Jingle Shells, Jingle Shells

Happy Monday, peeps!  I have a fun little Christmas card today, it uses the Peace on Earth Challenge photo prompt as well as the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown sketch:

      

My friend Michele made a fun little card for this challenge and that prompted me to remember that I have an older SU set called Crab & Company, and it had some beachy Christmas items in it, so I went to work! I used the background of the upper left photo as a sort of starting point:

I used a strip die, cutting several different shades of red to make the background, then stamped, colored and fussy-cut my little Santa clam:

The sentiment was stamped on a Basic White strip of cardstock, and then I added a matching sentiment from Jingle All The Way on the inside:

Cute and fun!  Thanks, Michele, for the inspiration!  

A few more birthday cards:

This sweet card is from my talented friend Teri:

And Shawn always knows how to make a card that makes me laugh!

And Fran must know that I love peach....love these colors and that big flower!

Thanks so much, ladies!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Crab & Company (ret), Jingle All the Way (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Poppy Parade
Ink	Memento Black, Real Red, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake, Bubble Bath, Smoky Slate, Pool Party
Accessories	Dimensionals, Loose Silver Sequins
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Strip Dies (Pretty Pink Posh), Aquapainter

FMS562 Merry Everything

 Happy (COLD) Monday, peeps! Hope you had a good weekend!  I am squeaking in this last-minute card for the FMS sketch this week....not a really good interpretation of the sketch, but I had an idea in my head and wanted to stick with it!  Here's the sketch:

I took a couple of liberties with the sketch, orienting it to the other side of the card so my Santa would not be flying in the wrong direction!!!

I stamped the Santa and reindeer in Starry Sky ink and added the little silhouette village in Starry Sky cardstock.  The sentiment and snowflakes were stamped in Seaside Spray ink.  I found a little scrap of Marina Mist glimmer paper for my vertical piece.  The hardest part was curving the sentiment to go the right way...it's a red rubber stamp from Jingle All the Way (ret), and it doesn't curve quite as easily as a photopolymer one does!  My Stamparatus helped me a lot!  

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Jingle All the Way (ret), Stitched with Cheer (ret), Santa (Katy Sue Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Starry Sky, Marina Mist Glimmer (ret)
Ink	Starry Sky, Seaside Spray (ret)
Accessories
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Sleigh Ride Dies (ret), Stamparatus

Jingle All the Way

Happy Monday, peeps!  Wow, the last week in October...this month flew by!  I have a fun little Christmas card for you today, it uses the CAS(E) This Sketch sketch by Brian King, and the Christmas Kickstart theme of "Jingle Bells":

One of my favorite Christmas dies are the bells from Lil'Inkers!!  I paired the medium one, diecut in Red Glimmer paper, with a sentiment from a set SU had a couple of years ago, Jingle All the Way:

My stamparatus made it a snap to stamp this image in Real Red ink perfectly-spaced down the right side of my card!  After adding the bell (and sprinkling the leftover star diecuts around my card), I diecut a Call Me Clover bow from the Cup of Cheer Dies and added it to the top:

I added a simple sentiment on the inside, and I have another Christmas card for my stash!  Thanks for popping in today!

The kids went to the Sea Witch festival in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware over the weekend; Cassidy went as an Incredible:

And here is the Sea Witch pirate ship:

And the witch herself:

I read online that they anticipated 180,000 people to attend!  It looks like fun, but I am glad I stayed home, LOL!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Jingle All the Way (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Red Glimmer
Ink	Real Red
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Bells Dies (Lil'Inkers), Cup of Cheer Dies

AYSI164 Gift Bag

Hi everyone!  I am glad to see Friday arrive!  There's an icky sinus thing going around my area, so I've been laying low lately!  I was able to create something quick for the latest As You See It challenge today, which is a lovely color palette:

What to make, what to make?  I like to give away little gifts of cookies to people that touch our lives throughout the year.  One year I substituted as a Sunday School teacher and one of the parents gave me two pieces of homemade fudge; just two pieces.....but it was the perfect little gift, not too much, not too over-the-top....and I still remember the delight at receiving that fudge, as it is not something I make myself!  So even though these little cafe bags aren't real big, I think they're just big enough for a few cookies, and a way to say "thanks" to those special people!  I started out with some Print Patterns DSP in Pacific Point and went from there:

My houses were stamped in the challenge colors, using the Hearts Come Home stamp set, then fussy cut and set upon some stitched hills (Lawn Fawn).  I added some Pool Party trees, a little snowman from the retired Jingle All the Way set, and finished it off with a sentiment and, of course, Santa streaking across the sky!

I added a Pool Party bow at the top to tie it all together!  I hope that you'll play with our color challenge this week...it's a delightful one, especially in non-traditional holiday hues!  Be sure to check out the DT samples as well!  Thanks for popping in and be blessed today!

