Holly Jolly Day

 I have one more progressive challenge to get done this month. So my card today uses the image for The Outlawz Progressive challenge for December.

The image is from Moon Flower Digital Stamps called Gina Christmas Elf. I colored her with Spectrum Noir markers, fussy cut the image and then added some Stickles to areas of the image. The designer paper is from American Craft. The sentiment is from Doodle Pantry (sadly out of business). I die cut the image area with Gina Marie Designs Mosaic Triangle Squares. I had found a scrap of paper on my desk that I was going to use as the present and went looking for a bow to add to the top but found this fun 3D package that I added on top of the scrap. I am entering these challenges:

• Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge: sketch 
  
• The Outlawz December Progressive Challenge: use Moon Flower Gina Christmas Elf
• Crafty Hazelnut Christmas challenge: anything goes Christmas
• Merry Little Christmas Blog: anything Christmas goes
• Tuesday Morning Sketches: anything goes

We had the twins all day today. I am really worn out tonight. We had a blast. They got a marble run for Christmas and it was the first time they got to play with it. These 4 year olds don't have much of an attention span (usually) but Arthur spent all day playing with this marble run. Valerie flitted in and out and did some other things but I was amazed at how this held his attention. It was a great day with them! Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Health Care Worker Thank You

 Scribbles Designs has a "Give the Gift of Thanks This Holiday Season" event. They will give you an image and sentiment of your choice free if you make a card and send it to someone who is helping with the Covid-19 crisis. So I requested an image and sentiment and here is the card that I intend to send to my doctor's office.

The image that I requested is Brrr Health Care Worker. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut it out. The designer paper is from my scrap box. The die cut is Spellbinders Heart Circles. I colored the heart area with a CR1 marker and then colored some of the cut out die hearts and put them back into several of the cut outs and added some to the white space in the circle. I chose this sentiment because I thought it was versatile for lots of things and I liked the script font. The sentiment is called Health Care Worker Thank You.  The base card is white card stock so I can add a personl note on the inside easily. You still have a couple days to order your free image and sentiment and play along. Our health care workers deserve a thank you, don't you think?

I am entering these challenges:

• Scribbles Designs Give the Gift of Thanks This Holiday Season: use your choice of image and sentiment
• The Outlawz Festive Friday challenge: anything goes
• Tuesday Morning Sketches: anything goes

Hope your week is off to a great start. We are working at Teacher's Warehouse fixing some furniture that needs some help. Thanks for stopping by today. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Let It Snow

Happy Sunday! A new card today for one of the progressive challenges for December. Imagine That Digis by Kris gave us a fun image this month called Raymond's Snowman. 

I took the main Raymond image and digitally added it inside the circle image (also part of the set). I fussy cut the circle. For my background I was going to do emboss resist until I finally realized I don't have many larger snowflake stamps. Really? How can I be stamping this many years and not have snowflake stamps? So I knew I had snowflake dies. So I die cut a number of snowflakes and temporarily adhered them to my card base. Then I used Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink and inked around the die cut snowflakes. After I took the snowflake dies off the paper, I used two of the snowflakes at the bottom of the card with a green piece of card stock and the word "winter" from a piece of ribbon. 

On the inside I used a couple more of the inked snowflake dies to go with one of the sentiments from Raymond's Snowman stamp set. Hoping to use this for a February birthday. I am entering these challenges:

• Imagine That Digis by Kris Progressive challenge: use Raymond's Snowman
• MFT Birthday Project challenge: winter wonderland
• Pattie's Creations challenge: winter fun
• Jan's Digi Stamps challenge: anything goes
• The Outlawz Wednesday Sketch challenge: sketch 
  

Hope your Sunday is relaxing and creative. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Reindeer Games Day 7: A Color Challenge

Welcome back to my second post today. Just trying to finish up some challenges before time runs out this year. Can you believe it's almost time to ring in a new year! 2020 has been quite the experience! Will 2021 be better? I pray that's true! My other card for today is for a color challenge at Catch the Bug Reindeer Games.

