O Holy Night Tags

Over at Little Red Wagon, Imke is encouraging us all to be "Prepared for Christmas". From tags to bags to boxes to decorations and beyond, we are looking for ways in which you are getting ready for the big day exactly one month from today!

I collect nativity sets and seem to do the same with nativity stamp sets. I keep buying nativity stamp sets and not actually using them! Thanks to Imke, I've used a NBUS Sunny Studio stamp set to create a few tags. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see how the rest of the Girlfriends have been getting "Prepared for Christmas" - and then create and link up your own Christmas preparation projects!

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Really Miss You

I'm the lucky hostess at Little Red Wagon this week and my challenge is for you to "Say It Loud". I'm looking for BIG sentiments or word art. 

I had purchased a die especially for this challenge but found out last week that I was one of the lucky winners of a $75US voucher for MFT's latest release. As soon as the new products became available, I put in my order for some wonderful new products - including the BIG word die and cute little Pandas at Play stamp set used on my card. I'll put the other die (as well as my other new goodies) to work later. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the Girlfriends have made and then link up your own "Say It Loud" creation! 

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Warmest Greetings

I'm back with a second project this week! I was over-the-moon delighted to learn that I was one of the November Release winners at My Favorite Things. I got the good news on Tuesday, spent my winnings that same day, learned the next day that my goodies were en route and then received them today (Thursday) already! I decided to put some of my new products to work and created a card for this week's MFT Sketch and Colour challenges. It's my way of offering a HUGE thanks for the win. 

MFT products used to make my card:

BB Pile on the Hugs

A2 Stitched Rectangle Stax (Set 1)

Baccarat Background stamp

Joy, Love and Peace Die-namics (for the heart in "FRIEND"

Stitched Sentiment Strips

Arch Stax

FRIEND Die-namics

MFT Sketch Challenge (#515):

MFT Color Challenge (#153):

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Merry Christmoose

Brenda is our hostess at Little Red Wagon this week and she's looking for non-traditional Christmas colours. Basically, if your Christmas creation is not red or green, we want to see it!

I based my card on a stuffed moose and ceramic tree that I recently saw in a shop and decided to go pink! The background does have a tiny bit of green so I'm hoping that all the pink detracts from that. I had fun creating the background by using the snowflake stamps that came with the Reverse Confetti Merry Christmoose set and heat embossing them with a glittery embossing powder before inking over with pink. 

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the Girlfriends have created - and then link up your own non-traditional Christmas colour project. 

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Have Yourselfie

Jan is hosting this week's challenge at Little Red Wagon and she's calling out, "Colour Me Happy!" Janice would like to see us do some colouring on our creations.

I'd had a long yet productive day on Monday and it was wonderful to simply sit and colour. I can understand why some people enjoy colouring books! I coloured the little "Polaroid" picture with Copics and then inked the background with my big balloon stencil (that I also used a couple of weeks ago). My littlest little (who towers over me at 6'5" but remains my little guy in my heart!) has a friend celebrating a birthday this upcoming weekend so I made the card with him in mind.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see the colouring done by the rest of the Girlfriends, and then practice some self-care by taking some time to colour and create!

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