Christmas cards, holly & garlands ...

Hello all, yes I'm still around despite the lack of blog posts this year. I just wanted to share with you all a few Christmassey things .... so I got the camera out and took some photos of some of the things that have been happening around here recently ...

On Mondays I go to a botanical painting class, and as it's that time of the year we've been painting holly berries and leaves - here's my attempt:



After painting class this last Monday we set off on a little trip to Cotehele House in Cornwall for lunch, a stroll around the grounds ...



and to see the 60ft garland ...



made up of over thirty thousand flowers grown on the estate.

I've also made my Christmas cards with glittery sparkly snowflakes with a coat of shimmering embossing powder. These were an experiment as I've not use these techniques before. Some of you will receive a card in the post, but for those who don't here's what they look like ... although I don't think the photos do them justice ;-)



I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all a very Merry Christmas and all the best for a great 2010!