Red Hats for Christmas

 This adorable snowman image is from Gecko Gals.  I love his festive bow tie and his red top hat. 

It is on a free collage sheet available here.  You will really want to hop over and collect a few of these freebies!

For this card, I decided to reduce the size of the white card base and then mount the card on top an A-2 die cut.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And this is the card I sent to all the Delightful Dazzling Dames in my Red Hat Chapter. 

 

The die cut ornament frame is dark purple with embossed silver foil in the inside and a red glitter die cut hat.

These were fun to make because they are going to a group of really fun gals!

Deer, Oh Deer!

 

A wonderful friend recently sent me some deer die cuts.  

Here are a few cards I put together using them.

 

I used a SU die to make that pretty edge and embossed the SU sentiment in silver on the card above.

For this card I used CTMH patterned paper and a CTMH sentiment embossed in white.

Would you add a sentiment to the front of this card?

If so, where???
 

Challenges I've entered: 

Card # 1 - Simon Says Monday Challenge - Favorite Technique (embossing, especially on Christmas cards); Merry Little Christmas Challenge #29 - AG; Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #214 - Tis the  Season;

Card # 2 -Crazy 4 Challenge C4C564 - Blue Christmas; Use Your Stuff Challenge #412 - Winter/Snow/Christmas; Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Let It Snow

Scrap Happy

There was a small, homeless piece of purple polka dot paper and snippets of matching cs on my craft table.

Now they have a home.

All from scraps. 

Challenges:

Unicorn Challenge #54 - Use Dies

Paperminutes Challenge #639 - Butterfly 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Dies and/or Punches

As You Like It Challenge - Favorite Color to Pair with Purple (yellow looks so bright next to purple)

Simply Create Too Challenge #160 - Use Flowers 

Allsorts Challenge Weeks 571/2 - Anything Goes 

Love to Scrap Challenge #133 - Anything Goes

Love to Craft Challenge #46 - Anything Goes 

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #75 - Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft May Challenge - Anything Goes 

 

Double Trouble Challenge # 49

There's a new box next to my craft desk.  This one is for Easter/Spring cards, which I will mail off to Send a Smile 4 Kids*.

It's also a new week and a new challenge at 

Double Trouble Challenge Blog. 

This month the theme is Again and Again (using something multiple times) with options of including a critter and also entering the Use Your Stuff  Challenge.  

I found the little bunnies dies at a used craft sale a few years ago. 

The frames are dies from My Favorite Things.

And for this cute Easter Bunny digi, which I colored with markers, hop over to Mo's Digital Pencil.

Challenges:

Double Trouble Challenge #49 - Again and Again (frames & bunnies), Old product and Critters (bunnies) 

Use Your Stuff Challenge #391 -  Critters

QKR Stampede Challenge #383- AG 

2 Crafty Critter Crazies February Challenge - AG with critters

Gem of a Challenge Wk 3 - AG 

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Die Cuts/Punches 

Cardz 4 Gals Challenge #114 - Use Kraft Paper (The frames and bunnies are kraft paper.  The bunnies are from the same sheet but I colored them with marker so they would be a bit darker than the frames.)

 

*The February challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge is Easter/Spring cards.   I'd love to see your ideas there.

Monday Mischief

Even without the weekly Mojo Monday sketch (they are vacation until Jan), I made my final 2 Christmas cards!  The mailman just took them from out mailbox, and they are on their way.

I used a new Decorative Star die from Crafter's Companion, Stampin Up sentiment stamps and CTMH glitter paper and tape.

Challenges:

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge #219 - Christmas with glitter

Come and Get It Challenge - Christmas 

Crafty Hazelnut's Charitmas Challenge #312 - Cute or Anything Goes

As You Like It Challenge - Favorite Christmas Song (Star of Wonder has always been a favorite of mine.  Probably because, when I was very much younger, the music was in my piano lesson books and I could actually play it half decently.)

Crafty Ribbons Challenge #180 - Christmas

Through the Purple Haze Challenge #115 - Anything Goes 

Fab n Funky Challenge #331 - Glitter and Sparkle 

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of 12/13 - Always Anything Goes

Time to pack up the Christmas stamps 

and start some Christmas wrapping!

Plus, I need 3 birthday cards for next week!