A FUN trio

Last month I made 30 Christmas cards during Beccy's Place Sixth Annual Month of Holiday Cards. It was so much fun making the cards PLUS I was thrilled to win several of the random drawings so that I was able to add many new digi sets to my ever-growing collection of digis. This is one of those sets. It's named "Here Comes Christmas" and I love the reindeers and especially the humorous sentiments that Beccy developed. [I do like that lady's sense of humor!] I attached the reindeer on the card with a foam pop dot under his belly so that it pops up a bit. So cute. [You can see that in one of the pics.] The sheet music is a freebie I found via a web search [www.houseofhawthornes.com/rudolphs-been-hitting-sauce-again.]
Am entering this card into several challenges including the Day 5 Bugaboo Holiday Chaos Event Day, Photo Challenge [there is a reindeer costume in the photo.] 

Entered into: 

Beccy’s Place Challenge- Dec                                                            (beccysplace.blogspot.com)

Double D’s Challenge- Run Rudolph Run                                     (daranddiane.blogspot.com)

Bugaboo Stamps- Holiday Chaos- Photo Challenge                   (catchthebugblog.blogspot.com)

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #414 Anything Goes  (craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk)

Christmas Crafts All Year Round- Anything Goes                       (christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.co.uk)

2craftycrittercrazies Challenge #21                                                 (2craftycrittercrazies.blogspot.com)

A few months ago I won a challenge at The Paper Shelter and this is one of the sweet digis that I picked out. It's named "There's A Penguin In My Cocoa" and was fun to color with my Spectrum Noir markers and white gel pen. Several challenges that I follow require some kind of gift holder so I decided to use this sweet image on the front of a box card that I can fill with hot chocolate packets. Am going to be providing it to a young friend who is going through finals during her first year at college. Used instructions that I found on Pinterest [find them here- stampingdoc.blogspot.com/2008/11/christmas-book-box.html] but added a vertical belly band to keep the treats in place. Since I wanted the penguin to stand out, I just added some grey marker and white gel pen to the gifts in the background. You can see the complete digi in the watermarked image.  And it's on sale right now for just $2.55.] The Belly Band also allows me to enter this item into the current Simon Says Monday challenge "B is for…?" Am also entering it into a few other challenges including The Paper Shelter's 8^th Birthday Celebration [Figure my college freshman friend can celebrate with a hot beverage after she finishes each final. I mean, what better way to celebrate than with hot chocolate when going to college in Minnesota. Brrr!] 

 

Entered into: 

The Paper Shelter- #365 Birthday/Celebrations        (thepapershelter.blogspot.com.ar)

Simon Says Monday Challenge- "B" is for?                 (simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Wrap It Up         (simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge)

We Craft Cards Monday Challenge-Treat Holder      (wecraftcards.com/forum)

Power Poppy- Creative Confetti- Season of Giving    (powerpoppy.blogspot.com/2018/12/givers-gonna-give.html)

Bugaboo Stamps- Holiday Chaos- Gift Packaging     (catchthebugblog.blogspot.com)

Di’s Digi Stamps- For a Child                                         (disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk)

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

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

The Butterfly Challenge is doing something fun in December for Christmas, hence the letter "X" [for Xmas.] Instead of including a butterfly on our cards, we are to include a fairy, elf or pixie and you don't even have to use a Christmas theme. So, I pulled out one of my favorite Fairy sets, Penny Black Fairy Sweet Clear Stamp Set, and had some fun. Used a strip of vintage lace from my mom's stash [one of the wonderful treasures that I inherited from her… besides my love of coloring and crafting], plus some paper scraps and a wonderful "Hello" stamp from Embossing Arts. Although I usually decorate the insides of my cards, this one is going into a gift pack for a friend who prefers to have me make her "note cards" [i.e. blank inside so that she can add the sentiment that she desires.]

BTW- Did you know that X represents the Greek letter for Christ? So, Xmas is actually an appropriate abbreviation for Christmas!

Entered into: 

Butterfly Challenge- #113 Letter X                                              (butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk)

Artistic Inspirations Challenge-Challenge #210                      (artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.com.au)

Word Art Wed Challenge- #364-#365 Anything Goes           (wordartwednesday.blogspot.com)