First Christmas card of 2016, and some exciting news!

Hmmmm, should I share my card first or my exciting news?  Lemme see, eeny, meeny, miney, moe, catch a tiger by his toe, if he hollers let him go, eeny, meeny, miney, moe!

OK, ok, you wrangled it outta me....I'm one of the newest design team members for Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra!!!!!!  I'm so excited!!!  This is my first ever DT position, and I'm super honored that Hazel has chosen me for her FAB team!  I get to work with Bugaboo digis all the time too, which is an added bonus!  So I guess that leads me into sharing my card then:

Isn't this the cutest image??  It's called Meowy Christmas Cats, and can be found here.  I went super CAS with my first DT card, keeping it all one layer.  I used Prismacolor markers to color my kitty trio.  The brim and pompom of the Santa hat are decorated with white Puffy Paint, and I smeared on some Stickles after I dried it.  Spending some time looking at this card, I should probably add some ground for the kitties to sit on, instead of floating in air like that...LOL!  Poor kitties!

 

  Challenges:

 

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up:  Anything goes or optional sketch

Jingle Belles:  Something old and something new (old= Puffy Paint, new= Meowy Christmas Cats digi)

CHNC #262:  Anything goes or Vintage

Crafty Calendar:  Something New (new digi stamp)

Creative Card Crew:  Anything goes

Catch the Bug Challenge:  Anything goes

2 Creative Chicks:  Anything goes

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today...may God bless you all today, and every day in 2016!!

~Marie~

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Good day and happy Friday, bloggers!  For all of this month, I will either be getting off early on Fridays, or already be off, so you *may* be seeing some posts earlier in the day than usual.  There IS some cookie baking that needs to be done though, so we'll see how this goes!  Today however, I have a card to share with you:

 

              

 

This simple card was made with the One Layer Christmas Card challenge specifically in mind.  They are asking for a one layer card (as always!), with the optional theme of using a snowman.  WELL, what better way to accomplish this than with an adorable snowman digi from Bugaboo??  This one is called "Winter Snowman," and can be found here.  As I am a big fan of snowmen, this purchase was a no-brainer for me!  I sized him in my Silhouette program (which is super easy, I might add!), printed him out, and colored him up with my Bic and Prismacolor markers.  Of course, various colors of Stickles made several appearances, and look much better IRL than in my photo.  Promise!

 

Challenges:

 

One Layer Christmas Card Challenge #23:  Snowman

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  Stars

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #12:  Optional Santa Claus theme, or anything goes

The Glory of Christmas:  Optional outdoor scene, or anything goes

CHNC Extra for December:  Anything goes

Jingle Belles:  Extra Christmas card makes

Creative Card Crew:  Cold Outside

The Cutie Pie challenge:  "Simply" cute and Christmassy

Papertake Weekly:  Anything goes

Sweet Stampin':  Sparkle and shine

Crafting for All Seasons:  #115  Brrrr, It's Cold Outside!

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a good weekend, and God bless!

 

~Marie~

 

It's the last day of November!!!!

Is anyone panicking yet?  Do you feel like you've accomplished enough throughout the year to be ready for Christmas?  Looking back, there is so much more I wish I had gotten done, but Christmas time has come around again!  With that in mind, I have a card to share:

 

 

Pretty simple card, with some emboss resist going on.  I was originally trying to use my newly purchased laminator to foil this beauty, but something didn't work out...I'll try again later on!  Angel stamp by Inkadinkado, and sentiment by Stampendous.  Mustard Seed ink for the resist.

 

Challenges: 

 

One Layer Christmas Card #22:  Silhouette

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #11:  Sparkle, sparkle everywhere, or anything goes (my sentiment was embossed with glitter embossing powder)

CHNC November Extra:  Anything Christmas

Jingle Belles:  Holiday Leftovers (believe it or not, my card base is left over from the church bazaar!)

Holly Jolly:  Embossing

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown:  November Technique challenge of embossing

Penny Black and More:  Anything Christmas

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today, and God bless you!

 

~Marie~

 

Back again, really quickly!

I just wanted to come back again for a minute to share this Christmas card also:

My card features Patches from Stamp Fairy, getting ready to decorate his tree!  I used more of those Recollections Jolly Jamboree papers, since they were still on my desk.  The sketch is #99 from Papertake Weekly.  The snow on the tree is white puffy paint, with Stickles added afterwards.  I used Prismacolors on this also.  His little red ornament is Stickled as well.  The sentiment comes from the Heidi Grace set, Believe.

