November Turkeys

      Here it is, the 14th of another month and that means we have a new challenge starting over at FarmQuest, where we always want to see something "farm or country" and this time with the specific theme of "Turkey."  What better for a November challenge than to feature the star of a Thanksgiving feast?

     The sentiment and image were printed together, then the image was colored with Sanjoki markers, and the white highlights were done using a gel pen.  The image was cut with a QuicKutz die and I used brown gauze paper for the background (DCWV.)  The double layer butterfly was in my stash of pieces cut and waiting to be used so I don't remember which die was used to cut it, but the tiny wooden bead for the body was in an old Stampin' Up package which I found when I was cleaning out and organizing a stack of drawers with old embellishments.  

     I really like the CAS look to the finished card.

     Challenges:

AAA Cards

Creative Moments

Dream Valley

Happy...Stampers

Jan's Digi Stamps

Outlawz Sunday (Thanksgiving is...near)

Pammie's IP

Simon Says Stamp

     I hope we're going to see you playing along with us this fortnight.  Show us your turkeys!   Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Thanksgiving in the Leaf Pile

      To answer your unasked question, "No, I don't think it's odd to be grateful for piles of leaves!"  Have you ever seen the joy of the faces of children as they jump and play in the leaf piles?  Be thankful for that joy.  :-D

     It's another first Sunday of the month and that means we have a new challenge starting at 613 Avenue Create.  Our theme is always "Anything Goes" but there's an optional theme each time and this month the option is "Embossing, wet or dry."  We have a sponsor this month, SheepSki Designs, and they provided images for the DT to use on their inspiration cards.  I chose to use "Catching Leaves."

     The image is colored with watercolors and white gel pen.  I cut the image with a Spellbinders die, and mounted it onto burlap paper from DCWV.  The dp in the background is a scrap of digital paper that was in the basket of autumn scraps.  The sentiment was printed and fussy cut.

     Challenges:

Crafty Calendar

Creative Fingers

Gem of a Challenge

Let's Craft & Create

Lil Patch of ...

Polkadoodles

  

     I hope we're going to see you playing in our challenge this month.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

"Corny" for Thanksgiving

      OMGoodness, where did the last 2 weeks go?  It's already time for another challenge over at FarmQuest where we always want to see farm/country elements on your cards but, in addition, we have a theme you must follow and this time the theme is "Corn."  That can be anything having to do with corn - ears, husks, stalks, corn fields, Indian Corn, dried corn.  Let your imagination go and show us something fun.

     I picked an image from my collection of QKR Stampede, colored it in my favorite fall color combo (yellows and browns) with Sanjoki markers, and cut it with an old Spellbinders die.  The corn stalks background behind the image was self made using clip art to create the dp.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  The card front is covered with burlap paper from a DCWV stack of woven papers.  Great texture and one more 'country'-looking element.

     I'm going to use this as a Thanksgiving card this year.

     Challenges:

Aloha Friday

Creative Fingers

Creative Knockouts

Paper Shelter

Penny's P-C

Simon Says Stamp

     Don't forget to find something 'Corny' in your own collection and come enter a card into our challenge.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Purr-fect!

      It's time for another challenge at Crafty Catz, where our theme is always Anything Goes but we also offer you an OPTIONAL theme, if you want to use it.  Our option this week is "Hot Colors" and all I have to do is look out the window of my craft room and I can see heat and hot colors far beyond anything I care to see!  

     When is this heat wave going to end?  We're on day 14 in a row of being over 100 F and the 'good' news from the weatherman this morning was we may stay at 100 F today instead of going above it.  I suppose that's better than 110 but once it reaches 100, it pretty much all feels the same.  And the heat wave doesn't officially end until we have 2 days in a row of  99 F or below.  Yuck!

     Ok, information about my card - since we don't have a sponsor this week, we could use whatever we wanted on our DT projects.  I chose a cute image from Eureka Stamps called "Big and Little Cat" and a sentiment from QKR Stampede called "You're Purrfect."  

     I used Sanjoki markers to color the cat image and then fussy cut it with scissors. That image is mounted on dimensional dots.  I printed, colored (polychromos pencils), and cut the sentiment with a Die-namics die.  I found some lovely fiber paper for the background (DCWV), giving great texture to the entire design. 

