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A very warm welcome to my teeny, tiny part of the huge world of blogging. This is where I share my passion for making hand made greeting cards. So - why "Always with a Heart"? Well this is for two reasons. Firstly, it is because every card I produce carries a heart on it somewhere. This can be big and bold or small and almost hidden - the fun sometimes is just trying to find it! Secondly it is because I put my heart into everything I produce. I hope that any visitors enjoy seeing what I post. If you drop by then please leave me a comment so that I know you called. It would be nice to know that you have found my heart in what I do.

Wednesday, 27 May 2026

CHRISTMAS 2026 STARTS HERE

Hi Everyone

I hope you have enjoyed another bright sunny day.

Lots of hot sunshine here .. .. .. so what better than cooling down by making a Christmas card with thoughts of the cold winter weather LOL!!!

This used:

Image and Sentiment:  Woodware Clear Magic "FRS119" - Little Christmas Bird
Backing Papers:  All from my Christmas Snippet Box (yes, my Christmas snippets are segregated from the standard pattern snippets which makes life much easier - but the box is much much smaller LOL!!
Gold Metallic Card
Corner Rounding Punch
ProMarkers
Ribbon
Glamour Dust:  Gold/Or
White Marker Pen
My Trusty Sewing Machine

So that is it .. .. .. my first Christmas card of the year.  I really enjoyed all the paper piecing.

Taking this over now to the Christmas Kickstart Challenge where the theme is "Christmas Tweetings".

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

Love and hugs

7 comments:

Angelnorth said...

Love your little patchwork bird and the limited colour palette looks great Jules. You can claim to have got started before the year reaches the mid way point so that’s a win! Thanks for joining the fun at Christmas Kickstart this month!

meg said...

A fabulous layout to showcase your beautifully paper pieced bird

Aquarius said...

Some really neat paper piecing here and such attractive papers too. A brilliant idea to have a separate storage for Christmas snippets so maybe sorting mine out could be a quiet job for this hot weather 😉. Hugs x

Pauline C said...

Love this Jules, the paper piecing on the bird is just brilliant xx

JanR said...

Wonderful card! I adore all the paper piecing. Congrats on your first Christmas card of 2026. (:

Liz said...

Wonderful card, Jules. I love the design.
Liz xx

Sarah said...

What a super way to use up festive snippets. That's a great stamp, perfect for paper piecing xx