Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Happy Tuesday! Can you believe that tomorrow is Dec 1st. Christmas is just around the corner. Where does the time go. It is also Tuesday so that means that it is time for another fantastic challenge at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations. This week the challenge is one of my favorites "Anything Goes". We also have a fabulous sponsor this week

Digis With Attitude

I used a really cute freebie of theirs that they have on their blog. I love coloring Santa and I just couldn't resist this adorable face. You can find this freebie here. Just scroll down to the bottom.
They are giving one lucky player this week a gift certificate to their store. So what are you waiting for you have to play to win!

I did my card a little differently this week. I created a ornament that comes off the card after you open it so you can hang it on the tree. Just a little added surprise to go with the card. The little bells also jingle when you shake the card. The ornament bottom is made from CS that has glitter made into it so that it sparkles a bit.

The ladies this week made some cute creations to inspire you to play along so be sure to stop by each one of their blogs

Peggy Regan

Kristen Catalano

Jacki Randolph

Kim Howard

Kristine Breach

Marie Bridgeman

These are some other fantastic challenges that fit my card

Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge #47-Christmas Challenge

CRAFT Challenge 78-Christmas Present, I made the Santa ornament to go along with my card

Challenge Up Your Life Challenge #32-St. Nicholas with small presents, the Santa ornament fits with both themes

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #60-Christmas

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C65-Script Paper or Script Embossing Folder

Create 4 Fun Challenge Week 48-Fantastic Sketch

Creative Belli Blog Challenge 105-"R" Embellishments, Ribbon, Red Pearls and Really tiny bells

Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #35-Color Challenge, Red and Green

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #50-Going With The Flow, anything goes challenge (fun title)

Freshly Brewed Challenge FBC 24-Winter/Christmas Theme

I Did It Creations Challenge #31-Surprise Me! anything goes

Speedy The Cat's Friends Challenge #31-Have a bow on your card

Paper Cutz Challenge #69-Anything Goes

Paper Playtime Challenge #27-Christmas Carol Inspired, Santa Claus is Coming To Town

Stampin' B's Design Team Challenge #86-Make a Holiday Card

Stamps R Us Challenge #10-Holiday Cards

Stempel Traume Challenge #59-Color Challenge, Red and Green

Totally Stampalicious Monday Challenge-Anything Goes

Tuesday Taggers Challenge-Jolly Old St. Nick!

Stamp Insanity Challenge-Open challenge To Try Something New, I put an ornament on my card!

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #27-Embellish It, I used ribbon, tiny bells , red pearls and glitter

These are all wonderful challenges be sure to stop by and see all the beautiful creations their design teams have made or better yet play along with them!

Thank you so much for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary

Oh So Blue...And White Too!

Can you believe it is already the end of November and Thanksgiving is in just 3 days. I can't wait. Today being Tuesday it is time for another challenge over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations. This week is a really fun color challenge for everyone to play, blue and white or blue and silver. I happen to think that blue is one of the best colors ever created so I jumped at the chance to create a card in it!


Isn't this Magnolia snowman just the cutest. I just love that they also make a matching snowflake for the one that the snowman is holding. I stamped the side panel in different shades of blue ones to accent the image. I can't believe that I bought them lst year and are just getting around to using them now. I also had to include lots of blue gems, pearls and glitter! At my LSS they had these great clear snowflake buttons (the 2 at the corners of my image) that I colored blue with my Copics and added a pearl in the center. Don't you just love when find something that is fun to use as an added surprise!

All the DT love the color blue because it shows in the fabulous creations that they have created to inspire you this week. Be sure to stop by their blogs.

