Under the Mistletoe - THT025, CAS43

This morning my card is for two challenges......CAS43, to remake a card you have made before, which was this one:http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1543374?&cat=500&ppuser=136194, and also for the Treehouse Thursday (THT025), which was a color challenge.

The colors were to be black, white, olive green and Real RED! Now if you know me even a little bit, you know that RED is my favorite color, and that RED, black and white is my favorite combination!! Adding the olive green gave me a tiny pause, but I think this card has just the right amount. I'm still making my Christmas cards, and hadn't inked up this wonderful silhouette, so I guess it was about time. The mistletoe is popped up, and the snowflake on the tag has an olive green brad. I polished it off with a satin white bow. If you should want to join in on the Treehouse Thursday challenge for this week, be sure to put THT025 in your keyword.

It's bleak and gloomy here, but the orders for the grands for Christmas are arriving every day. I am wrapping as they get here. I can't believe how the time has flown. Tomorrow is December 1st. WOW! Have a wonderful day, do something fun, be creative, and be kind. Hugs to you all.

FS CASING CarrollAnn

Today's FS is CarrollAnn, whose gallery has such lovely cards in it, that choosing just one to CASE is very difficult. I got a very late start this morning, so I chose a quick and easy one.

I changed the embossing folder and the sentiment to go with it, and punched flowers instead of primas. The rest is pure CA......how can you tinker with perfection????

I'll be back with another CASE of her fabulous work later, when I wake up a little more. The sun is shining, the day is beautiful, and I have some mojo, so I think I'll take advantage of it!!

Here is the secoond card, called a side-step, which I first saw in her gallery. Hers was RED and white, and fairly simple. When I was making this one, I got carried away, and kept adding more and more. I think to do one again, I would be more frugal. Tell me what you think, okay??

I'm really sorry....I uploaded this in too small a size for you to look at very well. If you go to my gallery on SCS by going to my sidebar, you can see this better. You can also just click on it and it will open into a bigger window. If you want to leave a comment, you can do it in either place. I'm done for the day, now to clean up!

SSHP09 Hats Off!

You know I love humorous sentiments. This is one of my favorites, and I couldn't resist it today for the Saturday Spotlight challenge. I even stamped a veil on acetate so it would fit the words!!

I hope you get a kick out of this card. I love all the pinks and yellows, and the touches of black.

Thanks for looking, and please check out my IC below.

Happy Birthday Inspiration

I made this card for the Inspiration Challenge this morning after seeing this baby blanket in my favorite color combination. One of my sweetest friends is celebrating a birthday in a few days, and I wanted to get this in the mail this morning (Hi Joanne!)

I liked both the striped side of the blanket, and the flowered one, so I used both on my card. It's a little busy I guess, but also fun, I think. I hope you do too.

Thanks to those of you who wished my Mom a HB...she LOVED it!! She's back home, with all her presents and a BAGFULL of cards we made over Thanksgiving. Have a great day, all!!

Flower Replay for LSC

Happy Day after!! We are still celebrating, as today is Mom's REAL birthday! She says she is NOT OLD, just not getting any younger. She is 87 today...wish her a HB!

These two cards are for the LSC today...make two cards with the same theme and images, but two different layouts. We had fun with some great dp (that has no name on the back...alas!).

It's raining here...we are staying IN, I think (there's always the allure of M's and ACM), but we will be eating leftovers and making cards. You're probably doing the same!! Good for US!!!!! Have a great day, and thanks for joining us here.

Another Piece of Pie!

For the WT, sweets, I chose to make something humorous...at least I think so. We had Thanksgiving dinner here, and ate too much because it was so yummy! Aren't I a humble cook!! We had all the fixin's, plus three kinds of pie and birthday cake. We started the morning off with Mimosas and Bloody Mary's, and it was all downhill from there.

The kids were busy together, and really great, and now that everyone but Mom has gone home, the peace and quiet is wonderful.

I thought the computer generated sentiment was really appropriate for a day like today, when we overeat and it's OK. I hope you think it's fun too.

For BLACK FRIDAY, we are staying in. No shopping for us. see you tomorrow for the LSC.

Gingerbread Guy and the Belli Challenge Today

Busy day today! The Belli Challenge and the Sketch Challenge, and Mom arrives for Thanksgiving.

For the sketch, Roxie gave us something funky.... a shape to copy. I really needed to make a RED card, so I picked out this Paper Patch print, and after I cut it out, I realized I would have to flip it so the cookies would be going in the right direction. Not the worst disaster. I really like how it turned out, and if I can keep my wits about me, I may try another.

