Reindeer Card & Tag

Hi!  I'm back. :) I just realized I shared my posts in the wrong order, so I guess you get double from me tonight.  It is just as well because I made all three projects in the same sitting. :) After I made my cardinal tag (which was inspired by Laurel Beard's tag on Day 10 of 25 Days of Christmas Tags) I liked it so much that I made some more and even turned one into a card.  The card was a combination of inspiration from Laurel's tag, Merry Monday #180 to use a reindeer, Simon Says: Christmas, and The Card Concept #44: Festive Glory Challenge.  I loved the colors, feel, and especially the chair in the Festive Glory photo and tried to capture that here in my card that is probably a bit more clean and layered than just clean and simple.

 

And here is the other tag in the set I made that I'm linking up to the 25 Days of Christmas Tags Linkup.

Cardinal Tag

Hello, friends!  I hope you are well!  It's been a busy week here, but I've snuck in little bits of crafting here and there.  You'll definitely want to stop by at the end of the month because our November kit for The 12 Kits of Occasions is so cute it just about kills me to have to wait 8 more days to share my cards. :) I'm pretty happy that I do get to share this tag today, though!  I made it to participate in the amazing 25 Days of Christmas Tags event going on, and it was inspired by a tag Laurel Beard shared on Day 10.  I'm pretty excited about how it turned out, and it is definitely getting me in the Christmas mood.  I'm also linking this one up for the Simon Says Stamp: Christmas Challenge.  Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Little Critter Christmas Tag

Hello!  Have you all seen Tracey's amazing 25 Days of Christmas Tag event?  It truly gets better each year.  There's an unbelievable amount of talent providing inspiration each day and lots of prizes to be won.  Not wanting to miss out on all the fun, I decided to play along.  I was inspired by a fabulous tag Jenn Shurkus shared on Day 3.

But the inspiration didn't stop there.  My stamps were selected based on the Essentials by Ellen November Mix it Up Challenge with Mama Elephant.  I paired Essentials by Ellen's Cozy Christmas stamps and Home & Hearth dies with Mama Elephant's Up and Away.  And I've always wondered...I know this little guys is adorable, but what exactly is he?  Anyone know?  My colors and idea to use a tree were inspired by Merry Monday #179, and I added the silver ink (yes, it truly is silver...hard to capture that!) because of CAS-ual Fridays: CFC #145: Precious Metals Challenge.  If you look really closely, you can see that the silver stripes really do shimmer.  Oh, and I forgot how fun it is to add glossy accents to embellishments...kind of makes them like the fun puffy enamel shapes you can buy.

This tag ended up being more labor intensive than I intended, so I decided it had to go to an extremely special recipient...my sweet daughter.  As much as I love card making, my true joy lies in being a mother.  Here's my special little one in all her Halloween glory...

And here's her vibrant big brother whom we adore.  He would definitely not appreciate the colors on this tag, though. :) 

Okay, I got a little side tracked.  I'm hoping you don't mind. :) Here's one last shot of the tag just to get us back on track.  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope your day is full of whatever or whomever brings you joy.  Thanks for sharing in mine. :)

Three Challenges, One SUPER Simple Card

This card is about as ultra CAS as it gets, but I actually like it.  It's made from leftover supplies I had out on the table and was inspired by the colors I saw in The Card Concept's Thank-Fall Challenge and CASology's "Give" Challenge.  The sentiment comes from TAWS' Give Thanks set, which I thought was quite fitting for the CASology challenge.  I'm also joining this in the TAWS November Link-up.  The weather was beautiful today--cool but sunny, so we went on a walk/nature scavenger hunt.  Oh, how I love this season!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Turkey Thanks

I hadn't put away the supplies I used on yesterday's card, so I decided to make another one.  After all, my son does have two preschool teachers and it wouldn't be very nice to thank one and not the other. ;) I switched up the colors a bit based on this week's ColourQ Challenge and used a slightly simplified version of Retro Sketches #189 for my layout.  Isn't this turkey from TAWS just hilarious?  I could not stop smiling while making this card.  He makes me want to make about a zillion Thanksgiving cards. Hope you are having a wonderful week!

Linking this up to:

ColourQ Challenge #316

Retro Sketches #189

Share Handmade Kindess Challenge: Week 2: Community

TAWS November Link-up