CHNC Extra DT post for NOVEMBER!!!!

That's right folks, it's NOVEMBER 2017!!!  What the HECK happened to this year?!?  I can hardly believe that we are 8 short weeks from Christmas (according to QVC anyway!), and the Hallmark Channel is playing it's Countdown to Christmas movie series. 

 

Speaking of how many weeks there are until Christmas, are you ready to send out those cards to friends and family?  Have you joined us every month at CHNC Extra to help build up your stash?  If not, you'll just have to work a little bit harder these next couple of weeks to finish up.  But anyway...here is what I have to show you for my contribution to the CHNC Extra November challenge:

 

 

Christmas Bear was my image of choice for my card this month.  I decided to try "digital masking" (that's what I'm calling it anyway!) using my Silhouette Cameo program.  The bear in green was the png file, and the bear in red was the jpeg file.  I just flipped the jpeg file around and situated it next to the other one to make it look like a pair of bears sitting there, looking all cute!  I am really happy with the result!!  I used alcohol markers to color the bears, and added some Spectrum Noir clear sparkle brush pen to the white parts of the hats and coats.  I die cut the image with Spellbinders' Labels Eight, and then used the die to trace and cut a black mat.  The red polka dotted paper comes from the Love Nicole Seasons Greetings 6x6 pad.  Added another black mat behind that layer, and glued the whole thing to a white A2 card base.

Challenges:

 

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #35:  ATG or optional Star Struck theme

Jingle Belles:  Not a Creature was Stirring (animals)

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  ATG

Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper:  ATG with patterned paper

Sweet Stampin' Challenge:  Bears

Animal Friends #56:  Merry Christmas

Card Mania #98:  ATG

HIMCR #324:  Any Holiday

Word Art Wednesday #306-#307:  ATG

Crafty Creations #353:  ATG

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #18:  ATG

Outlawz Festive Fridays:  Christmas

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Don't forget to join us at the CHNC Extra blog for your chance to win 4 images from our sponsor, Bugaboo!

 

Catch ya next time!

 

~Marie~

 

Happy (almost) November everybody!

Can you believe it?  I know I can't.  2017 is almost over, and I feel like it has only just begun!  But guess what blogger friends?  I have a surprise for you...I am now a member of the Christmas With The Cuties design team!  Isn't that great?  Now I have even MORE of a reason to get cranking on those Christmas cards throughout the year!  The challenge for this time is "tags," and this month's sponsor for the challenge was Sasayaki Glitter, who has the CUTEST digi images!  Check out Naz's Etsy shop, if you haven't already by now!  Here is what I created with the sponsor images:

 

I don't usually "do" Christmas tags, so I may put these onto card bases at some point.  The images are "Snowman and Duck" and "Candy Cane Penguin."  I used alcohol markers to color both tags, and cut them out using Labels Eight from Spellbinders.  While they were still in the die, I went around the edges with Picked Raspberry and Candied Apple Oxide inks, respectively.  I really love how that turned out!  I really need to make time to play more with these inks!!

 

Challenges:

 

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #34:  ATG

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  ATG

Jingle Belles:  Not a Creature was stirring (animals)

CHNC #357:  ATG or something with wings

The Cutie Pie Challenge #116:  Think Pink

HIMCR #324:  Any Holiday

Word Art Wednesday #306- #307:  ATG

October Rudolph Days:  ATG

The Outlawz:  Festive Fridays- Christmas

 

Thanks for stopping by this evening, and have a blessed rest of the week!

 

~Marie~

October 2017 CHNC Extra DT Post

Howdy fellow bloggers!  Can you BELIEVE that it's October already?  CRAZY!!  Just plain crazy!  I'm ready for the change in the weather, but not sure I'm ready for sending out my Christmas cards just yet.  To add to the collection though, here is my card for the CHNC Extra challenge:

 

I had fun making this card!  I've been on an embossing folder kick lately, as well as a kraft card stock kick.  I picked out a bunch of folders from my collection, cut down some kraft to fit, and went to town!  Since this folder has that lovely snowman on it, I thought adding some white ink would be perfect to enhance the embossing.  I pounced and pounced my white ink pad all over the paper while it was still in the folder (to keep the dimension), and let it dry overnight.  I didn't want to cover too much of this cute folder up, so I searched through my Bugaboo stash until I found the perfect image:  BUGSMBLOCKS.  If you click on the link to take you to the image, you will see that I cut it apart to use just the peeking fellow in the top right corner.  My Silhouette Cameo came in quite handy for this.  The snowman was colored with alcohol markers, and I added him to the upper right corner of my panel.  The panel was added to a piece of bright blue card stock to match the colors used on the snowman image, and the whole shebang was added to a kraft cardstock base.

