SIP27 and FMS217 Thank You, Deer

 Hi, everyone!  My card today is for two challenges:  the Stamp, Ink Paper "thanks" challenge, and the Freshly Made Sketches sketch from my sweet friend Linda!  Here's the sketch

I just happened to need a thank you card for a gift I received recently and that gave me a chance to use some of these wonderful Kaiser Craft Home for Christmas papers and a Tim Holtz deer diecut:

After cutting the deer from a scrap of Crumb Cake, I stamped him (no antlers---perhaps it's a her?) with a Hero Arts Christmas Background stamp, then overstamped that with SU's Linen background stamp, THEN did some shading with Soft Suede and finally stamped some gold speckles on him as well.  The sentiment is from SU's Another Thank You, stamped in Gold Encore ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

I added some ribbon trim and a little gold thread around his neck, and mounted it on a Crumb Cake card base.  I sponged around the edges of the print DSP as well!  Love the vintage look!  And you can't see it, but the dark green paper has shiny embossing on it...lots of great texture on this card!  Thanks for popping in today!

Cookie decorating meets engineering when Cassidy's at the helm!  Who knew you could build a tower from sugar sprinkles?!

Quick Tag for KJ254

Hi peeps!  A very quick post today!  I rarely make tags, but all my cards are sent out, so when I saw the Kraft Journal "Take Your Pick" challenge, I thought it might be fun to make something different and special.  I chose ribbon, glitter, Santa and tag--four picks instead of three!

My girlfriend, who is not crafty, always saves me ribbons from gifts she receives, and when she gave me this gorgeous green ribbon, I knew it would be great for my challenge!  

I cut a little tag of Crumb Cake. punched the top with the Scallop Tag Topper, then simply stamped the images from Cozy Christmas in Garden Green and Crumb Cake.  I added some white stars from Holly Jolly Greetings and sponged some white ink around the edges.  Some coarse glitter was sprinkled on top for snow!

I guess I could also choose the "non-traditional" box, as I rarely see green reindeer, LOL!  I finished it off with that beautiful satin ribbon and a wee bit of linen thread!  

We are almost finished with our new windows....Cassidy was AMAZED that her bedroom was totally windowless!!!  Thank goodness the temps were way above normal!

 And of course, she had to be goofy!

Enjoy your day!

MTS102 and JUGS323 Birthday Butterfly

Happy Monday, everyone!  I trust you had a great weekend--we did!  I even got in some stamping time!  I needed an extra-special birthday card for the lady in my TOPS club...she founded the club in the 1960s, and is celebrating her 80th birthday!  The JUGS challenge this week is to use sequins:

 and I used the Match the Sketch sketch:

These new papers from MME called My Story were perfect for a snazzy card for her:

I embossed the sentiment from Endless Birthday Wishes in gold, added a gold butterfly, gold and black sequins, and a black glimmer paper banner! The hearts on the vertical banner are gold too...it's very luxe!

And on the inside, I added some more gold:

I used Little Numbers and the stars from Holly Jolly Greetings!  Thanks for visiting today!

Paper Players 275

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Today I am the hostess at the Paper Players with a traditional color challenge for you to play with:

This is also our last challenge for the year...but we'll be back in January with more challenges and new guest designers!  So here is my card for the challenge, using Cozy Christmas, the Sleigh Ride edgelits, and the Boughs and Berries embossing folder:

I started out by embossing a Cherry Cobbler card with the embossing folder; then I stamped both images in Mossy Meadow, and stamped them again in Cherry Cobbler and  did some fussy-cutting of the flowers and the bells:

Since I was using the sketch from Create with Connie and Mary, I also diecut some trees with the Sleigh Ride edgelits and added a little "to you" from Fabulous Phrases:

And here's their sketch;

My final embellishments were some enamel dots and a big Cherry Cobbler shabby seam binding bow!  

I hope you'll find some time in your busy schedule to play along with our challenge this week!  You can check out all the other designers' samples (and say good-bye to our current guest designers) at the Paper Players blog!

I had a serious helper assisting me with my Christmas card addressing this year!  She did very well adhering the postage stamps and address labels!  (She loved the Charlie Brown ones!)  So if you get a card in the mail from me, know that Cassidy put her own "stamp of approval" on it!

Blue Kissmas Tree

Hi all, hope you're having a great Saturday!  This is a quick little post for today!  I have made lots of these cute Christmas trees with Hershey's kisses using Brenda Quintana's wonderful directions.  You can find them HERE.    I saw these pretty blue kisses at my local Ollie's store, and thought they would make a spectcular tree too!  So here we go: .

I used Pacific Point for the frame, and I did not use a Rollo for the trunk, but rolled up a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock and adhered it on with Crystal Effects;  I also used the "merry" from the Christmas Greetings dies, cut from silver glimmer paper and adhered it with a couple of glue dots.  I think this is so pretty in the non-traditional color!

I did find I needed to add about 1/8" more on each side of my frame to make the kisses fit a little better!  

No pix of Cassidy today, but I thought I would share with you what I found on my kitchen table this morning:  Amidst all the Christmas prep, we are getting NEW WINDOWS!  So my tree decorating is on hold, the house is a mess and DH had to trim the holly bushes in the front of our house to remove the storm windows....so he put some berries in a jar.  Aren't they pretty?

And since we are having temps about 25 degrees above average for the next few days, it is working out pretty well!  Enjoy your day!  I'll be back tomorrow with a new Paper Players challenge!

AYSI116 Vintage Santa

Happy Friday, peeps!  I managed to squeak in another simple Christmas card yesterday (I think I am addicted to making Christmas cards….I have SO MANY Christmas images!)…this one is perfect for the As You See It challenge this week, which is “Santa Claus”:

I snagged this gorgeous vintage Santa image a week or so ago; it’s from Create With TLC, and it has a lovely canvas look to it!  I simply printed it out, trimmed it down, added “Believe” in Early Espresso and a wee bit of glitter:

then I decided to add some gold with glimmer stars and gold ribbon, mounting it all on a Riding Hood Red card.  I just love him!  Quick and easy!  Thanks for popping in today!

MM183

Happy Thursday, peeps!  I am into Christmas prep up to my eyeballs, so if you don’t see me around, you’ll know why!  LOTS of cookie-making going on here!  I did squeak in a really easy card yesterday, though!  Merry Monday has a candy cane-themed challenge:

and I just happened to get myself a couple of new Christmas gifts, one being a little pack of October Afternoon vintage cutouts!  This one features a couple of little critters on a candy-cane powered sled!  I fooled around with a fun fold so that they would be “sledding” off the edge:

I love these images even more because they’re printed on both sides!  I added an assortment of some fun new papers and a couple of sentiments from Purple Onion and Close to My Heart:

Cassidy helped me pick out the papers….the red snowflake one is her favorite!  All my cards are sent out, so this will be for next year!

We made mint chocolate chip cookies today, and despite my warnings, Cassidy just HAD to try a taste of unsweetened cocoa….she had to wash the taste down with some milk, LOL!

Live and learn!  Enjoy your day!