Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #275

Hello and Happy Monday....time again for a new Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #275 and this week Sue is our sweet hostess. For this week's inspiration, Sue choose to make a pastel Christmas card. I pull out some old patterned paper and paired it up with this sweet snowman from Avery Elle, just love his adorable face. I hope you find some time to play along with us this week. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your week!

Simply Create Too #97 - Baby It's Cold Outside

Hello again....I just love this wee snowman from the Papertrey Ink stamp set - Monthly Moments - January, it's just too darn cute. And I thought the sentiment was perfect for this challenge...so fun. This was a quick card to make and I hope you will find the time to play along with us at Simply Create Too. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your weekend!

The 12 Kits of Occasions - February 2014 Edition

Ok...not real sure where to start, this kit was beyond amazing, truly beyond amazing, Renee from It's A Patchwork Life is our hostess with the mostess this month and she totally out did herself...so many wonderful ingredients, from the patterned paper to the beautiful ribbon and all the amazing little doo-dads! You could literally make a couple dozen cards from everything that Renee sent, so much fun to have it all spread over my craft desk, it looked like a convention for snowmen, just needed a nice hot cup of cocoa!

This month we have another guest designer with us, her name is Judy Marino from Judy's Card Corner. Judy is one amazing card maker, you will need to grab a cup of your favorite beverage and spend some time on her blog, you will be in awe! Please make her feel at home and be sure to leave her some love too.  To see all the wonderful cards that our group has made, head over to our blog, The 12 Kits of Occasions and from there you can get the link to each ladies blog. You will also be able to find a list of the incredible ingredients that Renee included.  

Thank you so much for stopping by to peek at my cards...wishing you all a fabulous Friday!

Waltzingmouse Pajama Party - November 2013

Before I get to the cards in my post today, I want to apologize for not leaving as many comments as I usually do, I have been subbing all week in Kindergarten and I will be honest, they have worn me out! They are about as cute as you can get but they just have so much energy, need to figure out a way to bottle it! Only one more day to go and then a week off for Thanksgiving break. I am planning on getting caught up this weekend, so thank you for your understanding.  

Wow...can you believe in less than a week we will be celebrating Thanksgiving??? Where has November gone? Really, I have no clue!  The only reason I am playing along this month is because I planned ahead. So I will not keep you any longer, I have 2 cards and a tag to share for this months Waltzingmouse Pajama Party. Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my cards....have a great weekend!

My first card is for challenge 1 - Thank You card

Challenge 2 - Christmas and Interactive Card

I took about a dozen photos trying to get movement so you would be able to see the snowman move.  

Challenge 3 - Tag, you're it

PTI December Blog Hop - Leftovers

What a fun blog hop this was...and so easy too! I was lucky enough to get some homemade caramels from Joyce, Cards-by-the-Sea and the packaging was just so adorable and made for the perfect leftover card. I used the PTI snow bank dies with just a touch of Martha Stewart glitter to match and there you have it, a fun and festive card!  What I really like about this card is that after I stamped the sentiment and then added glitter to the edge of the snow, I did not realize that ink had not dried so the top portion of Holly Jolly Holiday has just a smidgen of glitter too.  Now had I planned that it would have never happened.  I love when these kinds of fun things happen to my cards.  Joyce, thank you so much for the leftovers too!

Ingredients
Card Stock: PTI
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Dies: PTI - In the Meadow
Stamps: Christmas Labels and In the Meadow
Ink: Versa Magic - Aquatic Splash

Christmas Thank-you card

I had no intentions of making any cards until the weekend, but my sister emailed me this morning with a special request.  She needed a Christmas Thank-you card to give to the caterer for her work at their Tree-Trimming party and since Ashleigh is planning to attend, she will make my special delivery. The theme they have this year is snowmen and blue, this is what I came up with, hope she likes it as much as I do.  It is fun to try and put together a card at the spur of the moment, I think sometimes the less I think about what I want to make I am much more productive.  I'm always happy to help out my sister (considering when she went digital for paper crafts, I got all of her supplies).  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients - All PTI unless noted
Solid card stock: Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist and White
Printed Paper: Candy Cane Prints
Dies: Doily, Limitless Layers and Damask Snowflake (from Joyce)
Bakers Twine: Pure Poppy
Jingle Bells: Unknown Source
Stamps: Tag-it's #8

in the meadow we can build a snowman....

This snowman has to be one of my top favorite stamp and die sets from Papertrey Ink.  He is so cute and has so many possibilities.  I stood him in a soft ivory snow bank (love this die set) and he is holding a nice warm cup of hot cocoa with a yummy peppermint stick.  I wanted to give the illusion that it was snowing so I used my versamark stamps pad and three different size snowflakes on the soft pink background. My friend Joyce from Cards-by-the-Sea was sweet enough to stamp off images from her Tremendous Treats set and that is where the adorable cup comes from.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Dark Chocolate, Sweet Blush and Ivory
Printed Paper: KI Memories
Stamps: PTI -In The Meadow, Shape Up Snowman Accessories & Tremendous Treats
Ink: VersaFine - Vintage Sepia and VersaMark
Dies: PTI - In the Meadow and Shape Up Snowman

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #27 Over the Edge

I have been dying to use my Shape-up Snowman dies and stamps since I got them last month, so here is my card for the Over the Edge challenge.  It was so much fun to make once I got into it.  At first I just had the snowman on the card...it still needed something, just not sure what it was.  So my little snowman sat on my desk over night while I thought what could I do to bring him to life. So today he got a little sparkle around the edges (it is a bit hard to see it, but it is there) and some snowflakes as well to finish him off.  Hope you like him as much as I do...thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Card Stock: PTI - Ocean Tides and Fresh Snow
Buttons: PTI - Ocean Tides
Felt: PTI - Ocean Tides and Pure Poppy
Ink: VersaFine - Onyx Black and SU - White
Stamps: In the Meadow, Shape up Snowman Accessories and Christmas Labels
Dies: Snowman Shape UP set
Glitter: Martha Stewart - Crystal Fine