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~

 

 

Nativity shaker card

Greetings and salutations, bloggers!  I hope all my fellow Americans have sufficiently recovered from their turkey comas by now...LOL!  It's Wednesday night here in PA, and it's chilly and rainy.  We have been in need of the rain, but I wish I had the power to send it to Tennessee instead.  :(  So much loss is hard to imagine...

 

Getting back on track, here is the shaker card mentioned in my title:

 

 

I love the end result of this card, but man was it trying to put together!!  There are 8 or 9 layers of the Nativity cut from black card stock glued together, with a layer of acetate in between the last black layer and the gold layer.  The card base was sponged with distress inks (Mustard Seed, Tumbled Glass, Broken China, and Black Soot).  All this was not the frustrating part.  When this card idea entered my head, all I thought about was making this a shaker.  What I realized as I dumped the shaker bits onto the card base and prepared to place my Nativity on top, was that I was going to have to separate the bits in order for it to work.  Well, lemme tell ya, that was no small feat!  I can't tell you HOW MANY TIMES I arranged the bits and laid the Nativity on top to make sure nothing would be caught underneath!  It's a wonder I have any hair left, LOL!  BUT, it all worked out in the end.  This card is going to a 10-year-old girl at my church who I think will enjoy it.  :)

 

Challenges:

 

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  ATG

Christmas Card Challenges:  ATG

CHNC #309:  Use a sentiment

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

November Rudolph Days:  ATG

Simon Says Wednesday:  ATG

Crafting with Friends #32:  ATG

Hiding in my Craft Room #277:  Any Holiday

Word Art Wednesday #258-259:  ATG

Die Cuttin Divas #294:  Make it Sparkle

Craft Your Passion #340:  ATG

Outlawz Monday Greeting:  ATG

 

Thanks for stopping by today...I hope you enjoy the rest of your week!  God Bless!

 

~Marie~

 

 

 

Happy Christmas deer

Hidey ho, bloggers!  Happy Sunday!  I just installed a Christmas countdown app on my phone, and it is so cute!  It showcases an adorable snowman picture, counts down (seconds, minutes, hours, days), and plays Christmas music!  EEEEEEE!  On that note, allow me to share my latest Christmas card with you:

 

 

The current sketch from Paper Play Sketches was perfect to showcase this adorable reindeer tag:

 The designer paper from the 6x6 Winter Whimsy pad from love Nicole is perfect for providing a sentiment without adding another element to the sketch.  I do want to use this sketch again and use a sentiment as the focal point, like some of the Paper Play Sketches DT members did.  Gorgeous samples!

 

Other Challenges:

 

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #23:  ATG or optional "BINGO"

ABC Christmas:  "W" for wishes

CHNC #308:   ATG or optional "CUTE" theme

Crimbo Crackers #120:  ATG

Holly Jolly #85:  Ribbon or lace

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper:  ATG

Card Mania #86:  Tag, You're It!

Simon Says Wednesday:  Christmas Critters

Crafting With Friends #32:  ATG

Word Art Wednesday #256-257:  ATG

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #390:  Christmas

Cute Card Thursday #452:  Christmas/Holidays

613 Avenue Create #191:  ATG

 

Thanks for joining me today.  I hope you all have some time to "get your craft on!"

 

God Bless!

 

~Marie~

 

 

NO WAY! Three days of posts in a row?!

What is going on?  I can't believe I'm actually here posting again...miracles do still happen!  LOL!  Well, here we go...

 

 

This card is made with lots of new goodies!  All the designer papers come from a love Nicole 6x6 pad called Seasons Greetings I got last weekend at A.C. Moore.  That adorable penguin is from a pack of tags purchased at our local K-Mart that is closing. I also got a pack of cutie reindeers I can't wait to get into!  Oh, and the sentiment is cut from that piece of designer paper on the bottom-most layer.  AND, the red strings around the upper panel came from the tags.  :)

 

Challenges:

 

Retro Sketches #240: 

 

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #23:  ATG or optional "BINGO"

A Snowflake's Promise #33:  ATG or optional theme, "SEASONS"

Christmas Card Challenges #48:  ATG or optional word prompt, "GLITTER"

Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper:  ATG

Card Mania #86:  Tag You're It!

Simon Says Wednesday:  Christmas Critters

Word Art Wednesday #256-257:  ATG

Glitter 'N' Sparkle #214:  ATG

613 Avenue Create #191:  ATG

Sweet Stampers #1:  Christmas

Digi Choosday #46:  ATG

 

Thanks for stopping by again today!  Have a blessed rest of the week!

 

~Marie~

 

 

 

 

Oooooo, Lookie! Posting 2 nights in a row!

Hello!  I am back again to share with you my mid-way DT card for Christmas Cards All Year Round:

 

November's theme is for Santa and/or Elf.  This gorgeous stamp comes from the Inkadinkado Holiday Filigree set, as does the sentiment.  The Santa image and the red mat behind it are Silhouette cut files.  The holly die is from Darice.  My designer paper comes from the 12x12 Winter Wonderland pad from K & Company.  LOVE. THIS. PAD.  That glittery diagonal stripe running down the middle is ribbon.

 

Challenges:

 

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #23:  ATG or optional "BINGO"

Sparkles Christmas:  Holly and/or Ivy

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  ATG Christmas

Winter Wonderland:  Ribbon or lace, OR Christmas flowers

Holly Jolly Christmas #85:  Ribbons and Lace

Christmas Card Challenges #48:  ATG or word prompt- "GLITTER"

Snowflake's Promise #33:  ATG or optional "SEASONS"

Sweet Stampers #1:  Christmas

Digi Choosday #46:  ATG

Crafting from the Heart #135:  ATG

613 Avenue Create #191:  ATG

Glitter and Sparkle #214:  ATG

Craft Your Passion #338:  ATG

Word Art Wednesday #256-257:  ATG

Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper:  ATG

Penny Black:  Anything Christmas

 

Thanks for spending some time here tonight!  God Bless!

 

~Marie~

Stay COOL!

My blog title certainly doesn't indicate the weather we've been having here in Pennsylvania...temps in the 60's, in need of rain...the weather people say this is the 4th warmest fall in PA history...or something like that.  I was only half listening while I was doing dishes...lol!  Anyway, onto my Christmas card:

 

 

This little guy was part of my recent Lawn Fawn haul...love him!  The Stitched Hillside Borders and sentiment (Snow Cool set) are also from Lawn Fawn.  The silver pond he's skating on is from some packaging my smart hubby offered to me before throwing it away...got him trained right!  I "drew" it in my Cameo software, and it cut (mostly) like a dream.  Just needed a few slices with a craft knife to get it out...I shoulda set it up to cut twice!  Sponged the sky with Tumbled Glass, and added the cut file clouds.  Done!

 

Challenges:

 

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #23:  ATG or optional BINGO

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  ATG Christmas

Christmas Card Challenges #48:  ATG or optional word prompt GLITTER

CHNC #307:  Color...coral...or Hazel will give some leeway with anything orange, red, pink

The Cutie Pie Challenge #105:  Cute and no designer paper

Penny Black:  Anything Christmas

Crazy 4 Challenges #362:  Stitches and/or thread

Word Art Wednesday #256-257:  ATG

C.R.A.F.T challenge #389:  Winter

Craft Your Passion #338:  ATG

Cute Card Thursday #451:  Something metallic

Outlawz Paper a la Mode:  Frost or snow

Glitter and Sparkle #214:  ATG

613 Avenue Create #191:  ATG

Crafting from the Heart #135:  ATG

Digi Choosday #45:  ATG

Penny's Challenge #303:  ATG

Sweet Stampers #1:  Christmas

 

Thanks for stopping by today!  God bless!

 

~Marie~