Joy...FUSION Card Challenge~Blue Gift

Hello,

Ready for a new challenge? Perhaps some ideas for last-minute card-making (which is where I'm at!)?  The we have the ticket for you with FUSION Card Challenge~Blue Gift.  The wrapping in this photo is stunning; I can imagine this present would receive long gazes, accompanied by plenty of oohs and ahhs, prior to opening.  The sketch resembles gift wrapping, too.....

I'm still designing cards for my mom to send to family and friend; her preferences lean toward those that acknowledge the essence of Christmas: Jesus' birth.  With that in mind - and my time crunch because I'll be delivering cards to her this weekend (wooo hooooo! Mom, niece and nephew visit!) -  I came up with this...and made a set of five.

Concord and 9th: Joy

Wise Men~Gina K Designs: City of David (not sure it it's available)

Sentiment: Concord and 9th: Holy Night

Hopefully she'll like them - and I hope you do, too! 

Please head over to the FUSION blog where you'll be dazzled by the team's gorgeous takes on this challenge inspiration:

Becca Cruger
Betty J
Carol Mayne - me
Jeanne Jachna
Karren Johnson
Linda Callahan
Lyndal Higgins 
Michelle Leone

Michelle Lupton
Michelle Williams

Looking forward to seeing your designs in the gallery!

Also sharing at:

AAA Cards Challenge #104

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #188~Winter Blues

Muse ChristmasVisions Challenge #90~Festive Free for All

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For Unto Us A Child Is Born...Serendipity Stamps December Blog Hop #1

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Welcome to the Serendipity Stamps December Blog Hop (#1), where my talented DT and I are sharing a a range of Serendipity Stamps. To be in the running for a $20 gift certificate, just hop along throught the DT blogs (you should have come from incredibly talented, sweet Patti Kehl's blog) and leave a comment. Here's the list.

Mary's Blog

Beth Chiu

Patti Kehl

Carol Mayne

Miriam Napier

Julie Warner

Vickie Zimmer

Marybeth Lopez

A new illustrator has two sets of stamps over at Serendipity, and today, I'm sharing two cards to showcase images from the For Unto Us set. I adore the simplicity of the manger scene and the sentiments/fonts are simple and beautiful in conveying the essence of Christmas. Stained glass stenciling and some Nuvo drops...and another card, or actually...

two cards, added to my stash.

Please head over to Serendipity Stamps Blog for more how-to-win details. 

The 50% off Stamp of the Month: Steeple (so pretty!)

Happy hopping! Next on the list is wonderfully talented Miriam Napier. Enjoy!

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Merry Christmas Holly...Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #271~Anything Goes

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Welcome to Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #271~Anything Goes. One of our most popular challenges, we're sure to see a plethora of YOUR amazing inspiration filling the gallery!

So, for the record: no, I'm not finished with Christmas cards/projects (still making shaker tags for my niece and nephew's classmates...why I chose shakers, nobody knows, but...once started, must complete the task. Plus, they're kind of cute!). No, I've not mailed a single card as yet. No, I am not ready in the least! And, in some quirky way, that's part of the excitement of the season, isn't it?

Anyway...sharing one of a quartet of simple, easy-to-recreate cards I made, featuring Uniko products. Yes, the holly is covered with a wink of stella for some extra sheen and sparkle...

Off to carry on with my projects. How are your Christmas preparations going?  Bet you're further ahead than I am!

Looking forward to seeing your *Anything Goes* creations in the gallery

Also sharing at:

Less Is More Challenge #357~Red and Green

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Merry Christmas Stocking and Gift...STAMPlorations CUTplorations December 2017 Challenge

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Welcome to STAMPlorations CUTplorations December 2017 Challenge, where Maria has chosen this lovely decorated tree to inspire us!

My inspiration comes from the lovely white boughs and the pops of colour. Did a little spotlight copic colouring to frame the sentiment....a bit tricky to get some of the little bits re-aligned but I managed most of them (no close looks!)

Warm Hands, Warm Hearts stamps and dies, 

Merry Christmas Phrase die, 

Crazy Double Running Stitch Nesting dies

AND, because I have a pretty tree stencil, I decided to make a second card, sparked by the 'whimsy' of the image that does bring me joy...

 Peace, Love, Joy Phrase die

 Christmas Trees stencil

Crazy Double Running Stitch Nesting dies

Please visit the rest of my talented teammates to see their wonderful CUTplorations creations, then bring your STAMPlorations dies out and play along with us! 

See you in the gallery!

Also sharing at:

CAS on Friday Challenge #122~Christmas

Less Is More Challenge #357~Red and Green

To receive 20% off STAMPlorations stamps, stencils and dies, I invite you to use my code: STAMPGIRLCAROLM. The code applies to regular and sale-priced products, but cannot be combined with other discount codes you have. Happy shopping!

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STAMPlorations Stencil Blog Hop with Sanna Lippert Designs - MORE!

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Dropping in today to remind you that the ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop featuring Sanna Lippert Designs is still going strong! 

I'm sharing two more cards featuring the Christmas Tree 1 stencil,  with a design inspired by this image:  red and blue/turquoise is rapidly becoming a 'fan favourite' with me as a Christmas combination!

My list of ingredients:

Christmas Tree 1 - Sanna Lippert Designs

Peace, Love, Joy Phrase die

Christmas Reindeer stamps (snowflakes)

Crazy Double Running Stitch Nesting Dies

Christmas Tree 1 - Sanna Lippert Designs

Be Jolly Phrase die

Layered Snowman stamps (for the ornament/berries)

Crazy Double Running Stitch Nesting Dies

You still have time to hop along with us; inspiration AND prizes to be had in doing so!

To receive 20% off STAMPlorations stamps, stencils and dies, I invite you to use my code: STAMPGIRLCAROLM. The code applies to regular and sale-priced products, but cannot be combined with other discount codes you have. Happy shopping!

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For smiles and inspiration head to: STAMPlorations blog | STAMPlorations shop

Happy New Year...Happy Little Stampers December 2017 CAS Challenge~New Year

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A new month, of course, also brings about a bevy of new challenges at Happy Little Stampers; today, my team and I invite you to join us for HLS CAS Challenge December 2017~New Year.

As easy as this theme is, I encountered challenges galore, mainly because I don't have much by way of New Year images.  Fortunately, new goodies from Uniko finally made their arrival (after close to 2 months of traveling!!) literally in the nick of time (as in one day ago!). After a rousing bout of cheering and happy dancing, I put a couple of sentiment stamps to work! Yayyyy for a big ol' Happy and a sweet little "New Year".  The image in the window is a snippet of patterned paper that's been lingering on my desk for the past while; I think it had 'plans' *grin*.  Those little snowflakes are full-on shimmery gold, NOT orange or pink as they appear here!

Hope you'll find time to join us during this busy, festive month!  Just a reminder to focus on CAS as you design your cards/projects:

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

Wishing you a most fabulous December, filled with an abundance of joy and blessing! 

Merry Christmas....looking forward to visiting you in the gallery!

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It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas...Inkspirational Challenge #149~Photo Inkspiration

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Happy December and yes, the countdown of  'sleeps' (which brings me closer to spending time with my two favourite 'elves' - my darling niece and nephew) to Christmas has begun!  I imagine all of you are full-throttle with your preparations...

Hopefully, in the midst of all the festive hustle-and-bustle, you'll find some 'me' time to spend in your crafting zone and join us for Inkspirational Challenge #149, where a sparkly, glitzy photo serves as inspiration.  Aren't those pink and gold bottles of bubbly lovely?

Please be sure to visit my wonderful, talented team; they're interpretations of the image are simply sensational!

Sandie

Shauna

Yvonne

Marina 

Nonni

Recently, I've taken time to 'finally' play with my Concord & 9th Take A Bough dies (they've been in my NBUS pile since last February!). A couple days back, I shared two tree/card pairings in red and blue/turquoise.  While I had the dies and stamps out, I figured I'd add a pink and gold ensemble to the mix...(the star is gold...shimmery gold...really!)

NOTE: Honoured and thrilled to receive In the Mailbox recognition over at Cards In Envy! Thank you so much, Lisa and Wendi!

The little pail is a couple sizes too big for my sweet tree so I'm on the search for something smaller; something more stable, something 'wood'. Fingers crossed my efforts will prove fruitful, as I'm passing this along to my niece and nephew to give to someone special (maybe Grammy...). Wish I would have started creating these trees way back last February; I'd have a forest of whimsy by now! Need to keep that in mind...making these would be something productive to do when Mr. Mojo goes on vacation *grin*

Turning things over to you.  

Looking forward to seeing your fabulous creativity in the gallery!

Also sharing at:

Visions of Sugar Plums Challenge 2017~Winter/Christmas

Cards In Envy~It's Only Paper

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