Trying to Beat the Rush!

Every year I try to beat the Christmas rush and have all of my shopping done before Thanksgiving.....didn't happen this year. I do, however, have presents for all of the kids at the sitter's. This weekend, I made gift tags for each of the girls.

These tags work for a few different challenges:

1.) Digital Tuesday - "never used stash" - I paper pieced the star at the top of Miss Chrissy Tree with gold foil paper that my friend Sue gave me. I didn't know what I was going to use it for but I had to give that paper a home - glad I did!

2.) Creative Inspirations - Anything Christmassy/Winter

3.) Delightful Challenges - Glitter it Up! - I glittered the ornaments on the "tree" and added a glitter brad.

4.) Phindy's Place Challenge Blog - Christmas Is Coming

5.) Stamp Something - November Digi Day - I love DigiDay because I almost ALWAYS use digis!

'Tis the season - almost

Okay, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Christmas! I really do!! However, I refuse to start listening to Christmas music on the radio - I cannot believe they are playing it already! That's nuts!! On the other hand, I am fine with starting my Christmas Cards - come on, let's be practical here, a 3 year old and a 3 month old, I can't crank out 20 or 30 cards in a week or two after Thanksgiving....sooooooooooooo, I'll make my Christmas cards without listening to the Christmas Music Stations.

Enough of my rant.....

This card is for a few different challenges:

Phindy's Place Challenge Blog - 3, 2, 1 Go - recipe challenge

Allsorts - "Twas the Night Before Christmas" - okay, this is amazing, I didn't know I had this paper until I went looking for something that went with this theme....the paper actually has the words to the poem, how wild is that? It totally threw off the color scheme that I had in my mind but that's okay, the paper is PERFECT!! I tried to get a close up of the words but they just got blurry so you'll have to trust me on this one!

Christmas Card Challenge - This challenge is always great for me because the challenges are optional as long as you use a Christmas Card - you're in! This week's challenge is a photo inspiration challenge. The tree in the picture goes along with my "pine" branches that I used as filler around the flowers.

Another try with an easel card

Well, my last easel card was so successful (thanks to Cec's wonderful instructions) that I decided to try it again! I'm quite pleased with this one as well. I decided to make it pretty simple for a couple of reasons (1) I wanted to focus on trying to work out the easel part and (2) the image was a larger and more detailed one than I usually use so I wanted that to be the focal point.

Speaking of the image. I got this amazing digi FREE from Phindy for joining in on all of the 1000 member celebration challenges on her PCP page! How cool is that??!!

So this card is for Phindy's Place Challenge - 3, 2, 1 Go! Recipe challenge. I used 3 brads, 2 papers, and 1 image. The card is also for Creative Inspirations Challenge - Glitter, Glamour, Girlie. Poor Mr. Brown isn't feeling too comfortable on this pink and purple card but he'll suffer through it to make Mrs. Comfy happy! She wanted him to wear a pink shirt and purple tie to match her girly and glitzy outfit but that's where he drew the line!! (oh, the stories I make up while I color!!)

Well, I should go get in bed now and enjoy my extra hour of sleep (thanks to Day Light Savings) but instead I think I might use my extra hour for crafting :)!

I only want snow on my cards!

Hello all,

I have decided that this winter, I only want to see snow on the cards I make - none of that yucky white stuff on the roads or my driveway!

Anyway, I made this card using Phindy's Adorable Image - "Tasty Flakes" - I just love her!

This card is for 3 different challenges:

Phindy's Place Challenge Blog - your favorite color - dark green

Fussy and Fancy Friday - Winter Wonderland

Christmas Card Challenges - include candy canes - this is an optional theme, as long as it's a Christmas Card it works!

One Last Entry For Phindy's PCP Celebration Challenges!

Well, I have one last entry for the festivities over at Phindy's Place on Paper Craft Planet!

This card is for Tammy's Thursday Challenge - A Christmas Card using non-traditional colors (no red/white/green). Soooooooooooo, I decided I NEEDED to use "Hot Cocoa" since I have yet to use her (it was killing me to see her sitting here and not play with her). Well, I knew I had this template to make a "mug" and I just thought she needed to be on it. I used the snowman DP because they remind me of marshmallows which reminds me of hot cocoa - see the thought process there?

The sentiment is a little tricky to read in the picture but it says "Hope Your Holidays are Warm and Cozy!". I have also "stuffed" this card with a packet of cocoa mix and a candy cane - had to be blue because red/white would be traditional colors!

This card works for a couple of challenges. They are:

Phindy's Place on Papercraft Planet - Tammy's Thursday Challenge - Non-traditional colors

Diecut Dreams Christmas Challenge - Christmas Digi

The Party's Still Going at Phindy's Place!

Hello All! I'm back with another Phindy's 1000 Members Week Challenge Card! This one is for Lynda's Wednesday Challenge (yeah, I'm a little behind). Her challenge was a template challenge. You get the template to make this easy peasy acorn card and she challenged us to "mix and match or edit or alter any of Phindy’s image to use". I used the babies from "Hugs from Here" and "Big Sister at Work". They are now friends - aren't they cute. Okay, I know, it's not perfect but merging images isn't easy! Plus, I don't think Phindy really had this in mind when she drew either one of them! Either way, I think they look pretty adorable "hugging" each other!

This Cute Little Acorn Card is for the following challenges:

Phindy's Group on Paper Craft Planet: Lynda's Wednesday Challenge - Use the Acorn Card Template

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - Keeping it Clean and Simple

Papertake Weekly Challenges - Sparkly and Bright - the "Give Thanks" brads are shiny and the ribbon has a pretty sheen to it!

More Celebrating at Phindy's Place on PCP!

Hello again!

I've been busy, busy, busy and my friends over at Phindy's Place on PCP are keeping me even busier!! There is some crazy celebrating going on over there - you should check it out! 1000 members is a VERY big deal and we're all very excited!

So, we have now had 3 different challenges since Sunday. This card is actually for yesterday's challenge but working 3 shifts yesterday, I didn't quite have time to finish it (go figure!!). Tonight I had a little bit of time (thanks to avoiding any household chores and my mom feeding my kiddos dinner) so I finished up the card. This was a sketch challenge - I think the sketch is pretty cool and I'm just LOVING this "Riding Rudolph" image from Phindy. Her "Winter Cuties" are just adorable (well, actually I love ALL of her images).

Anyway, this card is also for some other challenges:

Delightful Challenges: "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas"

Diecut Dreams Christmas Club: "The One I Love" - this image reminds me of my son so I think this card is for him!

Christmas Card Challenges: Use Flowers - Now, the great thing about this challenge blog is that the challenges are optional, you can always enter any Christmas Card you make! So, this fits!

Phindy's Challenge Blog: Your Favorite Color - this is a double whammy card because I think my favorite color is dark green - I used it for the trim and for the "holly branches", oh, for the baby's jammies too!

Pile It On!: Holiday Card using Red, White, Green, and Something Soft - I have all of the colors and my something soft is my ribbon.