 We have such a fun sketch for you this round at Sunday Stamps #324! I don't actually have too many over-size sentiments, or even dies, lol. I had to hit the Shelves of Retirement again for today, and came up with this one from 2020's Here's To Strong Women! I do still love this set, and I know just who I'm sending this card to! I couldn't resist floating it over my favorite purple mountains in the Enjoy The Journey DSP pack, so I did up my sentiment panel in Blackberry Bliss - more favorites, lol. I did a little ribbon fluff at the upper right corner instead of knots, and finished with the oh-so-versatile Iridescent Pearls. Love it! I can't wait to see YOUR projects for our fun sketch this round, too - meet you at the challenge! Here's To Strong Women Stamp Set (retired 2020); Enjoy The Journey DSP (retired); Basic White & Blackberry Bliss CS; Blackberry Bliss Ink; Deckled Rectangles Dies; Blackberry Bliss Striped Ribbon; Iridescent Pearls; #SSC324.   Online Exclusives Class Dec 16, 2 pm
I'm so excited to do a focus class on two of our gorgeous new bundles from our current Online Exclusives - the Meandering Meadows suite collection, and the Simply Sparkling bundle! Both so cute, and so versatile! Class is on for Saturday, December 16 at 2 pm, and includes all supplies needed (bring your own fave snips and adhesive) drinks, snacks, plus a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! RSVP now to save your spot!
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 I'm so excited about the theme at this round's Cardz 4 Guyz #336 - "festive creatures!" I LOVE critters! We have some awesome festive critters in our lineup this year, but I decided to dip back into the shelves of retirement for this one, lol. My cute Scottie dog needed to stretch his legs! I set up his background with this manly plaid sheet from my old Plaid Tidings pack - there's really something for every season in there! Next I cut my panel for my Scottie, who I stamped in Pebbled Path and punched out, along with his festive bow, lol. He's so cute - even for a guy, lol! Christmas Scottie Stamp Set (retired 2022); Plaid Tidings DSP (retired); Basic White & Shaded Spruce CS; Cherry Cobbler & Pebbled Path Inks; Scottie Dog Punch (retired); Radiating Stitches Dies; Rhinestone Basic Jewels; #C4G336.  Online Exclusives Class Dec 16, 2 pm
I'm so excited to do a focus class on two of our gorgeous new bundles from our current Online Exclusives - the Meandering Meadows suite collection, and the Simply Sparkling bundle! Both so cute, and so versatile! Class is on for Saturday, December 16 at 2 pm, and includes all supplies needed (bring your own fave snips and adhesive) drinks, snacks, plus a special gift from me, all for $25! This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! RSVP now to save your spot!  Very nice - AAA Cards #254 has an elegant color combo for us this round - black, white and gold! I really wanted to break in to the actual STAMP SET for my Stars At Night bundle - I've been using the heck out of the dies, EF and of course the trinkets, but hadn't yet inked up a single stamp, lol. I'm treading lightly, and using the gorgeously scripted "Merry Christmas" at least - I got lost in playing with my Gilded Leafing over a black panel first, lol. I so love the look of this! I randomly laid down some sticky strip, peeling after each one, and then rubbed in the gilding. I heat embossed the sentiment, and then finished with a few trinkets. Kind of an unusual look for me, and I hope it's CAS enough, too! Stars At Night Stamp Set; Basic White & Basic Black CS; Versamark Ink; Gold EP; Gilded Leafing; Nested Essentials Dies; Stars At Night EF (on envelope flap); Star Trinkets; #AAA254.   I'm so thrilled to guest design at this round's Time Out Challenge #253, where the theme is "SPARKLY!" I had so much fun with that white-on-white design I did recently that I wanted to try out some other trees in glimmer, too! Specifically, the cool retro-look ones in the awesome Above It All set! I wasn't sure if they would have enough outline detail, but I'm thrilled with how they came out! I made a nice snowy hill over a pretty embossed background, and arranged all my trees just so, lol. I then floated my sentiment in tone-on-tone in the middle, too - love it! A few snowflake sequins finishes things off! I can't wait to see YOUR sparkly projects, too - meet you at the challenge! Above It All Stamp Set; Basic White, Pool Party & White Glimmer CS; Misty Moonlight & Pool Party Inks; Above IT All & Tasteful Labels (retired) Dies; Snowflake Sky EF; Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes (retired); #TOC253.
