Christmas Fishes

 I gotta say, I have had just about enough of making Christmas cards!  LOL   However, I might have a few that haven't been posted yet so you may see a handful more from me between now and New Year's Day, but then I'm DONE!  ;)  I'm entering the card below into the following challenges:

Colorful Options - Red, Green, and Gold

Die Cut Divas - Fancy/Uneven Edge on One Side of Card

Cut It Up #320 - Anything Goes (with a die cut)

Double "D" Challenges - Christmas Trees

Fab n' Funky - Anything But Square

I used a piece of kraft cardstock for my base, I sprayed it with Red & Green Distress Spray Stains, then some gold Mica Spray Stain.  I used a die cut with ragged edges to create the uneven edges at the bottom, then inked the edges of the whole thing. I stamped my tree image from Clearly Besotted Stamps directly on the kraft and colored with alcohol markers and some glitter glue.  I stamped the fish on white cardstock and colored with alcohol markers, then fussy-cut them out and attached with foam dimensional tape.  Peace.

Christmas Magic

 The week between Christmas and New Year's is so weird - I never know what day it is. LOL I managed to contract some type of cold and I can't stop sneezing. I didn't have much energy so I spent the day in my craft room today, it was lovely.  I'd like to enter the card below into the following challenges:

Christmas with the Cuties - Cute & Christmassy

Colorful Options - Red, Green, and Gold

Crafty Calendar December

Double "D" Challenge - Christmas Trees

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #291

My papers are from Doodlebug Designs.  I printed out Baby 'Bominable's Christmas Tree from Sweet November Stamps (freebie, no longer available), colored him with alcohol markers and fussy-cut the top part.  I added some Gold Stickles, some giant pearl-like sticker gems, and a candy cane brad, along with a kraft sentiment (Unity Stamps). Peace.

Christmas Love ATC

 I love making ATC's with leftover scraps of stuff - I'd like to enter this one into the following challenges:

ATC Around the World - Glitter

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Anything Goes

Double "D" Challenges - Christmas Trees

Creations in Pink - Anything Goes in Mainly Pink

Fab n Funky - Anything But Square

Stay Crafty With a Blog Named Hero - Deck the Hall

My ATC was created by using a scrap of watercolor paper that I had used for another project, distress inks blended and spritzed with water. I die-cut the tree from another scrap and I added some gold Stickles to the star at the top of the tree.  Finished off with some gemstone stickers & a kraft sentiment strip.  Peace.

hello deer

 Merry Christmas!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Monday - Cold & Frosty

Simon Says Wednesday - Use Craft Dies

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Snow Much Fun

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie

I used papers from Doodlebug Designs, and I die-cut the circle from one of the patterned papers. I stamped my stamp from Simon Says Clear Stamps Jolly Christmas Festive Fun with Versamark Black and embossed with clear embossing powder, then colored with alcohol markers and used some Fluffy Stuff on his coat and the snow on the sign for texture. Peace.

Made with love

 Happy Christmas Eve!  I've currently got my fried onions cooling down before I finish making Swedish meatballs, so I figured I'd do my blog post quick! 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Use Dies in DieCember

AllSorts - Anything Goes/Optional Use Dies

Crafty Gals - Anything Goes

Critter Crazy - Anything Goes with a Critter

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

I used some pretty papers from Authentique.  My stamps and coordinating dies (baker's hat & bag of flour) are from Colorado Craft Company, stamped with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored with alcohol inks and finished off with a ribbon tag! Peace.

'tis the season

 I began playing along with the Sweet November Facebook challenges several months ago, and this beautiful mermaid Song of the Sea was one of just a few of their images that I owned, so I used her for several challenges and then decided to make it a personal challenge to use her for every single month's theme throughout 2024.  LOL  So here she is in her final month, all ready for Christmas!  ;)

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Use Dies in DieCember

The Crafting Challenge - Christmas

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #745 - New/Anything Goes

AllSorts - Anything Goes/Optional Use Your Dies

I created my background by spritzing some red & green Mica Sprays on watercolor paper.  I die cut a circle from the center and matted it on a red cardstock base.  I printed the mermaid, colored her with alcohol markers & added some white pen marks, then fussy-cut her and attached her with foam dimensional tape.  I used another die on the bottom with the sentiment sticker.  I added some pearl stickers and a snowflake "Shape Seal" from Tim Holtz.  Peace.

Love is the Greatest Gift

Hey friends - entering the card below into the following challenges:

ABC Christmas - "Y" is for Your Favorite Color/"Z" is for Zoo Animals

Conjurer of Dreams #3 - Anything Goes

The Crafting Challenge - Christmas

Christmas with the Cuties #88 - Cute & Christmassy

Cheerful Sketches

Papers are all from Doodlebug Designs. I used There's a Penguin in My Cocoa digi stamp from The Paper Shelter, colored with alcohol markers. Peace.