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Happy Friday, peeps!  The last few days have allowed me very little stamping (or computer) time, but I did squeak in a card for the Make it Monday challenge from the Kraft Journal which was “Anything Goes Winter” as well as the “house” challenge from Merry Monday:

I still have some Crumb Cake note-sized envelopes in my stash, so I made a really simple card using Lost Lagoon and Whisper White cardstock on a Crumb Cake notecard, die-cutting my houses with the Memory Box Country Landscape die:

I stamped a sentiment from the retired SU set called To You and Yours on a diecut banner from the Circle Card Thinlet and added some sequins and snowflakes:

I kept it simple….didn’t even add any glitter!!!  Thanks for visiting!

We had a wee bit of snow yesterday and Cassidy insisted on going outside to make snow angels.  I told her there wasn’t enough snow, but she proved me wrong!  She made them at the top of the driveway:

Halfway down the driveway:

And on her tummy!

She even drew a head on each one (with eyes!).

What fun!

Enjoy your day!

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Happy Monday, everyone!  This week I am the hostess at Merry Monday; it will be my last time to be hostess, too, as I am stepping down from the MM at the end of the month!  I want to thank Lesley for asking me to be one of the original participants; we’ve had a lot of fun and shared a lot of creativity over the last couple of years! 

My challenge this week is Silent Night:

Silent night is one of my favorite Christmas hymns, and I am looking forward to seeing all the submissions this week!  Here is mine, using the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches this week:

Here’s the sketch:

I used a retired image from SU’s To You & Yours, stamped in Lost Lagoon; the DSP is All is Calm.  The sentiment is a retired Cornish Heritage Farms one, stamped in White Craft ink and embossed with white embossing powder on a piece of Soft Sky cardstock.  I added a sparkly snowflake as well:

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment from another retired set, Let Sleigh Bells Ring, stamping it over the dove image from To You & Yours:

I love these colors together, and I am thrilled to have another Christmas card to add to my stash!  Be sure to check out the Merry Monday blog to see how the other designers interpreted this challenge, and share yours with us too!

We took a walk to feed the horses last week:

And the horse says, “I want my picture taken too!”

Enjoy your day!

Holiday Silhouette

  Just squeaking in with a quick post for my weekly Christmas card!  We made this card last night at my Christmas in July stamp camp and everyone really liked it!

Dasher is stamped in Baja Breeze on textured Very Vanilla and then embossed with the Oval Designer Frame.   The card base is River Rock and I used some retired SU Christmas paper.  The Two Tags diecut is wheeled with the Music Notes wheel, too…what a pretty background it makes!  Enjoy!

My blueberry girl!!

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Hey everyone!  It’s Monday---back to work, but also back to Merry Mondays, where we make a Christmas card a week!  Here’s Lesley’s lovely sketch:

I finally broke down and purchased this beautiful Christmas set, Bells and Boughs, and put it to use right away with this card:

I stamped and lightly colored my own background and paired it with some DP from Melissa Frances, then stamped, watercolored and fussy-cut my bells:

I added a Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon along with a little sentiment from To You and Yours (ret) stamped on More Mustard, and there, I added another card to my stash!  I sure hope that this sketch will inspire you, if you haven’t already, to get started on your Christmas cards!  Be sure to stop by the Always Playing with Paper blog to see ALL the Christmas goodness the designers are sharing this week!

We had a busy weekend of activity!  One thing we did was go to my nephew’s high school graduation party.  Cassidy was all decked out in a new outfit!  Here she is upon arrival at our house:

 

And then in the stroller, a short walk to my brother’s, and she was out like a shot, headed straight for the sandbox!   We did lots of other stuff this weekend, but I’ll share that later!