Peggy Regan

Kim Howard

Jacki Randolph

Lorie Ames

Kristine Breach

Marie Bridgeman

Here are some other wonderful challenge that fit my card

Anything Goes Challenge Week 25-This week the challenge is "Let It Snow" I love anything "Snowy".
Crafty Emma's Store Challenge #13-Their challenge is called "Lovely Lace". I used some crocheted lace on my card.
Create For Fun Challenge Week 47-This is the fabulous sketch that I used for my card.
Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #34-The challenge this week is one of my favorites "Anything Goes".
Fresh Brewed Challenges FBC23-This week the challenge is to "Show Off Your Style". This card definitely shows my style!
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge-This challenge is "Christmas with no red or green". I love to give snowy cards at Christmas with lots of red and green missing!
If The Shoe Fits Challenge FF#55-This fun challenge is "Tickle Me With Tinsel". which means make it shine the more glitter the better! I Love Sparkle!
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge 69-This week they have a color challenge "Blue and White". I love this color combination.
Lollipop Crafts Challenge-This week their challenge is "Christmas". I love to give snowman cards at Christmas time.
One Stitch At A Time Challenge #40-This week their challenge is choose a season or event. I chose Christmas/winter. I love this time of year!
The One Stop Craft Challenge #107-This week the challenge is "Snow People" how much fun!
Paper Cutz Challenge #68-This week the challenge is to make a Christmas card with lots of bling. I have that covered!
Paper Romance Challenge #25-This week the challenge is to make a card with some of your favorite things. I used snowmen, snowflakes, ribbon, the color blue, gems, glitter and lace just to name a few.
Paperplay Challenge Week 46-"Let It Snow" is their challenge this week! I love snow anything!
Pile It On Challenge PIO #46-This week the challenge is Winter means... Winter to me is the snow and the Mother Nature's sparkle outside your window.
Scrap It With A song Challenge Week 32-The song to inspire us this week is "Winter Wonderland". An all time favorite of mine!
Simple Doodles Challenge #31-This week their challenge is "Cute As A Button". I used two different snowflake buttons the blue flakes around the image and the pearl snowflake button in the center of the large snowflake.
Stampin' B's Design Team Challenge #85-this challenge is getting us into the winter spirit with a challenge to us to use snowflakes on our creations.
Stampin' For The Weekend Challenge 51-This challenge is all about "Winter". My favorite time of year for making cards.
Totally Papercrafts Challenge #43-This week their challenge is "Snow and Snowflakes". Two of my favorite things!
Creative Inspirations Challenge 46-This is a new challenge for me and they are challenging us to create something Christmassy/Winter.
Really Reasonable Ribbon's Challenge #12-This week their challenge is a "Christmas Theme" and to also use ribbon or lace on your creation. I used this beautiful white crocheted lace from Really Reasonable Ribbon and ran sparkle ribbon through the center of the lace.


Please be sure to check out all these wonderful challenges. Maybe even play along with them!


Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.


Happy Creating,
Mary

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer?

Happy Tuesday! It is time once again for a Going Grey with Scrap-Creations challenge. This week we have a great challenge for you this week, "Song Inspired". Create something that is inspired by a favorite song. I know that especially at this time of year weall have Christmas songs floating around in your head because you hear them EVERYWHERE! We also have a fantastic sponsor this week,

Prairie Fairy Digital Stamps.

I absolutely love these adorable digital stamps! They were so super nice to give the DT some really cute images to play with to inspire you. This adorable image that I used is called Bundeer. We have a bunny at our house and my daughter is always trying to put some costume on on her, so this reminded me of Bandit as soon as I saw it. Our bunny always sits or lays around the house with her feet sticking out so I popped up the feet on my image to make them stand out. I also used my new Tim Holtz snowflake border die on this card and I LOVE it! I procrastinated about buying it (even with a 50% off coupon) and boy am I glad I did!
The ladies created some adorable cards this week so be sure to stop by and check them out.

Peggy Regan

Kristen Catalano Scrap-Creations

Kristine Breach

Kim Howard

Marie Bridgeman

These are some other wonderful challenges that fit my card

AI Factory Challenge #56-This challenge is to use die cuts or punches on your creation. I used a snowflake border die cut, circle and scallops die cuts and a small snowflake punch.
Allsorts Challenge Week 78-This is the fantastic sketch that I used for my card.
Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge #47-Their challenge to us this week is a "Christmas Challenge".
I think Rudolph is a Christmas icon!
Aly's Sunday Challenge ASC29-This challenge is all about "Music". My card was inspired by the song "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer".
Critter Sketch Challenge #40-This week their challenge is all about "Texture". I embossed the middle panel, used glittered ribbon, felt and pearls snowflakes, Flowersoft, and glittered DP.
Fab 'n' Funkys Challenge #48-This week their challenge is called "Going Round in Circles", I have little circles on my DP and I used a circle around my images.
Crafty Creations Challenge #93-This challenge is to use "Buttons" on your creation. I used 2 pearl snowflake buttons in the center of the snowflake embellishments.
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge-The challenge this week is "Just Do It". Create a Christmas card because time is getting close and they need to be done!
Fresh Brewed Challenge FBC22-This challenge wants us to use 2 or more patterned papers. I used 2 coordinating DP from SEI.
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge 68-This challenge is called "Rock On". Make a creation that has to do with music. My card was inspired by the Song "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer".
Speedy The Cat's Challenge #29-This week their challenge is to use a "Snowflake" on your creation. I love using snowflakes!
Ooh La La Challenge #67-This week their challenge is a fun one, "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer", I guess I have this challenge covered!
One Stitch At A Time Challenge 39-This challenge is to use "Your Favorite Colors". My favorite color are all shades of blues. I love how blue makes all the other colors look great with it, like red and white!
Paper Playtime Challenge #25-The challenge this week is "P.S. I Love You". Make a card for someone you love, something you love, a technique you love..., I made this card with our bunny in mind and it is going to my DD who brought the bunny home to be part of our family.
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #109-This challenge is all about "Sparkle and Shine". My card sparkles all the way from the DP, to the ribbon, up to the snowflakes.
Stamps R Us Challenge #9-This week their challenge is to use "Sparkles and Scallops". Two things I love on my cards!
Sweet Stampin' Challenge-This week the challenge is "All About Snowflakes". I love this time of year for creating with snowflakes!
The Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge-This is a new challenge for me and I am so glad I found it, the DT inspiration is gorgeous! Their challenge is all about the "Seasons". I chose to do "winter" and don't forget you need to use an animal friend on your creation!