 

Challenges:

 

Papertake Weekly:  Christmas Critters

CSAYL #60:  Anything Goes

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #11:  Sparkle, sparkle everywhere!

Glory of Christmas #71:  Glitter and/or shine

Sparkles Christmas #59:  Christmas decorations

CHNC November Extra:  Anything Christmas

ABC Christmas:  "W" for wild thing (wild animals)

Crazy 4 Challenges (C4C310):  Christmas

CHNPP:  Use patterned paper

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today, and God bless you!

 

~Marie~

Busy, busy, busy!

Hello friends!  I am busy today die cutting lots and lots of Christmassy shapes for a children's card-making booth at our church's Holiday Bazaar tomorrow...right now my Silhouette is doing all the work so I can post this!  I'd like to share a couple of Christmas cards with you:

 

 

My card features a stamp from Marianne Design that I won a few weeks ago in a challenge.  It has no name, but the number is HM9457.  She really needs a name though...how about Aggie?  Sounds good to me!  So Aggie is colored with Copics (pink), and Prismacolor (green and hair) markers.  Her wand seems to be giving off sparks, so they are colored with a clear Sakura gel pen.  Her star halo, wings and shoes also have some added sparkle, which you cannot see, of course!  The embossing folder from Darice is called Snowflake Trim.  The letters I used to spell the sentiment come from Glitz, Teeny Alphas.

 

Challenges:

 

 

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' November:  Stars

CSAYL #60:  Anything goes

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #11:  Sparkle, sparkle everywhere!

The Glory of Christmas #71:  Glitter and/or shine

CHNC November Extra:  Anything Christmas

Merry Monday #179:  Pink, green and white

CHNC #254:  Bright colors

The Cutie Pie challenge #93:  "Simply" cute and Christmassy (clean and simple!)

Penny Black:  Anything Christmas

Crafting for all Seasons #114:  Embossing

Crazy 4 Challenges (C4C 310):  Anything Christmas

 

I think that's it!  I'll be back super shortly with another Christmas card!  Take care and God bless you!

 

~Marie~

 

Here's the green!

Back again this Saturday evening with another card for the Christmas stash:

 

On this one, I used an adorable Bugaboo image called Peace, Love, Joy Penguins.  All the dp comes from the Jolly Jamboree 8x11 paper pad from Recollections.  I picked a matching green cardstock to layer them onto, and used the same for mounting the image.  The white embossed sentiment is from Studio G, series 37.  I had lotsa fun coloring the image, especially the dotted sky, and the snow is glittered up with Stickles.

 

Challenges:

 

Catch the Bug Challenge:  Stella Says Sketch 317

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #11:  Sparkle, sparkle everywhere (the middle piece of dp is glittered too!)

Glory of Christmas #71:  Glitter and/or shine

CHNC November Extra:  Anything Christmas

CHNC #254:  Bright or Sparkly colors

ABC Christmas:  "V" is for Very Cute

Papertake Weekly:  Anything goes

CPPC November:  Anything goes using patterned paper

 

Thanks again for stopping by this evening..  Take care and God Bless!

 

~Marie~

 

 

Red, Gold (and Green!)

Happy Saturday, blogger peeps!  I'm back today to share another Christmas card:

 

 

 

 

I just wanna say that my picture of this card is absolutely horrible!  I couldn't get the colors "just right," no matter what I tried to do in Picasa!  IRL, this red is not quite so orange!  Be that as it may, this version of this card is actually attempt #4!  I was trying before to make it in this red and white, but each time I kept messing something up!  This version uses Recollections gold tinsel embossing powder for the sentiment, on the die cut candles, and on the layer behind the top red layer.  Matchy, matchy!  :)

 

Challenges:

 

Merry Monday #178:  Red and Gold (no green as my title would suggest...it just reminded me of the Culture Club song, "Karma Chameleon!"

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #11:  Sparkle, sparkle everywhere!

Glory of Christmas #71:  Glitter and/or Shine

Sparkles Christmas #59:  Christmas decorations

CHNC November Extra:  Anything Christmas

Crafty Calendar:  Sparkle, bling and embellish...my card has lotsa sparkle!

Papertake Weekly:  Anything goes

 

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!  Enjoy the rest of the weekend, and God bless!

 

~Marie~