These
last few weeks, I’ve neglected my blog much longer than ever before, and I
appreciate your messages of concern. (I love my blog land
friends!) As my sweet hubby of 48 years moves through the final stage of
MS, we wonder if this devastating disease is moving toward its endgame. Since
no doctor can tell us how much longer Rich will be here, I want to spend
as much time with him as possible, especially as the holidays draw near. They
truly are our favorite time of the year!
In the coming months, I plan to continue in
my DT responsibilities for the All Dressed Up and Path of Positivity challenges
as long as I can. Other than that, entering challenges or posting to my blog
will be on an occasional basis. So, I hope to see you from time to time!
I
created this card for the ABC Christmas Challenge, theme “S is for Stocking.”
It features a wonderful freebie from Beccy’s Place named “Quilted Stocking”. I printed
off two copies of the stocking and set one aside. I cut the second apart and
made it into a pattern, which I used to cut pieces of patterned papers from papers
in rich Victorian Christmas colors. When I finished, I adhered the quilt pieces
on top of the colored and fussy-cut jingle bells, then adhered the bells to the
top of the stocking. The rest of the card went together quickly with paper,
ribbon, and rickrack from my stash.
Supplies:
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Stitches sketched on with Black
Fine-line Sharpie Marker
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Jingle
Bell Digis are from a Beccy’s Place
Digi set that is no longer available. (Business
recently changed to clear stamps/wholesale only)
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Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique
markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen
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Sentiments- from We Are 3 Digital
set (Company no longer in business)
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Sookwang double-sided tape- Available from several sources on the web.
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Red rickrack, ribbon and rhinestones, other misc. items and tools from my
stash.
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I used the Sketch from the September Build Your
Stash Holiday Cardmakers (BYSHC)
challenge on FB as my base and built the card from there with items from my
stash!
Supplies:
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All patterned papers are from my stash.
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Holly and berry sequins were a great find at a thrift store years ago.
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Front Sentiment “mini merry”
and “Christmas” plus holly leaves embellishing the inside are fussy-cut from
patterned paper scraps.
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Inside Sentiment- from We Are 3 Digital
set (Company no longer in business)
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Sookwang double-sided tape- Available from several sources on the web.
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Red seed beads,other misc. items and tools from my stash.
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My final card on this post is for the
current Time Out Challenge which requires that we incorporate at least two of
the words provided which inspired us when creating our entries. The “Pick Two”
items I included in my card are Metallic (a pretty, 3D gold metal star), Season (Christmas-
with a beautiful Baby Jesus digital image… that is a freebie from artist Sylvia
Zet, who now designs for Whimsy Stamps), and Spatter (I adhered 8 little
star sequins across the dark sky, then drew an additional 21 on the sheet music
and sky with a sparkly golden Stardust gel pen).
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Starry sky background scene is upcycled from an old calendar
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Digi- “The Little Lord Jesus” a freebie from sylviazet/Wee Stamps on FB HERE
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Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique
markers, Sakura Gelly Roll white & Stardust gel pens
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Sparkly Star Stickers- Pretty Pink Posh Silver Mini Star Confetti Sequins
from Simon Says
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3-D Gold Metal sticker-
Hobby Lobby
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Front Sentiment- Christmas
Sheet Music from an old choir book found at a thrift store
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Inside Sentiment- John 3:16 “Love” (I’ve
had this in my files for years. Unknown source. If you recognize it, please let
me know!)
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Sookwang double-sided tape- Available from several sources on the web.
· Gold glitter paper, star punch, other misc. items and tools from my stash.
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