Jolly Mistletoe

Mornin' y'all!  I've been busy this morning, running some errands, and I bought Daphne her own Christmas stocking this morning--it's in the shape of a bone : )  I picked up a couple of decorations too, slowly adding to my collection.  Oh, yesterday we all went to see Zootopia 2 at the movie theater and it was so much fun!  All three of us really enjoyed it, both my guys said they liked it better than the first one and we rewatch the first one on the regular so that's high praise.

Anyway, I have a card to share that I forgot about last week so here it is:

I used the Freshly Made Sketch posted last Wednesday:

Something about this sketch made me immediately think of the Framed & Festive stamp set that came out a few years ago (I know it was while I was in Germany, so it's at least three years old) and then I thought of the DSP that went with it and it's got such fun, not necessarily traditional colors in it.  My favorite is the Night of Navy pattern with the mistletoe on it, and I had a large scrap of it so I started my card there and chose the other patterns to coordinate.  Quick and easy card.

Since I was out running errands for a couple of hours, Daphne is now doing her puppy dog eyes routine to go on her daily walk...we are about an hour and a half behind schedule, so I'll have to acquiesce to the cuteness.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Framed & Festive
Ink:  Polished Pink
Paper:  Polished Pink, Balmy Blue, Thick Basic White, Fitting Florets DSP
Accessories:  Layering Circles Framelits, Lots of Labels Framelits, In Color Opal Rounds, Dimensionals

Stamp a Stack o' Snowflakes

It is past 8 in the morning but it's very dark outside still--we have an 80% chance of snow today so I'm glad that I'm not planning to go anywhere!  Today's plans include getting boxes ready to ship (I'm going to the post office first thing tomorrow morning), finishing up wrapping presents, and trying to eke out some time in my craft room while I do laundry.  I know I won't have much craft room time after this week when Ryan is off school, so I'm going to try to use my time wisely today.

Anyway, since I haven't had any stamping time yet this week, I don't have anything done for current challenges.  But a couple of weeks ago, I had the personal challenge of making cards for my husband's work.

I made over 60 of these IN ONE DAY and Ryan helped put the rhinestones on.  For the second year in a row, the hubs has asked for cards at pretty much the eleventh hour, so I couldn't do them all one color--I did about a third each on Soft Sea Foam, Pool Party, and Balmy Blue, and then I ordered cardstock to replace what I used ;)  The inside is stamped with "from our home to yours" and lookit that, I didn't use the merry little Christmas stamp from Framed & Festive this time!  Mostly because we were going for festive holiday cards but not Christmas-specific here.

Update:  I just peeked outside and it is, indeed, snowing right now.  And we should stay below freezing for the next few days, so there might possibly be sledding in our future.  But for now I think it's time to make some tea.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Serene Snowflakes, Framed & Festive
Ink:  Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel, Pool Party, Pacific Point
Paper:  Soft Sea Foam, Pool Party, Balmy Blue
Accessories:  rhinestones

Merry Little Christmas with the Paper Players

Happy Sunday, y'all!  It's time for a new challenge from the Paper Players, the last one for this year:

This festive color challenge is from Ann.  I must confess I'm a bit sad as this is my last challenge as a guest designer for 2022.  I know I'll be playing along with next year's Paper Players challenges as often as I can.  Anyway, here's my card for today:

I was hunting through my stuff for some gold ribbon that I *know* I bought last year when I found those gold snowflake doilies so I thought I'd use that since the ribbon was MIA (I found it several days after I made this card).  I think it's safe to say that this merry little Christmas stamp is my favorite from Framed & Festive.  I embossed it in gold on some Very Vanilla cardstock, added some holly and berries in the other challenge colors, and put it all on that awesome plaid pattern that I just love that we have in every single color.

Hope you'll have time to play along with the challenge this week, and upload your card at the Paper Players blog.  And to the permanent Paper Players team, thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to be a guest designer this year.  I had a ball doing it and as I said, I will absolutely be playing along as often as possible next year!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Framed & Festive, Christmas Season
Ink:  Versamark, Evening Evergreen, Cherry Cobbler
Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Evening Evergreen, Thick Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, Seasonal Labels dies, gold EP, gold snowflake doily, Dimensionals

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Cindy Beach

Christy Stanford <-- You are here : )

Jennie Maier

Candy Cane Christmas

Hey y'all, happy Friday!  When Ryan gets off the bus today, I'm going to take him for a meet 'n greet with Santa Claus, even though I *swore* last year that I'd never do it again.  We were in line for over 3 hours last year but this time I plan to show up right when the event starts, so we'll see how it goes.  Wish me luck retaining my sanity.

Anyway, I have a card to share today.

Sorry the photo is a bit dark, it's the best I could do with the nonstop clouds here.  I used the sketch from Inspire. Create.:

And the color combo from Cupcake Inspirations:

I used Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, and Real Red.  As soon as I saw this, I thought of the Candy Cane Lane that Stampin' Up! released a while back, because it has exactly those colors.  Some of the other patterns also have gingerbread men on them, but I really liked the one with the candy canes and gumdrops.  Bonus, the stripes are the pattern on the reverse side of the candy canes.  I ended up with a bit of empty space at the bottom of the sentiment circle, so I added the glimmer paper bow punched with the Christmas Scottie punch...and then it needed a little more sparkle so red rhinestones on the Early Espresso banners.  It's bright and fun IRL, I promise.

I need to get going and run some errands this morning.  Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Framed & Festive
Ink:  Real Red
Paper:  Real Red, Early Espresso, Thick Basic White, Candy Cane Lane DSP, red glimmer paper
Accessories:  Stitched Rectangles dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Scottie dog punch, Dimensionals, red rhinestones

All the Sparkles!

Hey y'all, happy Friday!  I got a slow start today, I had to call and make several appointments and I really, really hate calling people on the phone.  So I procrastinated a lot and finally just sucked it up and got it done, then went up to my craft room...and kinda stared at everything for a bit, wondering what to do.  And then, THEN, I put on some Christmas music, ate some chocolate (my stamping muse is a picky wench but she is happy to be bribed with chocolate), and actually made a few things I like!

So here is what just might be the sparkliest card I've ever made.

It's a triple challenge card.  First up is Just Add Ink:

I used a tree and lots and lots of sparkle.  Check out this week's Freshly Made Sketch:

And the Color Throwdown:

I used Blushing Bride, silver sparkles, Shaded Spruce, Whisper White, and some Basic Gray.  I knew I was going to combine the sketch and colors (don't I always combine those challenges?) but I hadn't decided for sure what exactly to do until the JAI challenge tied it all together.  Whee!

Okay, I've got about an hour before Ryan gets off the bus, so I'm going to try to be productive to make up for my morning procrastination.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Ringed with Nature, Trees for Sale, Framed & Festive
Ink:  Basic Gray, Blushing Bride, Shaded Spruce
Paper:  Thick Basic White, silver glimmer paper
Accessories:  Tree Lot dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals