Embossed Deer Card

Yesterday I was just too busy with Thanksgiving cooking, eating, and cleaning up to post on my blog.  I imagine a lot of you were doing the same.  Today is the infamous Black Friday Shopping Day in the US.  (Do other countries have Black Friday Sales?  I'd be interested to know. )  I only ventured to 2 stores for BF Specials,  the farm store for bird seed and suet cakes, and the craft store for a special gift for my grandson.  But I did not go at the crack of dawn.  I waited until lunchtime. The stores were busy but the crowds manageable.  

With Pennsylvania Deer Season set to start on Monday, I thought I'd use this card for Day 27's theme, Create Something Regional, at Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards Challenge.  

There are 2 deer, a doe and fawn, that we see regularly in our neighborhood.  Monday, when we were watching our grandsons, we spotted the fawn out near the street.  The doe was back further in a yard, with her ears at attention, cautiously looking back and forth.   Nick was out throwing a baseball against the side of our house, out of sight of the deer, and she could hear it.  It wasn't until after he stopped, because he had spotted the deer, that she advanced to the street and she and the fawn crossed.  They are beautiful animals. 

The deer and tree stamps, as well as the embossing folder, were freebies from a magazine.  The die cut is Spellbinders, and Merry Christmas is CTMH.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Brown Sugar Challenge #122 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #128 - Happy Holidays

The Stamping Boutique Challenge - Sparkle

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #179 - Free is Good (stamps and EF)

DRS Designs Challenge #150 - I Pine For You

Time Out Challenge #19 - Embossing + optional Sparkle

White on White Christmas

Here is my White on White Christmas card for Day 12 of Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards Challenge.

I've used dry embossing, heat embossing on the CTMH sentiment, corner rounding, a die cut, single pearl, ribbon and several layers for this card. 

I've also submitted this card to:

Simply Create Too Challenge #75 - Snow! Snow! Snow! or all White

Sister Act Card Challenge #85 - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Dies and Punches (snowflake die + corner punch)

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #123 - Holiday

Fab & Funky Challenge #239 - Anything Goes with Die Cuts

Shades of White

When the theme for Day # 20, Shades of White, was revealed at Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards,  I wasn't exactly thrilled. 

 I had skipped over Day #13, because the theme was White on White and kind of difficult for me.   But I told Beccy I'd put on my big girl panties and give both challenges a go, 

even though she was really stretching the elastic.    

This is the card I  designed for the Shades of White challenge.  

I used 2 embossing folders, top and bottom, that I recently received free with one of my magazines.  The ornament and the glitter layer were cricut cuts from the CTMH Artiste cartridge.  The flower was handmade following a tutorial I found online and using some CTMH sassy strands.   That's ribbon across the center of the card and tiny pearls as berries and accents in the embossing at the bottom.   

I am also entering this card in:

A Song in Your He{ART} Challenge #21 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Crafty Creations Challenge #277 - Embossing 

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #179 - Free is Good (embossing folders)

Perfectly Rustic Design Challenge #36 - Embossing

Next Post I'll show you the White on White card I made.

 

 

Shades of Green

It is snowing like crazy here in SE Pennsylvania right now, has been since about 10am, and it's not supposed to stop for a while.  I took a small break between dusting and vacuuming for a bowl of soup and this quick blog post.

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Using 3 shades of green ink, 1st and 2nd generation stamping, and a leaf stamp from CTMH, I've created a wreath on this card for the Foliage Stamps Theme on Day #22 of Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards challenge.  The little bow is a tattered lace die cut, on which I just had to splurge.  I used the larger bow on the bag tags shown here. A corner punch fancied up the corners a little bit.  

The wreath make a festive border for the JOY stamp, 

which is also CTMH.

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I'll also enter this in the following:
Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Use Die Cuts
Sweet Stamps Challenge #197 - Bordered Sentiments
Crafting When We Can Challenge # 83 - Clean and Simple

I'll probably return later, while the apple pies are baking and the kitchen is nice and warm and smelling yummy!

2 Cute Ink Easel Card

The easel card (the theme for Day 3 at Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Stamps Challenge) features a combination of a 2 Cute Ink digi image and a CTMH stamp.  

I've really taken Beccy's challenge quite seriously, as you have probably surmised.  I'm only 5 cards behind. 

They're doing things differently at Beccy's Place.

That's because 'Do It Differently' is the theme for Day 23 of Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards Challenge.  I decided to use the sleigh runner stamp from a CTMH stamp set to fancy up a tree stamp from the same set.  First I stamped the sleigh with the runner to show you the intended use of the stamp.  Then I used the same stamp on the side of the tree.  I decided they looked pretty nice together, so popped both on the same card....

Unfortunately, I couldn't reverse the stamp to use it on both sides of the tree. 

Getting Ready

The table's ready for its leafs. 

The carpet's ready for a sweep.

My crafting things have moved upstairs.  

It's time to dust the extra chairs.

I'm very thankful for those I hold dear

and that turkey day is but once a year!

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Before I banished all my cardmaking things to the guest room,

 I made this card for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge # 83.

(The DP and sentiment are CTMH products.)

I've added a Touch of Gold for 

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards Challenge, Day 24.

I am also submitting this card to:

Through the Craft Room Door Nov 25-Dec1 Challenge - Anything Goes

Eureka Stamps Challenge #116 - Non-traditional Christmas Colors (To me, this mix of soft colors with the olive green, butter yellow, pink and teal is non-traditional.  I hope you agree.)

Ooh La La Creations Challenge #170 - Christmas

The Pink Elephant Challenge #278 - Anything Goes

Through the Purple Haze Challenge - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #92 - Lots of layers