding.

I prepared again a product list and step-by-step instructions, which can be found in my Trimcraft gallery.

Mini cards with felt die-cuts

Today I would like to share two more mini cards with you. This time I used products from the Dovecraft Christmas Basics collection. The focal points of both cards are die-cut embellishments created from felt.

I must admit that I was initially unsure how die-cutting felt would work, but I should not have worried. With the Dovecraft felt and Christmas dies it worked just fine. I would just recommend to ease the felt carefully out of the dies in case there is a fibre that needs to be cut (and that is better than tearing a fibre and potentially the die-cut). Due to the pressure from the diecutting machine the edges are even finished nicely. By the way, I used a Cuttlebug with a pretty worn out cutting plate.

Product lists and step-by-step instructions for both projects are again prepared and can be found in my Trimcraft gallery.