I used colors from CRAFTalnica.

     Challenges:

Classic Design

Country View

Crafts Galore ...

I Love Markers

Let's Craft & ...

SUYP Cats

Word Art Weds

     Come play with us this week.  It's our last challenge before we take a summer break throughout the month of August.  We'll be  back on the first Friday of September and I hope to be able to tell you that things have cooled down some.  :-D  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Kitchen Curator

      This card has one of those images which I exchanged at a group or which was sent to me by someone and, unfortunately, I have nothing telling me the artist's name.  There's a notation on the back (not my handwriting) which says, "Mrs Beat Em" and I take that to be the name of the stamp.  Whether it is or not, it's a great title!

     I'm sending this card to one of my granddaughters-in-law for her Mother's Day card.  I think she'll get a giggle out of it.  

     I colored the image with my Sanjoki markers, and cut it with a scalloped Sizzix die.  The round frame was cut with a QuicKutz die and I cut it from some chunky glitter paper from a DCWV stack.  The dp is from Paper House and the sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  No embellishments because I wanted it flat for mailing, besides which the glitter paper was embellishment enough.  :-D

     Challenges:

Creative Fingers

Creative Inspiration

Digi Choosday

Dream Valley

I Love Markers

Jan's Digi Stamps

Outlawz Friday

Pammie's IP

Passion for Markers

Word Art Weds

     Wishing you all a wonderful day and Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Roses in Many 'Flavors'

      I'm about to overwhelm you with roses in this post!  I spent a bit of time over the weekend coloring the same Mariola Budek image, but with the roses and sentiment done in red, yellow, and pink, respectively.  I made one card for each color and they were all for Mother's Day - due to the sentiment which is part of the image.  See below and you'll understand immediately.

     I used my Sanjoki markers on the pink and yellow roses, but the red ones were colored with the few Copics I have left.  I really have shifted away from the more expensive Copics and have very few of them remaining.  I no longer invest in Copic refill colors because, truthfully, I can replace either ProMarkers (which I've used almost exclusively for almost 8 years now) or my newer Sanjoki markers for less money than what the Copic inks cost.  The Sanjokis are also less than the ProMarkers, have the brush tips which I prefer to the bullet tips, and they blend a little bit better, IMHO.

     Let's start with the 'red' image: colored with Copics and water color paints, then cut with a QuicKutz square die.  The red CS circle was also cut with a QuicKutz die.  I mounted those two onto a white card front, then added one of my signature hand-sewn bows, this time with a pearl.

     Next, I colored the yellow roses with my Sanjoki markers, gold paint pen on the sentiment, and again, cut the image with a QuicKutz die before inking the edges.  I layered the image onto green fiber paper (DCWV) which I used for the card front.  Very clean and simple.

     Finally, I colored the pink one with my Sanjokis, and used a metallic ProMarker on the sentiment.  These edges were also inked but this time I used an ink pad instead of a marker.  I used more of the fiber paper from DCWV, this time in pink and added two scraps of green fiber paper from the first card.  

     I'm going to enter the first card into the following:

     Challenges:

Bastel-Traum

Beautiful Blossoms

Crafter's Cafe

Creatalicious

Creations in Pink (3rd card)

Double Trouble (all 3 things)

Happy...Stampers

Papercraft

Star Stampz

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Leo, the Lion

      I had a request from a friend for a birthday card for his young grandson who just happens to be crazy about Leo, the Lion.  As it happened, I had a grayscale clip art image in my stash which I think was probably art work for a movie poster but it worked perfectly for the card.

     I printed the grayscale image, then colored it with my ProMarkers.  I cut it with a Tonic Studios die and inked the edges.  The sentiment tag was made with a Dovecraft die sent to me by a friend in England.  I cut it from a very thin piece of cork and layered it onto a scrap of fiber paper (DCWV), roughly torn around the edges.  The yellow plaid paper came from a Lawn Fawn stack.  

     How's this for a simple and masculine card for a young man?  :-D

     Challenges:

613 Ave Create

AAA Cards

Crafts Galore ...

Lawn Fawnatics (plaid dp)

Lil Patch of ...

Pammie's IP

Park Hopping (Safari Land)

SUYP Cats

     See you tomorrow with a new post.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Sweet Easter Wishes

     I know I promised you a post yesterday with more bunnies but I was fighting a migraine all day and most of the night, and didn't get anything posted.  But here's the bunnies now; a merging of 2 of 3 newly released images from Conie Fong, just in time for Easter.  There are a total of 4 new bunny sets; Bunny Holding Daffodil, Bunny Holding Egg, Bunny Holding Carrot, and one with all 3 images in it.  I merged 2 of the bunnies from the .png version of 4th set, "Easter Bunny Trio."

     I colored with my ProMarkers, then used a square die from QuicKutz to cut it, and I inked the edges with an ink pad.  The green, fiber CS was also cut with another die from that set, as was the pink, fiber CS for the background.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an old Cutz die.  The textured fiber CS is from a DCWV stack that's been in my stash for at least 8 years!

     Challenges:

Bastel-Traum

Creatalicious

Creations in Pink

Creative Inspirations

Double D

Happy Little ...

Pammie's IP

Papercraft

Penny's P-C

Worldwide ...

     Don't forget to check out our March challenge over on the Conie Fong FB page.  The theme is always Anything Goes with a Conie Fong image.  Don't have any of her images?  There are freebies available on the FB site, too.  Come play!  

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Decoration Day

      When I was a child, my mother always talked about "Decoration Day" in the same tones one used to say "Valentines" or "Fourth of July."  I actually thought there was a national holiday called "Decoration Day."  Once I attained adulthood and she was no longer responsible for birthday celebrations for her children, I learned that "Decoration Day" meant the day she set aside to bake and decorate the birthday cakes for the celebrations.  lol

     This image from House Mouse brings back those childhood memories.  I used ProMarkers on the image, then cut it with a Tonic Studios die.  The two layers of dp scraps were also cut with dies from Tonic Studios.  The dark, sparkly background was done using DCWV card stock on the front before adding the 3 layers in the image piece and the additional 2 layers in the sentiment piece.  I added a hand-tied, gingham bow as the final touch.

     One more card for the birthday card stash which will get used for a grandchild this fall.

     Challenges:

Colour Crazy

Creative Fingers

Happy Little Stampers

I Love ProMarkers

Outlawz Greetings

PIP

Rabisco

Simon Says Stamp

Word Art Weds

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Christmas FISH ???

      We're starting a new challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and our theme is "Anything Goes."  This challenge is sponsored by Star Stampz and they generously provided images for the DT to use.  I used one called "Polar Bear" but I had to change the ears slightly to turn him into a kitty.  Whether you're a polar bear or a kitty, fish would be a great way to celebrate Christmas!  :-D

     I colored with ProMarkers and cut both the image and the frame with Unbranded dies.  The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  The background paper is from a very old stack by DCWV called "Winter Magic."   I've been using papers from that stack for at least 5 years but I think it's actually more like 7 or 8.

     The ribbon is from my stash and I don't remember what company made it.  It has glittery, silver, circles on it that look a bit like snowflakes.  I used my bow maker to tie the double loop bow.

     Challenges:

Art Impressions

Aud Sentiments

Cardz TV

C.R.A.F.T.

Crafty Catz

Outlawz Festive Fri

Paperbabe

Polkadoodles

Scrapping4Fun

     Come play with us this week.  How can you go wrong with an Anything Goes theme?  Hope to see you there.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Grateful Piggie

      We're starting a new challenge at Angie's Digital Stamps this morning and the theme is "Anything Goes" (no twist this month.)  This is our last challenge of the year because the DT takes a 2 month break over the holidays.

     I thought this sweet little piggie (Pig Eating from Trough) would be perfect for a Thanksgiving card.  Doesn't he look completely grateful for his holiday corn?  :-D

     I colored him with my ProMarkers and cut the image with a Cottage Cuts stitched die.  I found scraps bits of dp, including the strip of leaves, in my basket, and I think they are all from a DCWV stack.  Although it's difficult t see in the photo, the small leaves along that strip are sparkly and embossed.  I printed my own sentiment and cut it with an Avery Elle die.  The large leaf is cut from silk and the polka dot bow is hand tied.

I pulled these colors from the photo at

Color My Heart Color Dare #463:

pink, yellow, orange, red, beige, brown + pale blue from shadows on the tree trunks

     Challenges:

Cardz TV

Colour Crazy

Crafter's Castle

Crafty Catz

Gem of a Challenge

Lil Patch of ...

Pattie's Creations

Simon Says Stamp

TTCRD

     Come play with us since this is our last challenge this year.  We love seeing what you create and also being inspired by your creations.  Since we won't see you in November or December, may I wish you the happiest of holidays now?  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Everything Ages

      I have to do a little explaining about the image I used for today's card.  It came from Twinkle Lane Designs and it's the freebie image for the progressive challenge at The Outlawz this month.  The image is called "New Car" and my car is definitely not colored to look anything like a new car.  

     But I wanted to use it as a masculine birthday card for one of the 'older' males in my family and I really didn't want him thinking the card would be a promise of a new car as a birthday gift!  :-D  So, my apologies to the artist who intended the car to be bright and shiny and sparkling.  

     I had intended to reverse the image before I printed it so that it would look more like an old, American, left-hand-drive, car and not quite so British but I simply forgot about flipping it.  Sigh... as we age, the memory goes.  I'm told the memory goes second but I can't remember what goes first.  lol

     I used my ProMarkers to color the image and I cut it with a die from Tonic Studios.  The image came with sentiments (one of which I used - the Happy Birthday part) as well as some add on features.  I printed the extra license place, fussy cut it, 'bent' it, added a bit of rust, and glued one corner to the car so that it appeared to be falling off.

     The card base is an old one I had in my stash from the "Linen Closet" collection by DCWV.  The first part of the sentiment (which is my own and is at the top of the card) was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  Because I'm using it as a masculine birthday card, I added no embellishment other than the bent license plate which actually gives a bit of 3D texture.

     Challenges:

4 Season

Aud Sentiments

Cardz TV

Colour Crazy

Digi Choosday

Do Al(l) Kreatives

I love ProMarkers

Lil Patch of ...

Stamping Sensations

Word Art Weds

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

An Elephant Never Forgets

      Nothing better than using an elephant on a belated birthday card !  lol  This fun image from QKR Stampede, called "Elephant and Butterfly," seemed perfect for those occasional birthdays which really aren't forgotten but somehow I forget to put the card in the mail on time.  This is my DT card for the July mid-month challenge at QKR Stampede.  The challenge will run until the end of the month and a new one will begin on August 1st.  I do hope we see you playing along.

     I used ProMarkers and gel pens to color the image, then cut it with a Dare 2B Artzy stitched circle die.   The sentiment was printed and cut with an Avery Elle die.  The double loop bow was tied using baker's twine.  I used my 'Linen' embossing folder on the blue strip of CS and the dp bits (also scraps) are from a very old stack by DCWV.

I chose the colors from the My Favorite Things challenge,

including the tiny bits of  'Coral' in the butterfly wings.

     Challenges:

Cardz TV

Colour Crazy

Creative Fingers

Cute Card Thurs

Outlawz Festive Fri

Paperbabe

Polkadoodles

Scrapping4Fun

     Now, let's see what you can do for our "Anything Goes" theme this fortnight.  We love b eing inspired by you.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

New Spring Hat

      I saw the tutorial for this "Hat" easel card over at Beccy's Place.  It was so intriguing I just had to try it.  This is my first attempt.  There are parts of it which are a bit 'fiddly' but with practice, I know I can get better at making them and I'm more than pleased with this one for a first try.  :-D

     This was made entirely from scraps of dp and I'm pretty sure they were from a DCWV stack.  I didn't have enough of the darker scrap to do the entire hat so I used a lighter dp for the crown of the hat.  Even the ribbon was a scrap piece.

Papers = scraps from DCWV

Cut with QuicKutz dies

Card base and CS circles cut w QuicKutz dies

Paper flowers from Recollections

Ribbon scrap from RRR

Sentiment frame cut w Avery Elle die

     Challenges:

Creative Fingers

Creative Inspirations

Outlawz Colors

Outlawz Twisted Thurs

Paperbabe

Paper Funday

Pixie's Snippets

Uniko

Word Art Weds

     You really should go check out the tutorial at Beccy's Place (linked up above) and try this fun version of an easel card.  They really are spectacular!  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

You Take the Cake!