 Oh, I LOVE this round's Festive Friday #0148 - International Animal Rights Day! I really took to heart this round that my card doesn't have to be ABOUT the holiday featured, lol. This was actually pretty fun! I chose my old Cookie Cutter Christmas set from 2019, because I'd really been wanting to do that reindeer again - I ended up with three! I wanted to change out the sentiment, though, and on a hunch I browsed my Paper Pumpkin sets, where I found this great one from November 2021's Gift Galore kit - perfect! I did use my punch, but then I went back and fussy cut the antlers a little more - too much white over my neutrals, lol. So I've managed Neutral Colors, Natural Twine, Texture, Alcohol Markers and Animals - yay! Cookie Cutter Christmas (retired 2019) & Gifts Galore (Paper Pumpkin Nov 21) Stamp Sets; Basic White, Early Espresso & Crumb Cake CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Early Espresso Inks; Gray Granite, Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake, SU800 & SU500 Blends Markers; Christmas Tidings EF; Cookie Cutter Punch; Stylish Shapes Dies; Neutrals Adhesive-Backed Sequins; #FF0148.   Aw, Merry Christmas from Retro Rubber #221 - time for our last challenge of the year! Hope this inspires you! With this pretty pic, I knew it was time to pull out my Sheet Music stamp from 2019 - I don't use it too often, but it's my fall back music stamp - a very versatile background. Looking over the rest of the details, I decided to also pull my Decorated with Happiness bundle from last year - I still love this set! Great dies, too, as you can see from these fir branches, and gorgeous silver ornaments! I finished those with tine Cherry Cobbler twine bows, and popped on my fave sentiment from this set, finishing with a few diecut starbursts. I'm really pleased with how this came out! I can't wait to see YOUR Merry Christmas projects for this one - meet you at the challenge! Decorated With Happiness (retired 2022) & Sheet Music (retired 2019) Stamp Sets; Basic White, Silver Foil & Shaded Spruce CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Shaded Spruce Inks; Shaded Spruce & Pebbled Path Blends Markers; Decorated Pine (retired) & Radiating Stitches Dies; Cherry Cobbler Heavy Baker's Twine; #RRCB221.   Oh gosh, it's our last challenge of the year at Make My Monday #215, and our theme is O, Christmas Tree! Let's make it count! I decided to browse through some of my retired Christmas sets for this one, and my old Peaceful Pines from 2015 caught my eye! There are a few sentiment trees in this set, as well many cute image ones, too, in all sizes. When I saw this sentiment, I knew I had to use it, lol. I decided to float my trees over my favorite sheet of Merry Bold & Bright, too, so I took my colors from that - so cute! I can't wait to see YOUR tree projects this round - meet you at the challenge! Peaceful Pines Stamp Set (retired 2015); Merry Bold & Bright DSP; Basic White, Shaded Spruce, Granny Apple Green & Lucky Limeade CS; Shaded Spruce Ink; Perfect Pines Dies (retired); Shaded Spruce Mint Embellishments from an old Paper Pumpkin, lol (retired); #MMM215.   Lol, Time Out Challenges #252 is singing my song today, with their Winter/Holiday theme! My very favorite! And I think my runaway favorite Christmas set this year has been Merry & Bright, so I decided to use that one today, lol. So versatile, and the design is so thoughtful between the stamps and dies - so easy to build a festive string of lights in no time! I did a quick vertical strand today in four colors, and added a tumbling sentiment beside it. I think I went a little overboard by adding my stars, too - I suddenly realized I hadn't even used that stamp, and THEN I threw on some Iridescent Discs, just because I could! Definitely a small case of over-embellish-itis today, lol. Merry & Bright Stamp Set; Basic White & Granny Apple Green CS; Azure Afternoon, Lemon Lime Twist, Poppy Parade, Berry Burst, Granny Apple Green & Daffodil Delight Inks; Merry & Bright Dies; Iridescent Discs; #TOC252.   Aw, I love The Sisterhood of Crafters theme this round - "sweater weather!" I decided to fussy cut some of the Beary Christmas bears for this one - now these are some sweaters! I really like this little green number - he looks so handsome, lol. I floated my little pair over a layer embossed with my old Winter Knit EF, as a closer pattern to these Nordic sweaters, though it doesn't show as well as I had hoped. Still, I think we are plenty sweater-y! Beary Cute Stamp Set; Beary Christmas DSP; Basic White & Misty Moonlight CS; Misty Moonlight Ink; Winter Knit EF (retired); Large Tag Punch (retired); Misty Moonlight Cotton Ribbon; Stapler; All The Trimmings Embellishments (retired); #TSOCSweaterWeather.   So, the luck of the calendar has landed me on a combo for my design teams today! As You See It #313 is a speed challenge with a theme of stars, while this round of Sparkles Christmas Challenge #155 would like to see holiday animals or birds! Yikes! After some careful digging, I decided to pull my White Christmas set from 2014 for this one - I remembered the tiny cardinals in this one, with everyone looking at the sky - I knew it wouldn't need a lot of color! I figured I could plan this pretty well, too - go ahead and assemble materials and papers, mount all my stamps and open all the inks - I even opened my Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to be ready to go! It also helped that I already had the deckled rectangle cut - I'm accumulating quite a few extras in the die sleeve these days! Once I was prepped, I started the clock! First I ran and embossed my background, then I sat down and stamped out my scene, all in Black. I had Blends standing by, then brushed on a swoosh of two-way glue to take my glitter. I set that aside for a sec and stamped my envelope, AND got the inside sentiment, too! Quick assembly and I was done! I think this is one of my best times ever - 4 minutes & 56 seconds! Yes! I can't wait to see what you come up with for this one - meet you at the challenges! White Christmas Stamp Set (retired 2014); Basic White & Misty Moonlight CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Real Red, Daffodil Delight & Pool Party Blends Markers; Deckled Rectangles Dies; Two-Way Glue Pen; Dazzling Diamonds Glitter; Adhesive-Backed Snowflakes; #AYSI313; #SCC155.
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