Mom arrives after the hairdresser. We'll make the stuffing, the cranberry sauce, get the veggies ready, and find some time to make a card or two.

Have a happy Thanksgiving with friends and family. This is our favorite holiday.... great food, company, no craziness, just FUN!! Love to you all!

Earl is C-c-cold!! CBC #79

The Creative Belli Challenge #79 is to use chipboard. We all have chipboard in our stash of supplies......why don't we ever use it?? I used two pieces in the challenge this week....under the sentiment which I computer generated, and for the layered snowflake.

Our sponsor this week is StretchNBubbles. We were sent three digi stamps from which to choose our image for the card or project. I chose this silly penguin (his name is Earl!), and made him chilly caribbean blue. I hope you like him, and that you will join us in the challenge. Put CBC79 in your keyword, and also go to our blog and connect with Mr. Linky. Check my sidebar to see the rest of the uploads by the Design Team by clicking on their names, and be sure to visit our sponsor StretchNBubbles for their fabulous images!!

Two More Cards....A Busy Day!

This has been a busy day. I have been to the grocery for the last stuff for Thanksgiving, and boy! was it mobbed. Out to lunch with DH, food is put away, and I have done two challenges in addition to the CC. I used a bit of RED today, as you can see.

The Cardinal in the wreath is for the DDC. Joanne (sleepyinseattle) filled in for a design team member with computer woes. She DARED us to make a card with a wreath made of stamps, and there would be bonus points if there were flowers. I hope you will join us this week...be sure to put DDC in your keyword.

The MMTPT69 challenge today involves going to Grand Old Opry country, where Johnny Cash sang a song about Rose. The teapot is white with a beautiful rose on the side. I went with the country theme, and here is Santa singin' his little heart out with one of his reindeer. The song is for Rosie, of course. You can join us in this challenge too. I'm done card making for the day....off to make some beef stew for supper, and clean up the mess I made in my room! See you!

A Sample for the CC!

I got an email from Betty Wright who is the hostess for the Color Challenge today on SCS. She asked three of us (Judi Rose, Karen Barber and me) if any of us would like to make a sample using:

Bermuda Bay

Old Olive

Pretty in Pink

any neutral ...........and......

if we were so inclined to add a "dessert" to the menu, a plaid!

Interestingly enough, we all three said YES! This is mine. I hope you can see the three snow guys are about to start a snowball fight! Oh those snow guys... you can't keep them from playing!!

My card is long and tall to accommodate the three circles, and to balance off the curve punch edges. Thanks Betty for letting me take part in your challenge today!!

Ornaments of Peace (SSHP08)

Are you in shock? Can you believe that I didn't make this card in RED??? Today, the Clean and Simple Challenge was to make a card using sponging. I also did some masking with my new ornament punch.

I love a five minute card!! I think I may make a few more in different colors (RED for sure!), because it is so easy, and I really like the look. I punched out the ornament out of scrap paper, used it as a mask, sponged Bermuda Bay ink and stamped with the swirl from Priceless. I added some copper cord and a sentiment...........and done. I hope you like it.

Have a great day, and thanks for joining me here!

Always.......for Birgit

The Featured Stamper today at SCS is Birgit Edblom. Her cards are always extraordinarily beautiful. They are elegant, simple, and very European in feeling, I guess because she lives in Sweden.

I was so excited to see she had been chosen this week, but a little cowed, because copying her card is difficult... not because her cards are hard to CASE, but I wanted to be able to do her justice. I think I might have succeeded. I hope she likes what I have done (you too). I used an image she sent me a while ago. Hugs, Birgit!

In The Winter Forest

I don't often make square cards, but I thought this was better in a smaller format........ 4 x 4. The Inspiration Challenge this morning comes from a website that has interesting buttons. I chose one with a deer that looked a lot like the baby deer in Forest Friends (SU). After the bg was done, the perspective was all wrong. How fabulous that I own a gazillion punches, because this one by Martha Stewart of the deer is perfectly sized. I made Mrs. by eliminating the antlers.

I put a lot of sparkle on the trees, added a ribbon and glittery snowflake, and that's it. Hope you like it. Have a great weekend, my friends!

CIC2 Unenthusiastic Turkey

I found this clipart turkey, and about died laughing!! If you have ever seen anything so unenthusiastic in your life before this, PLMK!! I thought the sentiment was just perfect. We have a friend who has a fantastic sense of humor, and when I saw the look on the turkey's face, I automatically thought of her.

This will go out in the mail today so she will get it in time to enjoy it for Thanksgiving.