These are all wonderful challenges so don't forget to stop by and give them some love or better yet play along with them.


Thanks so much for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all them wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.


Happy Creating,
Mary

Baby's 1ST Christmas

It has been a topsy turvy week for me but like is back to normal and it is a is a beautiful weekend here in New England. With the start of the holiday season under 2 weeks away I guess you could call it the calm before the storm. I got to meet Melissa Francis Friday night at my LLS and I took a class of hers yesterday. I went with my good friends Kristen, and Pia and my sister Peggy. We all made some amazing tags and ornaments (18 total) in the class and brought home a ton of extra product from Melissa. If you ever have the chance to take one of her classes don't miss it, she is such a wealth of crafting knowledge and so very nice! We topped the day off with laughs over dinner. I plan on using what I made on some of my future cards. Don't you love good times with friends!


This card is the first Baby's First Christmas card I have ever made. I thought it would be pretty easy but then I realized most of the Christmas DP out there doesn't work well on a baby card. I looked around and found this really pretty Digi DP at Bearly Mine Designs. Her papers are gorgeous and I have never really think of using digi paper because I have so much regular DP. Boy have I found a new love. I printed it on CS so I could cut out some of the stars to use as accents around the image and saying. I guess I better ask Santa for lots of color ink cartridges.


I need to give one more shout out to Really Reasonable Ribbon. I won a gift certificate for their store. I loved their ribbons and prices so much I bought more ribbon from them. The ribbon on this card was a free sample they sent me with my order and it was something I wouldn't have picked myself. It is beautiful though and matched the DP perfectly so thank you RRR you made my day! Be sure to take a look at their store if you love ribbon like I do.


Here are some challenges that fit my card


Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #85-This week their inspiration is green and red Christmas flowered cupcakes. I took my inspiration from the colors and the Christmas theme.
A Crafty Little Place Challenge #64-Their challenge this time is to use the colors red, green and white on your creation. I love the traditional Christmas colors.
Crazy For Challenges C4C63-This week their challenge to us is to create a Christmas card. I still need to make many of them.
Everybody Art Challenge #116-This is the great sketch that I used for my card.
I Did It Creations Challenge #29-The challenge this week is to use traditional Christmas colors on your creation.
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #29-This theme this week is "Childhood" plus a sentiment. Great idea for a theme!
Stamp Something Challenge-The challenge this week is Nov. "Something Digi". I used one of Mo Mannings digis on my card.
The Crafty Pad Challenge #97-Their challenge is called "Christmas Sparkle". I have glitter on my ornament and gold sparkle on my ribbon and bow and the red glitter ribbon down the center.
The Creative Cottage Challenge 27-This challenge is to create something for "Someone Special at Christmas". Great idea for a challenge.
Totally Gorjuss Challenge 56-This challenge would like us to use "Traditional Christmas Colors" on our creation.
Karber Christmas Challenge #3-This challenge would like a Christmas card that uses a "Digi Stamp" on it. I used a Mo Manning Christmas digi.

These are fantastic challenges so be sure to stop by and play along.

Thank you so much for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate reading all the wonderful comments that you leave for me.


Happy Creating,
Mary

Who Doesn't Love Handcrafted Presents!

Happy Tuesday! OOOPS. I know it's Thursday but from Sunday night until last night life went serious. My DH got a call that his father was having chest pains and was rushed to the hospital down in Florida. It was figured out after tests that he had a blockage and need heart bypass surgery. Something like this is bad enough but waiting for news was slow and agonizing. The surgery was scheduled for Monday AM but didn't actually take place until MANY hours later. I can say things went well and he is resting, eating and hopefully getting up to move around by tonight. Family comes first so nothing got posted on time for my DT challenge on Tuesday.

