A Grinchy Christmas

      To all of those who celebrate Christmas, I hope your Christmas Day was happy and warm with family and friends.  In my house, we're still celebrating all 12 Days of Christmas, and doing our best to drive the Grinch crazy with all of our holiday cheer and singing and festive gatherings.

     In honor of that, I want to share a Grinch Gnome I made.  After hearing my daughter's assessment of it as "the most a'dork'able gnome" she'd ever seen, I gave it to her for Christmas!  I'll make another one to sell at the Christmas craft show next year.  :-D

     Enjoy your remaining 8 Days of Christmas and have a safe and sane Happy New Year.

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Humbug vs Ho Ho Ho

     Into every holiday season, a little "Humbug" seems to fall.  In my family, we were taught that for every "Humbug" we should respond with a happy and cheerful "Ho Ho Ho."    When I saw this snowman from Beccy's Place with a 'grinch'-like sneer on his face , it triggered memories of my mom saying, "Answer every Humbug with a happy Ho Ho Ho!" and that was long before the movie "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas."  Since today's alphabet letter in Beccy's 30 Days of Holidays is "H" what better image and sentiment?  :-D

I started with the colors at House of Cards.

     I colored Mr. "H"umbug Snowman with my ProMarkers, accentuated the scowl on his eyebrows with black marker, and added a little gel pen sparkle to him and covered it with Glossy Accents.  When that was dry, I cut him out with a die from QuicKutz.  The dp with the jolly Santa (I can hear the "Ho Ho Ho" rumbling out of him!) is from a Recollections paper pad.

     The ribbon is one of my favorites.  It's "H"olographic in that it alternates red and green depending on how the light hits it.  With no light at all, it looks completely black.  I used my mom's saying as my sentiment.

     Challenges:
Beccy's Place
Crafting from the Heart
Creative Inspirations
Creative Moments
Deep Ocean
Dream Valley
I {heart} ProMarkers
Outlawz Twisted Thurs
Scrappy Land

     One more day, one more Christmas card in the stash.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie