Sweet Holiday Wishes

I haven't done much posting, because I have been cleaning my house which I really have neglected for quite some time. I always had an excuse, work, design teams and I just needed to get it done. Now that I have been working from home, it was driving me crazy to have my office be the only clean area. I found cards that I started and just never finished and here is one of them. I had this pre-colored image from Paper Shelter and had some liquid pearls on it. So I put it together with some papers I embossed and distressed and a left over piece of Christmas paper that I don't even know who the maker is and now this is how I feel after doing my cleaning, lol.

Patterned Paper:  Unknown
Cardstock:  Recollections
Stamp:  Santa Collection
Sentiment:  Retired Verve digital stamps
Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon
Punches:  EK Success
Embossing Folders:  Cuttlebug & Sizzix
Holly:  Hobby Lobby
Liquid Pearls
Tim Holtz Distressing Tool

Challenges
The Paper Shelter- Ch. 451 A Christmas Card
Dream Valley - Ch. 238 Christmas
CHNC - Ch. 518 Anything Christmas with optional things with wings
Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 135 Christmas/Winter
Creative Knockouts - Christmas Delight
Scrapping 4 Fun

Ho Ho Ho

Well we are getting closer to Christmas and on that frenzy to make those cards. Here is one with a new die cut from Simon Says and I found some gingham ribbon in my stash that I wanted to use.

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey
Cardstock:  Basic Grey; Core-dinations; Bazzil; Recollections
Die: Simon Says - Ho (see above for direct link)
Border Punch:  Martha Stewart
Ribbon:  stash, unknown

Challenges
CHNC - Ch. 515 Anything Christmas with optional add a button/2 or more 
Krafty Chicks - Ch. 533 Christmas
Holly & Ivy - Ch. 83
HSS - Ch. 352 Photo Inspiration

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 464 - 465 Anything Goes

Polish Merry Christmas

We didn't always celebrate our heritages and diversity is a new concept. My father is born here in the US and so were his parents, and grandparents. However, they settled in an area in Wisconsin where there were people of Polish decent that spoke a dialect of Polish. So when my Dad when to school he knew how to speak this Polish and not English.  He went to a one room school house and had to stay in from recess to get extra English lessons. To this day he can not say words with "th" and has even gone for speech therapy. 
I made a Merry Christmas card using a die cut from Memory Box.  


Patterned Paper:  A Paper Rose
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Die Cut: Memory Box; Sizzix
Flowers:  Prima
Punch:  Martha Stewart



Challenges
CHNC - Ch. 514 Anything Christmas with optional something that starts with "H"
Christmas Kickstart - Ch. 41 Festive Florals
Aud Sentiments - Ch. 263 Anything Goes with a sentiment
CCAYR - November for family and /or friends
Do-A1(1) Kreatives - Ch. 47 Glitter/Sparkle and Christmas
The Holly and Ivy Christmas - Ch. 82 

Be Good this Christmas

I have been wanting to make at least two Christmas cards per month. With all that is happening in life and the added stresses for everyone, I have been making my cards that have some sarcastic humor.  I think that we need to laugh and that is the only thing that we seem to be able to do for fun lately. I got a new stamp set from Whimsy with these Christmas girls and added my own sentiment. Now I think that I will be on the naughty list forever. I actually want to make a red-headed version of this same card and send it to my ex-husband, lol.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Cardstock:  Bazzil; the Paper Shop, Recollections
Stamp: Whimsy - Gossip Holiday Girls
Memento - Tuxedo Black
Snowflake:  Recollections
Sentiment:  Computer generated

Challenges
CHNC - Ch. 514 Anything Christmas with optional something with the letter "H"  (horns)
Aud Sentiment - Ch. 263 Anything Goes with a sentiment
 CCC Digi Creations - Ch. 120 Christmas is on the way
Creatalicious - Ch. 198 Anything Goes with optional humor
Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas/Winter
Incy Wincy - Color Challenge