THE CHRISTMAS FAIRY!!!

I am in a Christmas Fairy swap over at 

Paper Doll Trading Facebook group.  

I had fun working on this...

I used my first armoire tag!  

 

And I used unusual materials (for the Thrifty Tursday challenge on Addicted 2 Paper Dolls Facebook group) - her skirt is this great mesh that I found at Dollar Tree and her wings are made from pointysettia leaves - also from Dollar Tree!

rhinestones on her shoes and 

as drawer pulls on the armoire!

some Bo-Bunny cardstock stickers 

(the hat and the banner)

  and some old Hippopotamus stickers 

(the presents and the stocking) 

     

and a K&Company tree cut from a border.

I hope that you have enjoyed seeing this fun creation and that my swap partner is going to love her too!  I am having a hard time thinking of parting with her but she goes postal in the morning!

JOIN ME FOR A CUP.........

The theme for Merry Monday #174 is Java Time!  Make a Christmas card with a coffee theme!

I have this cute little stamp from Sweet 'n Sassy stamps with this little mouse that I knew would be perfect!  I loved the colors from the SEI Berry Melody papers.

I used the card sketch #129 from Feeling Sketchy (which I of course had not realized had already closed.)

I used some Rock Candy Stickles on the snowflakes on the cup to add a festive touch!

and now I'm off to bed!  More tomorrow!

Sweet dreams!

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT LIKE CHRISTMAS!

My new Julie Nutting Christmas stamp came the other day and I wanted to play with her so I decided to work on a few cards.

The first was for the October 1 Fusion Card Challenge.  You have the choice to use the inspiration, the sketch or both.  For my card I opted for the sketch only.

And here is my card -

My next challenge is for 

Freshly Made Sketches challenge #207.  

And my card!

 

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my start to the Christmas season!

Thanks for stopping by.  

All comments greatly appreciated.

A FEW CARDS TO SHARE....

Today I have a few cards to share. 

The first uses this months DT sketch from Sketches4All and has candy canes on it for challenge #145 over at Merry Monday.   

Here's the sketch -

 

And here is my creation -

 

along with a few close-ups -

 

 

the inside!

 

The next card is for Scrap, Paper, Scissors Frozen card challenge. This challenge is to create a card with teal and silver, add a fuchsia heart and snowflake because it is "Frozen" and February!

I used sketch #384 over at Mojo Monday.

 

Here's the sketch -

 

And here is my creation -

 

I started with a glittered silver card base.  I added various patterned papers using the required colors as well as some flags, an epoxy and an awesome dimensional acetate layered sticker.

 

Here are a few close-ups -

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by to see my work.  I feel so appreciated when you leave a comment to let me know you were here!

 

IT'S LOOKING A LITTLE BIT LIKE CHRISTMAS!

I started my first Christmas 2014 layouts with this sketch from Stuck?!Sketches.

I chose the quote 'tis the season to be jolly' for QC44 over at Soul Scrappers.

 and I created the double circles in the layout with some twine for Sketches4All Stacy H-W Stash Challenge

 

Here is my layout -

And here are a few more close-ups of some of the other details for your viewing -

 

 
and here is my son sporting the hat I made for him - over December I got very little paper crafting done as I was busy with Loom Knitting...one of my latest hobbies!

Thanks for stopping by.  I will have lots more of Christmas to share as well as getting back to our 2003 Civil War Re-enactment photos!



IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS!

Last night I created a few Christmas cards for a few current challenges.  The first one used a stamp I was so excited to use as it is just SO cute, from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

I used sketch #372 from Mojo Monday. 

 



 

My Card:

 

 

This card is so much fun as the white scalloped circle is actually a mini card which I put a sentiment inside.

 

I am also entering this card in Sketches4All Cheryl's Christmas Card Challenge - Anything Goes.

My next card is using Feeling Sketchy #108. 

 

The sketch:

 

 

and my card:

 

I had fun with this as I knew that this reindeer that I picked up at the local Dollar Store would work great on a card.  I had some wonderful silver & gold Anna Griffith papers and sentiments to go with it.

I am also entering this in Sketches4All 5th Anniversary challenge PARTY2 which calls for a holiday card NOT using the traditional red and green and both of these cards in Soul Scrappers KKC1 calling for creating 2 Christmas Cards.

I hope you have enjoyed this little blast of holiday preparations!  Stop back soon for more creations!

 



JINGLE BELL HOP!

Welcome to the Colorful Creations Jingle Bell Blog Hop!  If you have come here from Janet's blog then welcome! If you have stumbled across this by chance and want to play along then please go back to COLORFUL CREATIONS and start from the beginning.      There is a challenge there that you don't want to miss out on as there is a wonderful prize for one lucky randomly selected winner.  There will also be some great games and other prizes.

I know that we ALL have someone on our holiday list that has just about everything and we aren't sure what the best gift for them will be so we decide upon a gift card.  I found this great simple tutorial for a cute little gift card holder that I want to share with you.  It's all done with one piece of paper and some easy folds.  

Here's the link:

SIMPLE GIFT CARD HOLDER

Now hop on over to Tabitha's blog to see what she has in store for you.  Below is our lineup list in case you get lost along the way.  Have fun and don't forget to search for the clues on each team member's blogs, they will be in BOLD.

Line up:

CC

Rachael

Brandi

Libby

Anne

Fi

Janet

Paula

Tabitha

Brenshevia

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope that you will have a chance to use that simple gift card holder this season.  I know I will!  Have a peaceful and blessed Christmas.