My Christmas excitement

Oh my word, just 3 more sleeps to go. As you know it has been an incredibly busy run up to Christmas this year for me. My darling granddaugher Daisy has just been the best distraction. She is 6 weeks old tomorrow, just where did those weeks go? We are visiting my daughter, SIL and Daisy today to deliver their presents and then will see them again on Boxing day. I can't wait.

As a real Mrs Christmas I wanted to share a few photos of some of my Christmas excitement in the run up to the Big Day.

Yes the festive seals returned to my milk bottles, which my milkman delivers to my door step.

These Cath Kidston oven gloves just fell into my shopping bag (plus a set for my girlie) when we were shopping at Gunwharf Keys the other week.

and these were the pretty lights we saw there.

Daisy has some Christmas bed time reading. If you have never seen this book do go into a bookstore and read it. The illustrations and story are just perfect. It is a magical read for young or old.

It involves a certain man in a red suit helping Stick Man get home to his Family Tree

I bought a pewter robin spoon to serve my cranberry sauce at the Winchester Christmas market.

I loved my yummy gingerbread man my Hb brought home for me....

Oops he seems to have vanished

I have a delicious smelling wreath on my front door, also bought at Winchester

and one for my studio, although it is shut up for the winter now.

My vintage advent calendar nearly has every window open

and Billy is keeping an eye out for Santa.

And there is great excitement to see parcels appearing under the tree.

Of course my greatest excitement of Christmas this year is Darling Daisy and my daughter sent these photos yesterday which really made me grin...look at her in her little bath tub

How cute is her little face ;0)

My card today is one I made using my favourite accordion die 

I used a cute Meljen digi stamp which I coloured with Promarkers and highlighed with Prismacolor pencils. My dies are Cheery Lynn, Marianne and Memory Box

 The BPs are a real mix from my very old stash, one I recognise as Docrafts also one is Raspberry Road.

The sentiment is computer generated and you can see my lovely Cheery Lynn holly leaves feature in green, gold and white card. I have also used Frantage for some snowy bling.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

County View Crafts Bah, Humbug!

Cheery Lynn anything goes

The Inky Chicks Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut last minute Christmas makes

Love to Create anything goes

                                      Pile it on P is for ......Poinsettia , Pine tree

Loves Rubberstamps anything goes

Papertake Weekly last Christmas...last Christmas projects

Addicted to stamps and more anything goes

Polkadoodles anything goes

Card Crafters Circle deck the halls

Christmas at Sweet Stampin let it snow

A creative Romance Sparkle at Christmas

Simon Says Stamp Bling it on

Merry Monday Use an animal

Natalie and Amy cute and cuddly Christmas

Crafts too Challenge you natural world, any winged animal I have been inspired by the outside world at winter time with the birds in their tree, my "twist" of any winged creature are birds.

Bunny Zoe things with wings GD

Passion for Promarkers Mega Christmas challenge, use a sentiment

Oldie but a goodie Winter my papers are ancient and my image is from last Christmas

Crafty Little Fairies anything goes  

Cute Card Thursday Celebrations

Pan Pastel UK anything goes

The Artistic Stamper anything goes

Whimsy stamps party time

I will be back once more on Christmas eve but if you are off to travel to your family and friends before then may I wish you a very Merry Christmas. For those of you (me included) who are doing the entertaining and still  need to pick up the turkey and get peeling the veg, it will be alright on the night.  Enjoy the last days of all the excitement of this wonderful time of the year.

Bye for now, 

Jane x