Tim Holtz stamps.... I bought these at NEC in November quite cheaply. I really like this kind of stamp, even though you may not be able to use it that often. The paper is one I made at Jo Capper-Sandon's workshop last year; laid leaves on the paper then sprayed it. You can tell I liked this one so much I decided not to use it until now. I then laid it on black paper and on a white card. 
I bought the pads in a stationery shop (for 59p each) and decided to stamp them to be stocking fillers - I used different stamps (did about 5 or 6 pages of each one) and then coloured in one stamp to top it with. I hope the people who get them like them - they might get quite a few bits I've made this year.
I also bought the plate with the beheaded snowman on, because we have a friend who doesn't like Christmas. This with "bah humbug" on it is just up his street! This was a simple one to make - I just used copic pens to colour with and a bit of distress ink round the outside, then put some glitter in the middle of the snowflakes. I also used a white pen to put the spots on the scarf.
I promise to show you something else soon - I did these to donate as a raffle prize. I made 5 cards and put them inside a box I made (I obviously took the photo the wrong way round, and if I had more time I could probably work out how to put it right......). I really like these stamps, despite saying I really didn't need any Christmas ones....
This is how I finished the tags to make them into cards. I sprayed the orange one as I didn't like my blending.... then added some trimming to it. I put them on to kraft cardstock and punched a hole through the card, then tied them with ribbon. 
I went to the Craft Barn on Saturday and I couldn't resist buying some new Christmas stamps - these are from Paper Artsy and they are designed by Jo Firth-Young. I did these on Sunday - the large Christmas card was so easy, just stamp it in black and then stamp the baubles on a book page and glue them on top. I used Stickles glitter on the baubles. On the tags I used one stamp repeated a few times and coloured them in. I also used distress inks to colour the background card....... I like the green one but I don't think I did the orange one well! Now it's dry I might try spraying over it.
I don't normally like cute images that much, but I liked this one; bought it at Donnington Park (a Crafter's Companion stamp). Again, this was easy to do - I used a Crafty Individual's backing paper, and my 2 snowflakes were covered in a silver glitter embossing powder.
This was a first attempt at using Pan Pastels. I bought them in red, dark blue and purple (choosing my favourite colours - trust me to like those colours instead of pastel blues etc!). I stamped the Clarity Stamp with Flitterglu, then added the gold leaf. Then I rubbed the Pan Pastels on top. I was really pleased with this so decided to do nothing else to it at all; just mounted it and placed it on a silver card. I must say that it is worth having a few practices first with Flitterglu and Pan Pastels. Not all my attempts turned out as well as this one. You also need a really cheap hairspray - just spray it in the air and run the stamped card through it (before laying it up!). 
