Time to Get Merry

Like a lot of us, Santa is pretty happy that Christmas is almost here! I received this Simon Says Stamp freebie die in a recent order and could not wait to try him out! I love the shadow effect it gives. In that same order I finally got the Stampers Anonymous Pines Layering stencil, too! I am playing along at Inkspirational Challenges #331 Use a Stencil.

I also used a Flora and Fauna older sentiment with Altenew Obsidian black ink. The trees were stenciled with a Versafine white pigment ink pad. The sparkly stars were die cut with shiny gold cardstock.

I stood in line at the post office yesterday for almost 45 minutes (only two windows open) just to get some butterfly stamps so that my cards would be hand canceled...I don't want any destroyed cards!!

Happy Holidays!!!

Carol

Busy Christmas Bear

This cute little bear is putting up the Christmas decorations and as we all do, dealing with tangles in his string of lights. I made my card for the Color Throwdown #ctd822 using green, red and cream. I made my card CAS so that the colors took front stage. Almost all of the products are from Spellbinders.

His cheeks are actually ink blended red from a Concord & 9th Poppy mini ink pad. Just about everything else is from Spellbinders. I was gifted the cute cardstock and I had a scrap of corrugated paper for the turtleneck. 

Better run. We are going on a trolley ride tonight in the cold air to see Christmas lights with about 30+ neighbors. Did not think Florida would get a cold front this night of the year!

Happy Holidays!

Carol

Happy Holidays

For our last challenge of the year at Just Us Girls #755 Anything Goes with a Stencil I wanted to pull out this retro tree and combine it with the hand putting the star on the very top of it. The aqua tree and pink & red ornaments are stenciled and die cut. I put silver glitter cardstock behind the tree to look like lights and added rhinestones on the embossed background for even more sparkle. What will you create with stencils? Come play along!

Products I used:

Waffle Flower: Retro Christmas Tree Die and Stencil set

Concord and 9th: Handmade Holidays stamp and die sets, mini ink pads

Spellbinders: Loops 3D embossing folder

Rhinestones

I hope you will play along with us...maybe a card or some gift tags?

Happy Holidays,

Carol

Merry Christmas

It is my turn to host the Just Us Girls Challenge #754 Photo/Moodboard this week. I found a moodboard with lots of choices for your inspiration. We take a break at Just Us Girls in December, so I chose a Christmas theme. I made a card based on the deer slippers on the bottom right corner of the moodboard. My card reminds me of sitting and addressing Christmas cards. Be sure to check out the team's cards and play along with us!

Products I used:

Spellbinders: Cozy Toes Slippers dies, Betterpress sentiment

Scraps

I did not buy this Spellbinders Club of the Month die set (darn!) and asked my out of state friend (Thanks Richard!) if he would mind sending me some white cardstock die cuts to ink blend. I was so happy that he was okay with sending them. Now I REALLY wish I had bought the set!

Play along with us this week! You've got lots of choices and ideas from the moodboard and the team!

Happy Holidays!

Carol

Bake, Eat, Sleep, Repeat

I was about to start making gift tags for Christmas when I saw the Inspired By Challenge #IB310 Tags. I am also gearing up to start some baking next week, so I got busy making this card. I was inspired by the challenge's cute tags and their layout.

Products I used:

Hero Arts: tag dies

Sizziz: Christmas Mini die set

Alex Syberia: Foxtrot Alphabet dies

Stampin' up!: Various embossing folders

Red glitter cardstock, white glitter cardstock

Red rhinestones

Twine

I embossed some pink cardsotck with different fun patterns, did all of my die cutting, then assembled the tags and arranged them on a 5"x 7" card base. That's it!!

Now to get to my gift tag making!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Sending Joy

Sue is our hostess this week at Just Us Girls Challenge #753 Word Week and she has chosen the word Joy. I used these dies at a friend's house and did not know what I would make until I finally sat down to play this week. (I die cut multiples of all the elements in different colors.) There are endless possibilities! Here is my card for this week's challenge. Do check out the team's wonderful cards as well as that of our guest, Jenn Borjeson.

All products are recent Spellbinders (Olive Martinis dies and Christmas Cocktails dies) other than the patterned paper background. I would love to have this drink in hand just to see it sparkle! I used shiny gold cardstock for the glass, white glitter cardstock for the beverage itself, and red sparkle cardstock for the bow and candy cane straw.

Are you knee deep in Christmas cardmaking or are you done already? I love making tags and will begin that project soon. Happy holiday crafting! Join us with a "JOY" project of your own!

Carol

Cozy Wishes

I am playing along at Time Out Challenges #276 where they are challenging us to be Cozy. What is more cozy than a hot cup of your favorite winter beverage during the holidays? 

I am also playing along at Inkspirational Challenges: "Layer It" with my card. I used layering stencils, then die cut holly on the stenciled cups, then a larger die cut take out coffee cup with die cuts and stamping on top of it. LOL. Fun challenge!

Products I used:

MFT: coffee cup die

Sizzix: Christmas mini dies

The Stamp Market: Large holly die

Alex Syberia: Alphabet dies

Pretty Pink Posh: Coffee cup stencils, rhinestones

Concord and 9th: Mini ink pads

I made the stenciled card base a while ago and left it for future use. I love non-traditional Christmas colors and decided to use the card base for this challenge.

Hope you are warm and cozy these days. It is still hot here in the southeast!

Happy Holidays!

Carol