Color challenges aren't my favorite kind of challenges but I do muddle my way through them sometimes. LOL! Here's my card:

The image was last week's freebie at Bugaboo Stamps. It's called AKV Reindeer - Skate. I combined the image with a Beccy's Place sentiment from Dasher and Dancer digital stamp set. The image is colored with Spectrum Noir markers and die cut with Gina Marie Designs Cross Stitched Rectangles (retired). The designer paper is from my stash. That was the most difficult thing about this card. Trying to match the paper that I have to the colors in the challenge. The card base is a dark brown and I layered with dark brown and off white card stick. The main image is inked with Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink. The brown polka dot stripes are ribbon from my stash. To complete the card I added some brown self-adhesive gems in two of the corners. I am entering these challenges:

• Catch the Bug Reindeer Games Holiday Chaos Day 7: color challenge
• Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2: sketch 
  
• A Bit More Time to Craft: anything goes
• Merry Little Christmas Blog: anything Christmas goes
• Crafty Hazelnut Christmas challenge: anything Christmas goes

That's it for me today. I have a few other cards on my list before the end of the year but I am glad to have completed the Reindeer Games challenge. Thanks to Jodie and the design team for all the wonderful inspiration at Catch the Bug. And thanks for the extended time to get the challenge done. There is still time to play along if you'd like to. Thanks for stopping by. Please stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Day 6 in Reindeer Games

 I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and can sit back and relax this long weekend. After cleaning up the mess we made yesterday with opening gifts I decided to work on cards and challenges to try to get caught up. So today I am finishing off Bugaboo Reindeer Games challenges. Day 6 is a photo inspiration.

And here is my card:

I kept this card clean and simple. The image is Bugaboo's Chimney Reindeer Peeker. I had him printed and colored already on my desk. I fussy cut him. The stripes of designer paper are from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles. The sentiment is from a retired stamp called Holiday Sentiments from Creative Visions. I am entering these challenges:

• Catch the Bug Reindeer Games Holiday Chaos Day 6: photo inspiration (above)
• Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge: sketch 400 
  
• Merry Little Christmas Blog: anything Christmas goes
• Winter Wonderland: anything Christmas goes
• The Outlawz Monday Greetings challenge: Christmas clean

I will be back a little later with Day 7 of the Reindeer Games challenge. It's been a very quiet day here. No twins to race around and make a mess like yesterday. But here's a picture of them enjoying one of their Christmas presents. They love to swing and now they can both do it at the same time if they want to.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a super day. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Reindeer Games Day 5: Make Us Laugh

 Merry Christmas! Hope your Christmas Day this year is relaxing and fun with your bubble family. We had the twins and their parents over for gifts and dinner and Zoomed with our two sons in Boston. This was the first Christmas that the twins really understood what was going on so it was lots of fun!

I am trying to finish up my Reindeer Games challenge from Bugaboo. Day 5's challenge is to make us laugh.

The image that I used is Bugaboo's Puppy - Enough Reindeer colored with Spectrum Noir markers and then fussy cut. The sentiment is from the same stamp set. The designer paper is from my scraps of Decosse's Dynamite Doodles with a kraft card base. I used MFT Single Stitch Line Rectangle Frame to die cut the sentiment and striped frame. I finished the image with Recollections Glitz Glitter on the pup's hat and Glossy Accents on the pup's nose. I am entering these challenges:

• Bugaboo Reindeer Games Day 5: make us laugh
• Sketch-N-Scrap: sketch
• Simon Says Wednesday challenge: sparkle and shine
• Tuesday Throwdown: anything goes
• Scrapping4Fun: Christmas or winter

As Christmas day 2020 closes out, I wish for you the joy that Christmas brings in the new born child Jesus, who came to save us all. May be be with you throughout the holiday season and throughout the coming year 2021! Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Reindeer Games Day 4 Bingo

 I am back today with the Bingo challenge from Bugaboo's Reindeer Games Holiday Chaos. This was such a fun card to make!

The image is Bugaboo's Reindeer Peeker. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and die cut it with MFT Stitched Circles. I inked the edges with MFT Cherry Crisp ink. The designer papers are from my stash. I used up several scraps of designer paper. The sentiment and the packages are from MFT Happy Pawlidays stamp set and I used the coordinating dies to die cut each of the packages. The sentiment is die cut with Clear Designer Stamps Designer Labels (sadly out of business). I inked the sentiment with MFT Elf Green ink. To finish off I used a white gel pen to give a little definition to the bows on the packages, the ornaments on the reindeer and the candy cane. The reindeer nose has glossy accents on it. I am entering these challenges:

• Catch the Bug Reindeer Games Day 4: Bingo (designer paper/Bugaboo image/die cut or bows/Bugaboo image/sentiment)
  
• Cheerful Sketches challenge: sketch 

  
• Crafter's Cafe challenge: holidays
• Simon Says Wednesday: Christmas critters
• Tuesday Morning Sketches: anything goes

The twins are coming tomorrow for lunch and they are staying the night. We are going to take them to see Christmas light displays after it gets dark. So I have to go cook dinner for tomorrow evening. I know from experience that you don't have time to cook while they are here. So if I only have to heat something up it goes a lot smoother. So that's my goal for the rest of the afternoon. Thanks for stopping by. Three more days to go with this challenge. Thanks to Bugaboo for giving us extra time this year! Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Anything But a Card

 Day 3 of Bugaboo's Reindeer Games Holiday Chaos is anything but a card challenge. What I was hoping to do before Thanksgiving was make sets of tags to give as gifts around Thanksgiving so the recipients could use them on Christmas gifts. Well, that didn't happen so I thought I'd start early for next year, I created this set of tags.

I used Bugaboo's Snowflake Reindeer Silhouette. I used my photo editing program to add some color to each of the reindeer. It's difficult to see in the photo but the yarn and stamping match the color of the reindeer. The ink colors I used were MFT Cherry Crisp and Elf Green and Distress Oxide inks Fossilized Amber and Seedless Preserves. Not sure why that one yarn looks blue because it's purple in real life. The "to" and "from" are from a retired Gina K stamp set called Holiday Greetings. I used an ek Success tag punch to punch the tags and a small hole punch to punch the hole for the yarn.

Here is the entire set of the tags. So I have a head start on next year! Hurrah! I am entering these challenges:

• Bugaboo Reindeer Games Holiday Chaos Day 3: anything but a card
• Christmas Craft All Year 'Round: gift (set of tags)
• 613 Avenue Create: anything goes (vintage)
• Cupcake Inspiration: snowflakes
• Scrapping4Fun challenge: Christmas or winter

That's it for me tonight. I have some things to do tomorrow to get ready for having the twins overnight on Wednesday. We are going to take them out to see Christmas lights Wednesday evening. But I hope to get some crafty time tomorrow. Hope to see you back then. Thanks for stopping by. Please stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Reindeer Games Sketch

 Back home again this afternoon after a short visit with Tom's Dad to give him his Christmas presents and wish him a Merry Christmas as we won't be there for Christmas. It will be the first time that I can remember that we haven't been home for Christmas in over 45 years. But this is definitely a strange year. When we returned this afternoon I wanted to work on more of the Bugaboo Reindeer Games challenge. My card today is for Day 2's sketch challenge.

The image is Bugaboo's Reindeer Trio. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut the image since it had a border around it. The stars are coated with Yellow Stickles. The background papers are from my stash. I die cut 4 small stars from MFT Pierced Star Stax and glued them together to give the star some dimension. It also has some Yellow Stickles on it. I am entering these challenges:

• Bugaboo Reindeer Games Holiday Chaos Day 2: sketch challenge 
  
• Crafty Hazelnut Christmas: anything goes
• Tuesday Throwdown: anything goes
• Merry Little Christmas challenge: anything Christmas goes
• Winter Wonderland: anything Christmas goes

I am glad to be back home and counting down to Christmas! We will have a quiet Christmas eve and Christmas day and our Christmas will be on Sunday. The twins and their parents will come for lunch and then we'll Zoom with our boys in Boston. So I have a couple extra day to put everything together. Thanks for stopping by today. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Catch the Bug Holiday Chaos

 Bugaboo has their Christmas challenge this week and the theme is Reindeer Games. I've been busy this week so this is the first opportunity I've had to actually start on the challenge. So my first card is all about Reindeer Games.

The image is Kidz Reindeer. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and die cut with MFT Inside and Out Stitched Rounded Squares. All the background papers are from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles. I backed each of the layers with black card stock. The sentiment is from my stash. I think it may have come from Doodle Pantry (sadly out of business). I finished off the card by adding some red stars. I am entering these challenges:

• Catch the Bug Holiday Chaos: Day 1 Reindeer Games
• Tuesday Morning Sketches: sketch 
• Merry Little Christmas Blog: anything Christmas goes
• Crafty Hazelnut Christmas: use the word "merry"
• Crafter's Cafe: holidays

I thought I would wait until tomorrow to post this but since I got the post finished I thought I'd just go ahead and post. Tomorrow we'll be busy with other things so here it is! Thanks for stopping by. Be safe and God bless.

