Falalalalalala......

 

It's official, Thanksgiving is done. The Christmas holiday season starts. Around here in Pennsylvania, the holiday season started very early this year. I noticed many folks have their lights and trees up already. I came home from a day with my girlfriend on Friday to see the husband already brought down all our decorations from the attic. The tree is soon to follow. This is a new reality in our Covid world. I think since people are staying home, they want to hunker down into decorated houses.

Don't forget you have one more week to play along at Inky Paws with our seasonal color challenge. Lime green, grass green, red and white.

Today's card features the following product from Newton's Nook, "Caroling Newton",  the music stencil, and the frames and flag set. I used the music stencil to emboss the image. 

 

Here is a video on how to emboss your stencils.

Time to get your holiday inks out and join us for this festive color challenge  at Inky Paws! You have one more week to play along 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 4, 2020 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

The smell of Christmas

 

I just love gingerbread, cookies, cake, bread. It doesn't matter I love that warm spicy taste and don't get me started on how it makes your house smell. I think gingerbread is the smell of Christmas!

You have one more week to play along at Cupcake Inspirations "Holiday Sweets" challenge.

Today's card features a well loved and inked stamp set from Lawn Fawn- "Simply Celebrate Winter".   This set make a very CAS and quick cards. You can use this card design and just switch up the images and different cards. Easy peasy.

You have one more more week to show your stamping sweet tooth with you sweet holiday paper creations at Cupcake Inspirations!

Flurries

 

Happy Black Friday!! How are all of you feeling? Are you in turkey comas? This was a very different Thanksgiving. I spent it with just the hubs and me. Usually I am at my brother's for three days cooking for 30 plus folks. I am hopeful that next year will be different.

Black Friday is always spent with my BFF at all the major craft stores stocking up on essentials for holiday card making. How do you spend black Friday?

Today starts a new challenge at CAS on Friday. Our theme this week is:

SNOW

That is a rather broad theme and you can go any which way with it.

I love the Taylor Expression's masking stencils. They are perfect tool to make a fast clean and simple card.

You have two weeks to get your snow on and play along with us at CAS on Friday. As each snowflake is different, I am sure each card entered will be unique and beautiful.

Let's get the holidays started!

Thanksgiving is just days away, that means Christmas is just around the corner. If you haven't started on your holiday cards, now is the time to get crackin'. 

Today at Inky Paws we have a color challenge just right to get you in that holiday mood. Lime, green, red and white. Perfect Christmas colors.

My card today uses "Poinsettia Blooms" from Newton's Nook.  I also used "Sentiments of the Season", "Petite Snow" stencil and the Roundabout dies.

Time to get your holiday inks out and join us for this festive color challenge  at Inky Paws! You have two weeks week to play along 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 4, 2020 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

Holiday macarons

 

For every special occasion my husband heads to the little French Patisserie in town for some exquisite macarons. They are soft, chewy with a delightful filling in the most vibrant colors. They aren't cheap and he usual comes home with a dozen of this gorgeous confections.

When I saw this week's challenge at Cupcake Inspirations, I immediately pulled out an old Avery Elle set, "Bonjour". Unfortunately it is no longer available. What is sweeter than holiday colored macarons?

You have two weeks to play along with us at our "Holiday Sweets" challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. I can't wait to see what sweets you dish up!!

Miss Pinkie

 

Today is the second week of our Newton's Nook Favorite stamp set challenge at Inky Paws. While I love my sharks, I have to say my absolute all time favorite stamp set is "Sweater Weather". The cute, sweet kitty reminds me so much of my precious girl Miss Pinkie who we lost in August. A holiday hasn't gone by that I haven't used this stamp set.

 

 

My card not only uses  "Sweater Weather", but I also used "Whispering Pines", Snowfall stencil, and circle frame dies.

 

It has been fun seeing your favorite Newton's Nook stamp set used for or "favorite" challenge at Inky Paws! You have two weeks week to play along 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, November 20, 2020 at MN CST. The winners will be announced on the following Monday at Inky Paws.

Fall Frenchies

 

You still have one more week to play along with our autumnal color challenge at Cupcake Inspirations.

This a perfect challenge to make your Thanksgiving cards. 

My card today uses a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp that I actually won!! "Fall Frenchies". These dogs are so fun to color in.

You have one more week to play along with us at Cupcake Inspirations!