peace on earth.

i'm playing along again with this week's Christmas Card Challenge.  this week's focus was stars, but since i don't have any paper/embellishments with stars i decided to make this instead...

i'm very excited to find new ways every week to come up with a new card and join the fun here. i'm using up all my old 6X6 paper pack from last Christmas, so i've convinced myself that i'm due for another round of new paper this coming week... LOL!  i'm hoping to be back later this coming week with a few new posts on our past weekend, up coming getaway, a project life update or two (fingers crossed!), and high five for Friday post.

** supplies // EP 6X6 paper pack, CTMH stamps, Staz On ink, green/brown/kraft/red cardstock from local craft store, MS twine, and pearls from my extras bins. 

oh, Christmas trees.

it's time for another Christmas Card Challenge.

if you would like (or love) to play along like me, please go here . the ladies over at CCC came up with a fantastic sketch and i was happy to follow right along.  here's what i came up with...

i was so excited about having a sketch to follow, so i figured i should cut double and make an extra card while i was at it. here's the bonus card...

the second card isn't too different from the first, but i'm glad i made two cards instead of one.  note to future sophie, make TWO card for each week's Christmas Card Challenge... it'll be easier for you to get to the number of cards you need this year.  not sure which one i love more, but both cards will be finding a wonderful homes to welcome them into this coming December.  i'm moving right along with all my holiday cards, and i'm already looking forward to playing along with next year's Christmas Card Challenge.

thanks for stopping by, see ya soon!

**  supplies // echo paper Holly Jolly Christmas, CTMH Holiday Wishes stamp set and New England Ivy ink, MS twine in red/white and green/white from Michael's last Christmas season (but they still have some this year), sentiments from my scrap bin, bling/pearls from my local craft store, and Bazzill Paper card stock in green and red. 

the little guys.

i just adore these little snowmen!  as soon as i saw them last year i knew i wanted to make a Christmas cards, but then life happened and i totally burnt out on making cards for anyone last year.  fast forward to this summer, and my lovely friend Pat joined a design team.  they are focusing on Christmas cards, so she convinced me to play along, and if you'd like to please join them here.  i truly love and enjoy the weekly challenges, but i must admit this week's was a little tough for me.  the call this week was to NOT use a stamp... i was stumped, but decided it roll with the holiday theme and just make a stamped cute card.  the point of the challenge is to get your Christmas cards done, right?  or at least that's what i told myself last night.  here's my card for this week...

aren't these little guys the cutest little snowmen?  i'm looking forward to getting back on track next week with the theme challenge of the week, so hope all you gals come play along.

**supplies // CTMH stamp, Copic markers, Memento black ink, PinkPaislee paper Snow Days, Echo Park paper Holly Jolly Christmas, Deja Views Flurries & Frost flocked brads, Bazzill card stock, and twine from my local craft store. 

lovely little tree.

happy monday everyone, and that means it's time for another Christmas Card Challenge.  this week the ladies wanted everyone to make a "Emboss Resist", but sadly, i've got no tools to make a card like this.  with that said, i decided to post a holiday card anyway, and here's what i came up with this week...

i really love the way this card came out.  it's simple, but still lovely.  i've already started to cross people off our Christmas card list with these card i'm coming up with for the weekly challenge, so play along if you're in need of some Christmas card inspiration.  come back tomorrow because i'll be sharing a project that i made for a very dear friend of ours.  

**supplies / paper is Holly Berries on Kraft by Canvas Corp, Bazzill card stock in red, CTMH Holiday Wishes stamp set, CTMH New England Ivy, MS twine from Michael's, die-cut, and some pearls from the scrap store. 

santa is coming.

still can't get over how much fun i'm having playing along with the weekly Christmas Card Challenges.  this week is a sketch, so i let my mind run wild and this is what i came up with...

so far i've got about fourteen Christmas cards done, but i need a total of thirty-five-ish since C and i combined our lists together.  i'm hoping to bang a few more out this week on my days off, but i also need to catch up on the last two (who am i trying to kid) three weeks of Project Life.

stay crafty!

**supplies / ep Holly Jolly Christmas 6X6 paper pack, ep Holly Jolly Christmas brads, stamp is unknown since my friend gave it to me, Memento ink, Copic markers, die cut machine, just a touch of liquid glass, and MS twine from Michael's.  

paper flowers.

it's that time again for this week's Christmas card challenge.  i've got to admit that i'm so excited for Christmas this year, but i'm not sure why.  i think last year i was so overwhelmed with our wedding and all the planning that went into it that i was burnt out by Halloween (which is my favorite holiday! boo, i know.).  but this year it's been different.  i'm settling into a rhythm around here, so there's lots of time to craft now.  this week's focus was Rolled Paper Flowers.  i've never used these before, so it was a blast making them and adding a few to the card i came up with.

my lovely friend Pat gave me this image, so not sure where it's from.  once again i used my EP stash of paper, but otherwise i kept this card very simple in terms of embellishments.  funny side note... i sent a picture text to my best friend and she loved it so much that she's already called dibs on it.

see ya soon!

stripes and dots.

once again, i'm playing along (and having tons of fun!) in this week's Christmas Card Challenge. if you'd like to play along, please go here.  this week's challenge is to use paper with stripes and dots, and here's what i came up with...

the paper and brads are from last year's EP holiday line, the twine is Martha Steward, i can't remember where the angel stamp (one of my favorites) is from, but sentiment is from a stamp set by CTMH. i'm super happy with this card... and thinking i need to make a couple of more just for good measure.  my plan this year is to get ahead of the Christmas rush and write inside of every card, address and stuff the done card into envelopes with stamps affixed to the front, so when December 1st rolls around all i have to do is drop them in the morning post. wish me luck on this lofty goal... LOL.

snowman.

i've decided, with a little help from my friend, Pat, to start my Christmas cards early this year.  i'm playing along in a weekly Christmas card challenge, and if you're up to it, you can play along here.  this is only my 2nd week playing along, but i must say i'm having a BLAST and really enjoying focusing on one holiday theme, but different sketches and/or elements each week.  here's what i came up with for this week's wood grain challenge...

 
i had to go hunting for wood grain paper, and was able to find only one sheet at my local scrap store.  i'm not sure where the stamp of the snowman is from, but the sentiment and ribbon is from CTMH, the brads are from Michael's, and i colored in everything with my Copic markers.  i'm very happy with how this card came out, but i'm a little iffy on my coloring of the girls jacket.  it isn't exactly how i thought it would turn out, but that's okay. our friends + family getting the card will care more about the gesture then the details of the card. do you send out holiday cards? and if so, are they handmade or store bought?

christmas in june.

hello everyone!  i know it's been a loooonnnggg time since i've been on here, but things have calmed down around here, and i'm hoping to get back into the swing of blogging over the summer.  my lovely friend Pat is part of this design team and over the last few months she's been asking me to play along with the Christmas Card Challenges every week.  well, this week i finally caved and here's what i came up with for this week's challenge...

you can follow along here if you'd like to join.  i used a sentiment from CTMH, EPP 6X6 paper pack from last year, and some random brads and MS bakers twine from Michaels'.

i'm hoping to keep craftiness going over the next few months considering now that C and i are married our Christmas card list has grown.  also, i'll be sharing a few different posts over the next few months on different topics such as project life by Becky Higgins, a Ali Edwards Summer Manifest challenge, and a few other fun things like photo walk from Elisa Blaha blog.  hoping with all this summer excitement in the air it'll force me to get back into blogging at least a few times a week. 

have a great week... and hope to see ya back here soon!