52 Christmas Card Throwdown!

This weeks challenge for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown site it Christmas candles or lanterns. I didn't have much of anything in my stash that fit this theme that I cared much for, so I went on the hunt for a digi stamp that might work. I managed to find this cute little guy, and a lot more like him at, Kajsans Scrapblogg. She has some of the cutest digi stamps. I plan to acquire more of them in the future.

I colored this little guy with Copic markers, added some ribbon from my stash, and also added some red Jewel Dazzles for a little bling. I just love this little guy, and plan to have fun creating other cards with his little friends.

A Goodbye Gift and Card

Shortly after finishing the stocking for the co-worker mentioned in the precious post, she anounced that her husband was moving out of state, because he was offered a job there. She collects pigs, so I decided to crochet her a little pig for a going away gift, and a card to go with it. I sure hope this little pig likes his new home.

My former co-worker has also found a new job in the area that they moved to, and I wish her and her husband great success in their new lives.

Christmas Stocking

I have been pretty busy these past few months with quite a few projects, not all of them are cards. One of them was a stocking I made for a co-worker to give to her husband for Christmas. I made her one last year, and she thought it would be nice if her husband had one as well.

Although it took a long time to make, I really enjoyed doing it, and I was happy with the results. I was actually sorry to have to part with it...lol! If you would like to make one of your own, you can find the kit here at Herrschners.com. Thanks for stopping by.

52 Christmas Throwdown Color Challenge

This week at 52 Christmas Throwdown the challenge is to use the colors green and purple. I chose to use one of the sketches out of the 52 Christmas Throwdown sketch archive, and here is the sketch I used.



Here is the card I made using the sketch.

The stamps I used for my creation are from the Penny Black stamp set, " Most Wonderful". I stamped the ornament image 3 times, once in green, and 2 times in purple. I used one of the purple images for the base image, I cut out the ribbon and the clock face out of the green, attached the ribbon with dimensional tape, and used double sided tape for the clock face. I then cut out the snowflake and hands from the other purple image, and adhered it to the top of the face with dimensional tape. I made the layered band using a snowflake punch that I have in my stash, layered them, and attached them to the card base before I added my image. The sentiment is also from the same stamp set. I had all those little snowflakes left over after punching the border, so I added them  to the card as well, adding Jewel Dazzles to the middle of them.

I really liked the way this card turned out, so I made a couple more. I really like this color combination, it isn't exactly traditional, but they do look lovely on the card.

Mojo Monday 422

For this post I made an entry for this week's Mojo Monday challenge. The first week of the month is prize week, and we all love prizes!

Here is another one of those cute little reindeer form the Mama Elephant's Reindeer Games stamp set. I made the scalloped circle from a scalloped circle Spellbinders die, the design paper is from DCWV's Christmas Combo Matstack, and the ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Hello everyone, yes, it's that time of year again when we're all thinking about Christmas, and all those cards we need to get finished to send out before the big day. I, myself, have been pretty busy. I have recently discovered a great site that I've found for lots of Christmas card insperation, 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. Each week they have great challenges, and this month they are also having a design team call. This week is a sketch challenge.

Here is the card I created using this week's sketch.

I made my card using one of my newest favorite stamp sets, Mama Elephant's Reindeer Games. I just love this stamp set, the little reindeer are so cute, with all their adorable poses. I know I'll be using this one a lot. The designer paper is from the DCWV Winter Matstack, and the die cuts are from Spellbinders. Although you can't see it very well in the photo, I dotted the die cut snowflake, and the snowflakes on the background paper with Crystal Stickles, which I think adds a nice little touch of bling to the card.

Mojo Monday 414

Hi everyone. I know, I haven't posted in quite some time, but here I am with a Mojo Monday challenge.  Here is the sketch for this week.


Here is the card that I made for this week's challenge.

I decided to make a Christmas card, since we are fast approaching that time a year, and I know I will be needing lots of them...lol! Hopefully I will be doing a bit better on posting, and sharing what I create this up coming season.