02-24-26

 Hi There,

Today after seeing so many snowman cards as I strolled trough blogland, and my radio station playing a set of Christmas in July tunes...I decided I needed to get started on my holiday cards. Five of my favorite snowman/men stamps and I was on a roll getting 5 cards completed. All very simple but each brought a smile as I was creating.  They will be visiting Loll's CAS Christmas challenge where the theme is Snowman.

 

 

And lastly I couldn't resist playing with this snowperson family.  Its just an adorable stamp.

 

 

 Thanks much for visiting.

 

 

9-15-22

 Hello-

I was inspired by all the glittery and shiny beauties over at CAS Christmas for this card.

 

  

Thanks so very much for stopping by.

8-19-22

 Hello-

A quick CAS card for CAS Christmas.  I'll probably make a few more for my stash with other holiday greetings. CAS Christmas is asking for Pine as their theme this month. 

The bough is from Stampin up and I added a few red gems to add small bits of color.

 

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10-18-21 part 2

 Hello-

I decided I needed to play at CAS Christmas my friend Marcia is hosting and has chosen the color combination of Gray and Red.

 Stamps and edge die from Stampin Up's Festive and Bright adorn the edge, I added the fun Merry from MFT for the panel's left.  I stacked it on top of a second cut out of gray cardstock. The gray panel was mounted onto a white cardbase.

Thanks so much for visiting.

Christmas

 Hello -

I am woefully behind on Christmas cards, considering I wanted to make 5 each month.  Based on that count I am back in March...so with several Christmas challenges to play with this week, I am going to add to my small pile.

Five cards for five challenges. Each card goes to visit only one challenge.  In alpha order:

AAA Cards - Twinchie with option of Christmas

Addicted to CAS - Christmas

CAS Christmas- Poinsettia

 

Christmas Kickstart

Less is More - Christmas in July

 And one more that I decided was not CAS and didn't fit any of the challenges.

Thanks so much for visiting.

Flocked Vellum

 Hello-

I love stalking the Stampin Up sales. I picked up some lovely flocked vellum 12X12 sheets for a steal of a price.  They will be perfect for Christmas cards.  This one is particularly for CAS Christmas Card Challenge. 

I cut a 2.5 inch strip of the vellum, turned it over colored in the berries. Next I adhered it to a very light gray card base so the flocking stands out and added a red glitter tape border. A small sentiment and this very quick clean and simple card is done.

Thanks so much for visiting.

Merry Christmas Gnomes

Hello- 

I'm deep into making my Christmas cards now.  I want them mailed out by the end of the month. So I need to be on the stick.

This card is not traditional colors and I am entering it to two challenges - Color Throwdown and CAS Christmas. 

I had to add a few neutral brown and grays, to the colors at Color Throwdown in order to color the scene. I love these colors together and this image could easily be for a winter birthday, too.

 

  

Thanks so much for visiting, and I hope you are getting your holiday cards completed as well!

 

Merry And Bright

 Hello-

One more card for today.  I couldn't get the pink poinsettia out of my head, so I revisited pink for the challenge at CAS Christmas -Non-Traditional Colors.  

I love this little tree from an older Simon Says Stamp set. It also features the cutest lil reindeer.  This was colored with copics, and a bit of sparkle was added to the lights and star with a spectrum glitter brush marker. 

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Merry Christmas

 Hello-

Another break from my binge reading and laundry folding, and I took a bit of time to make a card for the CAS Christmas Card Challenge.  The prompt is:

I made a small blue sky clouded panel, then cut out Memory Box's Stitched Circle Trees from the card base.  I adhered the cloud plane behind the panel.  I've used this die several times, usually with glitter paper or blue paper behind it.  I am definitely liking the clouds in the background.  The Merry Christmas sentiment was stamped in the same ink as the stencil to make the clouds.

Thanks so very much for visiting.

Christmas in July

Hello -

How are all of you doing on getting a stash of Christmas cards finished?  I had set a goal of 5 per month.  I am woefully behind until today.  I usually make 5 cards of half of my designs, and the other half are generall one offs. I have 15 in my stash, and after today there will be 25....so only 10 down.  Easy to catch up in the next few months.

I have two cards for you today and I'll be entering them to 6 challenges.  Three challenges for each card.

First up, for CAS Christmas (Nativity), Die Cut Diva's (Christmas in July) and AAA Cards - ( Made in Minutes with the optional twist of Christmas in July) I made this card:

       

The die cutting was very fast, the sentiment stamping was quick too.  I added a bit of extra to it by dipping the diecut in clear embossing powder to give it a bit of gloss and clear embossing the black stamped sentiment.  The card base is Pacific Point from SU, the Die is from Penny Black, and the sentiment is from MFT.


My next card is for Just us Girls (Trend Week Long and Skinny),  Shopping our Stash (Christmas in July) and Christmas Kickstart (Hatty Christmas).

The slimline dies are from Trinity Stamps, the sentiment from MFT, and the hats from Tim Holtz Crazy things.  It was fun immersing my self in Christmas cards for a short afternoon session.  Thanks so very much for visiting.




          

Happy Wonderful Christmas

Hello-

I am woefully behind on my Christmas card stash. I had promised myself to get a head start of 5 per month.  Well, with this card I am current to Apirl 1st.  Ahhh well.

I stepped away from my bin of new stuff to pull out an old loved set from Stampin Up- Wonderous Wreath. I haven't used it for several years so it was time for it to come out again.

This card is going to three challenges - Watercooler Wednesday - Occaisions,   Christmas Kickstart - Wreath and CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Winter Berries.

       

Thanks so much for visiting!

Deck The Halls

Hi There -

I finally made use of my odd sleeping hours...I mopped the kitchen floor and made a few cards and I am about to go take a nap...or more likely my main sleep for the day about 5 hours.  At some point I will naturally get back to a "regular" sleep schedule, but forcing it does nothing but extend the vampire hours.

This quick card is for CAS Christmas card challenge, where the theme is Christmas Song.

I love this light string and song title sentiments in this set Festive Greetings from WPlus9.




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Noel

Greetings,

I am woefully behind on Christmas cards already.  But here is one more for the stash inspired by CAS Christmas Card Challenge - winter flowers.  I had a new to me Poinsettia from Taylored Expressions in my bin. So out it came.  I decided to no line copic color it.  I stamped the flower in red ink and then colored it leaf by leaf hoping to use some really dark reds to give each petal definition. The center was filled with nuvo drops that ran together...no worries though, the yellow gives a nice pop against all the red.  A small sentiment from CTMH was added next to the big bloom keeping the card CAS.

Thanks so much for visiting, stay safe.

Peace Joy Love

Hello -

It is warming up today, might hit high 50's.  After a bit of a lazy morning snuggling under the blankets to soak up any warmth. I headed to my crafty space.

I am woefully behind on my Christmas Cards. I had hoped to have 5 made each month.  I have 3 including this one.

This cute trio is heading to the following challenges: CAS Christmas - Joy, Kickstart Christmas Challenge - Red, ABC Christmas Challenge - Cats/Dogs (I went with both).

I kept my critters in various earthtones so that the RED would stand out. This Simon Says Stamp stamp is a longtime favorite that got little love the last two years.

Thanks so much for visiting.  Have you started your Christmas stash?

Greetings -

I'm taking advantage of being awake and somewhat motivated.

This card is going to:
Christmas Kick Start - Penguin Parade
Addicted to Stamps and More - Holiday
CAS Christmas - Tag

I used a Neat and Tangled die to cut the tag.  I added the penguin from MFT's Holiday Penguins stamp set and colored it with copics. The snowflakes are from a Darice embossing folder. 

     

Thanks so much for visiting.