Normally, I am so pressed with time getting all of my Christmas cards completed and in the mail that I do not have time for gift tags. Also we don’t do a lot of presents, only for the grandchildren to open, so I was happy that I only need three tags this year. All the grandkids presents are wrapped and then placed in a larger box that is wrapped so that’s the one that will get the gift tag. I think this snowman Spellbinders die layered on a Tim Holtz Sizzix Flurry #2 snowflake die, layered on a Spellbinders circle nestability die will get attached to Brooke’s box.

This tag project will be entered into The Sisterhood of Crafters — Holiday Gift Tag challenge.

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I just had to play along with the December Anything Halloween challenge with the Two Old Bats. Always a fun mood board posted for inspiration and for my card I decided to work off the 31 and the wonky cat. My background patterned paper is DCWV The Bewitched matstack and I didn’t have to look too far for a wonky cat as long as I have Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits dies. This TH set is called Toil & Trouble and really has fun die cuts. I layered kitty and offset with a white die cut to give a little dimension. My frame is a new to me Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangle die set. No stamping needed with that awesome background.

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My card for the Four Seasons Anything Goes Winter December challenge uses this interesting unbranded ornament bauble die, Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder, Stampin Up’s To You & Yours stamp set, Gina K Designs Decorative Tag Set die and I wish i could remember where the JOY sentiment is from???. I cut an additional circle out of a darker blue cardstock to back my bauble, added a little ribbon and I really like how this one turned out.

I’m using the snowy village scene on the bottom right of the mood board for my inspiration.

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My card today was one of my Christmas card designs that I took inspiration from our Stamp Buddy Lisa B and decided to enter it into the Double D Christmas JOY challenge. The challenge requires that the word JOY must be on your card project. I did a wood graining technique using some white, blue and browns inks after scoring my lines then popping it up on a layering colored cardstock. The die cut the sentiment from Spellbinders and the beautiful Memory Box Drop Nativity and Gilded Drop dies layered together complete this card.

The Double D mood board is below.

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Using Taylored Expressions Trendy Tree Farm background stamp, stencil and die to make today’s card and sharing it with the Double D Challenge with a theme of Trees.

This was such a fun set with which to make cards. The sentiment is also a Taylored Expressions’ Joyful Season stamp and die combo. Love the combination of stamps, dies and stencils.

The sentiment was layered on a vellum die cut circle. A few little stars for some of the trees completes this card.

Most of the leaves in our neighborhood have passed their peak and fallen to the ground. We only have leaf collection for another two weeks so hopefully they will all drop in time for those collections. There was a hint of snow this morning just enough to add a little glisten to our newly “painted” zoysia grass. LOL….our new Thanksgiving tradition will be painting the straw like zoysia grass with green lawn paint. It keeps hubby happy and that’s all that matters.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. Putting the finishing touches on my Christmas cards and hoping to mail no later than December 1st. Take card and be safe.

Focusing on Christmas cards, I am playing along with the November Monthly Mix Challenge hosted by Donna at Gina K Designs to include critters on your card project. I received 1 of 3 Christmas lists from our grandchildren and one request was an animal painting project with either a llama or a fox. I knew I had this really cute skater fox from Gina’s Christmas Wishes stamp set. After coloring and die cutting foxy, I added some falling snow, mounted foxy on some die cut circles and a plaid strip. Sentiment is Gina’s Star Struck stamp set from the Joyful Holiday kit.

Fun challenge. Thanks for hosting Donna. Have a great day and be safe.

The November Anything Halloween challenge with the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge was almost a stumper for me!!! The mood board has a broom theme seen here:

and I wasn’t quite sure what to do with it until I found this large witch broom from Hampton Art Graphic 45 in my stash. I made my wall inking white pigment ink on gray cardstock using Picket Fence Studios English Brick Wall Stencil. After fussy cutting my broom and adding a spider web to my wall it still seemed incomplete. Off to Pinterest for ideas and I found this little sign that I resized and printed “Witches Welcome – Free Broom Parking” I think that is just what my card needed for this this challenge.

Always fun to play along with the Two Old Bats.

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Getting this card in slightly under the wire with the challenge over at AAA Cards which is a sketch challenge with an optional twist to add a Gnome. How could I not play along? Today’s card uses an older red rubber stamp set “Season’s Greetings” from Gina K Designs which was stamped in white pigment ink then heat embossed with white embossing powder. My gnome twist is SimonSaysStamps’ lil gnome die. I did have a bunch of bodies cut out from the past so only need to cut a beard, nose and base and assemble together. Since I had action wobblers on my desk from some Thanksgiving cards for my grandkids, I decided to give Lil Gnome a little wobbling action.

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Working on some Christmas cards and decided to play along with the Anything Christmas challenge #3 with the Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge blog. The inspiration board intrigued me with the black and white plaids and the hints of red.

Using my The Crafters Workshop buffalo plaid stencil, I inked and die cut a section of the panel, stamped my GKD Christmas Joy tree in red and using the Spellbinders oval and scalloped oval nestabilities it was ready for assembly. However, my card just looked a little unfinished so there was a piece of glossy photo cardstock on my desk and decided to emboss it with the SSS Kaleidoscope embossing folder for more texture. The stamped sentiment is also from the same GKD Christmas Joy stamp set.

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