Baby Robin

The final challenge in Beccy's Place Sixth Annual Month of Holiday Cards is to "use the stamps, colors, papers, and embellishments that you love to create one final card." I had lots of fun making this card that includes so many of my favorite things- coloring, fussy-cutting, and upcycling [ribbon from Godiva Chocolate, vintage sheet music from my hubby's grandmother who was a church choir directors, the embossed brown square was on a card I received from a friend, a bit of bling and an inside sentiment crafted to match the front of the card! The wonderful digi and inside sentiment is from a Beccy's Place digi set named "Baby Robin." 

Entered into: 

Mod Squad Challenge- Come to Critter Days                                             (modsquadchallenge.com)

Beccy’s Place Challenge- Month of Holiday Cards- Final Challenge     (beccysplace.blogspot.com)

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                             (Outlawzchallenges.ning.com)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes                     (simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge)

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #413 Anything Goes   (craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk)

Made this card for the current Pixie's Snippets challenge and it includes a large assortment of scraps of vellum, an old map, cardstock and patterned paper plus a strip of ribbon. Also used a die cut tag that I've had in my stash for a while. The sentiment on the front of the card is computer generated and the beautiful script sentiment on the inside of the card is from Denami Stamps. [Twenty years ago when a friend and I owned a stamp store in South Dakota, Denami Stamps was one of our most popular lines. They were high-quality stamps and the owners, Gary and Nami Nakamura, were such nice people. I'm sure that they are still nice people selling good quality products because they are still in business. Stop by their website to check out their images. Bet you'll find something you like. www.denamidesign.com] Am entering the card into several other challenges including the Power Poppy Confetti Challenge TicTacToe [diagonal from upper left- red, die cut, green], Outlawz Tuesday TicTacToe [diagonal from lower left- red and white stripes, sentiment, and tag] and If You Give a Crafter A Cookie Challenge [tag has candy cane stripes.]

Entered into: 

Pixie's Snippets-Week #340                                                   (pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com)        

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greetings- Red on Card       (Outlawzchallenges.ning.com)

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie- #108 Candy Cane              (giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com)

Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color-TicTacToe                         (Outlawzchallenges.ning.com)

Power Poppy- Creative Confetti- TicTacToe      (powerpoppy.blogspot.com/2018/11/weve-got-surprise_27.html)

Am so excited that Today is the start of the 2018 Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! I discovered this wonderful event last fall on FB and have participated in every one since then. They are inspiring, encouraging and there are LOTS of great prizes. [For details, visit http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2018/11/2018-fall-winter-coffee-lovers-blog-hop] For my Day 1 entry, I made a sweet little ATC. The fun retro feeling background paper is actually a label that I pulled from a disposable coffee cup. I loved the colors and patterns and just couldn't toss it in the trash. Luckily it peeled away really easily. The cute cup image is a digi from Verve Stamps that I purchased during the 2017 Coffee Lovers Fall Blog Hop. I printed the mug on dotted patterned paper, and fussy cut steam swirls from scraps of vellum.  The sentiment is one of Kelli Winnell's Friday Freebies. (You can find it, and dozens more, here kelliewinnell.typepad.com/blog/freebie-Friday.)

Entered into: 

2018 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop            (Coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2018/11/2018-fall-winter-coffee-lovers-blog-hop)

Cute Card Thursday- #558 Recycle Something       (cutecardthursday.blogspot.com) 

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge          (craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com)