Winter Wonderland: Red and Green Must be Seen

Red and Green at Winter Wonderland this week.  Here is my card:

I did my best to only use red and green, but the sentiment had to be stamped on white.  This card was inspired by a card on Pinterest too, only that one had fall colors and more embellishment to it.  I also put my three images on the right instead of on the left.  Added three gems to the snowflakes for some sparkle.  The sentiment comes from the Inkadinkado set called Christmas Characters.

Well, that's all for now.  I may or may not have another card later today, depending on how much I get done. 

Take care,

~Marie~

Holly Jolly Christmas challenge...GIMME GLITTER! LOL

This week's Holly Jolly challenge is a good one...all about GLITTER!  WOOHOO!!  Here's my submission:

This card was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  I SWORE I would not get too invloved in that site...so much for that idea!  I tweaked it a bit to make it my own, but it is pretty similar to the inspiration card.  Before I coated the "ornament" TWICE with Mod Podge and MS crystal coarse glitter, I inked the edges with TH Frayed Burlap ink.  LOVE that color!  The sentiment comes from the Christmas Glamour set from TCP, and is stamped in TCP brown.  I did have some difficulty in getting the bow to stay adhered where I wanted it.  Alene's Tacky glue and some steady pressure from the bottle finally did the trick!

Well, that's all there is to say really...I hope everyone has a good week!

~Marie~

Home for the Holidays, Jingle Belles Style!

Jingle Belles, Home for the Holidays!  I really like this prompt from the Belles this week!  Makes me wanna sing some Perry Como!  LOL  Instead of that, how about I just show you what I made for the challenge:

Here is what the Belles had to say about what they were looking for :

Make a card with a house on it


OR

Make a card with the word "HOME" on it

OR

Make a card that references building materials of some sort, such as wood-grain paper, a brick embossing folder, etc.


So, I guess with mine, I went for the (bird) house, and referencing the building materials (the embossing folder I can't remember the name of!)  And yes I realize that cardinals do not live in birdhouses, but I figured that was my poetic license to include whatever bird I wanted to!  :)  I got the template from the Create with Dee blog, May 2011.  My home computer won't let me link to it, so you'll have to search for it if you wanna get it for yourself...sorry!

Well, I need to hit the sack!  Tomorrow is truck day at work, and I am tired!  Nite!

~Marie~

ETA:  I have Dee's blog linked up now!  :)

Holly Jolly Christmas challenge: TAG IT!

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge:  TAG IT!  Sorry, for the odd set up, but Blogger and my internet connection are NOT getting along right now!  Here is my card:

I'm sneaking this in under the wire...so I"ll just say I used the Spellbinders Poinsettia die, and the Sizzix Tags, Scallop Combo #2.  The tag was cut from the top of a candy box, the rest is all just regular old Georgia Pacific white from Walmart.  I used Mowed Lawn and Fired Brick Distress Ink for the flower.  The sentiment is from Studio G.

Thank you for looking, and have a good week! 

~Marie~

July Merry Monday #5...

And finally, here is my fifth entry into the July Merry Monday challenge:

Thank you if you've taken the time to have a look!

~Marie~

Merry Monday July #4...

Here is my fourth entry into the July Merry Monday challenge:

Back again in another minute with my last one!  :)

~Marie~

Merry Monday July #3...

Hello, fellow bloggers!  I am in hurry to post this, since the challenge closes soon, so hopefully I can get this finished on time Here is entry number 3  into the Merry Monday July all month long Anything Goes challenge:

Hopefully, when I have more time, I will tell you more about this, but until then, I'm heading over to Always Playing with Paper to get it linked up!  Back in a minute with another one!  :)

~Marie~