Donna

Sympathy

 I finally got the cards sets completed that I am giving as Christmas gifts. I made 4 more birthday cards and 2 sympathy cards. I forgot to take pictures of the birthday cards when I got them done. I wrapped the cards and then thought how stupid that was. But I did get a picture of the two sympathy cards that I finished off the sets with.

The cards are similar but just a little different. I used the same die as the focal point: Birch Press Caprice Hearts die. This is a three layer die and I used scrap blues for each of the hearts. I used slightly different colors so they have a little different look. I inked the backgrounds with Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide inks. The sentiments are from Simon Says Stamps Sympathy Greetings Mix. I used two of the greetings on the first card. The banner greeting is heat embossed on a black card stock banner. The second card I used Versa Fina Black Onyx ink to add the sentiment.  I love the hearts. I'll have to remember them when I start making Valentine's Day cards. I am entering these challenges.

• Through the Craft Room Door: anything goes
• QKR Stampede: anything goes
• A Bit More Time to Craft: anything goes
• Love to Craft: anything goes
• 613 Avenue Create: anything goes

I am super happy to have the card sets done. I am going to start on the Bugaboo Stamps Holiday Chaos challenge. I am so glad that they are giving us extra time to do the challenge this year. I just haven't had time this week and they are already on Day 6. Hope your week has gone well. Thanks for stopping by today. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

4 Times the Thanks!

 I am back again this evening with 4 more cards, all very similar in appearance but I used different images on each one. All the backgrounds are from a piece of wall paper scrap that I had lying around. It has a very nice texture to it. All the cards use the MFT Thank You Circle Frame cut from green scraps from my scrap box. All the images were die cut with MFT Stitched Circles (although you can't see the stitching as it is under the Thank You Circle Frame).  All images are from Beccy's Place.

Image: Beccy's Place Frog and Oleander

Sequins from my stash

Image: Beccy's Place freebie Peonies in a Vase

Sequins from Neat & Tangled

Image: Beccy's Place Wild Rose Digital Stamp set

Sequins from Neat & Tangled

Image: Beccy's Place freebie Mum's Flowers

Sequins from Neat & Tangled

I am entering these challenges:

• Beccy's Place December challenge: use a Beccy's Place image and sequins
• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: use a critter (card #1 has a frog)
• A Bit More Time to Craft Extra: anything goes
• 613 Avenue Create: anything goes

I really like these simple cards. I think those receiving the card sets for Christmas will like them too. I have two more sympathy cards I am working on right now. So I am getting closer to finishing up my card sets for Christmas gifts. Hope your week is off to a great start. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Get Well Wishes

 I am finally back again with my last get well card for my set of cards for Christmas gifts. I need 4 sets this year and I try to make them a variety of cards. 

The image is from Beccy's Place called Old Well Digital Stamps. I die cut the image with MFT Stitched Squares. All the layers are backed with black card stock and the base is also black card stock. The purple plaid is from my stash as it the green polka dot patterned paper. The purple with shite polka dotted ribbon is also from my stash. I used six sequins for embellishment. After adhering the sequins I added Gina K Crystalline Drops to each sequin to give them some extra sparkle. The inside of the card uses a sentiment from the Old Well stamp set "Get Well Wishes." I am entering these challenges:

• Beccy's Place challenge: Beccy's Place image and use sequins
• Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2: sketch 
  
• Love to Craft: anything goes
• Through the Craft Room Door: anything goes
• Creative Knockouts challenge: anything goes

I hope to get more cards done this afternoon. I need to finish my sets off this week. Yesterday we had the twins all day. I was hoping to get them to cooperate to make a Christmas ornament for their parents but they weren't too interested. In fact my DH brought over a pan of water to wash their hands after doing hand print, and Valerie was much more interested in playing in the water than painting her hand and making prints.

And Arthur got into a matching game on the computer with my help!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope all is well in your little area of the world. Please stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Wishing You Well

 I can't believe how many things are cropping up and preventing me from crafting this week. Seems like every day I think I'll have time and the time just evaporates. But this afternoon I just decided I was going to get a card done for some of my Christmas card gifts. 

