CHNC Extra January 2017 DT Inspiration Post

Can you believe it?  It's 2017 already!  I know I am having a hard time believing it...another year behind us, and hopefully many, many more to go!  Well, back to the reason I'm here...to share my DT make for Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra blog:

 

 

Of course, this has an adorable Bugaboo image on it; Chibi Reindeer, to be specific.  This cutie has been sitting on the desk, all colored up and waiting patiently for his turn to be added to a card.  He was very quiet for most of the wait, I have to give him that!  I need a starting point for my card, so I went searching through my favorite blogs for a sketch and found this one from Freshly Made Sketches:

I loved the simplicity of this one.  I decided to widen the gap between the upper and lower panels to add my sentiment, and popped both panels up on fun foam.  Chibi is also popped up using fun foam.  Baby blue Stickles was added to all the snow, and ColorBox Robin's Egg ink was used to stamp the Hero Arts sentiment.

 

Please be sure to check out my teamies' creations for our month-long challenge, and join us as often as you like...who knows, you could be the random winner of 4 great digis at the end of the month :)

 

 

 

Challenges:

 

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #25:  ATG or optional "Out with the old, in with the New" theme 

Christmas Card Challenges #3:  ATG or optional color challenge

CHNC #314:  ATG Christmas

Crimbo Crackers #123:  Snow

Cutie Pie Challenge #106:  A Day in the Snow

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG using patterned paper

Simon Says Wednesday:  ATG

C.R.A.F.T challenge #396:  ATG

Cute Card Thursday #458:  ATG

The Outlawz Sunday CAS:  Add some sparkle

Sweet Stampers #2:  ATG

Dream Valley Challenges #146:  Christmas

LTCCB #6:  ATG

 

 

 Thanks for joining me this evening.  I wish you all the best for 2017, and God Bless!

 

~Marie~

 

 

This post is a little bit late,

...But as the saying goes:  Better late than never, right?  I hope so anyway!  At any rate, I am here now to share with you my DT inspiration for the December CCAYR mid-month post:

 

 

I had a total of 4 of these heat embossed sentiment panels sitting on my desk for some time, waiting for a good time to put them to use.  I figured now was as a good a time as any, when I needed more Christmas cards I could send in the mail, AND something for the Christmas Cards All Year Round "Anything Christmas/Holiday" theme for December.  Went pretty CAS with these, using the same layout and process for them all.  I heat embossed all the colored layers using the same powder as the sentiment, then glued all the layers together with Tombow and put them under a stamping block to dry flat.  I only had the time to complete the green and silver ones before the deadline, but later on, I completed the red and gold ones as well.

 

Challenges:

 

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #24:  ATG or optional Welcome to the North Pole theme

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  Inspired by a song or singing image (I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas)

Crafty Calendar:  Christmas Time

Card Mania #87:  ATG

Crafty Sentiments:  ATG

C.R.A.F.T challenge #394:  Christmas

Craft Your Passion #342:  ATG

The Outlawz Festive Friday:  Go Caroling Day

Glitter and Sparkle #218:  ATG

613 Avenue Create #192:  ATG or optional Holiday Happiness twist

Crafting From the Heart #140:  ATG

Digi Choosday #50:  ATG

Penny's Paper Crafty #308:  Christmas

Sweet Stampers #2:  ATG

Come and Get It:  Christmas

LTCCB #5:  ATG

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  May God bless you this Christmas season, and all throughout the coming year!

 

~Marie~

 

Another month has come and gone...

And here we are in DECEMBER!!!!  I don't know about the rest of you, but for me, this year has just FLOWN by!  As always, with the start of a new month comes a whole new bunch of inspiration from the design team at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra!  Here is my contribution for December:

 

 

Our main sponsor is Bugaboo, and so we use those images for the first-of-the-month project.  I've had this little Stocking Mouse for awhile, and it was time to put him on a card!  He's colored with Prismacolor markers, and the tack holding the stocking is colored with a silver gel pen.  I used an old Papertake Weekly sketch for my card design.

 

Challenges:

 

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #24:  ATG or optional "North Pole" theme

Christmas With The Cuties #1:  ATG

Christmas Card Challenges #50:  ATG

CHNC #309:  Use a sentiment

Holly Jolly #86:  Create a Christmas card or ABC (anything but a card)

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG

Sweet Stampin':  Got The Blues

Animal Friends #45:  ATG

Card Mania #87:  ATG

Simon Says Wednesday:  ATG

HIMCR #277:  Any Holiday

Word Art Wednesday #258-259:  ATG

613 Avenue Create #191:  ATG

Digi Choosday #48:  ATG

Penny's Paper Crafty #306:  ATG

ABC Challenge:  "U" is for Unconventional (Christmas colors, no red and green)

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #5:  December ATG

 

Thanks for stopping by again today!  Take care and God Bless!

 

~Marie~