RobsCreations

This is the first batch of festive cards I made! 🎄🎅  With few exceptions, I went for very simple cards. I used unconventional colors (blue, pink, brown), minimal details (no sentiments, few glitters), and definitely unusual paper themes 🤣 For a touch of originality, I thought about cards with  trees entirely  made of rhinestones  For the following cards instead, I have mixed and matched the complementary parts of the trees obtained with the Sizzix DECORATIVE TREE thinlits die set Last but not least, here you have classic festive cards with the reds and greens and some sparkle 😊

Winter  equals dry chapped hands  👐 ! I usually have to go for glycerin-rich, highly hydrating commercial creams otherwise there's no chance I can fix my cracked skin. Besides using my home-made soap, which doesn't contain aggressive ingredients, every night ⭐⭐⭐(well, almost every night 😁) I put on my hands a consistent amount of cream. This usually works very well, but t his year it has been pretty cold and the tap water in my area is particularly hard, so my problems persisted... I frankly hate to use thick and oily products during daytime (I always stain my clothes!!!), that's how I ended up with idea of making a fresh, light and handbag sized lotion. The original lotion recipe is from The Soap Kitchen but I've personalized it with some of my favourite essential oils. Sweet Almond Oil : 24g  Coconut Oil : 16g Glycerine : 2g Stearic Acid : 5g  Citric Acid : 0.5g  Emulsifying Wax : 10g  Cetearyl Alcohol : 5g  Ster...