Dash of Cheer

Today I am playing along with the inspiration challenge from Paper Players.  Their challenge this week was a night time Christmas scene. 

Materials used:  Stampin Up's  thinlits die....In the Woods//Heat and Stick powder// Razzle Berry Glitter// retired sentiment//Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Basic Black cardstocks.

Day 6 of the Kindness Challenge:  Donate a Christmas present to a charity. There are all kind of opportunities to participate in this act of kindness...local schools, Samaritans Purse, Angle Tree, Toys of Tots...just to name a few.  I think this year I will choose Samaritans Purse.  As a child my parents would let us pick out an item from their Christmas catalog to donate.   Now as an adult this memory came back to me and I looked through their Christmas catalog and decided this year I would pick...Chicks!!  As they grow and mature in some village they will provide eggs and meat for a family in need.

Enjoy the Joy

Good morning fellow stampers....Today I am playing along with the sketch challenge from CAS(E) this Sketch.  I am disappointed that my rhinestones look black...they are actually green and match the designer paper in real life.  I guess it is time for me to learn some photo editing skills.

Materials Used:  Stampin Up's designer paper//Dashing Along...one of their dies that said "enjoy" but I cut the  "en" off so that I would have a Christmas die.  Take time today to enjoy the joy!!  I can't believe that after all these Christmases of stamping that I don't have a single Christmas die!?!

Day 5 of the kindness challenge:  Give a friend or loved one your full attention.  For me, I think during lunch today I will just leave my phone in the car.  What will you do today to give someone your full attention??

In The Woods

I am loving all the dimension that you get with this die from Stampin Up...In the Woods.  I actually cut out both trees from the set and layered them.  So COOL!!  Inspiration for this card came from the sketch challenge that Fab Friday posted this week.  Materials used for this card:  Stampin Up's  Linen thread, In the Woods thinlits die, Tranquil Tide cardstock, retired designer paper, Very Vanilla cardstock.                                                                                                                                             I mentioned yesterday that I would share with you the daily kindness challenge that I am paticipating in during the month of December...Day 4//Hold the door open for someone today.  This should be an easy one...might not even be a challenge for some of you.  I usually try to do this throug out the year but to be honest in the busy-ness of this time of year I often over look this simple act of kindness.  Today I will try to do better!!

Dashing Along

Another Christmas card....this one was made for the sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches.  I love this pack of Christmas papers from Stampin Up.  I hope yall don't get tired of seeing it.

Materials used:  Tim Holtz stamps and matching dies,  Stampin Up's designer papers...Dashing Along.

For the month of December I am participating in an "Advent of Kindness" challenge.  Each day we are given acts of kindness suggestions and I thought I would share them here with you.  Today's....Day 3:  Buy a friend or colleague a coffee.  Try it...I bet you will put a smile on someones face.

Christmas Wreath

Today I am playing along with two challenges.  The sketch challenge fromt As You See It  (#AYSI190) and the Holiday theme challenge from Hand Stamped Sentiments. (#HSSIC303)
                                       
Materials used:  I created the greenery using one of the dies from Stampin Up's Night Owl thinlits die set and my duo of pine cones were stamped using the Winter Woods stamp set and cut out using the matching dies.  I used jumbo baker's twine for my wreath base and then added some Cherry Cobbler "berries" to the wreath to finish it off.  My sentiment is from a retired set...That the Ticket.

I hope you all have a restful Sunday afternoon...my rustful afternoon is gonna be spent creating a couple of cards and then snuggling on the couch with my hubby!!

Day 2 of kindness challenge:  Let someone in front of you in line.

Holiday One Layer Challenge

Paper Craft Crew Challenges asked us to use a new favorite product...Brushing Crystal Colour!! I haven’t perfected the use of it but I love the effect!! I am also entering this card in the holiday “one layer challenge” from Less Is More.

I have not used this blog space in eight years!! Had a wordpress site for the last eight years but I am back to blogger.  Looking forward to hanging out with you here!!

Items used:  Stampin Up's Brusho Crystal Colour, Island Indigo ink and Beautiful Blizzared stamp set (snowflakes), Tim Holtz's reindeer stamp, Momento Tuxedo ink.

Day 1 of the kindness challenge:  Give someone a hug or compliment today!!

Mojo Monday Challenge 167

After a fun time away with family for the Thanksgiving holiday it is good to get back into the swing of things here at home....During this season on the year I find myself so very thankful for family, friends, and fun times....oh a yummy food of course!!

My card for today is based on the sketch for the Mojo Monday challenge. I enjoyed this sketch alot and can see myself using it over and over!!

The papers, the stamps, punches, and inks are all from Stampin Up!!