Snow Day!!!

Hello and welcome to a new Challenge at Shopping Our Stash ~~ Winter......not a holiday. What a fabulous theme, especially for me since I'm sending "Winter" cards after the Canada Post strike is settled, If it is too long I will be sending Valentines. My stash busting was at it's best this challenge as I used a stamp/die set I got from the 25 days of Christmas Tags in 2023 and have never used it as well as the front sentiment and the Echo Park patterned paper I have been hoarding for a couple of years as well.

I made my second back fold card and I love how fast it can be made and it's different. The stamp/die set I used is from Neat and Tangled, The sky background was a scrap of smooshed watercolour paper, patterned paper is from Echo Park

Close up of the winter bunny who is elevated on the slope.

Finished the inside with a winter sentiment. 

I'm adding this to 

NBUS challenge ~~ #69

The 12 Months of Christmas ~~ #116 Anything Goes Christmas

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Thanks for stopping by and head over to the SOS blog and get your inspiration from rest of the design team. 

Have you ever seen a Holiday Narwhal?

 I have two Holiday Narwhals for you today. I love to enter the Jingle Belles Christmas challenge and I have been a little slack the last two challenges, not that I didn't have ideas just no time to execute them. The challenge is Oh Christmas Stencil, Oh Christmas Stencil, well I don't have much in the line of Christmas Stencils and I am a "newbie" at stencils so don't look too close.  Since I planned on using my Christmas/Holiday narwal stamp and die I used a "bubbles" stencil fit the 5 1/2 square perfectly. 

The cute narwhals are popped up on some waves I made with a piece of smooshed cardstock and a rectangle die. there is one flat attached and one popped up to "ground" the narwals. I added a night of navy narrow frame for interest. 

Closer look at the narwhals and the wave as well as my stenciling. 

Finished the inside with a scrap of navy and did a bit of stenciling around the Impression Obsession sentiment. 

I'm entering this in:

The Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge ~~ Oh Christmas Stencil

12 Months of Christmas Challenge ~~ #86 anything goes optional something that flies.

Thanks for stopping by today and stay safe stay healthy. 

More Stripes and Stars..............

Adding one last card to the Jingle Belles Rock challenge Stars &/or Stripes Forever. Last week's sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches was a great one for using scraps and I had a few scraps left from the other two cards I made, one using stars and one using stripes so today I'm posting  one that uses both. The sketch challenge is over but I needed to use it anyway.

I must admit my image was already coloured in the "parts box" must have been designated for a challenge that expired before I got it done, and it was perfect to use with the scraps leftover from the stripes and stars cards. I do love Fluffles and boy does she get into trouble. Fluffles was sold by Stampendous although retired some have been brought back in "mini" size in clear. 

Finished the inside with a sentiment from Impression Obsessions and a scrap of patterned paper.

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Stars &/or Stripes Forever

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge ~~ ATG opt. use RED

12 Months of Chistmas Link-up ~~ ATG opt. flip a coin 

Thanks for stopping by today, how is your Holiday stash coming?

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Still being Peaceful at the Jingle Belles Rock.

Since I had some time this past weekend I made another peaceful scene for the Jingle Belles Rock challenge.  I did have a much more elaborate card planned but when it came to do it the fussy cutting was way too involved.

I left the scene Black and White but sparkled it up with some wink of stella. The birds are fussy cut and popped up, all the colouring was done with atyou Spica glitter pens.

Closer look at the birds.

Classic Christmas sentiment.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Peace on Earth

ABC Christmas challenge ~~ R is for Red

12 Months of Christmas Link up ~~ Traditional colours (optional)

Thanks for checking out my blog today I hope you find some inspiration to get your Holiday card started.

There is Peace at the Jingle Belles Rock challenge.

Only a couple of days left to enter the challenge at the Jingle Belles Rock, it seems I can't get the time to make a card the first week, since I do most of my crafting the week we are at the lake and the challenge starts on our short week there. Not that I'm complaining as we get to spend a lot of time at our cottage.

I chose to go with a "peaceful scene" as my word PEACE was too large for the card.  I also used clear wink of stella on the white parts of the card.

Finished inside with a favourite sentiment (and the only one at the lake) 

I would like to enter this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Peace on Earth

The 12 Months of Christmas ~~ #32 optional theme Traditional Christmas Colours

Thanks for stopping by today and it's time to get your Holiday cards started ~~ I am!!!

My Last Pink Christmas Card for the Jingle Belles Rock ~~ for this year.

I have been so excited to have had time to create 6 cards for the (GAH) Pink Christmas Challenge at the Jingle Belles. It's been a lot of fun picking images that will look great in pink. For this card I used a Saturated Canary image I have had printed probably since last year, quite often I print two just in case I mess the first one up. I also have a stash different coloured  Fitted Frames 4 from Elizabeth Craft Designs, 

I used ECDesigns stitched oval and two of the fitted frames ovals then placed it on a white layer that was embossed with a folder from Stampin'up that the name of eludes me. then I attached it to a premade base 4 1/4 X 6 inches from a pack I purchased at the dollar store. The sentiment is from High Hopes Stamps which is a Canadian company here in Ontario.

A truly Canadian sentiment isn't it, although I'm not the one in my family that uses that word, my hubby is truly a Canadian and admits to using Eh? many times in a conversation.

The inside is finished with another of the fitted ovals and a sentiment from Stampendous (I think)

I am entering this in:
Jingle Belles rock ~~ (GAH) Pink Christmas

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up ~~ Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and if you hurry you can get your Pink Christmas card to the Jingle Belles before the challenge closes. Stephanie and Lauren each are donating $2.00 for Breast Cancer Research so the more cards the merrier.

Pink, Warm, Winter, Wishes ~~ and it {{{shakes}}}

I'm getting my money's worth out of some very old patterned paper, I'm gonna be sad when it's all gone. It works so well with the Annual Pink Christmas challenge at the Jingle Belles. I think this is #5 for the challenge. I hope you have at least made one for the the challenge, it is for a good cause, Breast Cancer Research. Both Stephanie and Lauren are donating $2.00 each for every card posted on the blog. 

It's an image I found on Pinterst (I love snowmen/women) I decided I wanted to make a shaker card, I cut the frame with EC Designs stitched rectangles. added some pretty sequins instead of beads (as I seemed to leave them at home) the Sentiment is from Impression Obsession 

Closer looke at the sequins.

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The sentiment is from High Hopes Rubber Stamps.

Entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ (gah) Pink Christmas

12 Months of Christmas link up ~~ Anything goes

There is still time to add your Pink Christmas creation to the Jingle Belles Blog it closes on Wednesday night, it's for a good cause.

Red, Black and Kraft are great colours for one more Holiday Card!!!

I just love playing with my House Mouse stamps and I found a colour challenge that was fabulous, Red, Black and Kraft. I just happen to have a paper pad from American Crafts called Hot Cocoa, I've been hoarding it too.  Although the background paper was a paper pack I got as a gift but it matched the theme.

Although you can't see it well the base is kraft I then added  a thin layer of black as to pop the striped paper. The sketch is Mojo Monday sketch challenge #461, I just got it this morning in my e-mail and was perfect for my image from House Mouse Designs called Mint Nibbler.

I added some star dust stickles to the mint

Finished the front with a Stampendous Class "A" sticker sentiment.

Challenges I'm entering:

The 12 Months of Christmas link up #20 Christmas confectionery.

52 Weeks of Christmas Card Throwdown 

 Jingle Belles Rock Rudolph the red nosed reindeer

Mojo Monday #461

Whew that was a long list, One more holiday card for my stash!!! Thanks for visiting today.