After Christmas Thank You's

 Hi Friends, 

I needed to make a few Thank you cards today for the boys to send out to relatives who sent them presents and gift cards. I decided to use the 2X6 pieces left from the holiday cards and Spellbinders die that I have had for ages but have never once used. The Thank You sentiment came from a Stamp of the Month kit from Echo Park. This inked up well too, so impressed. And the strip of Gold Washi tape came from my stash. 

I'm not sure why my stamping mojo left me, but I am glad there are quick and easy cards to make until I find it again. And I hope it comes back in time Valentines Day, lol. 

I hope you are having a great day, stay safe!

Holly 

This years card

 

Whimsy Stamps - Christmas Convicts

Hi Friends,

Well I made 26 of these for our Christmas cards this year. I used Crystal's sketch and just got busy. It's difficult for me to believe Christmas is just a few days away. The Christmas spirit just totally passed me by. I am grateful and I am blessed that my family is well and safe this year. But Covid has put a damper on my holiday spirits. I know I am not alone. I pray for all of those that are sick and those who have lost family and friends in this horrible pandemic. I am looking forward to the day I can get vaccinated and those I love. 

I hope you all have a good holiday season. 

Holly 

Go together like.....

 

DoodleBugs Odds and Ends

marina mist - Stampin Up

Hi Friends,

I saw this card on Snappy Scraps and I had to make one too! These are from the odds and ends pack by Doodlebugs. I used a stencil in the background and punched out some hearts and added Glossy Accents to them. I changed the stencil, words, and hearts but it is essentially the same card. I just love it. So fun. 

If I don't post before Thursday again, 

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Holly 

Hugs

 

MFT - Pile on the Hugs

MFT - Fishtail Flags - retired

Doodlebugs - Sugar Plums

Nuvo Drops

Hi Friends,

I'm playing with this weeks My Favorite Things sketch.  These little kids are so adorable. I have some pictures of a day in the snow that these would be perfect for a scrap page for. Their little happy expressions are the best! 

I hope you are having a great weekend. 

Be well and stay safe!

Holly 

Grinchmas Blend

 

The Sassy Club - Grinchmas

Gina Marie Designs - Grinch

DoodleBug Paper -Sugarplums

Martha Stewart Punch - Cocoa

Hi Friends,

I hope your Sunday is going well. We did our weekly Sam's Club run and absolutely no toilet paper in site. Not the real stuff, not the cheap stuff, nada. And no paper towels this week either. So it has begun again, lol. Not to worry, I have a couple packs stashed away anticipating this. Last March, we had let our toilet paper run down to needing to buy another pack and then bam, it was gone. I was not about to let that happen again, lol. I'm not sure why toilet paper is the item to hoard, but it could be worse, huh. 

I saw this adorable Grinchmas blend on the Coffee Lover's Blog hop and I knew I had to make one too. So I decided this Build Your Stash Holiday Cards sketch was the perfect opportunity to pull out both these stamp sets and use them together. I needed something for the bottom any shape and I kept looking and looking for something and then the lightbulb came on, my old Martha Stewart Punch! Yeah. 

I hope everyone is ready for their Thanksgiving coming up this week. We have just our household this year. As much as I would love for everyone to get together, it's too dangerous. So we will celebrate and be thankful that we are all well and next year we will plan to have a large gathering. I am so thankful for everyone and all that we have. 

Be well and stay safe! 

Holly 

Frosty's Train

 

My Favorite Things - Loads of Joy

MFT Loads of Joy Die-Namics

Copic Markers

Hi Friends,

I'm totally not going to get anything done today, but I did make two cards this afternoon! lol. I pulled out my Loads of Joy stamps and dies and flipped this weeks sketch to make this Christmas card. I think I am getting in the mood for the Holly-Days! 

I hope everyone's having a happy crafty day and staying safe! 

Be well and stay safe,

Holly 

Season's Greetings

 

Echo Park Jolly Christmas

Hi Friends,

I still have time to get this sketch design into Crystal's Facebook Sketch Challenge #3. I started to do this and then ended up with a coffee card, but today I made it a Christmas Card. I don't tend to use little images, but OMGosh I do love these cute little images. I think I recieved these stamps in the bimonthly club I am a member of through Echo Park. Sometimes they throw in some stamps and sometimes they throw in a 6X6 or Epherma, but they always have the 12X12 paper and I thought this would help motivate me to do some scrap pages throughout the year, lol. I haven't so far, but you never know when I'll get in the mood and just push out tons of pages, lol. 

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. I had so much fun during the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop that it's kind of a let down today not to have at least a hundred entrees to comment on. Thankfully Amy has those hops twice a year. And Thankfully there are other things to do, such as this fabulous sketch challenge. So thank you Crystal. 

Be well and stay safe,

Holly