WOYWW a Christmas card or two

I know, it's time for a last-minute Christmas card panic. Even though I always seem to have a few left over from previous years the urge to make new ones is unavoidable. Anyway, as there's plenty of those leftovers, a panic is really not necessary. So I won't (panic, that is).

Not terribly interesting at the moment, but I think it will be OK :)
That red stuff on the cards is actually layers of (very thin) tulle. And very fiddly. Remind me not to buy more!

I was pretty certain nothing would be happening today. I was wrong, see above. So, yesterday, I thought I might just show you More Stuff I Have Bought and a book I am reading ...

I think I've mentioned before, the only local craft shop usually has a Sale section (nothing all that exciting) but sometimes I get an email saying that everything in the Sale section is half price. So, that's worth a visit, right?  OK, what did I find ... packets of paper (gold/brown patterned) and card (crimson with a nice texture line) both $2.50 ea, and the Spellbinders die was $10! (Worth it just for the border die, I think.) The Radiant pearls were 5 for $20, so that's OK too!  And that's the latest Craft Stamper, from the newsagent ... if I could get my act together and subscribe, I would probably have a more recent issue :)  And there's a library book I'm ploughing through. It's really nice, but I'm just skimming, because it is not really relevant to water soluble pencils, only classic coloured pencils. And behind is a class supply list for Wanderlust 2016, an online course which I have signed up for next year. Needless to say I have almost everything on that list :)

Here's a quick tale of how things snowball. While I was taking that pic, I pushed things out of the way, to make it look purrrty ... my watch fell on the floor and stopped immediately (you know, just like at the scene of the crime so the detective knows the exact time the crime was committed). So I took it to the watch repairer at the shops, he said come back in ten minutes, so I went to browse in Lincraft (fabric, art, craft, homewares - not a "real" craft shop, just basic stuff) and saw that red tulle (top photo) and thought "easy Christmas cards"! Actually I thought I was having a "light bulb moment". Maybe not. But I do know I wouldn't have started any new cards if I hadn't bought it.

Hope to join in later with Julia at her Stamping Ground so maybe I will see you then.

BTW my watch is ok. I don't know what they did, but it's going again now. I think it was the watch world's equivalent of the IT guy's first attempt to fix your computer, "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"