 

Challenges:

 

CHNC #353:  ATG or optional black, white and one other color

Christmas Card Challenges #22:  ATG or optional inspiration pic

 

Crafty Creations #351:  ATG

Word Art Wednesday #302-303:  ATG

Little Miss Muffet #172:  ATG

Simon Says Wednesday:  ATG

Outlawz Festive Friday:  Christmas

Digi Choosday wk #39:  ATG

Penny's Paper Crafty #348:  ATG

Polka doodles wk #39:  ATG

The Merry Christmas Challenge #36:  ATG

Christmas at Sweet Stampin:  ATG

Hiding in my Craft Room #320:  Freestyle

 Winter Wonderland:  ATG

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1739:  ATG

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #34:  ATG

 

 

That's it for today!  Please join our CHNC Extra challenge, because you could win some fabulous Bugaboo, and don't forget to check out what my teamies have created as well!

 

~Marie~

CCAYR September Mid-Month DT Inspiration

Apologies to Deanne and my teamies at CCAYR for my blog post being so late.  You know how life can be sometimes!  Anyway, no time for chatter, here is my card for the mid-month challenge of "Leaves."

 

 

And what better leaves to use for a Christmas card than holly leaves?  I have 2 holly embossing folders, and this one is from the Paper Studio.  I decided to make this an easy card, and just colored over the embossed leaves and berries with Prismacolor pencils.  I left my panel in the folder while I colored, so as not to flatten the design.  I distressed the edges with my favorite Frayed Burlap Distress Ink, and popped it up on fun foam.  The sentiment comes from the Lawn Fawn "Deck the Halls" stamp set.

 

Challenges:

 

12 months of Christmas Link Up #33:  ATG or optional picture inspiration

 

Jingle Belles:  Tic Tac Toe

 

I chose red, cardstock, bling.  HONESTLY, there is Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen on those red berries.  You DO believe me, don't you?

 

CHNC #351:  ATG or option to use 3 different patterned papers

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  ATG

Christmas Card Challenges #21:    ATG or optional photo inspiration

 

Crafty Creations #350:  ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #66:  ATG

Word Art Wednesday #300- #301:  ATG

Little Miss Muffet #171:  ATG

Simon Says Wednesday:  Clean and Simple

C.R.A.F.T Challenge #433:  Christmas

Cute Card Thursday #495:  Add a banner/flags

Outlawz Festive Friday:  Christmas

Love to Craft:  ATG

Love to Scrap #101:  ATG

Mix it Up #5:  ATG or optional inlaid die cut technique

Digi Choosday #37:  ATG

Penny's Paper Crafty #346:  ATG

Polkadoodles wk #36:  ATG

The Paper Shelter #309:  Embossing of any kind

Glitter 'N' Sparkle #257:  Embossing

The Merry Christmas Challenge #34:  ATG + Christmas

 

Whew, that was a lot!  I really need to organize my favorites!  Thanks for joining me today, and don't forget to join in the CCAYR challenge to use leaves!  There's a cool prize to be had!  :)

 

~Marie~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHNC Extra DT Post: Septmeber 2017

That's right.  You read the title of my post correctly...IT'S SEPTEMBER 2017!!!  How has this happened?  Wasn't it just February or something?  Wow.  At any rate, I know you aren't here to hear me complaining about how quickly this year is flying by, so how about a card for the CHNC Extra challenge blog?

 

 

Speaking of February, this cute snowman would feel right at home in typical PA February weather!  I have used the Bugaboo "Make It Snappy Snowman" image, which is either retired or not yet available on the new Bugaboo site.  I love all things snowman, so of course I couldn't resist this guy!  I chose to use paper from my favorite Recollections paper collection, "Winter Frost," to enhance the frosty feel of this card.  My snowman is colored simply, and then I added some clear Wink of Stella to his body.  I *think* you can actually see it in this picture...at least I can!

