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It's Day 6 of the daily challenges for Holiday Chaos at Catch the Bug and today there's an Inspiration Photo for all to follow. I used the colors from the photo, focusing on the red, white, and gray, plus reindeer feet (among the others).
In case you didn't know, yesterday was the LAST day to mail Christmas packages at regular rates within the US via the Postal Service if you want them to be there on time. Up to the 19th, you can pay the higher fees for rapid deliveries, and you can also pay the astronomical prices for overnight delivery if you want to wait until the 23rd. Personally, I decided to send my cards and packages last week.
But, I'm also very aware that this gal from Bugaboo Stamps understands how mailing Christmas packages actually works! This card is for Day 5 of the Holiday Chaos at Catch the Bug and the theme is "Humor Us." This one was fast and easy to make with only the image, a glitter paper scrap, and a bow.
We're at Day 4 of the Holiday Chaos at Catch the Bug daily challenges and today we have a Tic Tac Toe board. I'm having problems with Blogger letting me copy and paste a photo of the board into this post but you can check it out by visiting the Day 4 post on the Catch the Bug blog. The important point here is that I managed to get everything but 'twine' so I have 8 out of 9 of the blocks and 6 of the 8 lines, including both diagonals.
Good morning, Friends. Today is the beginning of our final 2020 "Anything Goes" challenge over at QKR Stampede and it will run until the end of the month. We'll see you again on January 1 so let me wish all of you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Remember, for QKR challenges you are not required to use a QKR Stampede image but if you do, or if you use one from our sister company, Eureka stamps, your card will be put into a separate draw with others who have also used QKR/Eureka images and your chances of winning will be greatly increased. :-D
I've used a QKR sentiment called "I Know Santa" and a Eureka image called "Polar Bear Present."
Edited to add: My apologies for this post being late. I incorrectly scheduled it for tomorrow. I've corrected it now.
Today is the beginning of our last challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies this year but we'll be back on January 4. Our theme is always Anything Goes (except on a 5th Monday) and our sponsor for this week's challenge is Polkadoodles. They have some of the cutest stamps anywhere! They provided images for the DT to use and I got to color up this sweet Winnie image called "Polar Friends."
Come play with us this week. It's another Anything Goes week so you have no excuse not to play. Then, we take a break until Monday, January 4. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
It's Day 3 at Catch the Bug's Holiday Chaos and we are doing "Anything But a Card." These are usually the themes I dislike because until recently, I had no good way to make either a box or a bag so I ended up doing gift card holders and that got boring after I had run through my standard 3 styles of them. But now I have a new, much larger, Scor-Pal and I can make boxes or bags of any size as long as my card stock/paper is large enough. This box is 4.5 x 5.5 x 2 inches and my paper size was 9.5 inches square at the start. I trimmed that on the 4.5 inch side after scoring all the lines.
I also did a 3" x 5" x 7" tall bag using white butcher paper (great because it comes on a large roll and you can make bags of nearly any size or height!) and decorated it with this same Bugaboo Stamps image and ribbon. Unfortunately, I used it for my neighbor's gift before I photographed it so you only get to see the box, not the bag.
Here's my second post this morning and it's a short one because I want to get back to the craft room to work on cards for the rest of the week. There will be another day (maybe even two) with double posts because I have DT projects to show off during the week, too.
Today at Catch the Bug's Holiday Chaos we have sketch to follow:
You'll see two back-to-back posts from me today because I didn't get my first one posted yesterday. Life just caught up with me and I spent the day doing house chores so that I could dedicate the rest of the weekend to getting cards done for the week-long, "Holiday Chaos" fest of daily challenges at Catch the Bug. This First Day there is a theme of "Reindeer Games." In fact, that's the overall theme for the entire week and I'll be sharing as many reindeer images from Bugaboo Stamps as I can. Here's the first:
This is my latest DT card for Conie Fong featuring merged images from two different sets, "Santa's Sack" (the upper presents) and "Christmas Gnomes" (the lower gnomes and packages.) I absolutely adore gnomes (second only to dragons!) and Conie Fong has some of the cutest ones around. You really should check out all her gnome set which have Christmas or Winter themes. You can see them all simply by browsing the store.
