Iris Fold Star

Hi !
I'm back with another Christmas card. Slowly but surely making them.

I've made several Iris folded cards in the past. Pity I never pictured them. 

The star here is made using gold paper of 3 textures.

The background paper is foil printed handmade paper and the Nativity picture is from an old card.

Sorry once again the picture quality is poor.

This card will be linked to the following challenges:

Paper Play Challenges - Let it Snow

Meljen's Design's - Sparkle & shine

Totally Papercrafts -  Snowflakes

Ellephantastic Challenges – Christmas
Our Daily Bread - Holiday Card

Daring Cardmakers – 3 of something

ABC X'mas Challenge - X- X'mas

Stamping for the Weekend – Winter

Fairy Tale Challenge – White

Crafty Calendar – Snowflakes
Scrappy Frogs - Christmas
2 Sisters Challenge - Snowflakes

Punched Christmas Trees

Hi ! 
This is my first X'mas card. Wanted to wait until Advent, but on second thought, I  decided to begin  before I get too busy.

 I'm not too pleased with my photography or should I blame the holographic paper ?

So, here's another picture from an angle. 

Still not clear ? Sorry, I tried my best. 

I'm certainly happy with my little X'mas trees and reindeer's especially Rudolph. He has a shiny nose and if you could clearly see it, you would surely say it glows 

First, I drew one tree on a bit of green card stock and cut it out, then used it as a template to draw and cut out the rest. Each tree was made using three cut outs. Next the tip of each branch was adorned with berries (red glitter), then glued to one another at the center fold. The star was cut from gold foil paper, using a holographic star sticker as a template. The last bit of this ribbon was from my stash. As I felt the holographic paper was too glittery I tried to lessen it to some extent with a few silver punched snowflakes and added the punched reindeer's entering the galaxy. Santa is way behind !! The sentiment was handwritten.     

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

2 Sister's Challenge - Christmas 

I did it Creations - Traditional X'mas colours
Craft your days away - X'mas trees
Ellephantastic Challenges - Christmas
ABC Challenge - H- Holidays
Totally Gorjuss - Traditional X'mas colors
Pollycraft Challenge - Glittery X'mas
Crafty Calendar - Snoflakes
Sweet Stamping Challenge - Snowflakes 
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Christmas
ABC X'mas Challenge - X- X'mas
Flourishes - Christmas

Quilled Flower

First of all, I'd like to thank all who visited and left a comment here. Your comments are indeed encouraging and make me craft more.

The background of this card is, handmade embroidered paper from India. I embellished it with a quilled floral design ( my third attempt at quilling ) and ribbon with a wavy bow.

I'm linking this card in the following challenges:

Incy Wincy Designs - #66 Anything Goes

My Time to Craft - # 113 Quick & Cute

A Spoonful of Sugar - # 128 Relish to Embellish

Little Red Wagon - #53 Use the Color Red

Ai Factory - Garden Party (Flowers)

Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenges - #15 All White

Dutch Dare Challenge - # 90 Clean & Simple

2 Sisters Challenge - #12 Birthday
Fairy Tale Challenge - Anything Goes