This card is Joan Ervin's fault. I went to her blog and she had a challenge posted for the Clearly Inspired Challenge, and I just had to do it too. Their challenge posts bi-weekly on Friday, and today was this wonderful sketch. It's uploaded to SCS at CIC2, just in case you'd like to do it too.

Thanks for looking.

New Moon Cardinal

Lois Bak (clownmom) was the hostess for the StampinB's challenge today. She chose to use the colors RED, black and white, and there had to be a moon. This was in honor of the movie New Moon which came out tonight (My DD is at the Midnight showing!).

Because RED was included, and also because these are my fav colors together, I HAD to do this challenge. thanks Lois!!

The LSC today was to make a long tall or a small tall card. I chose to make the small size, 6 x 3 1/2 folded. I hope you like my punched bird and the moon, tinged with RED. How could I resist???!!!!

Cardinal Thank You

I'd like to thank MariLynn (Mississippi McGiver) for a fabulous tutorial on making birds out of punches. She was also responsible for the MMTPT68 Challenge this week. Since her teapot had cardinals on it, I thought it only fair to use her tutorial which I have saved for a LONG time!

The WT today was to make a thank you card, regarding what we are thankful for.... so this is really a multiple. I am thankful for RED (of course), and cardinals, and birds in general, but this is specifically for my mom, who also loves cardinals. I am so thankful for her.....the best Mom you could ask for, and the best FRIEND you could hope to have. I send her cards for all sorts of reasons, but this is the perfect reason to send one.....I am so thankful to have HER.

Thanks for looking. Hugs to you all.

Divine Diva Inspiration Challenge #16

The Divine Diva Inspiration Challenge this week comes to us from Pottery Barn. Clean, simple lines, lots of white, and touches of brown and.... dare I say it? RED!

Of course I had to keep the clean lines and the white on white, but I had to add a little of my signature color too.

Below is my card for the DDIC. I hope you can see that there is the tiniest bit of pattern in the
wallpaper behind the couch. I really wanted to have a RED couch too, but it just didn't work. Please join us in the DDIC this week. Post your card or project with DDIC16 in the keyword so we can enjoy it. Please also visit the rest of the Design Team in my sidebar to see what they have done with this challenge!

Santa DUDE!

It's 5 AM, and I've been up since 2:30. I hate when I wake up and can't go back to sleep. I've gotten a few things accomplished. My DD sent me a list for her two boys for Christmas, so I went on Amazon to look at what they wanted. After a consult with DH, I'll place an order. I also got a card made for my 15 year old grandson.

I thought this image was perfect for a teenage boy. Kinda cool, and DUDE is still a word we hear once in a while. I kept it pretty simple. I didn't want to make it girly with ribbon and stuff, so I used only a silver star brad and the puffy silvery thingy on his hat. I hope you can see the scoring on the plain RED band across the bottom. I think he will get a kick out of it.....and I hope you do too. Have a great day. I'll probably be napping! LOL!

Happy Christmoose!

I've had a busy day. Uploading after 2 P.M. is unusual for me. I saw my Neurosurgeon this morning after I had some x-rays of the work he did exactly one year ago today. The surgery was a complete success, and he was very pleased. I have some bone spurs at C-2,3, and 7. That explains the pain. We'll leave that alone for now.

Did the rounds of the bank, post office, M's, voted, out for lunch, car to garage for oil change and general check up, and I'm home for the rest of the day.

This is my card for the CC and the DDC. Anne (Itsapassion) is this week's hostess, who dared us to use plaid and a button. It fit in perfectly with the artichoke, choc. chip, and RED for the Color Challenge. Before I forget, please join us in the Dare, and put DDC in your keyword.

Now, I have another card to post. Last night I had a chance to do the RESQ23 Challenge. Erin, of Doodle Palace, posted a free digital stamp of the cutest gingerbread couple for a one-time use, and I couldn't resist joining in on this special challenge. Here it is, and I hope you like it.

Outside the Box Snowman

It's always nice to come home, even when your vacation has been fun! The best part of being home, sleeping in your own bed aside, is having ALL your supplies at hand, including your OWN comfy computer!!

For the TLC today, Outside the Box (which I love) is this fun snowman and his RED bird. I paper pieced the scarf and bird, and used one of my favorite punches. It's nice to make something in RED, and I'm sure you are shocked that I didn't bring my favorite color on vacation!!!

I used mostly markers to color this guy, and a little painting with gray. he is popped up on his nestie, and I tied a nice plaid bow to make this a little festive. That's it. Hugs to all!