Kraft, woodgrain, and white

Happy Friday bloggers!  I'm back with you today to share another Christmas card for the 2016 stash:

 

 

I was greatly inspired by the card that Bonnie Klass did for her Merry Monday design team spot here.

Of course, I didn't want to copy her exactly, so I went off on my own a bit.  As well as being pretty, this is a shaker card as well, so the recipient will have fun making noise with this one!  If you look carefully on the right side of the oval above the second branch, you can see some of the vase filler pieces I used for my shaker.

 

Challenges:

 

Merry Monday #204:  Woodgrain, kraft and white

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up #17:  Non-traditional Christmas colors

The Glory of Christmas #84:  Christmas stockings or anything goes

Jingle Belles:  Shake, rattle and roll (interactive cards)

CHNC #280:  Vintage or anything goes Christmas

Crimbo Crackers #106:  Anything goes

Christmas Card Challenges #23:  Anything goes

Creative Card Crew #112:  Anything goes

Crafting for All Seasons #126:  Add some embossing

Simon Says Monday:  Emboss it

Crafting with Friends #20:  Anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #230-#231:  Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion #311:  Anything goes

 

Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you all enjoy your weekend!  Tomorrow is prom where we live and my 17-year-old daughter Laurena is attending with her boyfriend Austin.  It's supposed to rain, but I hope we can still manage to get some decent pictures!

 

God Bless!

 

~Marie~

 

ETA:  This card won the Christmas Card Challenges #23 and an Honorable Mention at Merry Monday!!  WOOHOO!  Thanks a bunch!  :)

 

And again, we begin a brand new month...

at CHNC Extra!  Come on over to the blog everybody, and get your Christmas card-making mojo on track!  We are almost halfway through 2016...tick tock, tick tock!  LOL!  Here is my DT submission for May:

 

 

As per the requirements, a Bugaboo image was used, and this one is Scene it - Angels Believe.  This image is just too adorable!  I seem to be going for the CAS look with these cards lately, focusing on my coloring of Jodi's cute images.  Now, I took many pics of this card from different angles, trying to capture the shine of the Wink of Stella that I covered all the clouds with, to no avail.  You can see the yellow and crystal Stickles I used on the stars and wings tho! 

 

Don't forget that if you join in the month-long challenge, you could be the randomly picked winner of $21 worth of Bugaboo stamps!

 

 

Check out the other DT makes for May...they are FABULOUS!!  Thanks for stopping by, and God Bless!

 

~Marie~

 

 

A miss, but still a hit!

It's Tuesday night, and I'm back with a Christmas card for the ole stash:

 

 

If you're guessing by the color scheme that this was originally planned to be posted for the last Merry Monday challenge, you would be correct...hence the miss.  BUT, the current Merry Monday challenge is Let it Snow, so this card is a clear hit for that one!  LOL!  I had this card all but ready to go on Sunday...all it needed was the sentiment and the snowflake die cut.  Then regular life got in the way, and before I knew it, the challenge deadline had passed me by.  I was bummed, until today when I saw what the new challenge theme was...HOORAY!

 

Anyhow...I used Milled Lavender, Dusty Concord, and Seedless Preserves distress inks in an emboss resist technique over the Snowflakes A-Plenty Inkadinkado stamp.  Silver glitter paper used as a mat and for the snowflake.  The sentiment stamp is from Momenta.  Try as I might, I could not get a decent shot of the sentiment!

 

Challenges:

 

Merry Monday #202:  Let it Snow

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #16:  Anything goes or optional gifts galore theme

The Glory of Christmas #83:  Stamp or digi only or anything goes

Sparkles Christmas #63:  CAS

CHNC #278:  Use a sentiment

Christmas Card Challenges #21:  Anything goes

Crafty Calendar:  Anything goes

Creative Card Crew #111:  Embossing (wet or dry)

Create and Inspire #44:  Anything goes

Simon Wednesday:  Make it Girlie

Crafting with Friends #19:  Anything goes

Hiding in My Craftroom #248:  Any Holiday

Word Art Wednesday #226-227:  Anything goes

Rudolph days for April:  Anything Christmas

C.R.A.F.T:  Christmas

Craft Your Passion #309:  Anything goes

Outlawz Monday Greetings:  Anything goes

 

Whew!  That was a lot of challenges to sift through!  Thanks for stopping by, and may God bless you this week!

 

~Marie~

 

A quick stop by the ole blog...

Happy Sunday evening to all!  I hope the weekend was good to you!  I'm back to share this Christmas card with you:

 

 

I used Poppi the penguin from Bugaboo again...he is my favorite character!  I used two papers from the MME 6x6 Merry Little Christmas pad, Cotton Candy Stickles on the hat and stocking, and puffy paint on the hat brim, stocking top and toe. 

 

Challenges:

 

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up #16:  Anything goes or optional "gifts galore" theme

The Glory of Christmas #82:  Anything goes or "make a scene" option

Sparkles Christmas #63:  CAS Christmas

CHNC #277:  Cute or anything Christmas

Holly Jolly #69:  Santa (Poppi is playing the jolly guy, isn't he?)

