Christmas Floral

 It's almost Christmas and I hope you are getting your holidays
ready for the 'big day'!!
We have a new challenge starting today at 
Peace On Earth and as usual our theme is Anything Goes
as long as it's Christmas!

We have a fun mood board just for your inspiration
Use it or not, that's up to you but I find it very helpful
when deciding what to create for my card!

Anything Christmas

I actually let both the top left corner and the bottom right
give me some inspiration.  I knew I had a Cottage Cutz die
that would work well for this challenge so I went with that!
The die is Christmas Floral and as usual with
Cottage Cutz, lots of picky little pieces,
but I don't mind, they are worth it in the end I think!

The background die is also a Cottage Cutz die
Nested Stitched Eyelet Oval set,
they have awesome sales, sometimes up to 85% off
that is when I stock up on their dies.
The background paper is a new pad I purchased LAST
Christmas and have just used it, Memory Box Garland paper pad!

I hope you will join us at our Peace On Earth Christmas challenge,
it runs ALL year long with 2 challenges a month
and an awesome design team!!

Lots of White

Our last challenge for the year of 2021 (hard to believe another year is about gone)
at Double D is 
LOTS OF WHITE!

Dar has created an all white mood board to inspire you
and give you a few ideas!

I decided to use an embossing folder, in fact I embossed FOUR
different embossing folders and picked this Darice folder once embossed
as I thought it represented white very well plus that I have had it forever
and never used it before.

It was hard to not add much color but I wanted some sparkle and debated
if I should use Nuvo Drops or Stickles
but went with white sequins, yes they ARE white but pick up any color
when you photograph them which happens to be pink this time!

You should see how many photos I took just to get one that worked,
it was a lot!

You don't have to use all white, just LOTS of it to enter!
Take a peek at the Double D challenge and see all the pretty 'whiteness' 
from the design teams!

Dies R Us Challenge

It's getting closer to Christmas and we are half way thru the month 
which also brings us to a new challenge at Dies R Us
and our theme is ANYTHING GOES.

The last challenge I showed you a Santa gift card holder
and this time I have another but this one is a cute snowman!
This would not only be great for a Christmas gift card or money,
but for a winter birthday as well!

I used the Art Impressions gift card hold envelope die

and the Snowman gift Card Holder Snowman add on!

(links below)

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As with the Santa I showed last time, I created 15 of these
snowman gift card holders, ALL from scraps of papers
in my stash, a great way to use them up.
These are really fun to make, though making 30 at a time
was quite a fete LOL!
There are also more gift card holder dies available 
to use as long as you have the initial gift card envelope die,
making this a great investment!

The hat folds over to the back and the pompom tucks into 
a slit in the back, making your gift card/money secure.
This is how it looks with the hat folded back.

I forgot to take a picture of the back of this snowman
gift card, but here is how it looks in the back
when closed (using my Santa back from my previous post)

Art Impressions Snowman Gift Card Holder
Art Impressions Gift Card Holder Envelope Die

We would love to have you join us at the Dies R Us challenge!!
Take a peek at all the inspiration from the Design Team while there!

For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below. 

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Dies R Us now has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts.  

It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!

Two Old Bats Challenge December Midway Reminder

We are half way thru our Two Old Bats Halloween challenge
and the design team has added a bit more spookiness
for your inspiration!

We also have the fun inspiration board below
that will give you plenty of ideas or just do anything as 
long as it is HALLOWEN! 

Inspiration Board

 

I once again let the cats inspire me since I could easily become
a cat hoarder when I am a real old lady LOL!

For my background I used all kinds of left over Halloween snippets
and thought it worked well for my kitty and it was a great way to use up some of those
scraps I have a ton of!!

I had the kitty in my stash of Halloween chipboard pieces
and have to make sure when I send this card out it goes to someone
that won't toss it as I can't bare to think of the poor kitty going it the trash.
Maybe to one of my granddaughters that is 15 and has every card I have ever given her!

The pumpkin is a sticker, I stuck on card stock then fussy cut our for stability!
The bat is a die cut and the sentiment is from a Prickley Pear set>

I hope you will take some time out from your holiday things and
join in with us, there is always a prize with 50 or more players
and sometimes with even less players, you have to play to find out!
Pop on over to Two Old Bats for even more inspiration !!

Holiday Gift Tags

 It's our last challenge at The Sisterhood for the year
so the 'sistahs' can take a much needed holiday break!

Our theme is Holiday Gift Tags
chosen by or sister Vickie and these will come in handy
for our Christmas holiday!

I created 3 tags exactly alike using a few already precut dies from my stash.  
I have lots and I mean lots as these were used from my granddaughters
baby shower as her theme was woodland babies
and I had made all the decorations
so when the shower was over I salvaged all my die cuts
for a later use and here  they are!

Johari will be a year old in June so that is how long I have had them.

I just love the retro baby deer and here is a close up of a single tag!

I made each tag so it can be tied on or 'stuck' on as I added an 
adhesive strip to the back of each!

I hope you will join us with your homemade tags at 
The Sisterhood and wish each and everyone of you
a blessed and Merry Christmas!
The sistahs will be back in January with a new challenge...see you then!

Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge #5

 Hello friends!
We are starting our 5th Peace On Earth year round Christmas challenge today
and I hope you can join us!

As always our challenges are 
Anything Christmas so that gives you an opportunity to use
what ever you want, but we do have a fabulous inspiration board each
month to give you some excellent inspiration and ideas

I let the mood board inspire me and went with the top right corner!
When we had a store front paper making store I purchased the Stamp On It

Winter 1, Vintage Hue Acetate sheet and  Glitter Film/Foil.

There are youtube videos showing how easy this is, but basically
you just peel off the glitter film and place it on the front of the 
image and it gives it the glittery effect without all the mess!

I used a couple different older designer papers from my stash and added a ribbon
and bow, which I haven't done much of lately, but I needed something to
finish this card off with and felt t was the perfect addition!

Make sure and pop on over to Peace On Earth
and check out all the fabulous inspiration from our team
and heck, why not join in with us too!!

Snowman Gift Card Holders

 Yesterday I showed my Santa Gift Card holders and today I am
showing my Snowman Gift Card Holders by Art Impressions.
You have to purchase the envelope die first which is the main die
then a second die to decorate it and for this one I am using the snowman 
(there are several to choose from, making the main die very useful).

I think I made 16 of these in total and they will go to the grands along with the Santa holders.
Another way to use up those scraps of papers!

When the hat is folded over and closed, the pompom fits into a slit
in the back to secure your gift card/money!  I think these are
so clever and they just had a great black Friday sale on their
products, 40% and I MISSED it darn it!!  I had intended to get a few more!

Entering the following challenges:
Art Impressions .... Happy Happy Holidays

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge .... Happy Holidays/Christmas
Die Cut Diva's .... Winter/Christmas

Watercooler Wednesdays .... Occasions