MMSC#31 and Color Dare #46

I decided I better double up on some of these challenges so I can get them all done!! The colors for the color dare challenge are taken with teal, rich razzleberry, and kraft. The sketch is from MMSC #31 and the extra was to do a little project to match. So, this is a card and a matching candle. I bought a bunch of these calendars at Michael's in their dollar bins. The design papers are from Stampin' Up and Basic Grey.

House Mouse Challenge #58

The challenge was to use non-traditional colors on a Christmas card. I used sweet blush cardstock from Paper Trey Ink and a piece of Basic Grey dp. Copic markers were used to color in this precious House Mouse image. I added snowflakes and pineneedles on the side with rhinestone flowers.

Banana Split Sunday_staying warm

This is for Sunday's Banana Split Sunday Challenge to stay warm!! I used the steaming coffee mug from Flourishes to warm up with. It is paper pieced with a lovely piece of Basic Grey design paper.I used really red SU cardstock for the cardbase and stamped some SU snowflakes in platinum planet and rich cocoa inks. I used my pine punch to make the pineneedles and a red rhinestone flower.

Stampin' Sisters in Christ

I was so glad to see the challenge for today on Stampin' Sisters in Christ to make a card telling someone you are praying for them. I have a very dear friend who just found out very recently that her sister has a brain tumor, surgery was done immediately, but the doctors were not able to remove all of the cancer they found. These women as children lost their own father many years ago on Christmas Day, after what was to be a non-life threatening procedure. My friend struggles to find a joy about Christmas because of this sad event and now this Christmas she is faced with the news about her sister. I am sending this card as an alternative Christmas card to her and I ask for prayers from all of you wonderful Christian Sisters for peace and a spirit of grace for this Christmas season as my friend and her sister and their families face this difficult situation at this Christmas season. My friend is a faithful Christian, and totally believes in the power of prayer. I know she will feel your prayers as God helds my friend and her loved ones close to Him this Christmas.

Friday Sketchers #81

I decided that the really fun way to make the rest of my Christmas cards is to find every challenge I can and make it a Christmas card theme. I loved this one that I found over on the Daily Dare today called Friday Sketchers. The stamp I used is from Penny Black, the papers are various design papers from my pink scrap bag. I used my nestabilities for the center scallops, inverted scallops and circle. Martha Stewart punches provided the snowflake. I used copic markers to color in my tuxedo black Memento inked image. Half pearls surround the snowman. I have to tell you, it has been snowing at my house since this morning and this is such a rare thing for those of us who have been raised on the Texas Gulf Coast area. This is a record for the earliest snow we have ever received. In my liftime I think I've only seen falling snow around 8 times and I am over a half of a century old!!! LOL I am just loving the peacefulness of the snow softly coming down. Most of it is melting on the ground but some of it is accumulating. God sends us unexpected surprises sometimes, just so we can be in awe of who He is!!!

Color Throw Down #71

The colors for the color throw down this week are olive, red, pink, and brown. I used a piece of Basic Grey design paper that featured red and pink and then I added real red and chocolate chip cardstock to the old olive card base. The wreath was made with the leaves from the Carte Postale set from Stampin' Up's retired collection. The sentiment is a Studio G stamp. I punched out the flowers and the pine needles. The flower centers are chocolate pearls. I was very honored to see my CTD card from last week's challenge recognized in the top three. Wow! I've been a fairly faithful follower of this challenge for quite some time, so it was nice to get the "nod."

MMSC #30

I cuttlebugged the snowflake background on the gold panels. I also cuttlebugged the white label shape with the Victorian folder. This angel is from the Reneissance Angel set, which was retired by Stampin' UP. I used my spellbinders to cute my shapes. The image was stamped in Versamark and embossed with gold embossing powder. Angels are one of the things I collect, so I just had to pick one for my winged image.