That's all I have today but remember that Conie Fong has two challenges every month on the Facebook page; one is for coloring only and the other for hand-colored, finished projects. Each challenges requires that you use a Conie Fong image. Come play. You could win more Conie Fong images!
Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
This cute image from Moon Flower is the freebie for the Progressive Challenge at The Outlawz. I decided to use her for a Christmas card since she had the Santa hat and I dressed her all in red. :-D
I always thought it was Santa who went down the chimney but this image tells me the reindeer are also involved somehow! That silly reindeer is either trying to hang the stocking on the outside of the chimney (which would make it easier and faster for Santa to fill) or he's been down the chimney and is acting like the Grinch stealing Christmas. Hmmmm...
The image is from Bugaboo Stamps and I think it's delightful and funny. :-D
Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
Many of you know that Imagine That! has reopened and they are running the monthly Progressive Challenge again. This adorable image is for the December challenge.
A second post today, something I haven't done in a while, but I wanted to let you see the freebie image from Beccy's Place for this month's challenge. Isn't he a fantastic old time Santa?
It's time to start our December challenge at Jan's Digi Stamps and our theme (as always) is "Anything Goes." My card today uses one of Jan's most recent sets, called "Merry Chris-Moose" and it's on sale for 20% off! Both the image and the sentiment are part of the featured set.
You really should check out Jan's store, even just the first page, because there are half a dozen or more sets on sale until Christmas and there's also a freebie! Although I'm using this as a Christmas card, I chose a color combo which could be used for any winter card. I tried to stay with a masculine theme so there is little embellishment other than the ribbon and the dp.
We've all heard the ditty about being who you are unless you want to be a Unicorn but this image from Mo's Digital Pencil tells me that sometimes other dreams are possible! lol This card is only 4" x 4".
I feel like it's been forever since I did my last DT card for Conie Fong but my back problems last month meant that I just couldn't sit very long, and coloring was very difficult so I took some time off. Now I'm back with a card using two merged images, "Angel Messenger" and "Angel Prayers." Both sets have the angels facing both directions and in Angel Prayers, one of the angels has roses at her feet..
I've used this die a couple of times already on Christmas cards this season but the die is a new one for me and I'm discovering different ways to use it. This time I put it on a distressed, deep blue, background and colored a few parts to make them pop.
This card reminds me of my favorite Christmas movie, "White Christmas," with Bing Crosby. The cabin could be the barn where they rehearsed and put on the Christmas show with all the marvelous classic music and all the snow makes it look like a New England winter. Nobody before or since has had a voice like Bing Crosby!
I don't know how I missed getting this one posted last month but I'm going to guess that somewhere in the mess of a sore back and the family loss we suffered, it just got overlooked. No worries, though, since I can post it now and still feel thankful about the blessings we share as a family. And I do appreciate all your kind thoughts and prayers.
This is the image for the Progressive challenge at LeAnn's World 101. It's called Thianna's Turkey Day.
Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
My second Christmas card of the day and this one is for the challenge starting today at QKR Stampede which will run until the 15th. I used an adorable image from QKR called "Full Stocking." I decided to try the latest trend of slimline cards and I think it enhanced the long look of the image.
Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
Welcome to December! The year is almost over and most of us are ready to see it go. 2020 has been the strangest year in my lifetime and I'll bet in yours, too. While there have been memorable individual events, both good and not so good, in other years, I can't think of a single other year where so much has continued for so many days/weeks/months, one after the other.
But let's put that behind us for a bit and take time to celebrate the December holidays. Today begins a new monthly challenge at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies. This month, the challenge is self-sponsored and there is a full set of clear, polymer, "Winter" sentiment, stamps which will be mailed out to the challenge winner. So, each DT member was free to do whatever they chose in making their inspiration piece.
I tried something I rarely do - a white-on-white card for Christmas. I used dies to cut sparkly pieces and mounted them onto a white background for a CAS design. The sparkle comes from large, glittered snowflakes on the original paper, giving this card a cold, wintery look. That paper has been in my stash as long as I've had the 2 dies and that's a long time!
Come play with us this week and stop by in a couple of hours to see my DT post for QKR Stampede. NanaConnie
