Ho Ho Ho...CAS(E) this Sketch #148

Hello...

My laptop acted up alllll day yesterday, and appears to be doing much of the same today, so I'm sneaking on to my husband's to post a card very much last minute!  My sweet, wonderful, talented friend, Leigh designed CAS(E) this Sketch #148 for us.

I went with simple and kind of quirky with my card

and its companion tag, which I hope bears a bit of resemblance to Jolly St. Nick. Shimmer paper for the moustaches and glasses...just because...

Ho Ho  Ho Hoping you have a marvelous day...I hear my husband coming downstairs so I'd best look all innocent like *grin*

Hope my laptop feels better...I have some comments to make and notes to tend to!! Stay tuned!

Hugs,

Fa La La La....MUSE ChristmasVisions #27, Happy Little Stampers~Anything Goes

Hello,

A quick before-bed post to share my cards inspired by sweet Kimberly's Muse ChristmasVisions #27

No kittens tangled in boughs in my collection (seriously...how cute is this image?), but I do have birds and branches (again...)

I figured since I made an extra set, might as well make a second card...

Close-ish, I hope... *grin*

NOTE: Honoured and delighted to be one of the five Muse ChristmasVisions Stars. THANK YOU!!

Also heading to
Happy Little Stampers~Anything Goes

Thank you for spending time with me; you've brightened my day immensely!

Hugs,

Snowmany Christmas card and tag...MUSE #140, In My Creative Opinion~12 Days of Christmas Tags (Day 3)

Hello and Happy Monday...

A quick before heading to work post to share my card inspired by Ardyth's MUSE #140 (Drat...the challenge closed before I entered my card! I should know better!) gem, featuring a troupe of darling, delightful  pandas, happy dancing across her card panel.  Aren't these little guys adorable!

I don't have panda stamps (that needs to be corrected), so I wandered over to In My Creative Opinion~12 Days of Christmas Tags

and voila: image idea inspired by Tracey' tag on Day 3.

Here's my card....

and here it is with its corresponding tag.

Hi Ho Hi Ho..it's .off to work I go...

Have a marvelous Monday - and thank you so much for spending time with me!

Hugs,

Sweet Christmas...Freshly Made Sketches #211, In My Creative Opinion~25 Days of Christmas Tags (Day 6)

Hello,

I'm on a Christmas card-and-tag mission for the next while because a) I'm behind and b) my husband's brother will be coming soon to tackle some much needed and much wanted updates to our place. The kitchen, where my crafting zone is, may be the hub of attention so...gotta get going while I can.

I'm also embracing the marvelous inspiration from a number of challenges, especially that over at sweet Tracey's amazing In My Creative Opinion~25 Days of Christmas Tags.

As much as I can, I'm aiming to create a card/tag combination, with the cards going to my mom, family and friends and the tags, perhaps, becoming part of my Advent calendar project for my niece and nephew (although I have other ideas in the works...just need to focus. I'd be happy dancing wildly if I could manage 25 cards/tags in the next little while.  No, wait: make that ecstatically happy!  We'll see how it goes (I've already done one set with the birch trees and Peace die...).

My twosome here is drawn from Tracey's Day 6 eye-candy, with particular inspiration coming from Marybeth's wonderful winter cottage tag:

Cozy, rather chalet-like, shimmery and red...love it! I paired her image inspiration with Freshly Made Sketches #211

and created this little gingerbread scene for my card

and this for my tag...

Another card, another tag....another 'check' on the list!!

EDITED:  I'm also sharing my little card/tag combination at Happy Little Stampers Christmas November Challenge 2015

Wishing you a most wonderful Sunday evening; thank you for spending time with me!

Hugs,

Poppies...Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #335, Happy Little Stampers~Anything Goes

Hello,

Today, I'm delighted to welcome  you to the Theme Challenge over at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #335~Tags.  My DT and I are drawing inspiration from this oh-my-stars pretty image (that cupcake is 'nearly' too pretty to eat!)

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This week, we're thrilled to be sponsored by A Day for Daisies.

As I mentioned in my post last week, I'm a newcomer to the world of digital images and over the past week, WOW! I've discovered so very much!  Did you know, for instance, that A Day For Daisies provides themed categories of over 3000 digital illustrations, and that's above and beyond their stamp line. Impressive! Given all those images, you can well predict the challenge of narrowing my selection to one.  I looked at plenty, but kept coming back to one: the Wild Fall Poppy.  The delicate flowers in the inspiration photo, the fact that Remembrance Day is on Wednesday...the combination of both, likely...lead me to this choice...and to these two cards I'm sharing with  you.

First, the poppies in delicate pink, on a tag set atop a heart stenciled panel, lightly dusted with Tea Dye distress ink....

My second card sees the poppies in red, and paired with one of the gorgeous new sentiments from Happy Little Stampers...

Please head over to see what the team has in store for you at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #335~Tags, then create a tag of your own and join us in the gallery.  The winner will receive a $12 gift certificate at A Day for Daisies...incentive, right?  Right!  See you there!!

I'm also sharing at: 

Happy Little Stampers~Anything Goes

Your visit is so appreciated...thank you for spending part of your day with me!
Hugs,

Candy Canes and Birch Trees...Inkspirational Challenge #95~Anything Goes with Silver, TIME OUT Challenge #43~Christmas, In My Creative Opinion~12 Days of Christmas Tags

Hello!

A huge, heart-felt Thank You to everyone who played in the Cute Halloween challenge last week! We had a fabulous number of entries, each one charming and delightful in its own wonderful way.

Now, with Halloween come and gone (are we in some kind of excessively speedy time warp?), our thoughts turn to Inkspirational Challenge #95

Does anyone else have "Silver Bells" running through their head at this moment, or the "Silver and Gold" song sung by Burl Ives, from  my favourite Christmas show of all time, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Yukon Cornelius and the 'Bumble'...hahahahahha)  Maybe you're thinking about tinsel?  Perhaps shimmery stars?  Wherever *silver* takes you, we want to know!

For this challenge, my fabulous team - Sandie, Marina , Shauna, Pia, Nonni, Kim, Yvonne, and I are joined by wondrously talented  Kathi Silvia from the blogs My Creative Therapy and 613 Avenue Create.  Please be sure to stop by, leave them some love, and then...come play!

My inspiration for you begins with this card, using my new Stampendous Candy Canes stamp. The silver appears in the dots surrounded the image, as well as in the little merry die cut. I decided that blue, green and purple went quite well with silver...

My second card was inspired by Tracey's tag on  Day 2 of her amazing 12 Days of Christmas series, so I went with a tag and card combination, using my Winnie and Walter mini birch trees stamp (I inked it up sort of 'graident-ish' style with three shades of blue) and Peace die, cut from sparkly silver paper. In real life, this paper is 'brillliant'...

I'll be sharing over at
In My Creative Opinion~12 Days of Christmas Tags

TIME OUT Challenge #43~Christmas, with optional twist of pink/purple

Remember: we want to see your Anything Goes with Silver in the gallery; the winner/s will be invited to join us as a Guest Designer in a future challenge.

Wishing you a wonderful Saturday; your visit and comments have brightened my day! Thank you!
Hugs,

All Hearts Go Home...Tag You're It #34, Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge November~Tag

Hello...and welcome to a new challenge at

For the next two weeks, my talented DT and I are inviting you to draw inspiration from Susan's marvelous "family" tag created for Tag You're It Challenge #34:

Those wee birdhouses, suspended on the swirly branch, are simply adorable!!

With US Thanksgiving (and Christmas...eep!), just around the corner, the time is ripe for thoughts to turn to our loved ones and our loved places.  Home. Even if we can't 'go' home for special occasions, our hearts can...

I've had this Gina K stamp for quite a while and finally, a chance to make its debut.  My dream home will have a red door. When we find that house, you're all welcome to give that door a knock and we'll welcome you in...

Please stop by Tag You're It to see my teammates' wonderful translations of Susan's tag. You will be soooooo impressed and, of course, with all the ideas that will be sparked, you'll be creating a tag of your own to share in the gallery!  I just know you will!

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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I'm delighted you dropped by...wishing you a most wonderful day!

Hugs,