First Coffee, then Presents.

Love this saying!  This is a digi set from Verve, and I'm using it to play along with this week's Merry Monday inspiration photo, using the current Freshly Made Sketch:

Finally another card for my Christmas card stash!  Paper is Christmas Delivery by Carta Bella, dies are Your Next Stamp & Memory Box, Verve sentiment.

A Little Plaid...

My niece texted me to say that the Merry Monday Challenge this week was Plaid! and that we just had to play... and then I saw The Challenge this week has some Christmas inspiration for us - so I got down to business!  Here is one of my all-time favourite Art Impressions images for the holidays, Reindeer Games:

I'm a big fan of the Gumdrops from Your Next Stamp... and these are their new 'matte' ones with a dull finish - they're very cool!  I cut the sentiment into a speech bubble shape, and added some Wink of Stella to all of the jingle bells.  So excited to have a Christmas card for my stash!

Patterned paper is Perfectly Plaid Christmas by Lawn Fawn; Cardstock is Chocolate, White Daisy & Kraft from Close To My Heart; Ink is Tuxedo Black by Memento and Onyx Black by Versafine; Gumdrops are Your Next Stamp; Wink of Stella; Copic Markers; Stamp set is Reindeer Games by Art Impressions.

A couple of Christmas cards

I'm a little behind on adding to my 2015 Christmas card stash, but luckily I had time to play along with both Merry Monday (use angels/cherubs) and I've used the sketch at The Challenge to put two cards together.  I've actually had these angel images coloured for about a year and a half!! (I'd like to think that my colouring has improved in the meantime)  And I'd even had these papers in mind when I did... so at long last, here they are:

Patterned papers are Elemental, CTMH; Cardstock is Pacifica, Colonial White & Cranberry, CTMH; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento; Copic Markers; Joy die, Memory Box.

Three challenges

I'm pleased to have my first Christmas card of 2015 in my stash!  And I was able to combine three different challenges, as well.  I've used the sketch from Retro Sketches, the theme at Heart2Heart is Old/New (last year's Frosted stamp set, with this year's Snowhaven papers) and I am entering this at Merry Monday, where the challenge is to use a snowflake on your card.

Merry Monday inspiration:

Fusion & Merry Monday

Just a quick & fun Christmas card today... using up some older papers that I've had sitting around.  They worked perfectly for this week's Merry Monday challenge (dots & stripes) and I used the current Fusion sketch as my design:

Patterned papers are American Crafts; Stamp set is Merry & Bright, Verve; Let it Snowflake dies, MFT; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento; Enamel dots, Your Next Embellie.

Merry Monday & The Challenge

I've combined a couple of challenges today, and put together two more Christmas cards (both the same!) for my stash.  Merry Monday's challenge was to use a wreath on your card, and I have used both the sketch (loosely!) and the colour combo from The Challenge on Lesley Croghan's blog:

Patterned papers are Frosted; Cardstock is Outdoor Denim; Inks are Whisper and Outdoor Denim; Bitty Sparkles; Stamp set is Merry, Merry - all Close To My Heart. 

Merry, Merry Holiday

Yay!  I've finally got another Christmas card made!  I've had a bit of a break from working on my holiday cards, but want to get back to doing at least one new one a week.  I've combined this week's Merry Monday challenge to use pinecones, greenery & plaid on your card (those are little brown pinecones on the wreath!), and have used the current Seize the Sketch for my layout.  As I was editting my photo just now, I realized that one of my red sparkles has fallen off the wreath - which is why it looks like something is missing in the photo!

Patterned papers are Mistletoe; Cardstock is New England Ivy & Colonial White; Stamp set is Merry, Merry Holiday; Inks are Sweet Leaf, Desert Sand & New England Ivy - all Close To My Heart.

Merry Monday & The Challenge

I'm combining two challenges, today... Merry Monday asked us to use a snowman on our Christmas card this week, and when I saw Lesley's sketch for The Challenge #4, I knew I had the perfect image to work for both!  I've used this sweet image from Art Impressions several times, and it always seems to fit with these papers:

 

Patterned papers are Merry & Bright, Carta Bella; Verve Mini Classy Label die & Banner die; Stamps are Caroling Tots (Sku#T3607), Art Impressions and Frosted WOTG, CTMH.; Copic Markers.

Mojo & Merry Monday

This is actually going into three different challenges... I'm making a Christmas card for Merry Monday, using red, grey & white this week, and I've used the interesting Mojo Monday sketch.  I've also incorporated March's Diva Dare on the Verve blog, which is "Do the Polka" - where you must have polka dots on your project.  I made two of these, one has all silver sparkles, and the other has a mixture of red & silver:

Patterned papers are Very Merry by Echo Park; Cardstock is Grey Flannel & White Daisy, CTMH; Stamp set is Merry & Bright, Verve; Dies are Pennant banner, Verve & Let It Snowflake, MFT; Ink is Black, CTMH.

Mojo Monday & Merry Monday

I've combined the Mojo Monday sketch challenge with this week's Merry Monday challenge which is to use stitching & buttons on your card, for a bit of a country feel.  Well stitching on cards is what I do best :o) so I pulled out the Christmas Poinsettia stamp set from Verve, and used a small green button for it's center:

Patterned papers are Handmade Holidays, by Simple Stories; Cardstock is Cocoa & Colonial White, CTMH; Inks are Barn Red and Cocoa, CTMH; Stamp sets are Poinsettia Christmas, and Glad Tidings, by Verve;
This is my second post for today!  Scroll down to see my Art Impressions Sheer Perfection challenge card.

Merry Monday #92 & Freshly Made Sketch #120

I had a great time making Christmas cards today for this week's Merry Monday challenge... which was to use Chocolate, Kraft, Red & Vanilla with ribbon.  I pulled out the Classy Doily stamp, which I haven't used yet (gasp!) and coloured it up with my Copics.  I was all set to make two of them, but decided to change up the colour combo for the second one, using the Frosted papers.  I've used this week's Freshly Made Sketch for both:

 

 

Patterned papers are Mistletoe & Frosted; Cardstock is Chocolate, Kraft, Colonial White, Cocoa & Frosted Turquiose; Stamp set is Classy Doily; Chocolate/Cream striped ribbon - all Close To My Heart; Copic Markers.

 

Merry Monday & Freshly Made Sketches

I have a simple little Christmas card that came together pretty quickly...  I've used this week's Freshly Made Sketch and the Merry Monday prompt of using a tree & some bling on your card:

I am a post behind in my quest to do a card a day for November, so even though I had this half assembled yesterday, I didn't get it posted until now, so stay tuned for something else later today.

Patterned papers are Mistletoe; Cardstock is Colonial White; Ink is Chocolate; Stamp set is Evergreen - all CTMH; MFT snowflake die, Martha Stewart snowflake punch.

Merry Monday & Mojo Monday

I managed to sneak in a quick card before I head off to work this morning (never happens!) but I was quite inspired by this week's Mojo Monday sketch, as well as Lesley's inspiration at Merry Monday (aqua/red/white + circles).  I'm not that thrilled with my ribbon, so there may be a bit of a re-do after work today:

Patterned papers are Season's Greetings, Echo Park; Cardstock is Colonial White & Cranberry, CTMH; Stamp sets are Merry & Bright and Peace on Earth, Verve; Sweet Scallop die & stamp, Verve; Ruby Chevron ribbon, CTMH; Inks are Black, Cranberry & Crystal Blue.

 

Merry Monday & Freshly Made Sketches

It feels so good to get a Christmas card completed!  I started with the Merry Monday Club challenge... using kraft, red & green with some burlap ribbon, and decided to use the Freshly Made Sketch for this week as my design:

 

Patterned paper is Simple Stories; Cardstock is Kraft, Colonial White & New England Ivy, CTMH; Stamp is Christmas Spirit, CTMH; Ink is New England Ivy, CTMH; Cranberry Waxy Flax, CTMH; Snowflake die, MFT; Spellbinders Vintage Ornament die.

Merry Monday #49

I am very happy to be playing along with Merry Monday this week, as it means that I have another Christmas card done!  And it's a flat one, which is a bonus!  This week was a sketch challenge, so here's my take:

Patterned papers are Merry and Bright Collection, Carta Bella; Cardstock is Topiary & White Daisy, CTMH; Stamp set is Holiday Jingle, CTMH; Inks are Tulip & Cotton Candy, CTMH; Shimmer Strip & sparkles, CTMH; Cricut Artiste cartridge, CTMH.

Merry Monday!

I am very pleased to be playing along with this week's Merry Monday challenge!  Lesley asked us to do a Christmas card with birds on it... so as you can see, I've CASE'd Allisa's card from the design team this week, as the Pear & Partridge papers are perfect.  I'm using the Sweet Sunday Sketch by Vicki Burdick as my layout:

Patterned papers are Pear & Partridge; Cardstock is Cocoa, Cranberry & Cashmere; Stamp set is Merry & Bright; Inks are Cocoa, Champagne - all CTMH.