Christmas!

 I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! I had a few weeks in November with bronchitis that derailed some time making cards. I did manage to get my Christmas cards list done and mailed out on time. 

Here are a few of them.

The first uses the BYSHC sketch challenge 29.

I used 6x6 paper pad from Hobby Lobby called A Very Merry Christmas and the snowman stamp from the Unity set Stay Warm. (This was part of my prize from the drawing for sketch 25.) I found the Joy stamp in another set by Momenta. I used the wonky stitch oval die by Gina Marie Designs and affixed it to black card stock. I wanted to add some shimmer with some glitter or heat embossing but being under the weather I went with basic.

Another part of the prize from sketch 25 was the background papers I used in these two cards. 

The Greetings of the Season was also part of the prize. I used a snowman from a cut apart 12x12 sheet I bought years ago (probably from Hobby Lobby or Joann). This card used 3 patterned papers.

This last card has two of the papers. The cut apart house from another paper set I affixed to some green card stock. I liked using non traditional Christmas colors for these cards.

I now have a cold during this week between Christmas and New Year so I am hoping for a healthier new year. LOL.  I've also got a big chunk of my birthday cards in the first months of the year so I really need to rally and get these done. Hopefully I'll be better at posting here as I go, too. 

Until next year, 

Mindy

BYSHC Sketch Challenge 25

 Hello friends! 

I decided to finally get started on some Christmas cards and use this month's sketch challenge in the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers group. 

Silent Night

Have a Glorious Christmas

Joy

Merry Christmas

Celebrate the Season

What I used:

Echo Park Paper Co. 6x6 pad, The First Noel

Carta Bella 6x6 paper pad, Home For Christmas

Echo Park Paper Co. designer die, Sweet Merry Christmas

Darice dry emboss folder brick pattern

Spellbinders Nestabilities die circle

Gina Marie Design rounded square stitched die

SU! cardstock in Garden Green and Night of Navy

Cardstock in red, white, and black

This was a great sketch to use and may come in handy for some other holidays coming up.

Until next time, keep creating things that fill you up!

Mindy