My Favorite Card for My Favorite Time of the Year

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Well here it is, our last Sassy Cheryl Challenge before the big guy in the red suit slides down our chimneys.  Our challenge this week is to show your favorite card from 2013.  I chose this one because I got to combine a whole bunch of goodies in one card.  I think everything on here is my favorite.  I love the "Hang Ten" Max and Maddie and the fun little twirly bob I popped them on with.

I love that window die from Joy Crafts and how the warmth of the room shows through with the yellow card stock.  How about that plaid wall paper?  This paper pad is my favorite this Christmas.  I love the non-traditional colors and I am a very traditional person.  LOL.

The Christmas Tree die by Elizabeth Crafts is the best I have found.  It comes in pieces so you can make the tree any size you want.  I have used this one a BUNCH this year!

Nothing makes better snow that Polar White Flower Soft and I boy did it snow on this card.  Maybe it should have been a warning to me of the wicked winter weather we were going to have this year. The Frantage is new to me and I have been Frantaging everything that will hold still enough for me to hit it with the heat gun.

All in all I had fun making this one and so I chose to repost it for our Challenge.  Now that you have seen mine, be sure to pop over and see what the other Sassettes have chosen for their favorite.  I tell you, we have been having fun this past week seeing what each of us chose as our favorites.  I am looking forward to seeing your favorite card too.  Be sure to post it here for a chance to win Sassy Cheryl's darling images.

I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.  I pray that you  all have a safe and happy holiday.  No matter which one you celebrate, make it a special one.  Sending lots of love and hugs your way!
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Recipe:

Kraft paper  and DP from Bazzill

Christmas Tree die and glitter - Elizabeth Crafts

Snow - Polar White Flower Soft and white Frantage

Window Die- Joy Crafts - Home Sweet Home

Snowflake Border Punch- Martha Stewart

Bakers Twin for the pom poms on Max and Maddie's hats.

Corner Round punch - Creative Memories

Sentiment - Penny Black

The toboggan is mounted on a Wobble.

Gift Bag Time

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge this week is "Ribbons and Bows".  I needed a bag for a gift I was taking to a party of very crafty women so I decided to get crafty and make my bag.  I chose "Star Light Star Bright Snowman" from the Sassy Cheryl Store to be the center of attention.  Here's a link for you to get him for yourself.  Doesn't he look jolly?  We had our exchange tonight and the recipient loved my bag.  She was going to regift it , so Star Light Star Bright will be travelling a little bit farther now.

I saw this DP on Cathy's card last week and so I went digging through my stash until I found mine.  I used the tree paper on the front and back.  The sides are a coordinating paper.  The gift inside was a bit heavy, so I reinforced the bottom with card stock and the sides with a twill ribbon in off-white with red and green stripes going though it.  I used my Martha Stewart Snowflake Border punch, ribbon from my stash and a paper doily.  The die folder is from Sizzix the gold button is from my stash.

I had fun coloring.  I am simply amazed at how relaxed I get when I color.  The creation of the bag was more of a stress because I had to plan and think what I would put where.  When I got past all of that I was home free.  If you need a stress reducer,  hop on over to the Sassy Cheryl store and grab you a digi, pull out some ribbon and get to coloring.  Need so inspiration?  Click here and you will be taken to the Sassy Cheryl Challenge Blog page.  My DT mates have cooked up some beauties for you.  Hope to see you enter the challenge this week..

Happy Crafting and Hugs!

Did you know there is only 15 days til Christmas?

From Our Family to Yours

Close up of background stamp

Well the Sassy Gals over at Sassy Cheryl's are back again after a two week break and do we have some pretties to show you.  It is Anything Goes so you can just get down and get creative.  Just grab yourself a Cheryl Alger image and start coloring.

This week I am using Snowmen In  Love and you can get it at the Sassy Cheryl store by clicking right here.   I didn't glitter them up because I wanted to pop against the sparkly background paper I created.  I used a background stamp from Impression Obsession.  I stamped with Versa Mark and then sprinkled some Iridescent Ice embossing powder and heat embossed it.  I loved the background so I kept the rest of the card simple.  The sentiments are Penny Black stamps that I stamped in black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  The ribbon and gems are from my stash. The gold borders are from Elizabeth Crafts.  I just noticed that my ribbon pulled down the top border sticker, but in real life it is on there nice and straight.  So sorry for the crooked picture.  I glued a bit of Polar Ice Flower Soft at the base of the snowmen to anchor them.

