Inkspirational Challenge #227~Photo Inspiration...Snowflake Peace

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #227,  where we have this incredibly sweet photo to spark your creativity for the next two weeks! That kitten is adorable; love the blue eyes! I wonder if he's plotting and scheming to re-arrange the ornaments after this photo shoot is done...

No cutie-patootie kitties in my collection (Lily would not approve *grin*). I focused, instead, on the snowflake package on the kitten's right and the sheen of the baubles. Here's the result: 

As assortment of snowflake dies cut from shimmer cardstock and 'peace' from Photoplay.  Red and white...love it!

Please check out where this photo took my teammates, then play along with us!

Marina, Shauna, Pia, Marlena, Nonni, Lindsey

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Just Us Girls Challenge #564~Photo Week...Forest Merry Christmas

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #564, where we have this arrangement of elegant gifts to spark inspiration. The black, gold and kraft....swoon! If the wrapping is *this* pretty, imagine the gifts inside!

We're thrilled to have had talented Joyce as our November Guest Designer and, as this is her final challenge with us, we want to express how deeply we appreciate her awesome inspiration!  Please check out her wonderful card along with those from the fabulous JUGS team.  They would love to know you dropped by.

The tree and the patterns/palette of the papers caught my eye, so I reached for Kaisercraft's First Noel that offers a lovely range of options. Since I couldn't decide on 'one' paper for a single tree, I went with a forest...actually, two forests! More additions to my Christmas card stash! And yes...I am in panic mode right now!

This will be our last post for 2020, as we take a break to rest, relax, rejuvenate and, especially, spend time with our families.  

Hope you'll play along with us; the link will be open until Dec. 3rd.

Wishing all my wonderful visitors a most safe and healthy

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

and 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020~Day 26: Featuring My Favorite Things

BONUS DAY!  Welcome to Day 26 of Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020. We're delighted to have My Favorite Things, as a first-time guest and sponsor. One lucky winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to their online store.  What a great opportunity to treat yourself to a Christmas present! 

Two rustic vibe tags today, featuring one of my favourite deer dies. Deer + plaid = LOVE!

Remember to visit Tracey's blog to see the marvelous tags created by the MFT designers, the 2020 Design Team and guest designers. 

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Just a note of gratitude:

I want to express my heart-filled gratitude to all the amazing sponsors who shared their lovely products with our team, to my awesome teammates - Lindsey M-P, Joyce, Kim, Ardyth Percy-Robb and Lindsey Larsen - for their inspiration and friendship, and, most of all, to Tracey, who has given me, once again, the most incredible opportunity to be part of her team! Thank you, my friend, for a month of absolute JOY!  We needed this during these times, as you can see by the gallery bursting at the seams with tags, tags and tags!

To my visitors: thank you for dropping by and leaving such supportive comments. My festive spirit is soaring! Tracey will be leaving the gallery open for a few more days, so do play along. The more the merrier!  

Wishing all my US friends a blessed Thanksgiving!

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November 26, 2020~MFT 

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25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020~Day 25: Featuring Pretty Pink Posh

OHMYSTARS! Here are at Day 25 of Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020! How the time has flown! Word on the street, however, is that this *isn't* the last day! Shhhh....

We're delighted to have Pretty Pink Posh joining us as our guest and sponsor; one lucky winner will win a $50 (that's major!!) gift certificate to their online store.

My trio of tags feature the oh-so-pretty Decorative Ornaments, gold embossed on coloured cardstock and slathered with Wink of Stella, paired with sentiments from Angel Friends.

Remember to visit Tracey's blog to see the marvelous tags created by Pretty Pink Posh designers, the 2020 Design Team and guest designers. 

Our generous sponsors:

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November 25, 2020~Pretty Pink Posh

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25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020~Day 24: Featuring Heffy Doodle

Welcome to Day 24 of Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags, where we thrilled to have Heffy Doodle as our guest and sponsor.  One lucky winner will receive a £35 gift certificate to shop at their online store.

Wanna Build A Snowman is one seriously adorable set, with the cutest penguins, pretty tree, dapper snowman and snowman-to-be-assembled. My tags feature a few of these sweeties; more are being card-fied! The sentiments are delightful as well and I LOVE that winter, wishes and wonderland come with dies!

Remember to visit Tracey's blog to see the marvelous tags created by Heffy Doodles designers, the 2020 Design Team and guest designers. 

Our generous sponsors:

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November 24, 2020~Heffy Doodle

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25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020~Day 23: Featuring Penguin Palace

Welcome to Day 23 of Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020; we're thrilled to have  Penguin Palace (from Canada...yayyy!) joining us as a first-time guest and sponsor. One lucky winner will receive a $35 gift certificate to their online store.

I have a 'thing' for stencils, so I was thrilled when Crystal Snowflakes arrived in my mailbox. So pretty; so many possibilities. I'm sharing three here: kraft background with white glitter gel; black background with white pigment ink; white background with pastel rainbow distress inks. Looking forward to creating some snow flurries on cards soon!

Remember to visit Tracey's blog to see the marvelous tags created by Penguin Palace designers, the 2020 Design Team and guest designers. 

Our generous sponsors:

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November 23, 2020~Penguin Palace

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25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020~Day 22: Featuring Erin Lee Creative

Welcome to Day 22 of Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags; hard to believe we're nearing the end! BUT...still a few more days of inspiration to come! 

We're pleased to have first-time sponsor Erin Lee Creative joining us as our guest and sponsor; one lucky winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to their online store.

I was delighted to receive the Woodland dies and Holiday Sentiments to play with and play I did! Four times!  The sentiments have such a beautiful font; the dies cut like butter! Yes, my moose is sporting Christmas lights in his antlers and yes, they are sparkly! 

Remember to visit Tracey's blog to see the marvelous tags created by the Erin Lee Creative designers, the 2020 Design Team and guest designers. 

Our generous sponsors:

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November 22, 2020~Erin Lee Creative

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25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020~Day 21: Featuring Studio Katia

Welcome to Day 21 of Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020, where we're delighted to have Studio Katia joining us as our guest and sponsor. One lucky winner will receive a $30 gift certificate to their online store.

Studio Katia's Happy Snowmen make me incredibly happy, so a trio of tags 'had' to happen:

(They are much brighter in real life; I was taking photos a bit late).

And, for all those dog and cat-lovers, a tag using Happy Pawlidays! This one will go on a gift to the awesome 'day care' gal who takes care of our sweet Lily on Tuesdays. She understands our little girl (who is quite anxious) perfectly and loves her to bits-and-pieces!  

Remember to visit Tracey's blog to see the marvelous tags created by Studio Katia's designers, the 2020 Design Team and guest designers. 

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November 21, 2020~Studio Katia

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Just Us Girls Challenge #563~Colour Challenge...Winter Unicorn Believe in the Magic

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #56, where lovely Ina has selected Purple, Navy and Green as this week's colour challenge.

We're delighted to have Joyce, from Cards-by-the-Sea fame, joining us for week 3 as our November guest designer. Her card is fabulous, as are those by my teammates. Please head over to the main blog to see the array; then, if  you have a chance to visit and leave comments, that would be truly appreciated!

I typically think of this colour combination for Fall/Halloween, but given I'm in Christmas-mode, I wanted to see if I could do something 'festive.'  Yayyyy for Your Next Stamps Winter Unicorns: they were ready for the challenge!  Here they are, making their debut...

Looking forward to how this palette inspires you!

See you in the gallery!

Also sharing at:

Your Next Stamp Challenge #152~Trios:  three adorable unicorns, three windows

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25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020~Day 20: Featuring The Greetery

Welcome to Day 20 of Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020, where we're excited to welcome first-time guest and sponsor: The Greetery. One lucky winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to their on-line store. 

Betsy sent the design team a variety of products from her awesome collections and we are, to say the least, WOWed by her generosity! I was fortunate to receive the Wood Slices Die, S'more Holiday stamp and die collection and Graham Cracker Cuts die to play with....and play I did! The combination of products is just So.Much.Fun!  

Let's begin with some S'mores on graham crackers (as a retired teacher, I had to ensure I had at least one for a teacher)...

 

followed by S'more S'mores on wood slices (can't you just smell the toasting marshmallows...)

and two little S'mores on the smaller wood slices.

I was enjoying these so much that I had to do even S'more...two cards (and a third that I'll keep secret for a bit).

Remember to visit Tracey's blog to see the AWESOME tags - and we're taking some mega-major creativity here! - created by The Greetery designers, the 2020 Design Team and guest designers. 

Our generous sponsors:

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November 20, 2020~The Greetery

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