Sketches, Christmas In July, Last Minute Cards, etc.

I'm always so last minute on everything, but I DID get this card made before the deadline for the Tawny Owl Paperie sketch challenge this month.  Yay for any goal I can get accomplished, ever.  Also yay for caffeine and Lindt truffles, which have been sustaining me.

Just a few challenges:

• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• DL Art Linky Party
• Tawny Owl Paperie - Sketch #23
• Word Art Wednesday - #658 Anything Goes 2/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy Christmas crafting. Laters!!

Starlight Christmas Coffee

So I don't really know how, but I was watching this Hallmark Christmas movie called Christmas by Starlight and somehow this card was born.

Just a few challenges:

• BYSHC Christmas In July Linky Party
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #7 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• DL Art Linky Party
• Caffeinated Christmas Challenge - #31 Stars
• Word Art Wednesday - #658 Anything Goes 1/5
• Crafts Galore - Anything Goes 3/3
• Mirtillamente - #33 Anything Goes 5/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas crafting!!  Laters!!

**SUMMER SOIREE IG HOP** Week Six - Christmas In July!!

Welcome to our Summer Soiree Cardmaking Hop, hosted by @createwithkas.  For week 6, we are sharing creations inspired by me, @royalpumpkinart, I suggested Christmas in July as a theme.  If this inspires you, please use the hashtag #summersoireecardmakinghop2024 in your posts so we can see your creations!

I chose to make a slimline card with a jingle bell theme cause I was singing "Jingle Bell Rock" and that's just how I roll 😂

Just a few challenges:

• BYSHC Christmas In July Linky Party
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #7 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• DL Art Linky Party
• Word Art Wednesday - #658 Anything Goes 1/5

Visit my IG page to hop through everyone's fabulous creations!  Thanks so much for looking and happy Christmas crafting!

Sketches, CIJ, Christmas Linky Parties Day TWO

Second attempt at this.  I'm not so sure I even like this card.

Just a few challenges:

• BYSHC Christmas In July Linky Party
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #7 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• DL Art Linky Party
• Word Art Wednesday - #657 Anything Goes 3/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy Christmas crafting.  Laters!!

Magical Christmas Wishes

Happy Saturday!!!  It's so freaking hot and I stupidly decided to do some cleaning today (I know, I'm insane) and I discovered a bag of scraps of wrapping paper from last Christmas and that has led me here.  I got this paper with Santa riding a unicorn for my nieces. Isn't it cool?  I knew it would make a fabulous card and it did.

Just a few challenges:

• BYSHC Christmas In July Linky Party
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #7 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• DL Art Linky Party
• Word Art Wednesday - #657 Anything Goes 2/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy Christmas crafting!  Laters!!

Sketches, CIJ, Christmas Linky Parties Day ONE

So I thought I might attempt something insane this week.  I wanna post a card each day for the BYSHC Christmas In July Linky Party, and I want a lot of them to use sketches from Kendra's Card Challenge #15.  We'll see how this goes.

Just a few challenges:

• BYSHC Christmas In July Linky Party
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #7 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• DL Art Linky Party
• Word Art Wednesday - #657 Anything Goes 1/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy Christmas crafting.  Laters!!

**ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with The Creative Crafters!!

Happy middle-of-the-month!  It's the fifteenth and that means it's time for a new challenge at Creative Crafters!  As always our challenge is Anything Goes!!!  Since it's July, I made a Christmas card!  I've been a bit more Disney obsessed than usual as of late, so I made a Disney Christmas card.  What's better than Disney and Christmas??

Just a few challenges:

• A Perfect Time To Craft - #7 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• Pearly Sparkles - #97 Christmas In July
• DL Art Linky Party
• Crafts Galore - Anything Goes 2/3
• Word Art Wednesday - #656 Anything Goes 2/5
• Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - #233 Anything Goes 3/3

Be sure to visit the blog, play along with us and check out the other DT's projects as well!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!

Warm Wishes Starlit Coffee

I feel like that would be a great name for a coffee shop.  Wouldn't it be so fun? Decorated for Christmas all year, little lit up stars on the ceiling, I love this mental image I'm dreaming up.

Anyways, This was sort of a different card for me.  Stamping a patterned cup onto patterned paper was a new one.  I'm not entirely sure I love how it looks, to be honest.  I went over one of the cups with a gold marker to give it a little different look.  Like I said, I'm conflicted.

Just a few challenges:

• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - #31 Stars
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #7 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• DL Art Linky Party
• Pearly Sparkles - #97 Christmas In July
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes/Christmas In July 1/3
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Stars and/or Stripes 2/5
• Word Art Wednesday - #655 Anything Goes 5/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas in July crafting!  Laters!!

