Handmade by Natty

Well the time has come to share my last projects that I made for the Hey Little Magpie Creative Team a few weeks back.

All the details can be found here on the blog.

I used some choice picks from the lovely Sugar Plum and Comfort and Joy collections by My Mind’s Eye:

So many possibilities with these collections, but I sat down first to use the Sugar Plum collection.

Lots of pastel colours, traditional shades, and some vintage gold glitter thrown in for good measure:

Paper, ephemera, enamel dots: MME – Sugar Plum
Dies: Mama Elephant, PTI, Lil’ Inker Designs
Stamp: PTI
Other: 3D foam tape

How sweet is the glass dome ornament in the ephemera pack? I have a bit of a weakness for glad dome ornament and little cardboard glittered decorations in real life so it’s even nicer to be able to use these on cards too!

Next up the pompom trim came out to play!

Paper, ephemera, enamel dots: MME – Sugar Plum
Dies: MFT
Stamp: Avery Elle
Other: 3D foam tape, pompom trim

I love any excuse to feature mini pompom trim on Christmas cards, it’s just so festive, and a great way to separate contrasting paper patterns. I twinned the candy cane ephemera with this lovely greeting from Avery Elle.

Paper, ephemera, enamel dots: MME – Sugar Plum
Die: Lil’ Inker Designs
Stamps: Lawn Fawn
Other: 3D foam tape

There’s always time for a clean and simple design – just love the geometric pattern in this collection – great shades of red through pink make for a really bold background to white space. I simply added a star from the enamel shapes to one of the ephemera trees and a stamped greeting.

Another thing I have missed using on cards has been seam binding – it adds a little vintage flare!

Paper and ephemera: MME – Sugar Plum
Other: 3D foam tape, seam binding

For this card I simply added tags from the ephemera pack, including the large Joy tag, and the festive little deer.

There are so many glittered papers in this line, including this lovely snowflake background which is great for wintry scenes:

Paper, ephemera, and enamel dots: MME – Sugar Plum
Stamp: Neat & Tangled
Other: 3D foam tape, Stickles

I stamped a greeting onto this banner from the ephemera set. There had to be more glitz added right? So out came the Frosted Lace Stickles for some sparkling snow on the houses. And for an extra festive pop, I created a tinsel-like background for the greeting.

Paper, ephemera, and enamel dots: MME – Sugar Plum
Die: Lil’ Inker Designs
Other: 3D foam tape

For this card I wanted to use some of the left-over wintry scene paper to create a kind of snow globe look. I added elements from the ephemera pack to bring it all together.

And now to Comfort and Joy – lots of cosy patterns and stand-out elements in this collection!

I particularly love the tartan plaid designs.

Paper and chipboard: MME – Comfort and Joy
Die: Lil’ Inker Designs
Stamp: Lawn Fawn
Other: twine, jingle bells

I totally love the marquee-lighting style elements in the chipboard set for this line. The star really pops against the patterns in the background – even more so with the addition of the stitched circles from the Lil’ Inker Designs silly stitched die.

There are also some bolder designs with a black background.

Paper, journaling card: MME – Comfort and Joy
Die: Lil’ Inker Designs
Other: 3D foam tape

I found the perfect greeting for this card in the form of one of the journaling cards from this collection. Love the contrast of the tree against the woodgrain.

Next up another wintry scene!

Paper, chipboard: MME – Comfort and Joy
Stamp: PTI
Die: Memory Box
Other: 3D foam tape, Stickles

When I saw this sledge in the chipboard set I knew who would be receiving this card! And of course I had to pair it with the Memory Box Country Landscape border die!

And finally, there are more snow globes to be found in the chipboard set:

Paper, chipboard: MME – Comfort and Joy
Dies: Mama Elephant, Lil’ Inker Designs
Other: 3D foam tape, buttons, twine

The Madison frame die from Mama Elephant is the perfect size for 5×7 cards so you can still see the background but also feature some larger embellishments and greetings. I added a final finishing touch with some die-cut holly and festive buttons for berries. 🙂

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My Mind’s Eye – Sugar Plum – 6×6 Glittered Paper Pad	My Mind’s Eye – Sugar Plum – Glisten Glittered Paper	My Mind’s Eye – Sugar Plum – Joy Glittered Paper	My Mind’s Eye – Sugar Plum – Sparkle Glittered Paper
My Mind’s Eye – Sugar Plum – Cheer Paper	My Mind’s Eye – Sugar Plum – Mixed Bag Die Cuts	My Mind’s Eye – Sugar Plum – Enamel Shapes	My Mind’s Eye – Comfort and Joy – Caramel Macchiato Glittered Paper
My Mind’s Eye – Comfort and Joy – Snowflake Kisses Glittered Paper	My Mind’s Eye – Comfort and Joy – Jingle All the Way Paper	My Mind’s Eye – Comfort and Joy – Sweater Weather Paper	My Mind’s Eye – Comfort and Joy – Evergreen & Holly Glittered Paper
My Mind’s Eye – Comfort and Joy – Chipboard Elements	My Mind’s Eye – Comfort and Joy – Journal Cards	Lil’ Inker Designs – Holly Jolly dies	Mama Elephant – Framed Tags – Madison Avenue die set
Papertrey Ink – Double-ended banners dies	Papertrey Ink – Stylish Sentiments: Holiday Stamp Set	MFT – Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX dies	Avery Elle – Noel stamps
Lawn Fawn – Deck the Halls stamp set	Neat & Tangled – Winter Wishes stamp set	Ranger Stickles – Frosted Lace	Lil’ Inker Designs – Stitched Mats: Circles die set
Lil’ Inker Designs – Silly Stitched die set	Lawn Fawn – Snow Day stamps	Memory Box – Country Landscape border die	Papertrey Ink – In the Meadow stamp set
October Afternoon – Holiday Style buttons

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