The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #84

Good morning! I hope you're all keeping safe and well and finding time to craft. My cardmaking has taken a back seat this past fortnight, as I have finally replaced my ancient sewing machine and have been digging through my fabric stash to make a quilt for my sister's Christmas present. It's not exactly an heirloom, and I've made a few mistakes along the way, but it's the first quilt I've managed to finish! I'll add a picture at the end of this post. 

But onto the Challenge, which as always is Anything Christmas Goes. I don't have many cards for blokes in my stash, so I dug into an old kit by Love From Lizi.

I cut out the stag picture from one of the sheets of patterned paper and popped it up on some scrap cardstock on top of another paper from the kit, which I layred onto cream pearlescent card. The 'Joy' sentiment is a sticker, layered on the same cream card. 

The rest of the sentiment is from an out of print Clearly Besotted stamp set. I covered the first word ('joy') with washi tape before adding Versamark ink - it's important to REMOVE THE WASHI TAPE BEFORE STAMPING ON YOUR CARD! Otherwise you get a big splodge where you don't want it! Go on, ask me how I know! 

Finally I added some gold gems from my stash and covered the star on the image with shimmer pen. 

Here is the quilt - don't look too closely!

Thanks for looking, my lovelies, and take care! 

love Mags B x