I have always wanted to make a gingerbread house with Cassidy, but the kits seemed like cheating...however, with the limited time I have with her now, when she saw a Minion kit in the grocery store, I caved!  I have to admit, it was fun, although I did transfer the icing to one of my piping bags to make it easier!

I'll share the finished house in my next post---stay tuned!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hearts Come Home, Jingle All the Way (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pool Party,  Patterns DSP (ret)
Ink	Basic Black, Flirty Flamingo, Pacific Point, Pool Party
Accessories	Petite Cafe Bag, Pool Party ribbon (ret)
Tools	Big Shot, Hometown Greetings Edgelits, 1/4" Circle Punch, Stitched Hillside Dies (Lawn Fawn)

Blue Christmas for Jingle Belles and FMS296

Happy Thursday, peeps!  It's been a crazy week with not much stamping time, but I did get a couple minutes to play with an interesting challenge at the Jingle Belles:

Cute huh?  I incorporated the FMS sketch as well:

So here we go:

I used a bunch of stuff on this card, new and old!  The base is 4 1/4" square, Crumb Cake, and I added layers of Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White and Pacific Point. I used a square and oval Stitched Shape Framelit to cut the layers, then used the tree die from the new Card Front Builder Thinlets (available next month); the snowflake die from Seasonal Layers and the little starry image from the new Carols of Christmas (also available next month):

Isn't that tree pretty in Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper?!  And I couldn't resist adding the little fox from Jingle All the Way, as well as a sentiment from a past Paper Pumpkin kit:

Last, I stamped the Burlap background stamp on my card front with Versamark ink so it wouldn't be too dark; just a soft image to replicate the fireplace in the inspiration picture!  This went together fairly easily, believe it or not!  

Cassidy has finally gotten the hang of brushing her own hair and occasionally likes to accessorize her pony tails!  This is called a "JoJo" bow....not sure  who JoJo is, but her bows certainly pack a punch!

Thanks for visiting today!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Carols of Christmas, Burlap, Jingle All the Way (ret), Nov 2016 Paper Pumpkin
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Pacific Point, Lemon Lime Twist, Crumb Cake, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer
Ink	Pacific Point, Versamark
Accessories
Tools	Big Shot, Card Front Builder Framelit, Seasonal Layers Framelit, Stitched Shapes Framelits,  Small & Large Dimensionals

FMS274 and MM234

Happy Friday, peeps!  What a strange week it has been....Wednesday, we had temps in the 60s and Thursday we had a snowstorm with cold whipping winds!!!  Crazy!  We had a snow day, so I didn't have much time to stamp but I did manage to get a Christmas card made using the FMS sketch and the CAS prompt from Merry Monday:

This little die from Lil'Inkers is one of my favorite, so I put it to use, making a "rusty" bell for my card:

Here's a closeup...I used Cajun Craze cardstock and sponged it liberally with Soft Suede ink, then added a little dusting of Martha Stewart glitter.  The greenery is from Pretty Pines and the sentiment is from Jingle All the Way:

Thanks for popping in for a visit today!

Wayne had a business trip to Brooklyn and brought home some amazing desserts on Wednesday night!  These were tiramisu, strawberry cheesecake and dulce le leche cakes:

Mocha, berry, birthday cake, peanut butter and chocolate cupcakes...and most of them had some sort of filling inside:

A gigantic cookie and peanut butter brownie....we haven't even touched these yet!

Cassidy snagged the birthday cake cupcake:

as the rest of the family indulged in their choices:

I had a little part of the tiramisu cake, but what I thought was marscapone was cake....boo!  So I didn't eat the rest!  (If I'm going to have tiramisu, it'd better be worth the calories, LOL!)  Enjoy your day!

Project Details-All Supplies SU Unless Otherwise Noted
Stamps	Jingle All the Way (ret SU)
Card stock & Papers	Thick White, Cajun Craze, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, Red Glimmer, Home for Christmas DSP (Kaisercraft)
Ink	Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede
Accessories	Linen Thread, Brown Glitter (Martha Stewart), Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Perfect Pines Die, Jingle Bell Die (Lil'Inker)

FMS267 Silent Night

Happy Friday, peeps!  Still making Christmas cards....I keep finding people that I missed, if you know what I mean, LOL!  I whipped up this card yesterday morning before my Bible study to give to my leader...it uses the FMS sketch from Jen:

So here we go:

I had been toying around with this idea in my head for a couple of days; I still had my Sugar Pea Designs Nativity die on my desk, so I cut it out in white, then trimmed it with a square Stitched Shapes die.  I cut out another square from Dapper Denim and stamped some speckles (Jar of Cheer) for "stars" in Craft White ink.  I then layered them together, creating a rectangle! The retired Jingle All the Way supplied the sentiment of "silent night".  I added a little glimmer paper scallop at the bottom and a star at the top:

 

And I finished it off on the inside with this sentiment from Papertrey's O Holy Night:

Thanks for popping in today!