Monday, March 31, 2014

Merry Monday 102

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Happy Monday, peeps!  How was your weekend?  I am suffering from a wee bit of a cold or allergies…so I had a sniffly weekend to go along with lots of rain!  But I was not deterred from making a Christmas card for this week’s Merry Monday challenge, which is to use or make mistletoe:


I only have a couple of mistletoe stamps, so I went to my stash of vintage Christmas postcard digital images and came up with this one from Crafty Secrets of a little girl whispering in a mistletoe-and-holly-clad Santa’s ear:
LeAnne Pugliese WeeInklings Merry Monday 102 Vintage Santa Stampin Up

The image was pretty colorful, and I don’t usually use this many colors on a card, but I embraced them, LOL! All the papers are digital, also from CS, and  I did stamp a PTI mistletoe image in Versamark on the green panel and dabbed on some green chalk to give it a subtle look:

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I added a SU sentiment from Bells & Boughs, a little twill ribbon and a button.  I used the sketch from Lesley’s Challenge #3

I hope you’ll stop by the Merry Monday blog to see the other wonderful mistletoe creations, and to share yours as well!  Hope to see you there!

I was working on some projects for an upcoming class, and Cassidy wanted to make a card too!  Here she is cutting out some flowers with the Big Shot, and she knows exactly what to do:

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Sponging some color:

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And the final project:

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A pretty spring creation, don’t you think!! Enjoy your day!

21 comments:

Lisa Elton said...

Charming vintage image LeAnne and the sentiment goes with it perfectly! Cassidy did a great job on her cute blooming card!

Wendy Klein said...

I love seeing the young'uns getting in on the act :-) Thanks for sharing. Her little creation is beautiful! Wendy K

3treescreations@gmail.com said...

Vintage loveliness! I didn't have any mistletoe stamps either :) Cassidy's card is fantastic - love all her flowers!

Deanne :)

Kathy Schweinfurth said...

Oh, Cassie's creation is as beautiful as her mama's!!

Wendy said...

You did a beautiful job embracing all those pretty colors, LeAnne! Love the vintage image and terrific sentiment! Hope you get to feeling better soon! Thinking of you!

Kristie Goulet said...

Very pretty vintage card, LeAnne! Love it!!! Hope you feel better soon! Hugs!

Cassidy's creation is beautiful!

Tenia Nelson said...

Gorgeous card!!! Cassidy did an awesome job as well!!! ;)

Katie Melhus said...

Wow, what a unique image full of mistletoe. It's vintage gorgeousness, great card LeAnne!

Lori Turner said...

Love this vintage card, LeAnne and Cassidy's card is adorable! She did great!! :)

Monika/Buzsy said...

What a pretty card LeAnne. The vintage tag looks fabulous. Your daughter has talent! Love those blooms. :)

Bonnie said...

What a beautiful Santa, LeAnne! And the blue mat makes this extra special! I'm glad you embraced the color! I think you have a budding artist there!

Sherry Eckblad said...

Gorgeous and you know I LOVE that vintage postcard!

Karen Davis said...

Vintage loveliness LeAnne. I love the touch of gold and blue. All round perfect.

Lesley said...

The pop of blue on the tag is so pretty, LeAnne! I love the way you used the sketch and as I type this, I am sneezing my head off! Ah allergies! Love that Cassidy is crafting! Where has the time gone!

Karren said...

Gorgeous image you've used, LeAnne and perfect for this challenge! Love that you've embraced the colors because your card looks fantastic!

Debbie Henderson Debbie's Designs said...

Such pretty papers for your layers and the vintage look!

Notes by Nina said...

Fabulous card LeAnne, this blend of colours is wonderful and I love the vintage image.

Greta said...

Beautiful vintage looking card!

1CardCreator said...

Great card, love that great vintage image too! Let me know if you want me to forward this months newsletter to you. ~Diane

Princess Judy Palmer said...

I think that little sprite is whispering in Santa's ear telling him who has been naughty and who has been nice (or even naughtier). I love the greeting and the piece you put it on. It really kept with the vintage feel.

Margaret Moody said...

Another gorgeous card, LeAnne! Your mistletoe-laden Santa is fabulous! Love Cassidy's flowers too! Not surprised at all that she knows her way around the Big Shot!