Tie the Bow

      This card is for the 30 Days of Holidays at Beccy's Place and it features things with the letter "T" - Tent card, Toys, & Tying the bow (too bad he Tied his beard into the bow!)  These gnomes are from Beccy's Place, and while they aren't specifically for Christmas, they certainly do work well on Christmas cards.  But they are versatile enough to be great for birthdays or other gift giving occasions.

     These two gnomes are from the same set but I merged them into one image.  I colored with ProMarkers, then cut the image with a die from QuicKutz.  I used two scraps of CS for the corners behind the image.  The sentiment was printed, then cut with an Avery Elle die, and matted with green CS.

     The dp with the text greetings came from a Recollections stack (don't ask me which one since it was separated from the stack) and the toy embellies are from K & Co., along with the one tiny present in the bottom corner.  Ribbons are from my stash and the double, quad-loop bow was tied using my bow maker.

     Challenges:

Colour Crazy

Crafter's Cafe

Crafty Catz

Creatalicious

Creative Fingers

Creative Moments

Paperbabe

Scrapping4fun

Scribbles Designs

      OK, this finishes my posts for today but I'll have another post or two tomorrow.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Day 23, Letter "T" for Toy

     It's already Day 23 at Beccy's Place 30 Days of Christmas and I'm showing you one more Gift Card Holder focusing on the letter prompt "T."  I chose to make my T stand for Toys, using this adorable little pull Toy Reindeer from Beccy.  My gold 'ribbon' for the Tie is actually Tree Tinsel.

Colored with ProMarkers, white gel ink, & silver paint pen
Reindeer was fussy cut with scissors
Embossed CS for the folder
Background quilt frame die by Gina Marie
Gold tinsel for the 'ribbon' tie
Sentiment printed and hand cut

     Challenges:
Crafter's Castle
Crafty Friends
Crafty Sentiments
Cutie Pie
Cuttlebug Mania
Lil Patch of Crafty...
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Scrappy Land
Time Out

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

"T" for Toys

     One more day at Beccy's Place, playing in the Month of Holiday Cards, and using the alphabet for the daily themes.  Today is "T" and I used it to represent all the Toys Santa brings.  I used one of Beccy's images, this adorable rocking horse.

     I've strained my brain each day coming up with either image or crafting terms that match up with the letter of the day, and after I decided on Toys, my brain just ran dry!  lol

     I colored with my ProMarkers, and used dies from QuicKutz to cut both it and the printed sentiment.  The background paper was a scrap that originally came from a pad by Bo Bunny.  Because it was a scrap, the image hid most of it so I cut it diagonally, put the pieces into the corners, and then added the image and sentiment on top.  I love how that allowed the phrase "Toys for all the ..." to show on both the top and bottom of the image.

     I did another of my fan fold bows with the wrapped center, leaving it the original tan (Hey! Tan!  Another "T") to compliment the background color of the paper.

     Challenges:
A Bit More Time to Craft
Beccy's Place
Crafts Galore Encore
Creative Moments
Daisy Chain
Digi Choosday
Everybody Art
Lemon Shortbread
Passion for ProMarkers
Scrappy Land

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie