Christmas Cards, Boxes and Tags

**WARNING - Picture Heavy Post**

Hey y'all!  I'm writing a quick post to show off my last few Christmas cards and presents! I swear they were handed out on time, just posted late. LOL

This adorable image is Little Dancer 2 from A Day for Daisies. She was colored with Copics, and Stickles were added to the red trim.  Papers are scrap pieces from DCWV, brads are from my stash. Oval shape is from my Nestabilities, and the strips were punched on each end with a circle to give it the flag look.

Challenges:

A Day for Daisies: Anything Goes

PaperPlay: Christmas

Pollycraft: Punch It

Sketch 'n' Stash: Sketch

The Play Date Cafe: Photo Inspiration

For this card I used Old World Santa from Bugaboo.  Isn't he adorable?!?  He was colored with Copics. Papers are from DCWV, large snowflakes are punches from Martha Stewart; ribbon, gems and little snowflakes from my stash.  Sentiment from Hero Arts.

Challenges:

Cute Card Thursday: Sketch

These boxes were created with my Martha Stewart Scoreboard.  Papers are from Stampin' Up.  Ribbon from Michaels.  The adorable snowman and mouse image is from Spyder's Corner. (Thanks, Diane!!)  I colored the image with Copics. (Also, I forgot to take a picture before signing the boxes!  Whoops!)

Challenges:

My Time to Craft: Winter Pals

These boxes were also created using my Martha Stewart Scoreboard.  Papers from DCWV.  Images from Simply B Stamps, colored with Copics.  Ribbon from my stash.  (I learned from my earlier mistake and took the pictures FIRST.)  The second box was created for a Dude Time Doodles challenge...but I spent to much time relaxing instead of posting and am getting it posted one day past the deadline.  Whoops!

Challenges:

Crafty Catz: Santa's Hat (girl box)

Penny's Paper-Crafty: Holiday Gifts

This tag went on a bottle of wine for my Aunt.  The image and sentiment are from Wendy Made.  The holly on the top I drew myself.  Colored with Copics and Stickles.

Challenges:

CES Challenges: Party, Party, Party

Creatalicious: Purple, Green, Pink and White

Paper Sundaes: Celebrate

Pile it On!: Bling It Up!

Sweet Stampin: Sparkle and Bling

Totally Gorjuss: For Someone Special

This tag was for my Uncle, and went on a bottle of Captain Morgan's.  The sentiment is from one of my favorite Christmas songs by Jimmy Buffet.  The image was colored with Copics and distressed Stickles for the sand.  Paper, holly and ribbon from my stash.

This image is from Dilly Beans, and was created for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog...but I missed the deadline.  Like I said...too much vacation.  (Or not enough?)  The image was colored with Copics, papers from DCWV, ribbon and gems from my stash and sentiment from Hero Arts.  Here's the sketch that inspired me: 

Challenges:

Charisma Cardz: Anything Goes

Digital Tuesday: Winter Wonderland

Do You Stack Up: Stripes

Scrapbook Sisters: Anything Goes

Paper Playtime: Anything Goes and Include a Sentiment

Bearly Mine: Anything Goes

Phew!  Thanks for sticking around...I'll have more cards to post shortly, and then stick around for something **really** fun! You won't want to miss it!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas....

Thankfully, not too much like Christmas!  I would gladly keep our streets snow free for as long as possible.  However, I do really need to crack down on my Christmas cards....just about a month left to make them!  That's why I was very excited for this week's Digi Doodle Shop challenge.  This week we want to see.....red and green!

I used the fabulous Christmas Ornaments, which can be found here.  Aren't they pretty?  You can do so much with them....make them all one or two colors for an elegant look, make them all sorts of different colors for a fun and funky look... the possibilities are endless!  Some of my favorite Christmas memories are of decorating the tree with the family... Christmas music on the stereo (usually the Muppet Christmas....mom loves that album).  I colored mine with Spica glitter markers.  I Just LOVE the sparkle.  The green paper and holly paper are from DCWV.  The gold paper is from We're Stampin' Mad...just had to add some gold for a little extra oomph! =D  The ribbon and bells embellishment are from my stash.  The sentiment is from Inkadinkadoo, and was stamped with Distress Ink in Pine Needles.

