RIC#49 + Muse#47

Even though my poor little blog has been neglected this week, trust me, I am crafting up a storm. Most of what I have been working on is for our Christmas cards (which are almost all in the mail - yeah!) and not for any specific challenges.

I had to take a little break in the holiday madness to make a couple of birthday cards for my baby boy who turns 15 tomorrow. This card was inspired by the colors from RIC#49 and the die cut sentiment on the current Muse card from Therese Calvird.

The sentiment panel is popped up with foam adhesive, but looks a little flat in the photo.

These are a few of our Christmas cards - I really wanted to use some of the pretty holiday papers I have collected. The flags are mostly hand cut because it is so much faster than die cutting when working in bulk like this. The photo of these first two didn't make it out of the camera in time for last week's Merry Monday chalkboard challenge.

These cards are a modification of one I did last week for the Modern Whimsey MIM challenge. I didn't have the time or energy to make the banner, but love the extra dimension from the embossed panel.

Once we make it through this weekend, the worst of the preparation and holiday parties will be done for us and we can relax and enjoy the season a bit more. Hope you are having a great December!

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Paper Smooches + Colour Q #218

Just popping in with a quick post - the December frenzy is building and commitments are piling up around our house.

This quick little card is for the Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes challenge using the colors from CQC#218.

Thanks for stopping by.

Jacquie

Make It Monday #143 : Modern Whimsy Style + Simon Says+ Festive Friday: Peace

I'm not sure I mastered the whimsical part of the Modern Whimsy Style challenge from Danielle Flanders at Capture the Moment this week - you can check out her tutorial here.

I did have fun and think this could be the basis for the bulk of my Christmas cards this year.

I started with the Peace One Liner die and trimmed the flags to fit under it. I then diecut the Tremendous Tags, Tiny Tags and ampersand to finish the sentiment.

The banner is strung on twine that is tied in a bow with a couple of bells hanging off the ends.

A dot of stickles covers the holes in the tiny heart and star tags.

I have a decent stash of Christmas papers and plan to knock out a few more of these tonight - I'd love to keep the jingle bells on the card, but will have to leave it off the ones that need to go in the mail.


Because Anything Goes at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog I am linking up with their challenge too and at Festive Friday the challenge is to revisit a previous challenge. I am linking this to the Peace Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie