The Real Christmas Feeling

Hello! I'm back today with another card for Christmas Card Challenges. This week we want to see snowmen!

 

 

I love how this card turned out! I used some Simple Stories paper. The sentiment is an ancient mounted stamp, don't even know what company! The adorable snowmen are from CTMH. I inked up only a part of a border stamp for the 4 of them.

 

Thanks for looking! I hope you have a chance to play along!



Do Not Give Up

Hello! I know that I've mentioned this before, but work has been an absolute mess this summer. I've been burned out for quite awhile now and it really started to get the best of me. I found I was getting short tempered with my family, co-workers, and patients and I was so tired of feeling so angry and exhausted all the time. I absolutely love my Verve stamp collection and a couple of Sundays ago I just sat in my craft room and made a card with a favorite scripture to sit on my desk. I did it again last Sunday and decided to try my best to make it a weekly occasion, because I do notice a calming effect from the little reminders from the verses. I'm calling it my card of the week and I'm having fun sharing them with my co-workers.

This is the one I made for this past week and it has been a reminder that even though it may not seem as if anyone is noticing, when I give my best to my patients I have a greater chance of being the nurse who made a difference.

 

 

I used Mojo Monday #309 for the layout, I seriously had so much fun with it and love how the card turned out! The paper is MME: Life of the Party.

 



 

Thanks for looking and for putting up with my venting! I hope to have more to share, and hopefully it won't take me all week to have a chance to post them, lol!

Tilda's Joy

 Hello! I have a card to share for both ABC Challenges: U for Unlimited (anything goes) and Christmas Card Challenges: Something new! Pretty easy to combine those two... hint, hint... :)

 

 

My card uses a new-to-me paper pack from Echo Park: Winter Wishes. This was also my first time using this super pretty Tilda stamp, although I'll admit I've had her for awhile now... The sentiment is from Verve and the sketch is Deconstructed Sketch #116.

 



 

Thanks for looking, I hope you have a chance to play along with one or both of these great challenges!

Winter Wishes

 Hello! There is another fun challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges, this week the optional challenge is to use a non-traditional Holiday image.

 

 

I just received this cute baby image from CC Designs this week, thought it was perfect for this challenge! My cousin and his girlfriend had a baby girl last week so I have cute little girls on my mind! I colored her with copics. The sketch is Deconstructed Sketch #114. I used some cute papers from The Paper Studio. The sentiment is from Verve.

 



 

Have a great week, Thanks for looking!

Thank You So Much

 Hello! I'm back with another card for ABC Challenges! We're on to T for Thank You.

 

 

I used a super cute image from one of our sponsors, The Paper Shelter. You know I can't resist this cute teddy bear! I colored him with Copics and added Stickles to his flower. I used some papers I had received in a grab bag from Verve so I'm not sure what collection they are from, love them though and wish I had more! The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions. Some Verve ribbon and a CTMH button finish it off. The layout started as The Sweet Stop #223, although I'll admit it ended up quite altered. Gotta love a great starting point though!

 



 

Thanks for looking! I hope you have a chance to play along.