Dear Santa . . .

Autumn is now upon us, the cherry trees out at the front of our house are turning shades of red and gold whilst the fallen pine cones seem to be attracting the local squirrels. My apple tree has so far produced enough apples for some pies and crumbles with more still to come - will check later once the rain goes off as it has been windy enough to get some fallers.

It's been a few weeks since I took part in the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge so thought it was time to try and get back into the swing of things.  Unfortunately my photos aren't too great as I've had to use the camera on my phone (put the SD card reader for my proper camera in a safe place - well, you know the rest!)

 

 

I've used a combination of Tim Holtz and Dyan Reaveley stamps to come up with this bird that's got itself in a bit of a mess:

 

 

Now that it's a getting a bit close to Chrimbo to be misbehaving and making messes about the house, this little bird has decided to write a letter to Santa - just in case!

   

 

 

The card uses with Tim Holtz Bird Crazy and Dyan Reaveley's Christmas Words stamps with the Splats courtesy of a Tim Holt stencil and Distress Inks.

 

 

 

Cardstock

Image Supersmooth  -White

PayPer Box - Kraft

 

Stamps & Stencils

Tim Holtz - Splatters Layering Stencil

Tim Holtz - Bird Crazy

Dyan Reaveley - Christmas Words

Inks

Momento Tuxedo Black

Versafine - Onyx Black

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Spiced Marmalade

Tim Holt Distress Ink - Faded Denim