Do What You Love

Beccy's Place runs a month of Holiday Cards challenge throughout November. Most days are a prompt with the letter of the alphabet but as there are only 26 then we get a random prompt too.

The prompt for Day 30 is Do What You Love

My current obsession is Diamond Painting. I tried not to be sucked into it as I wasn't really keen on the idea of using lots of little dots of plastic to make a picture. However I was gifted a small kit and really enjoyed doing it. It is like cross stitch but builds up quicker and depending on how large your kit is can be quite portable.

This kit is from Craft Buddy and is a cool perspex tree that has LED lights inside the frame which is made of thick mountboard covered with a wood effect paper.

It is the same panel front and back, you peel off the cover sheet, stick the sparkly gems onto the colour coded adhesive dots and then peel off the protective white backing so it is clear. I took these panels on the Baltic cruise we went on late September/early October so this will always remind me of visiting Tallinn in Estonia, Helsinki in Finland, Copenhagen in Denmark, Kiel in Germany & Visby in Sweden.

I have just put together the actual tree part following the instructions in the kit. It was quite awkward as the slots were not wide enough so they had to be trimmed a little with a craft knife to get them in. 

It looks quite nice on it's own without the lights but with them on it is such a warm glow. The tree is a decent size at 21.5 cm wide by 37.5 cm tall so is a great decoration to have at Christmas time.

They do a snowflake one which was out of stock when I bought this. It is available again so I will more than likely be making a purchase. We do not buy Christmas presents but I may buy this for myself......

It has been absolutely wonderful to be able to participate in this years challenge. 

I really missed it completely last year. Crafting and cardmaking has to be on the back burner due to being so busy with 2 jobs. I feel like I lose myself when I am not able to be creative and wanted to make a big push to take part this year.

Thank you Beccy for running this challenge once again, for all your hard work, lovely comments and generosity with prizes.

Project Details -

Size - 21.5cm wide x 37.5 cm Tall

Kit - Baubles LED Light Up Tree (Craft Buddy)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

Beccy’s Place Challenges - Month of Holiday Cards Day 30 - Do What You Love