Fa La La La Latte “Letterpress”

Happy Saturday!!  It's the 25th so of course I'm sharing a caffeinated Christmas card!  I made this one with a Hero Arts letterpress plate that was gifted to me.  I don't have a letterpress or betterpress or whatever so I just ran it through my die cut machine.  I do think it might have worked better with a rubber shim and I will try that next time.  I like how it looks all colored and detailed though.  The sentiment didn't show up on its own so I traced it with a white gel pen which I think makes it really stand out.

Just a few challenges:

• Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - #52 Anything Christmas Caffeinated Goes
• DLArt Linky Party
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #4 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - #02-2026 Anything Goes

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

Crushing Christmas IG Hop - October - One Layer Cards!

Hi everyone!  It's the 20th (well, 21st this time!) of the month, and that means it's time for the Crushing Christmas IG hop!  These hops are designed to give you a monthly dose of Christmas cardspiration to help you build your stash all year long!  This month's theme is One Layer Cards! 

I am NOT gonna lie, I really struggle with one layer cards. I like to die cut all the things and then add more! So it took me a few tries to get something I was happy with. I also couldn’t find my @heroarts Intense Black ink pad anywhere, so I had to use something else and it was clearly inferior. But I do love the images and I like how the Distress Oxide blended in the background. All in all I’m happy with what I made and glad I didn’t add any embellishments!

Just a few challenges:

• Falling For Christmas BYSHC 2023 Linky Party
• DLArt Linky Party
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #10 Anything Goes
• The Most Magical Time of The Year - #13 Anything Halloween or Christmas Goes
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Come play with us every month!  Thanks so much for looking and happy Christmas Crafting!  Laters!! 

CRAFTmas In July - Day Twenty Eight - Santa Shaker

I can't believe this month is almost over!!  I've had sooooo much fun and I've loved using stuff from my stash that I'd never played with before!

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge
• Bastel-Traum - #115 Anything Goes 1/3 #btchallenge115
• There's A Stamp For That - #42 Christmas In July 2/3
• Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes 3/4
• Creative Fingers - #236 Anything Goes 3/6
• Paper Funday - #43 Anything Goes 5/6
• Dare 2B Artsy - Christmas In July 3/3
• A Gem of a Challenge - #15 Anything Goes 3/3
• Jan's Digi Stamps - Anything Goes 5/5
 

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

**ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with 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!!!  As it's July, and I'm doing a little CRAFTmas in July here on the blog, I made a Christmas card!!

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Crafting Happiness - #125 Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #7-2022 Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge
• Crafty Catz - #604 Anything Goes/Christmas in July 1/3
• World Wide Design Team Challenge - #7 Anything Goes 1/3
• The Holly & The Ivy - #119 Anything Christmas Goes 2/3
• DLArt Thankful Thursday - #302 Christmas In July 2/3
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #185 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!! 

To All A Good Night!

In addition to trying to make more Christmas cards this year, I'm also working on making more sketch cards!  Shake up my layouts you know?  I really love how this turned out.  I made some mistakes assembling it, and I was able to correct all of them!

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• BYSHC Spring Into Christmas Linky Party
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #4-2022 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - #4 Anything Goes
• Crafting Happiness - #122 Anything Goes 
• Cheerful Sketches - April Sketch Challenge 1/3
• Word Art Wednesday - #540 Anything Goes 2/5
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #180 Anything Goes 3/3

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

**Clean and Simple** New Challenge with Mix It Up Challenge Blog!!

Happy December Everyone!  It's the first of the month, and that means it's time for a new challenge over at Mix It Up Challenge blog.  Our theme is Clean and Simple, which is NEVER easy for me because you guys know I like to layer, layer, layer and embellish, embellish, embellish!  I hope I did ok with this Santa card.  I was DYING to add rhinestones and glitter!

Just a few challenges:

• Word Art Wednesday - #467 Anything Goes 4/5
• 613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes 8/8

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

STAMPtember - Day Twenty-Five - Simple Stamped Santa

Awhile ago, I was surveying my inventory of products and I realized I NEVER use my colored ink pads outside of Distress Inks.  So I have been trying to do that, and I definitely used a red ink pad (Ranger I think) here.  I really like the look of this actually.  I need to do it more often.  Plus, no coloring!  Makes it easy to duplicate cards quickly.

Just a few challenges:

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

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells...

Okay I'll admit I don't normally get into the Christmas spirit until at least November first, but after being so jazzed about Halloween for two months I'm now kinda burned out on the subject.  So, I've decided to jump head-first into Christmas cards!  I just finished one of my most favorite that I've ever made.

I'm so happy with this card.  It was inspired by the latest challenge at Fussy and Fancy Challenges but I'm entering it in a few different challenges.

• Fussy and Fancy Challenges - 3 Bs - Black, Border Punch and Bling
• Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge #69 - Christmas 
• Simon Says Stamp And Show One Colour

I gotta get back to my TV, Revenge is on.  If you guys aren't watching this show, you should be!  It's fabulous!