Last Minute Money Holders

 It's the day before Christmas. 

There is plenty to do.

And here I am blogging,

Have I lost a screw?

 

The cookies are baked.  

But the house is a mess.

There are presents to wrap. 

Still I'm feeling no stress.

 

No, I haven't been drinking.

Just a nice cup of tea. 

I took time out to craft.

Now I'm fine as can be.

My husband he chuckled

as he rolled a bill.

Why not use an envelope,

like most people will?

 

Merry Christmas to all of my friends in Blogland.

Everyone else.... they just won't understand! 

Challenges:

Just Add Ink Challenge #634 - Color challenge

As You Like It Challenge - AG

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #250 - Tis the Season 

 

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #737

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

This week there is no sketch.

 It is our Annual Anything Goes Challenge.

You can create any type of craft project you would like.

 

I know that my niece is going to love this birthday card with bookmark.

 

I've used a digital image from Gecko Gals and dies from Spellbinders. The Happy Birthday was cut from glitter paper.

My grand-niece has a birthday 2 weeks after her mother's.  So I made her a similar card.

 

  Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. 

The Design Team invites you to stop by

 and visit their blogs, too.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

 

      You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you. 

 

**This challenge will run for 2 weeks from 12/19-12/31**

Then we will have a break

and the first challenge of 2024

will begin on 1/2/24.

 

 

The theme of the Gecko Gals December Challenge is Winter Elegance.  

 

I'm hoping the card above is elegant enough to fit the theme. 

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #736

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

Here is the sketch for this week:

 

 

 

And here's my card based on the sketch...

 

 When I first saw the sketch, my mind immediately said 3 trees.  But I'm never one to do the obvious and decided on 3 snowmen instead.  Besides, this Penny Black stamp is so cute.  I stamped the snowmen on a piece of printable glitter paper using Staz-on ink and used markers to color them.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. 

The Design Team invites you to stop by

 and visit their blogs, too.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

 

      You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you. 

 

This is it!

 If you've been following my blog the last few days, I've been working on a special card for a friend.  Here's the final version.

What do you think?

I added some swirly stamping and red splotches to the background paper, just for interest.  The candy cane and poinsettia are digital images from Beccy's Place.  I actually used 3 poinsettias so I could layers them using thin foam for dimension.  The spray of winter greens was die cut in white and I added touches of green with a water brush.  Then I added a couple dark green holly leaves.  And finally I used some frost spritz and some white paint drops.  

 

I'm going to enter these challenges:

Beccy's Place December Challenge: AG with a BP image; optional fun fold

Double Trouble Challenge #155 - Die-cember (used my scissors for all that fussy cutting, included baker's twine and gold thread, also entered Use Your Stuff Challenge.

 

Use Your Stuff Challenge #481 - Wrap it up!

I can't decide if I should make one more version on a larger card base.  Does it look too crowded to you?

Thanks for visiting. 

Another Candy Cane Card

 As I mentioned yesterday, I printed quite a few Candy Cane digital images from Beccy's Place to make a special card inspired by one I had seen on Facebook.  This was my first attempt at that card but I did not like this background.  Instead, I changed things up a bit and used a bell digi, also from Beccy's Place.  Here are the results:

I like it but may add more gold thread after I enter it in a few challenges.  

Beccy's Place December Challenge: AG with a BP image; optional fun fold

Double Trouble Challenge #155 - Die-cember (used my scissors for all that fussy cutting, included baker's twine and gold thread, also entered Use Your Stuff Challenge.

 

Use Your Stuff Challenge #481 - Wrap it up!

 

Thanks for visiting!

Candy Cane Fun

 

A few days ago I was searching for a candy cane image to make a special card.  I found lots of digis at Beccy's Place and printed a full sheet of different ones, some precolored and some not.  Then, while I watched TV,  I fussycut each one.  This is one of my favorites, but not the one I chose for my special card.  That one's not quite finished.  It still needs a poinsettia.  In the meantime, here is a very simple card using one of the extra candy canes.

I'll be sharing this card at Beccy's Place December Challenge - AG using an image from Beccy's Place; I opted out of the optional fun fold.

Tuesday Morning Sketches #735

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches

 

 

Here is this week's sketch:

and here is my card: 

 

This was actually my second effort.

I started making the card below but after cutting the background paper, I couldn't figure out a way to arrange everything without covering up the bow or having the bow upside down.  So I started over and made the card above.

Here's what I did with the first card I started.  Perhaps you can see a few similarities in design.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. 

The Design Team invites you to stop by

 and visit their blogs, too.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

 

      You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you. 

Beccy's Place December Challenge

 I needed a candy cane for a card I'd like to make.  I was looking at some of my favorite stores for digital stamps because I have no patience.  When I stopped in at Beccy's Place, I saw the beautiful Christmas goose image that is currently free.   I added it to my digi folder, sized and printed the image, then fussy cut it to make this card:

Now, I think I'll add it to the gallery for 

Beccy's Place December Challenge.

BTW, I found the perfect candy cane waiting for me at 

Beccy's Place.

Send a Smile 4 Kids December Challenge

 

The theme for the December Challenge at

Send a Smile 4 Kids 

is 

Winter Cards 4 Kids

 Anything Goes for kids is always acceptable, too.

We just want to see your wonderful creations

and hope you enjoy making and sharing them!

 

Here's my Winter Card using some Tim Holtz stamps and snowflake die cut from SU.

 

 

It would be great if you joined the fun at the

Send A Smile 4 Kids 

December Winter Card Challenge.

(Cards only, please. And they need not be donated.)

 

Please take some time and visit the fabulous blogs of my teammates.  They work so hard and are very creative! 

Bobbi

Sybrina

Mary

Karen 

April 

Celeste

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #734 (Second Week)

If you stopped by to see this week's sketch, we have a surprise for you.  Last week and this week we are partnering with the

Double Trouble Challenge. 

This is the Tuesday Morning Sketch:

You may play in the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge, as usual, and enter your card here. 

The card I made last week can be seen in this previous blogpost.

This week I needed a sympathy card and decided to use the sketch again.

 

For some extra fun, you can also follow the themes at the Double Trouble Challenge and also enter your card there.

 Plus, you have 2 weeks to play and may enter up to 3 cards.

Have fun!

For more details, scroll down to my previous post.

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #734

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches

 

Here is the sketch for this 2 week challenge: 

 

 You might be wondering why I said this is a 2 week challenge.

For this challenge we are once again partnering with the 

Double Trouble Challenge. 

You are not required to enter the Double Trouble Challenge, but if you'd like to have a little fun while creating your card....

Challenge #154  - Let the Troubles Begin! 

This Challenge runs from 

Monday, November 20th thru Sunday, December 3rd 

"Keep Calm and Stitch On"  

 Here are the items required for their challenge:

  INCLUDE STITCHING ON YOUR PROJECT, USE SKETCH #734, AND ENTER YOUR PROJECT AT TUESDAY MORNING SKETCHES CHALLENGE AND AT THE DOUBLE TROUBLE CHALLENGE. 

 

Here is my card for the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge:

 

I hope you'll play along with both challenges.

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

 

      You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you.

  Don't forget that this TMS Challenge will run for 2 weeks to coincide with the DTC.