The image is from Bugaboo Stamps called Wishing You Well. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and die cut it with MFT Inside and Out Stitched Rounded Squares. I backed the image layer with black card stock. Behind the image is a blue card stock piece embossed with Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes embossing folder. The plaid paper is from my stash. The card base is black card stock. The twine is from Paper Sweeties. The little tag is from Impression Obsession  Mini Rectangle Tags 2. The sentiment is from the same Bugaboo set as the image. I inked the words with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink and then cut the words apart. I am entering theses challenges:

• Catch the Bug: anything goes
• Tuesday Morning Sketches: sketch 
  
• Through the Craft Room Door: anything goes
• Sweet Stampers: anything goes
• Creative Knockouts: anything goes

I need one more get well card to finish those out for my Christmas card gifts. So that will be my objective tomorrow before the twins come to spend Sunday with us. Always something going on around here. Thanks for stopping by! Please stay safe and God bless. 

Donna

Happy Birthday

 I really hadn't meant to take an entire week off from crafting but since I crafted almost every day in November and I had some things to catch up on around the house. And I wrote and mailed my Christmas cards. We had the twins twice in the last week; one of them was an overnight last night. I was up with both of the kids last night so I am tired this evening. I am trying to get some card sets put together for Christmas gifts. So this is a birthday card I made using a napkin.

The background balloons is the napkin. Likely it's from Dollar Tree but I've had them for a while. I matted it with black card stock on a green card base. The sentiments are new to me from Simons Says Stamps. These came from the CZ Designs birthday set. You just cut them out and glue them on. Very handy! This was a pretty easy to do card. I am entering these challenges:

• The Outlawz Festive Friday: anything goes
• A Bit More Time to Craft: anything goes
• A Bit More Time to Craft Extra: anything goes
• Love to Craft: anything goes
• 613 Avenue Create: anything goes

That's it for me tonight. I hope to get a good night's sleep tonight since I won't have to sleep with my eyes open and get up with the twins several times. Hope you are all well. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

12 Months of Christmas Link Up New Challenge

 Today begins a new challenge at 12 Months of Christmas Link Up. Usually the team has December off but I had an extra minute to put a card together so I told Lisa I'd  help out. Our sponsor this month is Scribbles Designs and our theme is anything goes with no optional twist this month. 

I used Scribbles Designs Dog Bone colored with Spectrum Noir markers and die cut with Gina Marie Designs Mosaic Triangle Edge Squares. I backed the square with black card stock. The sentiment is also from Scribbles Designs called Happy Howl-idays. I die cut the sentiment with MFT Pierced Fishtail Flags (retired) and inked with Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink. The background papers are fun. The paw prints are from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles Pawsome Holidays.

I found a few fun embellishments in my stash. I think they really fit great with the card! I am entering these challenges:

• Try Stampin' On Tuesday: sketch and optional twist non-traditional Christmas
• Scribbles Designs challenge: layer it up
• Sparkles Christmas challenge: non-traditional colors
• A Bit More Time to Craft: anything goes
• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: use a critter

It's time to get those last minute cards ready to go. I hope you'll play along with this easy challenge at 12 Months of Christmas Link Up. Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe and God bless

Donna

The Last of my Month of Holiday Cards

 So I have 2 last cards for Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards. I had two more quilt cards on my desk that needed to be embellished. So I decided to make them Christmas thank you cards just to make sure I would have enough of them. 

These are the last two cards that I made from scraps and Gina Marie designs Quilt die #3. The  scraps were from American Craft papers. The thank you die is from My Favorite Things. And I finished them off with Beccy's Poinsettia from the Poinsettia digital stamp set. In the center of the poinsettia I added Yellow Stickles to give some texture to the flower. I really like the way these turned out. The thank you circles are cut from gold or white glitter paper. Once again thanks to Beccy for loads of fun this November. For taking our minds off Covid and winning some amazing new digital stamps in the process. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I am entering these challenges:

• Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards: any holiday card
• Outlawz Monday Greetings: anything goes
• Pattie's Creations Designs challenge: anything goes
• Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper: use patterned paper
• Crafty Hazelnut Christmas challenge: anything goes

That's it for me tonight. Tomorrow we are heading into Cincinnati for 24 hours with Tom's Dad; to visit and do a few jobs that he needs to be done. We won't be gone long. I need to start making cards to give as holiday gifts. Usually they are more "thank you", "birthday", and "thinking of you" cards. There are several people that always look forward to getting a set of cards for Christmas. So that's my next project. Thanks for stopping by tonight. Hope your week is off to an amazing start. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Day 30: Do What You Love

 The last day of Beccy's challenge: A Month of Holiday Cards. I managed to do each challenge and a few extras along the way. I also have some other bits and pieces on my desk if I get time to put them together. Time will tell if that happens. But today I have my Day 30 card. The challenge was do what you love. 