**CHRISTMAS IN JULY** New Challenge with Simply Create Too!

Happy Friday!  It's time for a new challenge at Simply Create Too and our theme this month is Christmas in July!!! 

I have been dying to play around with these dies from The Greetery and I finally got to do it.  I love how they look so very vintage.  I don't have any of the coordinating greenery dies to use with it, so I used patterned paper instead.

Just a few challenges:

• A Perfect Time To Craft - #7 Anything Goes
• Pearly Sparkles - #97 Christmas In July
• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• DL Art Linky Party
• Word Art Wednesday - #655 Anything Goes 2/5
• Crafty Catz - #675 Anything Goes 4/5

Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT created!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!

Happy 4th of July!  This year more than any, I realize just how important freedom is.  I'm struggling with how things are going in the country right now, this is not what our ancestors fought for!

Just a few challenges:

• A Perfect Time To Craft - #7 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• DL Art Linky Party
• Colorful Options - Flags
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Stars and/or Stripes 1/5
• Word Art Wednesday - #655 Anything Goes 1/5
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - Red, White and/or Blue 3/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!

**SUMMER SOIREE IG HOP** Week Three - Fireworks!

(everybody sing the [slightly annoying] Katy Perry song with me:  Baby you're a fiiiiiiiiiiiiirework!  Come on let your collllllllllllors burst!)

Don't mind me, just rocking out over here 😎 

Anyways, welcome to our Summer Soiree Cardmaking Hop, hosted by @createwithkas.  For Week 3, we are enjoying celebrating all things patriotic!  Fireworks, BBQs, 4th of July, your country's colors or Red, White and Blue.  This theme was suggested by Kelly and if it inspires you, please use the hashtag #summersoireecardmakinghop2024.  To join us, message @createwithkas

I am, as you probably know, a HUGE Disney fan.  To me, Disney and fireworks are synonymous.  I got this die on Etsy a few years ago, and I absolutely love how the patterned paper poops behind the white glittered die cut.  The yellow-gold windows in the castle remind me of how Walt's office is always lit up at the theme parks.

Just a few challenges:

• A Perfect Time To Craft - #7 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• DL Art Linky Party
• Colorful Options - Flags
• Die Cut Divas - Add Some Glitter 1/4 (glitter cardstock)
• Word Art Wednesday - #655 Anything Goes 1/5
• Creatalicious - #278 Anything Goes 2/3
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - Red, White and/or Blue 2/5
• Polkadoodles - #26 Anything Goes 3/4
• Crafty Catz - #675 Anything Goes 3/5
• Mirtillamente - #33 Anything Goes 3/5
• Creative Fingers - #281 Anything Goes 3/3
• Through The Purple Haze - #216 Anything Goes 3/3
• A Gem of a Challenge - #13 Anything Goes 4/4
• Digi Tuesday - #25 Anything Goes 4/4

Thanks so much for looking and happy hopping.  Laters!!

**RED, WHITE AND BLUE** New Challenge with Get Creative Challenges!!

Hi everyone!  It's a new challenge at Get Creative Challenges and our theme is Red, White and Blue!!  IIt absolutely does not in ANY WAY have to be a patriotic or 4th of July card!  Make it your own!

Just a few challenges:

• A Perfect Time To Craft - #7 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• DL Art Linky Party
• Colorful Options - Flags
• Creative Fingers - #281 Anything Goes 1/3
• Through The Purple Haze - #216 Anything Goes 1/3
• Polkadoodles - #26 Anything Goes 1/4
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - Red, White and/or Blue 1/5
• A Gem of a Challenge - #13 Anything Goes 2/4
• Digi Tuesday - #25 Anything Goes 2/4
• Mirtillamente - #33 Anything Goes 2/5
• Crafty Catz - #675 Anything Goes 2/5
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes 3/5

Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT created.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!!

**ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with Morgan's Art World!!

Happy Monday everyone!  It's the first of the month, and that means it's time for a new challenge at Morgan's Art World!  This month I'm working with Xmas Frame, and as always our challenges are

ANYTHING GOES!!

Happy Christmas in July!  I hope to share TONS of seasonal inspiration this month!!

Just a few challenges:

A Perfect Time To Craft - #7 Anything Goes

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes

DL Art Linky Party

Pearly Sparkles - #97 Christmas In July

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes 1/3

Creatalicious - #278 Anything Goes 1/3

A Gem of a Challenge - #13 Anything Goes 1/4

Digi Tuesday - #25 Anything Goes 1/4

Crafty Catz - #675 Anything Goes 1/5

Mirtillamente - #33 Anything Goes 1/5

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog - #168 Anything Goes 1/8

Love To Craft Challenge Blog - #81 Anything Goes 1/8

Mix It Up Challenge Blog - #72 Anything Goes 1/8

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes 2/5

Be sure to visit the challenge blog and see what everyone else has created!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!