Merry Deer

Hi All!  Less than a week until Christmas with still lots to do.  Trying not to panic; how about you?  

My card today uses a Doodle Pantry's digital set, Merry Deer, that was previously sold by CDS.  Sentiment is also a digi from SU!/MDS.  I filled the image in with color and embellished my card with handmade snowflakes.  I also wrapped the main panel with embroidery floss in a Spirelli pattern.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge TT121913 -- Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge 96 -- Christmas

Happy Campers Challenge 25 -- Anything Goes

Digi Galore Challenges -- Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge -- Y for You make your own embellishments (snowflakes & Spirelli String Art)

Inky Impressions IIC #139 Challenge -- Merry Christmas

This is such a busy time of year... Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by.  Enjoy your day!

Recessed Die Cut

Happy Sunday, everyone.  Only 10 days to go until Christmas; gosh, December is flying by!

Today I have a quick and easy card to share that was inspired by a Stamping School tutorial by Linda Heller.  Thanks Linda for this easy and fun idea.  I love the look recessing gives the ornament die cut.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Outlawz Paper A La Mode Challenge (PAM121413)  -- Anything Goes

Di's Digi Designs Challenge -- Non Traditional Christmas Colors

Krafty Hands December Challenge -- Anything Goes

Bloggers Challenge -- Ornaments

Card Makin Mamas CMM77 -- Christmas and New Year

Digi Haven Challenge -- Christmas Cards (The sentiment is a digi as well as the patterned paper.)

Stuck on Sketches Die Cut Challenge -- Ornament Die Cut

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a great week!

Jolly St. Nicholas

Morning everyone.  Today I have a card to share using Doodle Pantry's Jolly St Nicholas image.  I merged the St. Nick image on top of a ornament by Sami Stamps.  The ornament was paper-pieced to match my background paper.  Although I used one of the colored versions of St. Nick, I also added some additional coloring and glitter to the hat.  Sorry the sparkle and shine doesn't show up in the photo.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Divas by Design -- Anything Goes

Inky Impressions Challenge IIC #138 -- Christmas Ornaments

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge #69 -- It's Christmas

Deep Ocean Challenge #66 -- Santa is Coming

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!!

Snowy Day

Hi All!  Hope the weather is pleasant where you are.  It's been a snowy day, with sleet and ice, here is Columbia.  Perfect weather to stay indoors and do some crafting, as well as catch up on some challenges.  The starting point for my card was this week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday 235.   And with the weather, I decided to go with a snowy theme and used my digital Snowy Day set from SU!/MDS.  Although it's not visible in my photo, there's lots of glitter and shine on the background papers and snowflake.

I will be entering my card in the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 235 -- Elisabeth Bell

Crafty Calendar Challenge -- Cold and Frosty

Stampin for the Weekend -- Use some red

Sweet Pea Stampers -- It's Cold Outside

Stay warm, travel safe and have a great week!  Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Gift Card Holder

Hi All.  Just a quick post today as I''m still busy playing Santa... Today I have a gift card holder to share.  I used a pocket die from Taylored Expressions to create the holder and used the holder to decorate the front of my card.  The stripe and polkadot ornament images are from Sami Stamps.  I posted a card yesterday using the same images... See my post below for info on how I decorated the ornamments.) The Winter Frost patterned paper, silver ribbon and rhinestone embellishment are all from SU!.  The branches were punched with a MS paper punch.  

Enjoy the rest of your evening and thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Ornaments

Hi All!  It's less than 3 weeks until Christmas and I am still madly making Christmas cards.   After browsing the challenges to get my mojo working, I decided to play with some new ornament images from Sami Stamps.  I did some paper-piecing and added lots of liquid glass and glitter as well as black pearl accents.   Just wish the colors (pool party and island indigo) in the photo look like they do IRL.  

I will be entering this card in the following fun challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 236 -- Christmas

Delightful Challenge Dec.4 -- You're a Gem (add gems of any kind-bling) -- I used pearls and lots of glitter.

Creative Knockouts Challenge #14 -- Christmas Splendor (makes sure it looks like Christmas)

Happy Campers Challenge No. 24 -- Glitter It

Milk Coffee Challenge -- Christmas in Non-Traditional Colors

Thanks so much for stopping by; have a great day!

Update -- Operation Write Home Fundraiser

The final figure is in... Laurie has reported that Doodle Pantry's Operation Write Home Fundraiser in Novermber  was a huge success,

A whopping $597 was raised!  Wow!!

Thanks so much everyone!  We couldn't have done it without you!!!