Lets get the kids busy!

Apologies for the gap in posts,  we've had some sick tummys in our house for the last few days. 

I bring you this post from the couch, curled up feeling sorry for myself! Both kids have been under the weather as well, hubby is the only one who's managed to avoid it, so he's home from work looking after us all this afternoon.

Onto the continuing topic of hand made Christmas cards. This will be my last post on cards, for this season, before I do it to death!

Just wanted to show a couple more designs that are super easy, and a couple of designs that the kids can help with to make extra special

As much as I love giving them free reign to let their creative flair run wild, sometimes you still want to have a particular design, BUT with the kids input as well.

For example: These two I just got out the glue, glitter and paint and let Alia go for it!

But then I wanted to do some with a particular design so we did these ones together, I gently guided her on what to do, and they turned out beautifully but still very obviously  made with her input.

The glittery silver tree is perhaps more impressive. We did this buy clipping out a flower shape from some card, and then using this as a stencil.

I held the stencil in place while she painted with the sponge dabber.

When we pulled the stencil off, she sprinkled the glitter on top...this never got old, the smile on her face watching the sparkly glitter go EVERYWHERE (and I really mean everywhere, we're going to be finding glitter in the carpet for the next 10 years I think!) was just gorgeous!

Then we cranked out the UHU glitter glue pens and I just let her go nuts dabbing colours on wherever she wanted. I added in a few bits to look like strings on tinsel and then she did the random coloured splodges to look like baubles.

Sooooo glittery, its like a fairy threw up in here!

I'll leave you with a couple more "grown up" card designs here...

These really don't need much explaining, grab some ribbon, crank out your hot glue gun and criss cross your ribbon up, gluing in place as you go.
Add some embellishments and hey presto, pretty pretty!

Unfortunately the Merry Christmas one I was trying to glue the ribbon in a hurry so its a bit messy, but you still get the idea....and maybe I'd use all capital letter stickers next time to avoid the Y and the end looking out of place. Obviously couldn't place it down in line with the rest because the ribbon is in the way.

Right back to sleep for me, for now, get glittery and stay Beautiful! (And not sick if at all possible :P )