Winter Wonderland:  Pink or blue

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown:  Christmas Foliage

ABC Christmas:  H for Hat (Christmas ones, of course!)

Sweet Stampin' Christmas:  Animals

A Snowflakes Promise #20:  Anything goes

Crafty Calendar:  Anything goes

CHN Patterned Paper:  Anything goes

Animal Friends #37:  Birds

Create and Inspire #43: Anything goes

Crafting with Friends #18:  Anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #226-227:  Anything goes

Crafty Sentiments:  Anything goes

CRAFT Challenge #359:  Clean and simple

 

 

Whew!  Thanks so much for stopping by, and may God bless you all this week!  :)

 

~Marie~

 

 

 

 

It's that time again!

Yep, you guessed it, it's time for the next monthly challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra!  That also means another month of this year has flown by...dang.  Also another year of my life has flown by as my 45th birthday was yesterday.  I spent my day at work, but today is all MINE!!!  Anyway, back to the CHNC Extra challenge...if you join in this month or any month, you have a chance to win:

 

Bugaboo Stamps are proud to sponsor this challenge - they are offering $21 of digital stamps to the randomly selected winner.

 

Now how about that for fantastic??  Now onto my DT card:

 

 

Being that this is the main challenge, the DT have all used Bugaboo images, and this one is called Wee One Boy Angel - pray.  He's totally cute!  I decided on a one layer card this time, with some simple coloring and some bling in the forms of Stickles and Wink of Stella.  The sentiment is from Papertrey's Signature Christmas.

 

Challenges:

 

One Layer Christmas #28:  Anything goes

The Glory of Christmas #81:  Shadow box card or anything goes

Merry Monday #198:  Christmas Carols (I heard the Bells on Christmas Day)

CHNC #274:  Use a sentiment

Winter Wonderland:  For a child

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  Cute Christmas

Crimbo Crackers  #103:  Cute Kids

Christmas Card Challenges #17:  Anything goes or optional color challenge

Creative Card Crew #109:  Clean and Simple

 Simon Wednesday:  Anything goes

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  God Bless!

 

~Marie~

 

 

 

CHNC Extra Mid month inspiration

Howdy folks!  This will be a quickie post for now, as we are soon heading to the gym.  Here is my card for Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra mid month inspiration post:

This card uses George, one of my favorite characters from Stamp Fairy (now closed.)  Not sure why I decided to go with a majorly pink color scheme, but I think it suits him anyway!  Some yellow Stickles on the star, and puffy paint on the snow add some sparkle and texture.  I was going to enter this card into the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown sketch challenge, but I missed it.  {sigh}  Here was the sketch:

Hopefully later, when we get back, I'll be able to enter this card into some other challenges! 

Challenges:

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #15:  Anything goes or optional Holiday Decorations theme

The Glory of Christmas #80:  Anything goes or optional Re-use/Recycle used Christmas cards

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  Cute Christmas

Christmas Card Challenges #15:  Anything goes

CHN Patterned Paper:  Anything goes

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C327:  Pi day...feature circles or pie

Card Mania #78:  Polka dots and/or stripes

Simon Says Monday:  Stars

Create and Inspire #41:  Anything goes

Crafting with Friends #16:  Anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #221:  Anything goes

Take care and God Bless!

~Marie~

Not my usual forte...

Greetings fellow bloggers!  I'm back tonight to share another Christmas card with you:

 

 

As my blog title suggests, this vintage type of card is not my usual "thang," but I COULD NOT RESIST this beautiful vintage Christmas image!  I took some cues from Lady E (her videos are fantastic, check them out!), and really tried to rough things up and distress the heck outta them!  And LAYERS!  Oh so many different layers!  I've got lace, an old hymnal page, a doily, the matted image, and the sentiment panel...and an arrangement of flowers, leaves, flower stem balls (do they have a proper name??), and bits of super glittery foliage.  I added gold Stickles around the edge of the card as well.  I started off by inking thru a snowflake embossability on the card base, but I pretty much covered all that up, hehe!

 

Challenges:

 

Jingle Belles:  All bundled up, AKA, lotsa layers!

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #15:  Optional theme of holiday decorations OR anything goes

Glory of Christmas #79:  Optional Jesus is Born theme OR anything goes

Sparkles Christmas #62:  An old fashioned Christmas

CHNC #271:  Vintage or anything goes

Holly Jolly #67:  L is for Lace

Winter Wonderland:  Use some Lace

Crimbo Crackers #101:  Die cuts (Spellbinders scalloped rectangle, and Blossom Five for the flowers)

Christmas Card Challenges #14:  Anything goes OR optional color scheme

Creative Card Crew #108:  Chicks (animal or human), LOL

Crafting for al Seasons #121:  Add some sparkle

Simon Says Wednesday:  Touchy Feely (texture)

Crafting with Friends #15:  Anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #221:  Anything goes

Fussy and Fancy Friday  #158:  Shabby Fun Bingo (I went on the diagonal:  Vintage or cute, Texture, Frills or Lace, Sparkley Mist...I sprayed my flowers with homemade shimmer spray)

 

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

 

~Marie~