Merry Christmas - Kraftin' Kimmie Krafty Guest Designer Call

Hello friends - another post for this chilly Saturday morning.

I woke up this morning about 7AM and it was 10 degrees outside.

About an hour ago we started getting sleet and snow and

now the temp (without the wind chill) is below zero

 BRRRRR.......

I promised my daughter that we would go have lunch, 

do a little Christmas shopping and get a tree

to decorate this evening.

Guess I'd better suck it up and bundle up - LOL!

Before I go brave the cold and the crowds I have a

Christmas card to share with you that I made to enter
in the Kraftin' Kimmie Krafty Guest Designer Call - take a look:

card front - stamp by Krafin' Kimmie

and opened into an easel card

A while back I was fortunate enough to receive

some of Loll's card candy (the poinsettias

and flourishes).  I found them in a bin

of forgotten treasures and knew immediately 

that I wanted to use them.  Aren't they fabulous?

The finished size of this card is 5 3/4" square.

It will need to be hand delivered as it will cost

me a small fortune to mail - lol.

In September I had the honor to be a
Krafty Guest Designer for Kraftin' Kimmie.
I only had a couple stamps but I loved so many
of them that I thought I'd give it a try.
Now I'd describe myself as a bit of an KK stamp addict.
So....here's hoping I get another shot at being a guest designer :o)

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday Challenges (Nov)

Addicted to Stamps and More! #123 Holiday

Simon Says Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenges #213 - Happy Everything (any holiday)

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C264 - Squares

Kit and Clowder - November Challenge "Christmas"

Creative Card Crew #75 - Stripes

4 Crafty Chicks #222 - Die Cuts

Just Us Girls #269 - Wild Card Week "Anything Goes"


That's it for me for now - thanks so much for stopping by today
Wish me luck with the chilly shopping day :o)
Til next time....hugs and merry crafting! D

MTTC#269 - Snowman

Hello again dear friends and followers.

Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?

I will be doing some of mine today.

Not looking forward to the crowds

but am looking forward to enjoying some

time with my sweet daughter.

It's time for another weekly challenge at 

My Time to Craft Challenges (MTTC).
This week's theme works really well

with both the cold snowy weather we are getting

and the upcoming Christmas holiday.

MTTC #269 is Snowman (or men)

or Snow ladies if you prefer :o)

Here's my DT card:

This is a bit larger than I usually make.

Finished size is 6 x 6. 

Funny story... it didn't start out being

nearly that big but after I got all my 

patterned papers glued down I went to

open the card to decorate the inside 

only to discover that I had glued everything 

on the card base upside down.  

Oh for pity sake!!

Have you every done that?

So... I had to cut it apart at the seam

and then add that piece to another base. 

It's a good solid (heavy) card 

that will probably cost me a fortune to mail

LOL!!

I am entering this card in the following challenges;

Brown Sugar Challenges #122 - Anything Goes

The Outlawz - Friday Coloring challenge - Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant Challenge #278 - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #85 - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too #75 - Snow

Simon Says Wednesday Challenges - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafting Challenges #205 - Anything Goes

Paper Pretties Challenge  PWC338- Snow Much Fun

Sketch Saturday - Pick a Previous (I used #337)

Please go visit the rest of the lovely ladies

on the MTTC DT and see their gorgeous Snowman 

creations this week as well.  Hope to see

your Snowman creation in the gallery too.

Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

52CCT - Pick a Previous Sketch

Hello dear friends and followers!

I went to work today after eating so much food on Thanksgiving 

that I still felt like I was in a bit of a turkey induced stupor. 

Why or why do we do that to ourselves?

I guess I shouldn't say "we" and really 

own up to the fact that it's probably just me.

Must be those stretchy pants I wear 

makes me think I can eat much more 

than I really should.  

That saying "Gobble til you Wobble"

definitely fit me yesterday :o)

Well since it is the very last Saturday of November 

we have the Pick a Previous challenge 

at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown 

for you.  This time we'd like you to 

Pick A Previous Sketch

You can use any past sketch to make your

lovely Christmas card.  There is a tab at the 

top of the challenge blog with all the previous sketches

for you to choose from.  

Pick any one that catches your creative fancy, 

and just let us know which one you used.

For my DT card I used a sketch from April 2014

Here's my card:

This one will be easy to mail as I left

it free of all embellishments (gasp!).

I kind of like the simple look of it.

Hope you do too.

Please go check out the beautiful

creations made by my lovely DT pals 

at 52CCT this week.  I hope  you are

so inspired that you just have to go

make a card and join the challenge.

Next month we will have a special sponsor for

our December challenges.  Make sure you check back 

then too to see who it is and hopefully join the fun.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Christmas Card Challenges #52 Photo Inspiration

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #123 Holiday

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me.

Til next time...hugs and merry crafting! D

MTTC #268 - Time and/or Space

Greeting Earthlings!

Does that greeting give you any clues as to what
the challenge this week is at My Time to Craft?
MTTC#268 is TIME AND/OR SPACE.

We want you to create something with a time theme
or image such as clocks or a timeline, or a space
theme with images such as spaceships or aliens,
or planets...get the idea?