So, you think you can play along with our color challenge?  Hop on over to the Digi Doodle Shop's Best challenge blog to check out the amazing creations by the rest of the team.  

Remember, you don't have to use a Digi Doodle Shop stamp, but if you do it will be entered twice.  Also, you can enter as many times as you want...as long as it's with a new card/project each time.  Plus, all animal stamps are 25% off for the month of November!  PLUS, if you spend $7, you'll get one of these fabulous images:

and a chance to support Pet Pardons! 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Wags 'n Whiskers: Christmas Themed

Totally Gorjuss: Christmas Traditions

Digital Tuesday: Christmas Time

Pile it On: Traditional Christmas

Heart Song Inspirations: Gold or Glitter

New ATC Challenges!

**For the Blog Hop and Fairy Challenge please scroll down**

Hey y'all!  I am here to share some exciting news.  If you haven't heard yet, the amazingly sweet and talented Jenn from Stampin' Angel Jenn has started a new challenge blog!  It's called Wicked Wednesday Weekly ATC Challenges.  How awesome is that?  A challenge blog for just ATCs!  I don't know about y'all, but I am just thrilled. Now, this blog actually started about a month ago...but I've been a little bit MIA for a while, so I missed it until now.  Well, I fully intend to start making up for that now!  =D

This week's challenge is to create an angel ATC.  A little while ago I purchased the Sugar 'n' Spice images from Tiddly Inks.  I just love these images, and had printed them and colored them...but not yet created anything.  So, what better way to use one than for my first ATC entry?  The image was almost too big for the ATC, but I think I got it to fit alright...

For this ATC I used the adorable Angel Spice.  Isn't she awesome?  I love her hair.  She actually came with two flying hearts, but I ran out of room so had to leave the second one off.  I colored Angel with Copics, except for her lips and eyes, which are colored with Spica Markers.  The base of the ATC is a Bicycle Joker playing card, which I covered with my background paper.  The dp I think is from BoBunny.  I outlined the clouds with Stickles to make them stand out a little more.  The ticket is a stamp from Stampin' Up that I stamped, outline with a teal Le Pen and wrote my sentiment in the middle.  Then the ticket was also outlined with Stickles.

I was pretty happy with how this one turned out...especially her hair!  =D  I usually have such a hard time with ATCs....I always feel mine are too plain, but if I embellish them too much I feel like they're too heavy and overdone.  Then again, I have the same problem with my cards.  LOL 

I am entering this ATC in the following challenges:

Wicked Wednesday: Getting Angelic

Tiddly Inks: Anything Goes Continued

Digital Tuesday: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope to see you again soon! =D  By the way....if y'all haven't gone through my blog hop or challenge yet, you have until Saturday at midnight.  Lots of prizes, including gift certificates to some of my favorite companies (including Tiddly Inks).  Hope you check it out!

Love Gently

I got this Simply Betty digi stamp a while ago and printed it out immediately.  Then...it went into a pile of images I've been meaning to color.  When I heard the new Simply Betty Stamps challenge was to use any Simply Betty Stamp with any sketch challenge...I knew it was finally time to bring her out.

Meet Sting You Lola.  Isn't she adorable?  I just love that sly look on her face.  Cupid better watch out...Lola's looking to take his place!  I love the cute little heart tattoos under her eye, and her adorable outfit!  =D  The sentiment is from Tiddly Inks.  I was originally going to use a different sentiment, but as I was cutting it out, I noticed this one printed right above it.  I decided this was the better match.  The flowers were created with a Sizzix die I bought a few weeks ago...yet another new toy to play with.  =D  The papers are from Stampin' Up, part of a now discontinued line.  The black lace (that you can barely see) is from JoAnn Fabrics.  Let me tell you...if you could see it, you would be so jealous. lol  Do you know how long it took me to find black lace that was straight instead of curved!?!  The pink ribbon (that you also can't really see) is from Michael's.

The sketch I used is from Digital Tuesday.

Awesome, no?  I love the wavy bottom of the middle layer.

Well, that's it for tonight...  Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:

Simply Betty Stamps: Any Betty Stamp, Any Sketch Challenge

Digital Tuesday: Sketch

AiFactory Challenge: Layers