Send A Smile 4 Kids December Challenge

 

The theme for the December Challenge at

Send a Smile 4 Kids 

is

I love you "Snow" much!

  

(Anything Goes for kids is always acceptable, too.)

 

For this I decided to use a new snowman die that I picked up last year.  First, I needed to separate all the little (and I'm not exaggerating when I say little) die pieces.  I have a small jewelry nipper that works wonderfully.  However, when I snipped the little nose from inside the hat, it flew.  I had no idea where.  And my work table was so cluttered, my hopes of finding it were small.  I went through piles, I moved things around, I shook things, I crawled around on the floor, I checked my shoes and then decided I was perfectly capable of cutting out a snowman nose without the die.  And that's exactly what I did.

 

It would be great if you joined the fun at the

Send A Smile 4 Kids 

December 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! 

Jen

Mary

Celeste

 Melanie

Sybrina 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

BTW  I found the die a few days later laying on the carpet. 

I never thought I'd see that again! 

Last card for the Christmas Kickstart Challenge

 

This month I am participating in

The Cat Lovers Christmas Kickstart Challenge 

 

It has been fun seeing all the wonderful cat themed cards.

I was surprised to see how many cat images are in my stash.  The challenge allows you to enter 6 cards, which means this is my last.

 

 

 

 But, I can still enter Gail's Tic Tac Toe Challenge.

This kitty is ready for a snowball fight.

 

 

I used a die to form the scalloped edge of the snowbank, white glitter paper for the snow, and an embossing folder, the first column down.
 

 

 

So happy you had time to visit my blog.

Joyful Stars Close to My Heart December Blog Hop

Welcome to the December

Close to My Heart Joyful Stars Blog Hop.

Have some fun hopping between the blogs of this group of talented Close to My Heart consultants, and me, where we share creative projects using CTMH products.

Here are my contributions:

 I've used papers from all three of the new paper packs in the Close to My Heart  November, December 2019 catalog.  The stamps are all retired CTMH stamps.

Now, since this is a blog hop,

you might have arrived here from  Marie Flayer's blog.

Your next stop is Stephanie Huber's FB page

(click on the "Post" link )
 Stephanie is currently experiencing some technical difficulties.
Please hop to Andrea Sherman's blog to see her wonderful No Peekin' Gift tags.

The hop is circular.

If you are just starting here,

simply continue hopping until you find your way back,

making the full circle.

Double Trouble Challenge # 43

Bling, Glitz, Glitter, a Snowman and Cupcake Inspiration.

This card has all that.

And it's my entry for the Double Trouble Challenge #43.

It's also the first chance I've gotten to make a card for Beccy's Place November Challenge.   This is for the letter "o" challenge, Day 17.  I've perched a snowy white owl on the sentiment banner.

More Challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #483 :

 

Moving Along with the Times Challenge #110 - Snowflakes

Crimbo Crackers Challenge #197 - Blue 

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #109 - Let It Snow

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Christmas/Winter

613 Avenue Create Challenge #227 - AG, option- Scrap Your Stash (Other than the card base, everything else on the card was made with scraps.)

 

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards: Day 19

We are arriving at some of the more difficult letters of the alphabet at Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards Challenge.  

For example, the letter "Q".

Beccy's Quilted Deer digital image is perfect for this challenge.

For my first card, I paired the precolored image with a quilted embossing folder for a quick and easy card.

For my second card, I paired the same image with a quilted die. 

  

 This second card was inspired by one I saw on the

 Farmhouse Memories blog.  

I have never been quite sure what to do with pieced quilts.  They are usually square and if you are not making a square card you have that empty space....  But I liked the way the Farmhouse Memories card had a collection of instruments in one corner, just partially covering the quilt.

Challenges:

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards Challenge - Day #19 : "Q" 

Scribbles Designs Challenge #71 - Reindeer Games

SheepSki Designs Challenge #20 - Anything Christmas

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #95 - Embossing 

Sweet Stampers Challenge - Christmas

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Anything Goes 4 Kids

 

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day #1

Finally!  Bugaboo's Christmas in July begins today. 

I always look forward to this annual week of holiday challenges.  

In fact,  I went through all my Bugaboo digis at the beginning of July, selected about a dozen, and printed them up in preparation.

Let the fun begin!

Saturday, July 21

Create a project using the Theme - Baby It's Cold Outside!

Here's card #1:

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Catch the Bug Christmas in July Day 1 Theme Challenge - Baby, It's Cold Outside

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Christmas in July 4 Kids

Crafter's Castle Challenge #7 - Christmas in July

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #395 - AG

Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Christmas in July 

Aud Sentiments Design Challenge - Christmas in July + a sentiment

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge # 477- Christmas in July

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #170 - Christmas in July

Shopping Our Stash Challenge # 362 - Christmas in July

Oh, before I forget, here are the cards I made on Thursday with a fun group of Red Hat Ladies.

I'll be back tomorrow for Day #2 of 

  Bugaboo's Christmas in July.

See you then.