Christmas Kickstart Challenge #5 ~~ Have a Very Bear-y Christmas!!

Hello friends, family and followers! I'm making some progress with my Christmas Stash by following Jo's Christmas Kickstart Challenge.  I'm very happy for the theme as I have a few 'Gruffies" from House Mouse Designs so I used one.

5 1/4 inch square card, super Gruffie image and my recent favourite square dies layered on a piece out of a Kaisercraft paper pad named Santa's List. Riding hood Red accents the decorations were coloured with spica glitter pens and the rest with copics.

Isn't he just adorable, of course I'm a little biased I just love all my Gruffies.

Finished the inside with a scrap of designer paper and an Impression Obsession Sentiment.

I am entering this in:

Christmas Kickstart Challenge

#4 ~~ Have a Very Bear-y Christmas

Winter Wonderland ~~ March Challenge Fuzzy Wuzzy

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Anything Goes 

Thanks for joining me here today and I hope you have started your holiday cards or come December you will be in chaos. 

T'is the Season!!

Challenge 384 at Shopping our Stash is T'is the Season, it is Donna's brilliant idea for the last challenge of 2018. This challenge will  run from December 11 2018 until January 7th 2019.  We would like you to make a project to show how you celebrate whether it be Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanza or any other celebration.

My thoughts of Christmas is Family, decorating the tree and Christmas eve carol service. When the children were young we went to the Christmas morning service and each child got to take one of their toys and have it blessed as we knelt for communion. So I went with ornaments, houses and church all in one lovely die. First I cut it with white foam core wasn't happy so cut it out of some very ancient 6x6 glitter paper pad I have been hoarding it. The background was embossed with a cuttlebug winter embossing folder I have had for over 5 years not sure if I have used it before. The silver cord Is also very ancient and it is very heavy and stiff as you can see by the bow.

Close up of the lovely scene.

Finished inside of the card with a couple of die cut ornaments from Impression Obsession which this might be only the second time I've used it. The set comes with a bell, candle, candy cane, tree, gingerbread man, snowman and two ornaments. I need to keep these at the front of the die box and use them more often.

I would like to enter this in: 

Jingle Belles ~~ Taking back our 8th December

Happy Little Stampers ~~ Anything goes with Dies

Winter Wonderland ~~ Anything Goes Winter

Thanks for stopping by today, check out how the design team celebrates the season and remember 

We are on break from December 18 2018 until January 7th 2019

Frosty the Snowman ~~ Take 2

It's going to be another hot one today so I decided another snowman card to cool you down. I've used a second image from the set of 4 cute snowmen set from Sunshine Designs. I also used the same Fusion Card Challenge Sketch, it's a really great one!!!  I've also paired it with Winter Wonderland Christmas Card challenge as it has a snowman on it. So here is take 2.

Imagine my surprise when I found stars and stripes in the same Christmas pad so I figured a way to use them on the same card!!!

Close up of the snowman and the cute square dies.

There is no inside picture but it was decorated similar to yesterdays card with the same sentiment. It was just too out of focus to use.

Challenges I am entering this in are/

Fusion Card Challenge ~~ Sketch

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Stars and /or Stripes

Winter Wonderland Card Challenge ~~ Simply Snowmen

Thanks again for stopping by.

Frosty the Snowman....

Just in case you need something to cool you down here is my first snowman card of the season. I have a set of 4 Sunshine Designs snowmen and I have used them so much they are perfect for sketches like the Fusion one this week.  The Jingle Belles challenge this time is Stars and/or Stripes, here is my offering for the challenge.

These little snowman are so much fun and I do them in many different colours. the striped paper is from Bo Bunny pack, the embossing folder is Sequins folder from Stampin' up.

I had this white snowflake in a discard bin, it hadn't cut properly so the center was missing but it sure works for the back drop for Mr. Frosty.

Love my vertical sentiment for the tall cards. I carried the stripes to the inside as well.

Challenges I'm entering this in:

 The Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Stars and/or Stripes. 

Winter wonderland ~~ Simply Snowmen

Fusion Card Challenge ~~ just the sketch (awesome sketch)

thanks for visiting today and if you feel cooler ~~ you're welcome.

Guess what Day it is!!! It's Rudolph Days!!

I'm right on time with Rudolph days for June....from the 25th to the end of the month, which is June 30. I have paired it up with the current Jingle Belles challenge ~~ White Christmas and it's another square card.

I was inspired by Stefanie's wreath card for the Jingle Belles and knew I just wanted to try one. I cut the wreath once in silver and once in shimmer white.  I really wanted to either put poinsettia brad or red cardinals on the wreath but of course I had to follow the rules.  Peace is a IO die and is cut out of silver., (hope it's acceptable)

Peace is glues on the ends but elevated in the center. 

the cardinals are also an IO die and they come in two sizes so I put the smaller ones on the inside.

Challenges I'm entering:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ White Christmas

Rudolph Days ~~ June

Winter Wonderland ~~ Square Cards only

Thanks for checking today, I've got a really great stash of Holiday cards and more to come.

Jingle Belles are still Rocking Inchies and twinchies.

I came across a sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it all but screamed at me to make a card with it for the Jingle Belles Rock!!! I had the perfect image and dies too. It's a bonus when several challenges all match perfect. I really haven't played with TMS for quite a while although I check them every week, not always do I find time to take advantage of their great sketches.

The snowman/woman is from Sunshine Stamps, it is a set of 4 adorable little snowpeople. Note the stitching, I finally remembered to stitch on my card before I glues it togwther. I love this stitched square die set and the matching fancy one too, it's perfect if you just want a touch of colour.

Close up of the super cute Snowman, since I coloured his hat and scart in blue, I first coloured with a copic marker then went over it with a spica glitter blue pen. 

Finished the inside with some snowflakes and patterned paper.

And as you can see I "real" stitched on the inside as well.

I am entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ inchies and twinchies

Tuesday Morning Sketches ~~ #442

Winter Wonderland ~~ Stitching real or faux

Thanks for checking in today I'm keeping up with the Holiday cards.

We Three Kings ~~~ I mean Cats............

This weekend we are closing the cottage, it's always a sad day when we have to drain the water and I have to bring home all my crafty things, I have been taking some things home and if there isn't room in the car then we will have to make an extra trip, I managed to get a good start on the  Jingle Belles new challenge ~~ Not a creature was stirring. I decided to make things interesting when I read that Winter Wonderland challenge is Fun Folds, nothing like testing myself. So here is my fun fold critter card.

This is a Tri-fold shutter card, and a joy to photograph. I found the tutorial on Beccy's Place. The stamp i used is from Stampendous and dated 2004, I just found it adorable and great to send to someone that lives away. I die cut some houses to represent our house to yours.

Aren't those cute kitties adorable.

Hello is an unbranded die and the Merry Christmas is Gina Marie Designs.

I am entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Not a Creature was Stirring

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Winter Wonderland ~~ Fun Folds

Rudolph Days ~~ October

Thanks for stopping by to see how my Christmas card stash is growing.

Embossing around the Christmas Tree....that's the challenge at the Jingle Belles rock!!!

I am so excited!! This weekend I had some crafty time to get my card don't for the Jingle Belles  challenge early this time. I also coupled it with some other great challenges, although it defeats my purpose of getting extra Holiday cards done. ....but there is still next weekend too. I have oodles of embossing folders of all seasons and I do love to use them I suppose that is because I don't like blank space. lol.

The embossing folder is a cuttlebug one that I just purchased a few months ago and the houses I purchased a month or so before and neither have been used on a card...more NBUS. The sentiment is one of my older ones from Stampabilities (2006)

Close up of the detail in the embossing.

Carrying through with the "home" theme I used a sentiment from Impression Obsession 

I'm going to link this up with:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Embossing around the Christmas Tree.

Winter Wonderland ~~ Anything Christmas Goes

Cardz 4 Guyz ~~ #179 Architecture 

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful week!!!

I got the Christmas Blues.......

The challenge at the Jingle Belles Rock is Blue Christmas and I managed to get this done before the challenge closes.  I have been really slow in getting my Christmas cards going this year but it will soon change as we have opened the cottage and it's so relaxing to create there, no distractions except if it rains then Hubby wants to go to town.  We are just finishing up the May 24 long weekend, it's been rainy, cool and very windy.  I couldn't even manage to take pictures of my cards outside today. Enough chit-chat and on with the card.

Another 5 1/4 inch square card, and another quilt card, I used patterned paper from Bo-Bunny cut with a square stitched die, after it was attached to the base I used an embossing folder and ran it through the cuttlebug. The sentiment is from Impression Obsession and the snowflake is one of my new unmarked dies which can be used for a poinsettia too. The center of the snowflake is a pearl and silver brad from the Eyelet Outlet.

Close up of the gorgeous sparkly snowflake and that awesome brad.

You know the routine when I craft at the cottage....something is always missing from my "stuff" and this time it is "inside sentiments" how could I forget those? So I'll be finishing up 4 cards at home with sentiments.

I am entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Blue Christmas 

Christmas Cards all year 'round ~~ Precipitation

Winter Wonderland ~~ Add some sparkle

Thanks for visiting today and have a wonderful week.