 

Challenges:

 

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #33:  ATG or optional photo inspiration 

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  ATG

CCC#20:  ATG or optional photo inspiration

Crafty Creations #349:  ATG

Creative Fingers #135:  ATG

Word Art Wednesday #298- #299:  ATG

Little Miss Muffet #170:  ATG

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #13:  ATG

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG

Create and Inspire #65:  ATG or optional summer days theme

Simon Wednesday:  ATG

Cute Card Thursday #493:  Too Cute!

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to add your own creations to the CHNC Extra gallery for your chance to win 4 Bugaboo images! 

 

Take care and God Bless!

 

~Marie~

 

CCAYR August Mid-Month DT Post

Hi folks!  Sorry it has taken me so long to get this post up, but my desktop decided it didn't want to work anymore, and also our internet service is crap.  Just plain CRAP!  It is SUPPOSED to be "unlimited," but after the first 10 gigs, it goes down to 2G speeds, which makes it difficult to get things done!  I HATE IT! Rant over.  Now on to prettier things:

 

 

Here is my card for the August CCAYR challenge to use yellow.  Now I know Deanne has these prepared months ahead of time, but I'm more apt to just do what is immediately in front of me.  THIS challenge threw me for a bit...YELLOW on a CHRISTMAS card?!?  That made me think that it had to be the predominant color at first.  Then I saw my fellow DT makes and I realized that yellow could be more of an accent color.  That's where I went with this card.  I found this yummy Christmas paper in the Mistletoe and Holly 12x12 pad from Love, Nicole.  The flip side of this design is the dark green that I used to cover my card front.  The red doily-punched strip between the designer paper and the cream piece was left from another similar card I made earlier.  It also comes from the same paper pad.  The sentiment is from Cloud9 Design, and is stamped in gold ink.  Gold ribbon wrapped around the red piece and a bow on top complete this card.

 

Challenges:

 

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #32:  ATG or optional "use Christmas colors" theme

CHNC #346:  ATG or optional "Nativity" theme

Penny's Paper Crafty #342:  ATG

ABC Christmas:  P Q R, for People, Quick or Red

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  ATG

Christmas Card Challenges #19:  ATG or optional inspiration photo

Simon Says Wednesday:  Use a Sentiment

CHN Patterned Paper: ATG 

Fab 'n' Funky #361:  ATG

Digi Choosday:  ATG

 

 

Make sure you check out the main post here, and the mid-month reminder post here to see what the Gingerbread gals and the other Christmas Belles have created for your viewing pleasure.  Don't forget to join in too!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by, and again, sorry this is so late!

 

God Bless!

 

~Marie~

 

 

 

CHNC Extra DT Post for August 2017

Howdy folks!  It's that time of the month again...the beginning of a new month means some new Bugaboo Christmas inspiration from the Craftyhazelnut's Extra Design Team gals.  Here is mine:

 

For this card, I used Winter circle sentiments--let-it-snow (retired).  I colored it up in shades of blue, and then searched thru my hoard, supply of Christmas paper and cardstock for something to match.  I found this snowflake paper from a 12x12 Love, Nicole pad that seemed to fit the bill nicely.  I decided the layout should just be simple cardstock layers with the circle in the middle to let the image and snowflake paper shine.  I added some Star Dust Stickles to the snowballs and the snowman, and also to the centers of some snowflakes on the dp.

 

Challenges:

 

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #32:  ATG or optional "traditional Christmas colors" option

Christmas Card Challenges #18:  ATG or optional inspiration photo

 

 

CHNC #344:  ATG or optional "gingerbread" theme

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG with patterned paper

LTCCB #13:  ATG

MIUCB #4:  ATG with optional "paper piecing" option

Snowflakes Promise #42:  ATG

Polkadoodles Week #30:  ATG

The Paper Shelter:  ATG

HIMCR #311:  Freestyle with a twist...Christmas in July

A Gem of a Challenge #199:  Christmas in July

Crafty Creations #346:  ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #62:  ATG

Word Art Wednesday #292-293:  ATG

Little Miss Muffet #168:  ATG

Winter Wonderland:  Use a digi image

Outlawz Color challenge: Monochrome

Outlawz Festive Friday:  Christmas

Make My Monday #51:  Monochromatic

Monochrome Magic #3:  ATG

Crafts Galore Encore:  ATG

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1731:  ATG

 

 

Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to join in for your chance to win 4 Bugaboo images!  God Bless!

 

~Marie~