Here is my post you would have read on Tuesday!

It is time for another fabulous challenge over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations. This week we have an easy challenge for you, Christmas. Whether you think of a decorated tree , presents all wrapped, a first snowflake, Santa down the chimney, a snowman just made or anything else that comes to mind when you think of Christmas we would love to see it this week.

For this challenge I decided to try my hand at an all white card. This was very hard for me because I love color to make the card "POP" and this time I needed to rely on textures like textured CS and shimmer white CS, embossing, glitter, ribbon and embellishments. My snowflake in the corner is all white, prism(silver) and white mother of pearl. When I took the picture the camera kept making it come out with colors even though IRL it doesn't show like that. It was a surprise to me so try to imagine it sparkly not colorful!

We also have a wonderful sponsor this week Stampfairy.com. They have some of the cutest digi images in their store and they were so extremely nice to let us play with some of their cutest winter holiday images to inspire you for this challenge. They are also offering one lucky player who is chosen this week your choice of 3 adorable digis from their store. The DT have made some really special creations this week so be sure to stop by and see what they made for the Holidays!

Peggy Regan

Kristen Catalano Scrap-Creations

Jacki Randolph

Marie Bridgeman

Kim Howard

Lorie Ames

These are some other fantastic challenges that fit my card

Craft Your Days Away Challenge CYDA #7-This week their challenge is "All White". I love color so this really could be a challenge for me!

The Sweet Stop Challenge SSS81-This is the great sketch that I used for my card this week.

Crafty Calendar Challenge #14-This month the challenge is "Winter Snowflakes". I love using snowflakes on my creations!

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 129-This week their challenge is "Snow/Snowflakes". I love anything that has snow because of the sparkle it has!

The ABC Challenge-"H is for Holiday" is the challenge this week. I picked Christmas for my holiday!

Anything Goes Challenge #24-This week they would like us to "Emboss It". I used 3 different embossing folders to create this card.

Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge-This week the spotlight is on "Dry Embossing". I used my embossing folders, 3 different ones to do the dry embossing on this card. I love all the texture it creates.

Bee Crafty Downloads Challenge 42-This week their challenge is "Christmas 2" they would like to see your best Christmas creation.

Crafts and Me Challenge 17-"Glitter" is the challenge. I love glitter and I glittered so much on this card, the border punch, the snowflake embellishment, everything on the image! I even added glitter to the white Flowersoft on the bottom.

Crazy For Challenges C4C62-This week their challenge is to create a "SQUARE CARD". I love making square cards.

Creatalicious Challenges #15-This week their challenge is to create an "All White" creation. I even tried to use white or silver embellishments on my card as an extra challenge to myself!

Creative Belli Blog Challenge #104-"Something Old- My pins and silver charm, Something New- My StampFairy digi, Something Borrowed-the idea for an all white card, Something Blue- I used mostly blue on my image. Fun idea for a challenge!

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 138-This week it is one of my favorite challenges "Anything Goes"!

Digital Tuesday Challenge #84-This week the challenge is to use your "Never Used Stash". I have had the snowman looking pin for years and just never used any of them. I bought the lacy white ribbon a while ago because I loved the black lace so much. The white just never seemed to fit with any of my other creations so I never used it until now. This is a really fun challenge this week!

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge FTTC92-The challenge they are giving us this week is to use "Glitter" on our creations. I LOVE the sparkle of glitter on almost anything. The more the better!

For Fun Challenges-This week their challenge is "Dry Embossing". I used 3 different embossing folders on my card for lots of texture on my creation.

Little Red Wagon Challenge-This week the challenge is "To Do It In 3'S". I did 3 different embossed panels on my card, I also used 3 different snowflakes a charm, a stacked snowflake embellishment and an embossed snowflake shimmer panel. Great challenge, fun to do!

Moving Along With The Times Challenge 71-This week the challenge is to create something that is "Nice and Bright". The white, sparkle and glitter I think makes my card very "Bright" and the new image from Stampfairy is such a "Nice" snowman image!

One Stitch At A time Challenge OSAAT38-The challenge this week is "Winter Wonderland" my favorite kind of card to make.

The One Stop Craft Challenge #105-The challenge they are giving us is to use "Embossing" on your creation. I have lots of it on mine!

Paper Pretties Challenge-This week their challenge is "embossing". This is definitely something that I love to have on my creations.

Paper Sundaes Challenge #43-This week they would like to see "Let It Snow" as the challenge . I love making anything snowy!

Simple Doodles Challenge #30-This week their challenge is to use "Lace and Pearls". I love to use both of these items on my cards.