Here's my take on this challenge using "Space"
and an adorable little green alien:

Digital image by Bugaboo Digis

Can you see the sparkle on the orange planet ring
and stars?  I used Stickles glitter glue - LOVE that stuff :o)

My fabby DT pals at MTTC have also made some
wonderful and crafty creations to inspire you.
Please go visit them too and say "hi".
We'd love to see your entry in our gallery this week
depicting TIME AND/OR SPACE.

I'd like to also enter my card in the following challenges:
Freshly Made Sketches 163 (see below)

Creative Knockouts #64 - Bling is the Thing - Crafty Sentiments
Brown Sugar Challenges #121 - Use 2 or more Colors

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today -
I'm sure glad that you did.
Hope you have a wonderful day wherever you are!
Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

52CCT - November Technique Challenge - Paper Piercing

Hello sweet friends and followers,

I'm happy you're here today to visit me.

It's time for another weekly challenge
at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown
it's the last one of November
and it's a technique challenge

Here's my DT card for this challenge:

Stamp and sentiment from "Ugly Sweaters" by Your Next Stamp

My piercing is around the red portion of the circle
(unfortunately it doesn't show up really well in the photo).

I did a little masking so the sweater sleeves
are overlapping each other a bit.
I drew a circle around the inside of the
first circle die so I could see where the
sleeves should extend beyond the edge of the circle.
Then I cut just those parts with my scissors and
put the circle die back on with the sleeves on
the outside of the frame and ran it through my Big Shot
to get the circle shape that the sweaters are on.
Next time I'll try a little smaller sweater
(now that I know how to do it).

I hope that  you will go check out the creations by
the rest of the talented team at 52CCT
and then decide to join us this week too.
Grab that piercing tool and get to poking!

I'd also like to enter my card in the following challenges:
Your Next Stamp Challenge #2 Sketch or Color (I used the Sketch)
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra for November - AG
Love to Create Challenge #142 - Make it For Christmas
Penny's Paper-Crafting Challenge #204 - Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland - Let's Get Sentimental
Stamping Sensations November Challenge - Christmas
Creative Knockouts #64 - Bling is the Thing - Crafty Sentiments

Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

Happy Thanksgiving

Hello friends and happy Friday!!

I'm looking forward to the weekend for sure.

I plan to do some shopping so I have food

for our Thanksgiving.  

I'm hoping that I  haven't waited too long

and there are still some smaller turkeys 

available.  The last time I waited this

long I had to buy a very large bird.

Suffice it to say that we had LOTS of 

left overs and we wanted ham the next year :o)

But...before I can get to the weekend  

I need to get myself off to work - so I best 

get on with this post and out the door.

I colored this darling image over a week ago 

but finally got my card finished last night

take a look please:

Stamp "Merry" by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

I'm pretty sure this stamp was intended to be

a Christmas stamp (her name is Merry and she

comes with a Christmas sentiment) but with the big 

turkey in the pan I decided to make it into 

a Thanksgiving card.  

Really looking forward to time with family

and some delicious food.

Our Thanksgiving tradition is to serve

scalloped oysters with the turkey - yum!

What's yours?

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Kraftin Kimmie  Saturday Challenge "Anything Goes"

Addicted to Stamps and More! #122 - Make Your Mark

Come and Get it Challenges - Thanksgiving Traditions

The Corrosive Challenges #212 "Girly"

Sketch Saturday #336 

Updated to also add: Simon Say's Wednesday Challenges - Thanks/Thanksgiving

As I said...got to get myself to work (no rest for the wicked).

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today!

Happy Thanksgiving wishes.

Til next time...hugs and happy crafting!D

MTTC #267 - Christmas Decoupage

Hello sweet friends and followers, so happy you're here to visit.

Time for another weekly challenge over at My Time to Craft (MTTC)

MTTC #267 is Christmas Decoupage.

It can be traditional or stamped decoupage.

If you're like me you just said "what the heck is that?".
I had only heard of the version where you glue
paper onto wood with a glossy finish over the top
(that was ages ago when I was a little girl).
Here's a definition of this process that I found:

Decoupage—from the French word découper, meaning to cut out—

is a craft or art form that entails pasting cut-outs (typically paper) to an object 

and then covering with several coats of lacquer or varnish.  

The process gives flat cut-outs the appearance of depth. 

I really wasn't sure how that would work with card making.
But as luck would have it, I was perusing through
a local craft store last weekend and came upon
a Papercrafting magazine that was offering a free decoupage
set and flocking with purchase.  Score!!
It even had instruction as to how to layer the paper images.
Happy dancing - that was me :o)

So...here's what I made using one of the freebie decoupage images
for my DT card for MTTC 267 - Christmas Decoupage

It was really kind of fun to do! There are 5 different layers on this image -
that last one being the arm that is holding the package.
Can you see the spots of flocking that I added as well?
All kinds of new stuff going on here for me :o)

If you haven't tried this technique yet it would be a great
opportunity to do so and enter the challenge at MTTC.
My lovely and talented DT pals have made some really
gorgeous Christmas decoupage creations to share with you
as well. Please go visit them and be inspired!

I am entering the following challenges:

MOJO Monday 371

Brown Sugar Challenge #120- Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenges #276 - Recipe

(3 or more layers, 2 designer papers, 1 image)

Love to Create Challenges #141 "Anything Goes"

Jingle Belles - The Great Outdoors

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit. 

Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D