Ingenious Inkling

Mini Christmas Collage

For the December @mini.collage.collective Challenge they have chosen Green as the theme.

I started with a 3 7/8" square of Green Gelliarts Print.  Next I added my favorite green from my childhood ... S&H Green Stamps.  Then I added some Korn King Stamps as well.

 

 

Since I had a red & green theme going, I decided to make it a Christmas theme with a Tim Holtz Stitched Christmas Frame, a sticker frame, a little reindeer stamps from the National Wildlife Federation, some word tiles, and some holly gems.  I finished with a fun little Santa Hat.

I really love putting these small collages together.

Holly Holiday

The December Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero Challenge is Deck the Hall.

 

 

I started by die cutting gold glitter paper with the Hero Arts Fancy Die - Bold Graphic Confetti.  I left the confetti pieces intact and trimmed it down slightly.

 

 

Next, I die cut the holly leaf branch from Hero Arts Holly Berries Stamp & Cut XL from heavy white cardstock.  I die cut the bow from the same set from a red glitter paper.

I finished with a red ink stamped sentiment from Hero Arts Christmas Messages before attaching to a red card base.

 

 

The colors are from this week's TGIF Challenges.

I'm also linking-up at the It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Challenge at Allsorts Challenges.  I'm also joining the Simon Says Make It Sparkle Challenge with all of my gold glittery sparkle.

Citizenship Celebration

I had a request this week for a card celebrating a new US Citizen.  I remember helping my friend Mary study for her Citizenship test, and I'm not sure I would pass it without a lot of studying.

 

 

I chose some patriotic papers, a patriotic medallion, and a few glittery stars using the Sketch from CAS on Friday.  Sentiment is from Avery Elle Simple Sentiments (love the typed font).

 

Jingle Belles Wrap-Up

Another year of Jingle Belles mayhem has come to an end.  Our holiday cards are all made and ready to be delivered.

 

 

I'm always so happy to look back on how much fun I had filling-up my card box.

We've added a Jingle Belles Linky where you can share the holiday cards you continue to make through the rest of the year.

Thursday Link Love

Another week of skipping through blogland:

• these Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies are going to be what I make for our Christmas Cookie Exchange
• 50 Ways to Express Gratitude
• Cherry Margaritas look festive
• Psychological Minimalism
• Gingerbread Oatmeal
• Metal vs. Glass Pans
• No Knead Cranberry Focaccia
• Love the gorgeous floral crowns and the brides orange shoes
• Sausage Rolls
• Chai Sugar Cookies
• Do you have Reverie in your life?
• Best Holiday Movies for Feeling Festive
• Sweet Potato Beef Stew
• Biscoff Cake

Have a Tremendous Thursday!

Glittery Friendly Snowman

The December Poppy Stamps Challenge is ABC - Anything But a Card.

 

 

I chose the Poppy Stamps Whittle Friendly Snowman to make a Christmas Tag.  I decked him out in a red scarf and coordinating hat band, googlie eyes, and his iced coffee drink (Iced Coffee brad from Eyelet Outlet).  The sentiment and coordinating die cut are from Poppy Stamps Holiday Banners.

 

 

I'm also joining the Inspire.Create.Challenges for their Anything But a Card Challenge.

 

Then (because we don't do holiday gifts), I turned my cute little tag into a card using a coordinating plaid from Memory Box Dashing Holiday papers.

 

 

I'm linking this cutie up at the Caffeinated Christmas Snowman & Coffee Challenge.

 

 

And my card is perfect for the Anything Goes Challenge at The Male Room.

 

Got Snow?

The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to make a winter card that is NOT Christmas.

 

 

I built my card using the Winter Fun Paper Collection at Carta Bella by Carina Gardner.  I added two favorite wood mounted stamps from Savvy Stamps and A Muse with a layout from The Paper Craft Crew Challenge.

 

I love those colors for a winter card ... and I love paper banners.

 

Uniko Snow Flurry Peace

Uniko is celebrating their 12 Days of Christmas with a fun Linky Hop.

 

 

I love Bev's stamps and don't ink them up nearly enough, so I'm joining the fun.  I inked the Uniko Background Blocks Snow Flurry and then after stamping I sprayed with Shimmer Spray (why is it so hard to pick-up that glorious shimmer in photographs).  And to top it off, we've got snow falling this morning.

 

 

I added itty bitty bits of bling to the snowflake centers and added a blue frame to make it pop.  I finished with a Peace on Earth Sentiment from Uniko Simply Said Blocks Christmas.

 

 

I'm also linking-up at 613 Avenue Create Winter Holiday Challenge.  And, Make My Monday is asking for CAS Winter Cards.

 

 

My snow furry card is also perfect for the Peace on Earth Challenge.  Additionally, I'm joining the December Winter Challenge at Seven Hills Crafts Challenge.

Dancin' Yeti

When I saw a post featuring Rocky the Dancin' Yeti by Spellbinders, I knew I had to have him.  I had fun putting him together using the colors from the Color Throwdown Challenge.

 

 

I finished with a sentiment from Scrapbook.com Wordfetti December.  I love how his little legs swing back and forth.

 

Holiday Thanks

I made another Thank You card with holiday paper strips, this time covering the entire card front with Scrapbook.com Merry Papers and adding the Honey Bee Large Thanks Die Cut.

 

 

I'm linking-up at Crafting Happiness where the theme is Candy Canes.  If you look closely, you'll see that two of the papers I used have actual candy canes on them (dark pink & the red) as well as candy cane stripes on several other papers.

 

 

I also took inspiration from the photo at the Inspired by Challenge with the combination of Red & Pink and the fun candy cane stripes.