There are several things about this card that I love. First, I love to work from a sketch and use them often. So this card was inspired by the Stella Sketch at Bugaboo challenge blog. Second, I love plaid paper and use it often in my card making. Third, I really like this stamp set by Beccy, Little Donkey Digital Stamp Set. I liked it so much that I bought it twice. LOL! Next time I will look carefully at my files. I also liked the other holly paper so I paired it with my plaid. I used a ribbon from my stash. I am entering these challenges:

• Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards Day 30: do what you love
• Stella Sketch: sketch 
  
• Crafty Hazelnut Christmas: anything goes
• Outlawz Festive Friday: Christmas

Thank you for stopping by my blog. I am a little sore tis morning after my fall yesterday but I'll be fine. I'm thrilled there are no broken bones. God was watching over me. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Day 29: The Letter Z

 We took a 24 hour hiatus from things here at the house and went to our other property, took a walk in the sunshine, and enjoyed the day before the snow hits tonight and tomorrow morning.  We are back at the house and I am trying to finish off Beccy's Month of Holiday challenges as we are coming down to the wire. Tonight I worked on my "Z" card. I did some research in hopes of finding a different Z then what I have done in years past; but the only thing I could come up with was zombie and I am not a zombie kind of stamper. So I went back to the Z-fold card. 

I decided to do a Thanksgiving card in honor of Beccy because I am so grateful for her inspiration, her tutorials, her free images, her fun challenges and her generosity with prizes (not to mention her personal comments on every one of the cards entered). She devotes a huge amount of time for this and all her challenges. Beccy, I appreciate all you do. My card uses two of Beccy's images. On the front of the card I used Autumn Blessings stamp set. The fall word designer paper on that panel is from the Paper Studio. I popped up the image with foam tape. The third panel uses a free image from Beccy called Pumpkins and Sunflowers. I fussy cut both images out. Not sure who made the designer paper on the third panel. It was double sided though.

For my middle panel I used red card stock and one of the sentiments from the Autumn Blessings stamp set.  die cut the sentiment with MFT Pierced Fishtail Flags (retired but I die cut twice with the non-fishtail end of the die. I then inked the sentiment with Fossilized (there's a Z in there) Amber. You can't see them very well but on the second and third panel I used some orange glitter leaves tucked into the sentiment and down in the corner of the second panel and behind some of the sunflowers on the third panel. All the images and sentiment are popped up with foam tape. I am entering these challenges:

• Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards Day 29: Z is for z-fold card
• The Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenges: festive color combination
• Catch the Bug: picture inspiration pumpkins 
  
• Simon Says Wednesday challenge: anything goes
• A Bit More Time to Craft: anything goes

I think I will head to bed a bit early tonight. Lots of fresh air and a fall that I took this afternoon loading wood on the trailer has made me sore and tired. At least I didn't break any bones; a constant worry when you have osteoporosis. I definitely will be black and blue for a while. Fortunately we are wearing long pants and long sleeves right now, so no one will know. LOL! Thanks for stopping by. Have a blessed week. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Another Quilt Card

 I am cleaning off my desk and thought it was time to do another one of my quilt cards. Love that I got 4 cards out of one batch of scraps.

The image is  from the Dasher and Dancer digital stamp set from Beccy's Place. I fussy cut the image. The sentiment is from Christmas Cardinals digital stamp set from Beccy's Place. I die cut the sentiment with MFT Stitched Ovals. The background scraps are from American Craft and die cut with Gina Marie Designs Quilt 3. I layered with black card stock on a white card base. I am entering these challenges:

• Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards: holiday theme
• A Bit More Time to Craft Extra: anything goes
• Crafty Hazelnut Christmas challenge: R is for reindeer

Just a quick post this morning. I'll be back with more later. Have a great day. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Day 28: Y is for Yellow

 I can hardly believe we are at the end of the alphabet already. This month has really flown by. I chose not to do Christmas today because yellow is all about spring and so I made an Easter card.

