Holiday Birthdays

Due to my current push to get our Christmas cards finished and mailed, anyone who happens to have a birthday at this time will likely get a red and green card made from the scraps on the table.  Since golfers spend a good bit of time on the greens anyway, I think this is fairly apropos!

(stamps by Art Impressions)

I am entering this card in the following:
Wonderful Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Stampotique Designers Challenge #176 - Anything Goes
Scrapper's Delights Challenge #37 - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #208 - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter Challenge - Anything Goes
Divas by Design Challenge - Anything Goes
Sparkles Forum Challenge #63 - Anything Goes
Clear It Out Challenge - Anything Goes (everything came from my stash)
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge #131 - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Today I also have the last of my Progressive Challenge cards to show you.  

This is for Digi Stamps 4 Joy December Challenge using their digi image We Three Kings.  They added an Add Bling twist to this challenge so I've used some corner dazzles and great gold glitter tape to bling up the gold BG paper.

And last but certainly not least, yesterday I introduced my great-granddaughter to Nana's can of cookie cutters.  They have entertained all my grandchildren and now Laila, too.

I know she will be inundated with toys for Christmas, but Fisher Price can't begin to compete with a noisy can of easy to hold, plastic shapes and colors.  Some of these old tupperware cookie cutters are probably collectors items by now.

Gift Card Holder

A similar version of this Santa Suit gift card holder was originally featured in Better Homes and Gardens.  I discovered it on Pinterest.  The tag is this month's digital image from Digi Stamps 4 Joy Christmas Challenge.

Holder when closed

Here's where the gift card goes.

Attached tag. Colored with markers with glitter on the star.

I am submitting this to the following challenges:
Digi Stamps 4 Joy SA November Christmas Challenge - Tags
Beccy's Place A Month of Holiday Cards Day 21 - Santa Suit
Sparkles Forum Challenge #62 - The Big Guy
Christmas Cards All Year Round November Challenge - No patterned paper

Digi Stamp 4 Joy Progressive Christmas Challenge

This month's digi image for the Digi Stamp 4 Joy Progressive Christmas Challenge was this beautiful sentiment.  

I decided to keep it large and make it the main focus of the card front.  I used a small wood stamp and second generation stamping to add a nativity scene to the center.

T&S card for the 5th Mojo Monday of the Month

Actually, I have 2 cards for you today. 

I have discovered that I really enjoy playing in the Atlantic Hearts Sketch* Challenge, and today's sketch  was more suited to the digi image, Two-wit twooo, that I wanted to use for the Digi Stamps 4 Joy Challenge which closes soon.  So my first card is for those two challenges.

I am also entering this in the following challenges:
The Pink Elephant Challenge 270 - Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - 2 or more designer papers (The 3 I've used are from a MS paper pack.)
Christmas Card Challenge #44 - Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #226 - Use Kraft Cardstock
Hiding in My Craftroom - Challenge #167 - Any Hoilday

My second card is for the Tall & Skinny Sketch** at Mojo Monday 365.  For this one I used a digi image from Inky Impressions.

Additional challenges for this card include:
Crafting from the Heart Challenge #38 - Anything Goes
Crafty Boots Challenge - Gold (I pulled out some gold Dazzles to use for the sentiment and border.)
Cutie Pie Challenge #79 - Threes  (3 gold hearts and 3 red banners)
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Something Old, Something New (dazzles are old; image is new)
Inky Impressions Challenge #178 - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create Challenge #91- Anything Goes + optional/use a heart (I always need a couple anniversary cards right around the holidays.)


Here are the 2 sketches I've used for these cards:
* Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge
 
** Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge