pink petticoat designs

I struggle making Christmas cards with anything other than the trad red, green and gold - so these cards are way out of my comfort zone but I'm far happy with the finished the result than when I've tried "out of the box" Christmas ideas before.
The little stocking is my favourite - I've added a ribbon loop and hung it from my kitchen cupboard for the pic but a couple of little adhesive magnets would make a cute little treat box to put on the fridge - as long as the gift wasn't too heavy. Papers are the lots of dots in crimson and the image is Lola Christmas Rose both by Pink Petticoat - stocking top is cuttlebug embossed card, stamp borrowed from a friend, ribbon and lace from stash.

Divinely Dotty is a belated Birthday card for my OH's sister - I was going to cover the bird up with a little paper piece present but it's quite appropriate as she is phobic about birds and recently faced all her fears when she took my DD to the Bird of Prey Centre in Ballyvaughn - she hated every minute! So the birdy stayed - I've not added colour as could not find my cerise marker but will just add cerise and brown only to the bling.

Brown is definitely one of my fave colours for any card - and I love the chocolate brown dots, it all seemed a bit dull with the crimson, so I added a touch of duck egg blue and some dimension with paper curls around the heart. All papers and image from Pink Petticoat again, ribbon, tag and flower from stash.

I've a whole load of these Lola stamps printed ready to colour so expect to see more soon!
tfl