Wishing you

Wherever you are and how ever you are celebrating Christmas I would like to wish you Joy & Peace this Christmastime.

 

He Knows if!

Well the time has come to wish you all a wonderful Christmas however you are spending it I’m wishing for it to be a magical one for you. I will be having the family at mine for Christmas dinner and I only have a few finishing touches to get done for the big day.

Beef, Lamb and Turkey will adorn our plates and Chris has promised to make the stuffing while i’m in charge of the pumpy (mushy) peas, the table will be set and it will be wonderful to have the family fill it.

So good old Father Christmas has been watching, “he knows if you are sleeping, he knows if you’re awake, he knows if you’ve been good or bad so be good for goodness sake.”

He has been extra busy this year trying to get everything ready on time.

I know he’s all but got the sleigh packed and is nearly ready to set off on his journey.

Sleigh bells ring are you listening

He’s on his merry way everyone.

Illustrations by Dean Morrissey

Merry Christmas From the Heath Family.

Blitzen Quick

It was a spark in my head, I saw a card and thought, bloomin heck I’ve got the dies to make that. Marks and Spencers finest. So I mocked it up for you to see.

Very simple “tick” very affordable “tick” very quick to make “tick” very affective “tick”

Dies are Tim Holtz Sizzix on the edge snowflakes, Mariane designs Reindeer oh yes and a bow and a little bit of stickles glitter glue.

Next year sorted “tick”

Getting Ready for Christmas

I think we all like everything in place for Christmas, The aches for the preparations tend to far exceed the day itself, But I know I for one sit down on Christmas Eve and enjoy the fruits of the labour that has gone in to making it a very special day.

The Christmas Hamper this year will be a chocolate treat ready for sharing and oh yes I will delight in saving the boxes for some craft project for the New Year, the sumptuous sheer ribbon is sure to come in handy too. of course I could divide this Christmas Hamper and give out individual Chocolate boxes but I’m just not sure if I can part with them.

 

There is one flower that just oozes the Christmas Spirit for me and that is the Poinsettia, it’s vibrant leaves scream out Christmastime and if like my Mam you have green fingers you will be able to keep it going year after year, I’m certain she talks to it.

Mine is so beautiful now that it will be the center piece on my table, Granson Jack feels the need to touch the leaves of mine each time he comes in, I think it is because they look so like velvet,if you recall I made some free sheets with my Poinsettia photo for you all. I’ve added another below.

I find the hardest gift to get is for both mine and Chris’s Mams, the trouble is that if they want something they go and get it and anything we think of they seem to already have, luckily for me my Mam already new what she wanted this year.

My mother in law was another story, in the end she asked for money but I felt that I couldn’t let the occasion pass with out getting a few gifts for her. After all I get much more pleasure in giving a gift than I do in receiving them, I love to watch the faces of them opening up the surprize don’t you?

below is the free sheet.

Winter Fairy

I’m hoping that this little one will blow the snow here for Christmas morning, I love a white Christmas, there is just something magical about it, I know Grandson Jack would love it, he wasn’t really old enough to know what is was last year when we had it so I would love to know his reaction to it now. I can remember tossing my head back and catching the snowflakes on my tongue when i was young and laying flat on my back waving my arms to make an angel print in the snow.

Winter Fairy Halla by Mo’s Digital pencil 

I used the Penny Black holly stamp and heat embossed with white detail powder then used pale blue ink to swirl over the top to create the blue haze, the ribbon is scrumptious and from the Ribbon Carousel I only used around a 3 inch piece of it and fastened a button to the middle, the lace ribbon holds its shape so was perfect for this.