12 Month Christmas Link Up October Challenge

Happy October! What a happy month. I love the fall weather and the beautiful colored leaves. Two of my children were born in October: my oldest Tricia has a birthday October 2nd and my youngest, Steve, has a birthday on the 25th. My twin grandbabies were born October 6th and will be celebrating their first birthday this week. What's not to like about October!
And today starts a new challenge over at 12 Months of Christmas Link Up. This month our theme is anything goes. So easy! And our wonderful sponsor is Pattie's Creations.

Of course you also have a chance to win some fabulous paper by Decosse's Dynamite Doodles. 

And since this is October, you must be making Christmas cards, right? Now's your chance to play along and get some cards made for Christmas. I hope you'll join us.

These cute Merry Pups are from Pattie's Creations. I colored them with Spectrum Noir markers and added Diamond Stickles to their hats. They are die cut with My Favorite Things Inside and Out Stitched Rounded Squares and inked the edges with Mowed Lawn DI. The sentiment is from Anonymous Digital Stamps. I die cut it with MFT Stitched Circles. The background designer paper is from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles Eclectic Christmas 3 and the strip of textured paper is from DDD Holiday Hoopla Textured Paper.

I added some extra texture to the paper by embossing it with the Tiny Stars embossing folder from the Paper Studio. I used the My Favorite Things Sketch challenge for inspiration.

I am entering these challenges:

• MFT Sketch challenge: sketch above
• Crafty Hazelnut Christmas challenge: anything goes
• Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Extra: anything goes Christmas
• Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper challenge: use patterned paper
• The Outlawz Monday challenge: anything goes

Please join us this month for the anything goes challenge at 12 Months of Christmas Link Up. Enjoy this beautiful month of October!

Donna