Hi! Hope you are having a wonderful day. I have to get ready for my class this evening but I thought I would sneak in a quick card I created for a few challenges. The Inspire.Create.Challenge (#98) Sketch, the Just Add Ink (570) Color and the Happy Little Stampers Christmas (September) Theme. Here is theContinue reading “Perfectly Plaid – Christmas Cheer”
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Festive Foliage – Merry Christmas
It is a hot one today! Although, here in the South, the temperatures never seem to be “cold”, I am thinking about Christmas. Holiday card making classes start at the end of this month, so I am trying out a few options. I am a traditional Red and Green Girl but it is interesting sometimesContinue reading “Festive Foliage – Merry Christmas”
Bells and Boughs – The Joy of the Season
Ah, Christmas in July…and the blog world is full of challenges! Shall we play? Sketch: Tuesday Morning Sketches (#616); Happy Little Stampers Christmas (July) – add Jingle Bells; Double Trouble (#89) – add Ribbon and use something already in your stash; and share what you made for Christmas at the Stampin’ Up! Only Challenge (SUO280). IfContinue reading “Bells and Boughs – The Joy of the Season”
Holiday Joy – Christmas Collage
And now for something completely different…over at Happy Little Stampers there is a monthly Christmas Challenge and while I don’t usually start thinking Christmas until August/September, I thought, why not? The Saturday Sketch Challenge (#664) seemed to be a good fit for one of my all-time favorite retired Background stamps: Christmas Collage and the retiredContinue reading “Holiday Joy – Christmas Collage”
SIP, SIP, HOORAY – Cheers Card
Keep Stamping Saturday // Sunday Sketch – SS033 Let’s start with a very Merry, Merry to all that are celebrating at this time of year. It is Christmas Day and I now have a chance to relax and give myself a little gift. Did Holiday prep get in the way of your crafting? It certainlyContinue reading “SIP, SIP, HOORAY – Cheers Card”
Jolly Gingerbread
Keep Stamping Saturday Challenge Did you know that Saturday, December 12th is Gingerbread House Day? It is also Poinsettia Day, but I chose to do Gingerbread. I really like the little house in the current Paper Pumpkin kit. Here is what I created: Similar to the other Gingerbread House I created last week, I usedContinue reading “Jolly Gingerbread”
Great Layout #1
Friday Simple Stamping – Sketch Challenge December 4, 2020 It always amazes me how quickly one can get behind. I find this happens to me near a month end. I am updating my calendar of events. My meetup.com class happens and before you know it, the personal deadlines I have set for myself were yesterdayContinue reading “Great Layout #1”
Itty Bitty Christmas – Thinking of You
December 2nd, 2020 Are you ready for Christmas? Have you addressed all your cards? One more… CASE-ING TUESDAY #280. I came across this very pretty retired Specialty Designer Series Paper the other day called Springtime Foils. The floral image reminded me of the winter Amaryllis blooms so popular at Christmas. I chose this to beContinue reading “Itty Bitty Christmas – Thinking of You”
Wrapped in Christmas – Mason Jars
Saturday’s Keep Stamping Challenge – November 28th, 2020 International Calendar of Days…did you know that Monday, November 30th is Masan Jar Day? Who knew? Well, in honor of that interesting tidbit, the Keep Stamping theme selected was Mason Jars. MERRY DAYS For this card, I selected to use the retired stamp set: Jar of LoveContinue reading “Wrapped in Christmas – Mason Jars”
PINING FOR PLAID – Paper Pumpkin Mash Up
November 26, 2020 The OCTOBER 2017 – PINING FOR PLAID kit had enough supplies to make ten great shaker cards. Needless, to say I did not create all ten and still have some supplies remaining. The coordinating colors were Pool Party, Old Olive and Basic Black with hints of gold. Today, I created a mashContinue reading “PINING FOR PLAID – Paper Pumpkin Mash Up”