Christmas Countdown | Nutcracker Wishes

Morning all!

As I may have mentioned elsewhere on my blog earlier this year, I set out to make at least one Christmas card per week in 2023 to ensure I’d have enough cards to go round this festive season.

Well, some weeks I made none and others I made multiples of the same design.

But today is the day I’m kicking off my festive countdown.

We’re starting off with a fun return to Christmas paper collections of the past. This time the paper I’ve used is from Crate Paper’s Hey Santa 6×8 paper pad (including the tag) and I’ve paired it with ephemera from an even older Crate Paper Christmas line called Merry Days.

Christmas card inspiration with The Greetery Christmas Time Sentiments

Paper: Crate Paper – Hey Santa (r)
Ephemera: Crate Paper – Merry Days (r)
Stamp: The Greetery – Christmas Time Sentiments
Die: The Greetery – Christmas Time Sentiments

I trimmed the Nutcracker figure to fit inside the ephemera frame and used scraps of cardstock to pop up various elements to add some dimension.

Finally, I stamped a sentiment from the Christmas Time Sentiments stamp set from The Greetery on the coordinating die and finished off my card with some twine and a button from October Afternoon.

Yes, plenty of those lovely October Afternoon buttons still to use! Thankfully!

Until next time, happy crafting!

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The Greetery – Christmas Time Sentiments stamps Shop at: SHC (UK) \| TG	The Greetery – Christmas Time Sentiments dies Shop at: SHC (UK) \| TG	Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) \| SBC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK)
Crate Paper – Hey Santa – 6×8 paper pad (r) Shop at: MISC	Crate Paper – Merry Days – Ephemera (r) Shop at: MISC	Ranger – Glossy Accents Shop at: AZ (UK) \| SBC	Tombow – Mono Aqua liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK)
Tombow – Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ (UK) \| SBC	Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: SBC \| SHC (UK)	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: SBC	Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) \| SBC
Sizzix – Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) \| SBC	Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) \| SBC	Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) \| SBC

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