My final Funkie Junkie project, Christmas must be just around the corner

Phew, I managed to get my final Funkie Junkie project finished yesterday. I really like making a collage of them all together...this represents12 weeks of fun crafting.

Your will see that for my final entry I decided to make a money wallet for my dear son. Boys always like a bit of cash to splash after Christmas don't they.

Christmas must also just be around the corner as I was so delighted to see on Thursday morning the festive foils appeared on my milk bottles. It's these little things which fill me with delight. We still have our milk delivered by a wonderful milkman called Mo, who never ever lets us down.  I am proud to support his doorstep delivery service.

I have also got my wreath up on the front door. My daughter had this one made for me by her local greengrocer.....I was thrilled with it...so many lovely details and a big red bow to finish it off.

So back to my money wallet....
For those of you who are new to Linda's challenge you can read all the rules of it here. In a nutshell you use her weekly tag for inspiration and you can create anything crafty. If you get your skates on you could still enter as Linda has extended the deadline by 1 week and you can link up your projects until 27 December.
 You also have a chance to win one of her generous prizes. I was lucky enough to win $25 dollars last year to spend in her wonderful on line boutique which sponsors the challenge. Do have a look here at her shop, her stock is enormous and her prices really keen.

I choose to use the challenge to create 12 special Christmas cards.

This is Linda's lovely final project here

I used a variation of the wallet I made last year which was originally designed by my friend Brenda of Bumblebees and Butterflies.I have tweaked it as like a bigger size.
I was inspired by Linda's use of Tim's holly stencil which is one of my Christmas favourites. I also wanted to feature some holly leaves as she did. I really like her red berry highlights inside her card so decided to use this idea too.

Here is what I got up to in my studio.
I  coloured my card with some festive colours.

and cut my pieces

I added distress ink through my holly stencil

and some festive stamping

I used the great "with love" die I won from my dear blogging friend Di in her fun Pixie playground.

Here is my finished wallet ready for my son.

This is a peep inside

and the back with all the bright berries

I would like to enter my wallet into the following challenges.

The Funkie Junkie's 12 tags of Christmas 2015 #12
Pixies' crafty playground #208 and #209
Inspiration Emporium 'tis the season
That's Crafty 2/3 anything goes
Sweet Stamping 1/2 Merry Christmas
Emerald Creek Dares celebrations around the world

A vintage journey  vintage Christmas

Anything but cute you've got happy mail

Penny Black and More 3/3 anything goes with a stamp
Stamping sensations 2/3 anything goes with a stamp and ribbon
The Artistic stamper Christmas
Country View Challenges make a scene
Vintage Stamping Winter trees
The Craft Barn Trees
Fashionable stamping 2/3 make your own background
Art with heart Favourite things
Crafty hazelnut Anything Christmas
Love to Create anything creative/mixed media #26

I would like to thank Linda for all her hard work hosting this challenge. It is a highlight of my Christmas crafting and her inspirational tags this year have been wonderful.

It's now just 5 more sleeps until the Big Day......are you ready? I very nearly am and I finished off the crackers yesterday. We have darling Daisy staying over later....this is the last time we will see her before Christmas as she is going to her other grandparents this year. We will have to wait until Boxing day until we catch up. We plan a family brunch to celebrate today, lots of lovely catching up.

Thanks for visiting,

Back soon with my last few countdown to Christmas posts.

Jane x