I am not used to making such plain cards, and I keep looking at the picture trying to decide what else to do.  When I look at the card IRL, it doesn't look like it needs anything.  I guess it just looses something in my photography skills.

One more Christmas card down and a few more to go.  I made my DD 36 cards this past week.  She and her family came up and did some yard work for us a couple of weeks ago.  DH and I are not able to climb up and clean gutters or prune tall trees anymore so I thought making her Christmas cards would be a good trade off.  I will see about posting them on my blog after she has mailed them out. 

Hope all of my friends in the US had a fabulous Thanksgiving.  We went up to Virginia to my brother's house and I taught my SIL how to make cards.  She is now addicted to Copics.  Sorry brother, there goes your budget.  LOL  We found out Suzanne J. Dean of Scrap Bitz lives close to them so Debbie is hoping to be able to take some classes from Suzanne. 

Well enough babbling.  You need to pop on over the the Sassy Cheryl blog and see all the goodies the rest of the design team has made this week.  Hope we will inspire you to grab a Sassy Cheryl digi or stamp and create something with ribbon and enter our challenge.  You know the winner does get 2 digis from my favorite store.

TTFN and Happy Crafting,

Linda

Did you know there are on 22 days until Christmas.   Muwah!

Snow Grans

I am so in the crafty mood lately.  I saw a tutorial on Suzanne Dean's website  http://www.tinybitzofme.blogspot.com/2013/11/meet-my-snow-people.html  and just had to make some myself.

These little guys are made out of the old socks.  I used my husband's crew socks from my missing sock basket.  The bodies are made out of the leg portion of the sock and the hats are made out of the toe.

I made all of these in one hour and they only cost me $2.00.  That was for 2 bags of rice at the Dollar Store. My Christmas crafting has turned me in to a Dollar Store junkie.  It is so much fun just to walk up and down the aisles and look for things I can repurpose for the holidays.  You have to take your time and use your imagination, but knowing  everything is a dollar brings out the adventure in you.

I already gave these to my 5 grans.  The girls all loved them and made the appropriate "Awwwww she's so cute".  The boys (ages 19 & 12) looked at them and laughed.  They never know what their Nana will come up with.  I knew they would react like that, but I also knew that they would be mad if I didn't make them one.  Something about being Nana's favorite.  LOL

I'm entering this in Sassy Cheryl's Show Me Thursday Challenge.  That's a place for nosy people to see what other nosy people have going on in their lives.  Pop on over and check it out.  Maybe you will even do a post so I can see inside your world.

Happy Crafting,

Linda

Snowman Hugs

We are challenging you to create a winter card over at Sassy Cheryl's this week.  My design team contribution features "Snow Much Love".  It is one of Cheryl's newer images and you can get it here. I sparkled, doodled and inked  and this is what came out of all that fussing.  Isn't this a sweet image.  Nothing better than sending out  hugs and love to your friends and family at Christmas.

 I love snowmen and I had originally colored  6 snowmen digis for this week's card.  I was planning on using a card fold cut from a Sizzix die.  I made two bases, but by the time I added my digis and their embellishments, It wouldn't fold right.  I believe I should have used thicker cards stock for the base.   I have made the card before, but this time it just refused to fold clean and neatly.  I played with it so much that the cardstock just looked messy.

So, after a tiny little melt-down (no tears, just balled up paper tossed firmly into the trash can) I decided to make a card with one of the digi's.  Istill have 5 colored up, so I will  turn them into 5 more Christmas cards. I am still a few bunch short.  We are having a Christmas Crop at Scrapbooks By the Sea Saturday.  We are bringing things to work on our Christmas cards, eat Christmas cookies and listen to Christmas music.  Sounds like fun, come to the beach and join us.  It will be a fun way to finish up your card list.

Download one of Cheryl's winter digis, color it up and enter it in the challenge for this week.  The prize is two more digis of your choice.  AND.....if you don't have time to color, get one of her colored images and you really will be quick in making your Christmas cards.  Stumped for ideas check out what my design team sistahs have made to inspire you this week.  Those gals have real talent and you can "case" away for free! Now hurry up click here, there is only 36 more days until the Big Man comes!

Card Recipe:

Digi - Sassy Cheryl's Snow Much Love
Paper - Bazzil
Sentiment -Impression Obsession
Punches-Holly punch - Martha Stewart; mitten punch Emagination; Snowflake punch is Ionic
Berries - Nail heads
Ribbon and Bakers Twine are from my stash
Stickles - Crystal Glitter
"Joys" medal embellishment is Bo Bunny

Challenges I will enter this card into:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Let It Snow

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Hello Blogging Friends.  Is it cold enough for you?  It is cold here too.I live at the beach in South Carolina and temperatures are supposed to drop below freezing tonight.  YUK!  We get some cold weather in winter, but our average temperature here is in the 50's so you know I am all bundled up with socks and long sleeves today.  So anyhow, I just love this snowy card.  I wish I could see snow like this for Christmas.  Then it could melt and turn to springtime.  LOL

Sassy Cheryl's weekly challenge this week is our favorite holiday color.  Is snow a color?  Well it is for this challenge.  Pristine white (don't eat the yellow snow) and sparkly.  So my favorite color is white for snow.  

I am using Hang Ten from none other than the oh-so-talented artist Cheryl of Sassy Cheryl fame.  If you would like to invite this little goody into your home, click here and you will be taken to the Sassy Cheryl Digi Shop.  There are all kinds of goodies on this card, so I will just list the recipe at the end of the post.  

I hope you enjoyed seeing my take on this weeks challenge and appreciate your visit and comments.  Please take a minute and pop over to see what the rest of the design team has come up with to inspire you this week.  Now I know you are all working on holiday gifts, cards and tags so do yourself a favor and check them out.  You just might get the inspiration you need for a card you are stumped on.  If you like Snowmen, check out Cheryl's collection.  She absolutely draws precious snow people.  Did you know some of her snowmen were used by places like Hobby Lobby.  They appeared on dishes and  Christmas decorations.  Yep our gal is really talented.

Now get busy and make up a Sassy Cheryl image into a card or tag or something with your favorite holiday colors.  Then post it in our challenge and you may just be the lucky winner of two Sassy Cheryl digis. Go on, don't be afraid.  Winners are drawn randomly and so beginners through experienced crafters all have the same chance to win.  No excuses.

Happy Crafting,

Linda

Recipe:

Kraft paper  and DP from Bazzill

Christmas Tree die and glitter - Elizabeth Crafts

Snow - Polar White Flower Soft and white Frantage

Window Die- Joy Crafts - Home Sweet Home

Snowflake Border Punch- Martha Stewart

Bakers Twin for the pom poms on Max and Maddie's hats.

Corner Round punch - Creative Memories

Sentiment - Penny Black

The toboggan is mounted on a Wobble.

Challenges I plan on entering are:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

My Dollar Store Find

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I was visiting my blogging friend Nancy Williams (http://whatsonmykitchencounter.blogspot.com/) and found this beautiful Christmas Ornament she had created.  She had picked up the items at the Dollar Tree and turned them into a Christmas Decoration beautiful enough to be seen in a  decorator magazine home.  Here is my take on her creation.  It is a bit skimpier than hers, but I wanted mine to be low.  It will sit on my coffee table and, God forbid it should block someone's view of the television while they are stretched out on the sofa.  Ha Ha

Here's the link to Nancy's beautiful creation.  Isn't it stunning.  I just love the addition of her box.  It makes the centerpiece look so full.  Thank you Nancy for your inspiration.  Hope you don't mind my "borrowing your idea".

Oh, BTW the entire cost of this was $7.00 including the flowers.

Entering this in Sassy Cheryl's Show Me Thursday challenge.

Catch a Falling Star

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Good Tuesday morning to you all.  Just popped in to post my Sassy Cheryl DT card for this week. Our challenge this week is "Anything Goes".  That certainly opens up the realm of possibilities for us.  Since I am such a unpredictable crafter, I thought I would surprise you with a "card".  Now that is creativity for you.  LOL.

Let me introduce you to Sally in "Catch A Falling Star".  She is one of the new images in the Sassy Cheryl store and when I saw her, I immediately knew she was coming home with me.  So sorry about the sparkly glare on Sally's wings.  I covered them with Star Dust Stickles and no matter what I did, my camera picked up that glare.

 I originally planned on doing her up in a pink girly-girly card, but my LSS,  Scrapbooks By The Sea got these new Sizzix dies in and I couldn't resist the challenge.  They make this fun fold card and I just had to see a finished product using them. I originally envisioned Sally in  snowflakes and Frantage and maybe a bit of lace, but these papers were on my desk when I started playing with the new dies. I liked the look, so I decided to color Sally up to match.  Who knows you may see her all frilly and pink later on this season. She is so cute.

There is no excuse for you not to play this week. Anything Goes gives you so many choices.  So put on your creative genius hat and get to work.  Remember you must use a Sassy Cheryl image.  You can purchase it anywhere.  My talented design team sistahs have created some real cuties for you this week.  So pop on over to our challenge blog and check them out.  There are links to all the DT's personal blogs, so while you are there, pop over to their blogs to leave them some love.  You know how needy we crafters are.

Have a great week ya'll and Happy Crafting.

Linda

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Make It Monday, Anything Goes

Crafting Day With The Girls

Jeni, Flipflop Creations, Kim, Oak Pond Creations, Jan and I got together over at Oak Pond Saturday for one of our crafting days.  Kim shared a You-Tube tutorial she found with us.  It was really cool too because she has this big ole TV hanging from her wall and she showed the video right on the TV.  No small screen for us!  Here is a link to Kim's Blog Post and the tutorial link is there too.

There is no coloring in this card,  :(   It is made with beautiful Graphic 45 12 Days of Christmas collection. The ends slide in to close and the trick is the slider is made with a piece of plastic.  We used a Walmart bag and cut out strips from it!

I stamped with a couple of Penny Black sentiment stamps and added some Elizabeth Craft border stickers. The ribbon and paper is from Scrapbooks By The Sea and the tab punch was one of Kim's and I don't know the manufacturer. 

I am entering this in Sassy Cheryl's SMT Blog.  I haven't posted there in eons and I miss it.  There are usually some interesting posts going on there.  It is a place where you post what ever you have going on in your world.  Doesn't have to be a Sassy Cheryl image or card.  It can be anything and believe me they post anything there too.  Why don't you pop over for a look-see.

Happy Crafting,  Linda

Happy Thanksgiving

Well here we go, it is Tuesday again and time for a whole new Sassy Cheryl Challenge.  This week we are Giving Thanks.  It can be Thanksgiving, a Thank-You card, or just something you are thankful for. For example, I could have made a cup of coffee because I am most thankful for my morning cup of coffee.   My family is also thankful when I get my cup of coffee too.  Tee Hee Hee.

This week, I tapped into my creative resources and combined a Sassy Cheryl Digi, "Maddie and Her Prized Pumpkin" with a background stamp.  My friend, Barbara Warf had this gorgeous new rubber background stamp from Heartfelt Creations and she let me borrow it.  The stamp is called  Autumn Scene and you can get it here.The minute I saw it, I thought of Maddie standing in the forefront holding her pumpkin.  Won't this pumpkin make the best jack-o-lantern?  I wonder if Maddie will carve a happy face or a goulish face.  Whatever she carves, I know it will be perfect.

I colored Maddie and the background with Copics.  I did use chalk on the sky.  I like the softer effect of chalk since I have so many strong colors in the landscape and digi.  Maddie's hat and shoes are paper pieced with a piece of fall paper from my stash.  I just now noticed that the flower on her hat  has come off . Darn I hate when that happens..  I fussy cut Maddie and popped her up on some foam tape to give dimension.  The DP paper is Autumn Song Harvest by Bo Bunny and the brown card stock is from my stash.  I finished it off with a bright yellow ribbon and Thanksgiving trinket from Bo Bunny. I rounded the corners with my favorite Creative Memories Corner Punch.

I followed the sketch from Sketch Saturday, so I will enter it in that challenge too.  I did flip mine around a bit.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                               
What are you thankful for?.Whatever if is, I bet Cheryl has an image in her store that will be perfect for your card.  So now it is time for you to pop over to the Sassy Cheryl Challenge Blog and check out what my Sassy Sistahs have created this week.  Then pop right into the store and pick up an absolutely precious little digi and create, create, create!  Hope to see you play along this week because I would love for  YOU to be the winner of 2 fabulous Sassy Cheryl digis.

Happy Halloween to all of my crafty friends.  Watch out for those ghosties and gouhlies.   I hear they  have a sweet tooth for Halloween candy.

I would also like to enter this in the Make It Monday Challenge.  It is always Anything Goes and I have seen some amazing creations on their Challenge Blog in the past.