Last crop at...

...the Toby carvery.

Saturday was the last "Toby" crop for 2016 and it is unlikely there will be crops held there in 2017 (mounting problems with arrangements that I wont go into here).

Apart from trying out the Chalkola pens on some different surfaces I also had some Christmas cards to finish off.

However, before the 'finishing off' I had a play with the Cardio stamps that I bought at the Pinnacle Crafts November Member's weekend...

 ...the set is called "Vintage Christmas". I had also packed my Tapestry stamps...

 ...which if I remember rightly, I bought many moons ago at a trip to Ally Pally (they haven't seen ink for ages).
Having lightly drawn a circle on the card blank I then placed the Cardio stamps that I wanted to use in the place that they needed to be on the circle. I then pressed an acrylic block onto them so that they were ready for use in the exact place that I wanted - this also meant that I was able to reproduce the same layout on a batch of cards...

 ...the Tapestry stamps were used to create a wreath around the design. A fine-liner was used to add in the landscape and some Cosmic Shimmer Twinkles was used to give the 'snow' a bit of bling. A sentiment was then added to finish off.
I finally finished off my 'Brussel Sprout' card...

 ...I decided to use my snowman juggling penguins as the image to finish the card.
On a roll with the batch making...

...all laid out to allow the twinkles to dry. Here is a closer view...

 ...of the stamped design.
I have a variety of Hunkydory "Little Books" and thought this design would make the perfect topper for a card I wanted to make...

...a few layers, some ribbon and some flat-back gems and it was good to go.

I have been very late in actually writing my Chrimbo cards this year as suddenly there has been loads to do. Work has been hectic and everything has become a bit manic so before I forget...

Have a very Merry Christmas - one and all.........