The Paper players Challenge #23-This week the challenge is to create something with a "SNOWMAN" on it. I love snowmen my house is decorated with them all winter long. I have so many nice snowmen to play with also for my creations. This is a new one I just got to play with!

These are wonderful challenges that I played so be sure to check out them and hopefully play along.

Thank you so much for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,
Mary

My Favorite Technique!

Happy Tuesday! It is especially great for me because we have the day off today because of voting at the schools in town. I am fighting a massive cold and NEED it gone for Saturday, the big Holiday Craft Fair is in Boston this weekend and my sisters, daughter and I go every year. I can not miss it because it is the big start to my Christmas shopping. I plan on loading up on meds and climbing back into bed to sleep the day away.

It being Tuesday means it is also time for another fantastic challenge over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations. This week Kristen is really making it fun for everyone, the challenge is to use your favorite technique on your creation. It can be anything you love. I chose to do a shaving cream back round for my card. This is definitely my all time favorite. I have always been a fan of making my own back rounds but time doesn't always allow for it and papers are so beautiful that I usually take the quicker way out. I had so much fun Saturday doing this technique I made dozens of them in all different colors so I will have them to use for a while.

We also have an amazing sponsor this week Through The Craftroom Door. They are a new papercrafting magazine that is awesome and they are giving a 1 year subscription to one lucky winner. All you have to do is come play along with us at Going Grey this week for your chance at this fabulous prize. We can't wait to see what your favorite technique is!

I picked this one for my card because it reminded me of Fall leaves whipping in the wind with all the colors blending together as they fly through the air. This beautiful Autumn image I colored is from Karen Doodles, perfect for this time of year. Everyone of the ladies did a different technique this week and their creations are gorgeous so be sure to stop by their blogs to see what they did to inspire you.

Peggy Regan

Kristen Catalano Scrap-Creations

Kim Howard

Kristine Breach

Lorie Ames

Marie Bridgeman
Jacki Randolph

Here are some other wonderful challenges that fit my card

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge #73-This is the great sketch that I used to create my card.

Karen Doodles Challenge #35-This is a new challenge for me. Their challenge this week is to make a creation with the theme of "Give Thanks". It can be a Thanksgiving card, thank you card or something that you are thankful for. I am sending this card as a Thanksgiving card to a dear friend who I won't be seeing at Thanksgiving.

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #128-This week the challenge is "Relish to Embellish". I live to put embellishments on my creations so this challenge is perfect for me!

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge 66-This week the challenge is "Anything Goes". I love all the creativity that this challenge shows us!

Copic Creations Challenge No. 38-This week the challenge is to use your Copic browns or create a scene. I love this challenge because I love coloring with all the shades of browns.

Crafty Creations Challenge #91-This week their challenge is Halloween or Autumn. I chose the Autumn because I love making cards for this time of year.

Creative Card Crew Challenge-The challenge this week is "Let's Punch it!" I punched out the leaves that I used around the flowers using the SU leaf branch punch.

Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #31-This week it is one of my favorite challenges "Anything Goes".

Lexi's Creations Challenge #26-This week they are challenging us with "Anything Goes". I love to see what everyone creates.

Lollipop Crafts Challenge #14-This challenge is "Embossing" this week. I embossed the back panel of my card with the pumpkin patch Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Ooh La La Challenge #66-This week their challenge is "Remember Remember". I took this challenge two different ways, the first was the technique I used Shaving Cream Back Round. It was one of the very first things I learned when I started papercrafted many years ago. The second remember was a memory from the image, his mother had a wheelbarrow in the front of their house when I first started dating him 35+ years ago. Every Fall she would fill it with everything nature and it looked beautiful!

The One Stop Craft Challenge #104-This week their challenge is "Anything Goes" and to add to the fun a "Blog Hop".

Paper Pretties Challenge #27-This week their challenge is all about being "SQUARE", make a creation that is square. I love to make square cards so this was fun!

Raise The Bar Challenge #42-This week their challenge is "Go Go Go", make something the moves or has wheels. Cute idea for a challenge!

Stampin' B's Design Team Challenge #82-This challenge is to make a Thanksgiving card that has pumpkins on it. Wonderful challenge.

The Creative Cottage Challenge #26-This challenge is all about "Embossing" this week. I love to emboss on my cards so I used my pumpkin patch embossing folder to add embossing to my card.

The Paper Players Challenge #22-This week is another great and fun challenge "Anything Goes". A great way to show off your creativity!

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #24-This week "Give Thanks" is their challenge, create a Thanksgiving card or anything that reflects the theme. Great theme for a challenge!

These are all wonderful challenges be sure to stop by and give them some love or better yet play along with them!

Thanks so much for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciates all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,

Mary