      Here's another cute image from Imagine That! where they are celebrating their 8th birthday with a new challenge theme each week in February.  This week it's all about birthday cake and/or food.  This is one of the cutest chefs Imagine That has.  I think he's called "Chef Freddy."

Colored w ProMarkers

Cut w Gina Marie die

Patterned blue ribbon from RRR

Sheer ribbon for bow from RRR

Bow Maker used for bow

Background dp from DCWV

     Challenges:

As You Like It  (I have shifted over to digis 98% of the time because

                           storage is so easy and I can easily adjust the size)

Aud Sentiments

Colour Crazy

Colouring in Scrapland

Get Creative

Lil Patch of ...

Outlawz Festive Fri

Passion for ProMarkers

Stamping Sensations

Uniko

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Sweeping for Spring

      Good morning and welcome to my next DT post for Creative Knockouts!   Our theme this week is "Die Cuts or Punches" and we're being sponsored by SheepSki Designs.  I absolutely adore gnomes and the ones drawn by Andrea at SheepSki are some of my favorites so I jumped at the chance to use "Sno' Worries" as soon as I saw it.  :-D

     If you look closely at my card, you'll see that he's sweeping away the snow, all the way down to bare ground, hoping perhaps to encourage Spring to arrive.  After all, when you're as small as a gnome and you live in the forest without benefit of a heating system, winter can be your least favorite season!

Colored w ProMarkers

Cut & embossed w Spellbinders die

Paper from DCWV "Winter" stack

Sentiment cut w Avery Elle die

     Challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner

Creative Inspirations

House Stamps Built

I {heart} ProMarkers

Mod Squad

Papercraft

Penny's Paper-Crafty

SheepSki Designs

Simon Says Stamp

Star Stampz

     Come play with us this week.  We love being inspired by you!

     I'm still following the "challenge-yourself" idea being promoted by my blogging buddy, V.  It's called "Just Stash January" and it involves using nothing but things already in your stash throughout the entire month of January!  There are a few reasonable exceptions (all of which mean that no money has come out of your pocket) and you can read about those on her post.  Just click on the link above to find out all about it, then start counting those coins and bills you'll be 'stashing' in your pocket this month instead of crying about even more charges on the credit cards after the holiday season. 

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Winter Mittens

      It's a Monday, & a January Monday at that, so it's time for a new challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and our wonderful sponsor this week is The Cutting Cafe.  They have generously supplied the DT with lovely files for cutting shaped cards and I chose this adorable "Mitten shaped card."

     Because I don't have an electronic cutting machine, I printed the mitten shape, first adjusting it for the size I wanted, then cut it by hand.  That's one of the great things about Cutting Cafe files - they can be cut by hand or by machine.

Paper pieced with scrap dp (DCWV "Stonewashed" stack)

Snowflakes cut from scraps w Art Impressions dies

Sentiment (unknown maker) stamped & underlined

     I'm still following the "challenge-yourself" idea being promoted by my blogging buddy, V.  It's called "Just Stash January" and it involves using nothing but things already in your stash throughout the entire month of January!  There are a few reasonable exceptions (all of which mean that no money has come out of your pocket) and you can read about those on her post.  Just click on the link above to find out all about it, then start counting those coins and bills you'll be 'stashing' in your pocket this month instead of crying about even more charges on the credit cards after the holiday season.  :-D  Everything on this card came not only from the stash but from the scrap stash! 

     Challenges:

Dare 2B Artsy

Digi Choosday

Di's Digi Designs

Dream Valley

Get Creative

Outlawz PAM

Penny's Paper-Crafty

Pixie's Snippets

     Come play with us this week.  Our theme is always "Anything Goes" except on the rare 5th Monday in a month.  We'd love to see what you create.   Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Snowman Mug

      Limited Runs was one of my favorite progressive challenges but they have now ended it.  However, they still have a Facebook page and I'm going to share this card over there.  Isn't this an adorable Snowman Mug?

     I also want to tell you about a fun "challenge-yourself" idea being promoted by my blogging buddy, V.  It's called "Just Stash January" and it involves using nothing but things already in your stash throughout the entire month of January!  There are a few reasonable exceptions (all of which mean that no money has come out of your pocket) and you can read about those on her post.  Just click on the link and find out all about it, then start counting those coins and bills you'll be 'stashing' in your pocket this month instead of crying about even more charges on the credit cards after the holiday season.  :-D  Everything on this card came from the stash!

Colored w ProMarkers

Image is Fussy Cut

Doily behind the image cut w QuicKutz die

Background dp from DCWV

Sentiment cut w Avery Elle die

Twine bow hand tied

     Challenges:

A Bit More Time...Extra
A Perfect Time to...

Arty Divas

Crafts Galore Encore

Crafty Hazelnut's

Do Al(l) Creatives

LeAnn's World

Let's Craft & Create

Morgan's ArtWorld

Your Scrapbook Place

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Uphill vs Downhill

Happy New Year to All !     

     We're starting a new challenge today at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies and our theme is always Anything  Goes featuring a Critter.  Our fabulous sponsor this month is QKR Stampede and their challenge starts in three more hours so think about playing over there, too.  They supplied images for the entire team and I chose "Cross Country Skiing."  

     The image reminded me of the first (and only) time I tried cross country skiing.  It was very early on in a dating relationship with a fellow who loved cross country and wanted me to enjoy it also.  I rented skis and boots (not willing to invest in expensive equipment until I knew it would be something I enjoyed year after year) and we set off in search of suitable terrain covered with snow.  Keep in mind, this was in a state in the US where the only snow to be found was in the mountains which necessarily means the going is NOT going to be flat.  lol  In fact, every tiny snowdrift required uphill climbing to get over it.  

     After an hour of struggling with mostly uphill pushing and scooting, I was assured that the rest of the journey would be 'all downhill.'  RIIIGHT!  Two hours and four blisters later, with an ankle that swelled to the size of a football as soon as I took off the ill fitting boots, I was done with cross country and pretty much done with the gentleman who had introduced me to it!  He did survive several more dates but it ended when he just couldn't handle having animals around and I realized I preferred them to him anyway.  lol

     I'm using this for a Birthday card for a neighbor lady who turns 80 this month!

Colors taken from My Favorite Things.

Colored w ProMarkers

Glitter added to hat tassel

Cut w QuicKutz die

Paper from DCWV

Glittered snowflakes - Recollections

     I also want to tell you about a fun "challenge-yourself" idea being promoted by my blogging buddy, V.  It's called "Just Stash January" and it involves using nothing but things already in your stash throughout the entire month of January!  There are a few reasonable exceptions (all of which mean that no money has come out of your pocket) and you can read about those on the post.  Just click on the link and find out all about it, then start counting those coins and bills you'll be 'stashing' in your pocket this month instead of crying about even more charges on the credit cards after the holiday season.  :-D  Everything on this card came from the stash!

     Challenges:

Colour Crazy

Colour It, Create...

Crafts Galore Encore

Crafty Animals

Cute Card Thurs

MFT Birthday Project

Outlawz Twisted Thurs

Paperbabe Stamps

Polkadoodles

     Come play with us this month.  You have until January 25 to get an entry posted (don't forget to feature a critter) and you could win some fantastic QKR Stampede images.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Standing in for Santa

      We all know about the 2020 pandemic and have lived through the worst imaginable restrictions (to no apparent avail, sigh...) but few of us thought it would impact Santa's travels.  Mrs. Santa was so concerned about his health, due mostly to Santa's great age (did you know he's well over 125 years old - not counting all his years as Father Christmas or Sinter Klaus?), so she has forbidden him to leave the North Pole!

     Consequently, Santa has recruited the much younger, 109 year old, Christmas Gnome from Conie Fong to stand in for him.  The sack full of toys is an image from Conie Fong's "Santa Sack" and I merged them before printing.  BTW, both of those sets (and many others) are on sale until Christmas Day so if you want them, go and grab them RIGHT NOW!

Colored w ProMarkers & gel pens

Cut w Dare 2B Artsy die

Corners rounded w Fiskars corner punch

Glitter paper is die cut from wide washi tape (DCWV)

Hand-sewn, signature style, bow

     Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart

C.R.A.F.T.

Cute Card Thurs

House...Stamps Built

Outlawz Twisted Thurs

Paperminutes

Paper Shelter

Simon Says Stamp

     If you are on a last minute scramble to get everything done before this Christmas Eve has ended, good luck.  For this upcoming weekend, may you have many hours of  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie