On Christmas Day....

My Santa gave to me:

A beautifully wrapped gift box containing a file folder containing.....

a huge selection of ephemera, clips, die cuts and embellishments.
I cannot tell you how much I love this gift. Every layout this year, I have been faffing around trying to find layering embellishments or tags or something themed to finish it all off. I don't think I am going to have that trouble next year!
This is a totally ideal gift for me and I just love it - thank you Santa and thank you for all my gorgeous pressies this advent :)
Merry Christmas everyone xx

On Christmas Eve....

My Santa gave to me:

An absolutely gorgeous burlap alphabet. I love the trend for natural textures in scrapping right now and this alphabet is fantastic as it is kraft coloured so goes with any layout. Thank you Santa xx

On the 23rd Day of Christmas....

My Santa gave to me:

Two gorgeous sheets of patterned paper. One in duck egg blue and one from the Simple Stories "Happily Ever After" range that I love - thank you Santa :)

On the 22nd day of Christmas....

My Santa gave to me:

A beautiful handmade Christmas card and a mini alphabet from Adornit. Thank you Santa :)

On the 19th, 20th and 21st Days of Christmas....

My Santa gave to me:

Gorgeous papers by Beloved and MME (Now and Then). Wordy stickers from Studio Calico - these are so handy for little photo captions on layouts so I am very pleased to have some in pink now too.

Simple Stories "Happily Ever After" tags and a sheet of Studio Calico paper which is grey one side and bright green the other - perfect. Thank you Santa xx

On the 16th, 17th and 18th Days of Christmas

My Santa gave to me:

Some Beloved cards which are perfect for journalling, some enamel dots in gorgeous mint green and shades of blue, some Beloved paper by Fancy Pants (Crush) plus one from the Shimelle range I love (Hurley).
Thank you so much Santa. This week has been a whirl of end of term madness so I haven't been as good at updating as I would have liked but I have absolutely loved having a present to look forward to each morning. They are all really lovely - thank you :)

On the 15th Day of Christmas....

My Santa gave to me:

Two beautiful papers: Beloved (Crush) and Crate Paper (Open Book). Both are the types of paper that are equally gorgeous on both sides so I shall faff with these a lot and be able to use them on several things :)

On the 13th and 14th Days of Christmas....

My Santa gave to me:

Gorgeous woodgrain cardstock and an Adornit alphabet. I saw this card online and really wanted some but it was always out of stock so I am thrilled to get some. It looks even nicer in real life and will be fab for Winter layouts. I love receiving alphabets too as I have given up on the 'handwriting on layouts' trend and gone back to legible alternatives instead. Thank you Santa :)

On the 12th Day of Christmas....

My Santa gave to me:

Gorgeous gems from Studio Calico. They are faceted and such pretty colours - thank you Santa xx

On the 11th Day of Christmas....

My Santa gave to me:

A sheet of Studio Calico paper in my favourite duck-egg blue and a sheet by Crate Paper that is going to be totally perfect for scrapping about my new specs! Thank you Santa :)

On the 10th Day of Christmas....

My Santa gave to me:

A pack of Freckled Fawn woodchip hearts. These will be perfect for cards as well as layouts - thank you Santa :)

On the 9th Day of Christmas....

My Santa gave to me:

A sheet from the Basic Grey Spice Market range which I really love (Sea Salt) and a sheet of Studio Calico Brighton Pier paper with gorgeous sunset colours and botanical prints. Perfect - thank you Santa :)

On the 8th Day of Christmas....

My Santa gave to me:

DIY Shop Cork Stars. I love natural textures on scrapping products right now and these are just gorgeous - thank you Santa xx

On the 6th and 7th Day of Christmas....

My Santa gave to me:

A pack of MME 3x4 cards just perfect for layering and journalling. The cards are all gorgeous shades of corals, greys and teals. They are stunning and I know they are going to get used lots.

A sheet of Basic Grey Spice Market paper in gold and coral which is just beautiful and a 12x12 sheet of Simple Stories stickers which I love. There are hearts and butterflies and borders for all sorts of layouts but also some wedding themed ones which will I am so excited about as I started a wedding layout at yesterday's crop and had nothing to finish it off. Psychic Santa - Thank You xx

On the 5th Day of Christmas....

My Santa gave to me:

Gorgeous sequin paper by Simple Stories and Hopper paper by Shimelle. Thank you Santa :)

On the 4th Day of Christmas....

My Santa gave to me:

DIY Shop Sequins. They say the best things come in small packages and this just proves it. They are perfect colours too - I love greens, greys and golds right now. Thank you Santa xx

On the 3rd Day of Christmas....

My Santa gave to me:

Gorgeous papers from 2 collections that I love. The film strip paper is Shimelle's Goodfield paper and the floral one is Basic Grey Spice Market. Thank you Santa :)

Advent Time - Yay!

It's that time of the year again and my advent swap parcel looks so festive. Thank you very much Santa Sandra for going to so much effort. It looks beautiful:

How cute is the little buckle? It works too and I am under strict instructions to reseal it each day to discourage poking and cheating :)

Day 1: I was very spoilt with ginger chocolates (my favourites), a stitch-able journalling sheet, white pen, very pretty advent calendar card and a sheet of real cork just the right thickness for die cutting. I've never seen these before and am going to love using it all - thank you Santa

Day 2: Gorgeously wrapped in kraft coloured tissue paper with snowflakes and a curly red Santa boot

Inside: Basic Grey Spice Market paper and a MME paper with frames all over the back that I already have plans for. I am loving my presents - thank you.