I kept the card simple. This Easter sunrise scene is from Designed 2 Delight which turned into From the Heart Stamps and then sadly Faith, the owner and designer passed away. But she left behind a ton of gorgeous images like this one. I colored the image with yellows and golden browns from Spectrum Noir. The sentiment is from the same set and inked with Squeezed Lemonade distress ink. I wanted the yellow to pop so I added everything to a black card base. A very simple card. I am entering these challenges:

• Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards Day 28: Y is for yellow
• Simon Says Wednesday challenge: anything goes
• Love to Craft: anything goes
• Outlawz Festive Friday: anything goes

We are off to our other property for the rest of the weekend today. So I'll have two cards to finish when I return to close out this month of holiday cards challenge. Thanks to Beccy for all the fun and inspiration! Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Day 27: The Letter X

 I wasn't sure that I'd have any more time to play today but I managed to get one more card done this evening. Day 27 is the letter X from Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards. In year's past I used Xs and Os to mean kisses and hugs on a Christmas card. This year I switched to a Valentines Day card.

The cute panda image is from Wild About You from Beccy's Place. I fussy cut him and inked him around the edges with black marker. I die cut the red heart from Spellbinder's Scalloped Hearts. The sentiment on the heart is heat embossed with black embossing powder. The sentiment is from Simon Says Sending Happy Thoughts (retired). The X and O stamp is from Another Simon Says stamp set called Big Holiday Wishes (retired). The designer paper is from the Paper Studio. the card base is black. I am entering these challenges:

• Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards Day 27: the letter X
• Crafter's Cafe challenge: embossing
• Through the Craft Room Door: anything goes
• The Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge: festive color combo
• 613 Avenue Create: cute critters

That's it for me tonight. We will likely go out to our other property tomorrow into Sunday so I won't have much time to create. I'll have to catch up when we get home. Thanks for stopping by today. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Day 26: W is for Wreath

 This one was an easy choice for me. I love to hang wreaths at Christmas time. And Beccy's Place has a number of really wonderful wreaths to choose from! I actually thought I would put the wreath on one of my quilted backgrounds (I still have 2 left from our Q day) but after I got it cut out I really didn;t like it on the quilt so I took it in another direction.

I colored Beccy's Berry Wreath (which is a free image on her website) with Spectrum Noir markers. I then fussy cut the wreath both inside and out and then inked the edges with black marker to take any small white snips I may have missed when cutting. I thought the wreath looked kind of plain all be itself so the first thing I added was the silver border which is a stencil that I found at Opportunity House where I volunteer. The stencil had a little scallop in the corner that I didn't like so I added the holly and berry stickers to the corners to cover up the little scallop. I used a retired Gina K stamp set called Holiday Greetings to add the sentiment inside the wreath. When I went back to look at how Beccy colored her wreath she had used different shades for the berries so I decided to make some of the berries sparkle with Stickles Ruby Slippers glitter. Hard to see in the photo but it looks really nice IRL. The wreath is popped off the card with foam tape. I am entering these challenges:

• Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards Day 26: W is for wreath
• Simon Says Wednesday challenge: anything goes
• Creative Knockouts: Christmas Delights
• The Outlawz Monday Greetings challenge: anything goes
• Sweet Stampers challenge: Christmas

I had hoped to get into my "X" card today but maybe not. We are going to Zoom with some friends and play some games this evening. Not sure how long we can do that before they kick us off. As we approach the weekend I hope you find some time to craft and smile at your creations! Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Birthday Wishes

 Happy Black Friday! I am taking a quick break from the Month of Holiday Card challenge to use a progressive image from The Outlawz for November. 

The image is from Paper Nest Dolls called Ellie with Kittens. I colored the image with a combination of Copic, Spectrum Noir and American Craft markers. The image is die cut with Gina Marie Designs Mosaic Triangle Edge Squares. The papers are all from my spring scrap box. The sentiment is from Hero Arts It's Your Day stamp set, heat embossed with black embossing powder. The card has a 6x6 inch black card stock base. I am entering these challenges:

• The Outlawz November Progressive challenge: use Ellie with Kittens from Paper Nest Dolls
• Cheerful Sketch: sketch 
  
• Seize the Birthday: sparkle and shine 

  

  
  
• AAA Birthday: for a child 

  
• Simon Says Wednesday: anything goes

I'll be back shortly with another card for Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards challenge. Hope you'll stop back again. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna