Peace on Earth

Wait a minute!! Isn't the challenge at Cupcake Inspirations still "shades of blue"? Nope?!!? What was I thinking?!!? Hey wait, it's OK!! The theme is SNOWFLAKES!

I have been wanting to use this big snowflake stencil from Gina K this year and the new "snowflake" challenge at Cupcake Inspirations was the perfect opportunity to use it.

This card was so pretty, I decided to try it in another color scheme.

A very tropical snowflake!

This is our last challenge at Cupcake Inspirations for 2020. I hope you will play along. Wishing all of you a very blessed Christmas and healthy New Year!

What's your pleasure?

What's Christmas without a fun holiday beverage. What's your pleasure? A  creme brulee latte, an a big cupof bourbon spiked eggnog, or like me a marshmallow topped hot chocolate. Holidaya are bout festive food and drink.

Which is our last challenge for the year at Christmas 24. If you have been playing along, you should have 24 cards in your holiday stash.

Today's card features this sweet set from Papertrey Ink called "merry mug". 

You have the rest of the month to play along at Christmas 24. Wishing all of you a very merry and sweet Christmas!!

I snow love you.....

 Today I am reminding you that you have one more week to play along with Inky Paws for 2020! Where did this crazy year go. It felt like it dragged and then flew along. Very weird.

Our last challenge for the year is a cool sketch. So many ways to go with this. 

I chose to use the "Frozen Friends"  and "Snowfall Roundabout"by Newton's Nook  for my card. The husband always gets at least 5 or 6 cards. This will definitely be a winner with him- even if it doesn't feature a teddy bear!!

Hope you are all getting in the spirit and will play along with our awesome sketch at Inky Paws.  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.

The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday, December 18, 2020 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

Wishing all of you a blessed, peaceful and healthy Christmas and New Year's! See you all in January with new challenges!!

 

Blue Christmas

I love all the Scandinavian themed stamps that have been released the last few years.  This large cover stamp by Hero Arts, makes a very quick and easy card.

Perfect for the "shades of blue" challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. 

 I inked up the stamp with shades of blue. Using the negative rectangle from Taylored Expressions  I created a white window for my sentiment with a lighter shade of blue around it. Couple of gems to add glitz and this quick and easy was complete.

You have one more week to show us your shades of blue at Cupcake Inspirations. I can't wait to see what you all come up with!!

Christmas wishes

Sometimes I get stuck in a rut with color choices, especially around the holidays. Red and green, blues really what else is there? I was looking at some pattern paper and it had grey, pinks and gold and it was so striking, that I just had to try it myself.

My card today is for the new challenge at CAS on Friday. The theme this week is:

BEST WISHES

I had to turn around the best wishes into best Christmas wishes because that is what my stamping is all about right now. 

I used the new snowflake stencil set from The Greetery: Snowflake Soiree stamp, stamp and die set.

You have two weeks to share your "best wishes" with us at CAS on Friday!

 

 

Naughty or Mice

 

Have you noticed how many people have begun decorating? I saw Christmas trees up and decorated on Thanksgiving. I am told it's part of our Covid mind. People want happy things around them. In keeping with everyone else, our house is decorated and our tree is up. It does make me happy, so maybe there is something to that.

Today starts our last challenge at Inky Paws for this year. We are closing out the year with an intriguing sketch. I was a bit skeptical at first. But soon the my mind was whirling coming up with all kinds of ideas.

My card today features the following product from Newton's Nook. "Naughty or Mice", the sentiment is from "Sentiments of the Season". 

 

Hope you are all getting in the spirit and will play along with our awesome sketch at Inky Paws.  We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20.00 Newton's Nook store gift certificate. Our favorite entries from each challenge will be highlighted the following Monday, so all entries have a chance to be featured on the blog.

The deadline to enter today's challenge is  Friday, December 18, 2020 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

Christmas road trip

I have been noticing lots of cars on the road with trees tied to their roofs. Whenever I see one I yell- Christmas tree!! Don't ask me why, I just do.

 

Today's challenge at Cupcake Inspirations is "Shades of Blue". I love shades of blue, perfect at Christmas time.

Today's card features new stuff from Ellen Hutson,  Knockout Forest and "Merry Little Christmas". I did direct to paper with several shades of blue for the trees. I think the new term for DTP is swiping your ink.

Here is the same card with a different color scheme.

You have two weeks to show us your shades of blue at Cupcake Inspirations. I can't wait to see what you all come up with!!

 

Merry Elves

 

Rainbow Christmas?!!? All I can say if Lauren Bassen can do it, so can I!! Rainbows make such a cheery and festive holiday card, dontcha think?

The Rainbow Card Challenge wants you to put your holiday rainbow on and create a fun, colorful and festive card.

My colorful and festive card features a well inked stamp set that my bestie gave to me in one of her purges. The merry rainbow is Simon Says Stamp's "Coolest Yule". 

Sooooo..... musical inspiration.... I usually go with the color theme, but for this month, I want to go with some holiday and festive. My video inspiration will make you chuckle. It is keeping with my card theme.

You have all month to play along with our holiday rainbow challenge at The Rainbow Card Challenge. Hope you get your rainbow on and join us.

Have a blessed Christmas!!