Bright Christmas Music!

I love music. I love having music on all the time. All kinds. My "regular" music spans the genres from the 1960's to almost today (laughed for a WHILE at the article that said Goo Goo Dolls' Iris, from 1998, was the top song of summer 2025....). And I really love Christmas music. But. I'm picky about it too. I don't really like most of what the radio plays. I like calm Christmas. A lot of Christmas hymns. Piano versions, choral versions, things like that. I start Christmas music in November and it goes til the tree comes down, very early in January. Today my husband turned on "Christmas Instrumentals" on Amazon and I've been loving it. 

Clearly that was on my mind when I went thumbing thru my Christmas DP to make today tonight's card! (I had to post this evening to get this sketch in.)
The sketch that ends tonight comes from As You See It. I actually swapped a couple elements...but my design worked better this way?
I used the color challenge from TGIF Challenges.

And this fits the SUO Challenge for Designer's Choice. 

I thought about matting each layer of music DP with a different color, but then I thought that would be too much. Anyway, I like how it worked out! 

Supplies:

Stamps: For Unto Us

Ink: Coastal Cabana

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Real Red, Basic White card stocks, Merry Music DP

Accessories: Shades of Green Hexagons, Coastal Cabana & Granny Apple Green Reversible Ribbon, Circle Dies, Dimensionals, Big Shot 

Christmas Play!

Happy Monday! I have more projects for you this week! 

Today I have an event from last December, but for my younger daughter. This page was made in June. The children in our church congregation did a bit of a nativity play for a local assisted living center, and my little one was asked to be a sheep. She was terribly upset about that, and then decided she could be a lamb. ha. Whatever it takes! 

Supplies:

Stamps: Alphabest, For Unto Us, Joyful Nativity, God's Peace

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Delicata Gold

Paper: Very Vanilla & Cherry Cobbler card stock, All is Bright DP

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler & Gold Metallic ribbon, Festive Pearls

Journaling Font: Fairwater Script

and a smidge of a close up

Peter Pan's Flight Ride

Okay, this month ended up crazier than I expected! But now I've got some things scheduled to inspire you! 

Today, I'm back to our Disneyland book(s)...! This page is pretty simple, but I still wanted to share the clean line layout and the fun idea with the star stamps! To get to Neverland, in case you don't know, you "just follow the second star to the right and straight on til morning", so I used two stars together a few times on the page. 
Everything here is long retired except the Pear Pizazz ink, lol! 

Supplies:
Stamps: Making Christmas Bright (tiny star), Joyful Nativity (long star), For Unto Us (outline long star)
Ink: Pear Pizazz, Delicata Gold
Paper: Certainly Celery
Accessories: Seaside Spray Metallic ribbon, Lucky Limeade Everyday Enchantment Organdy ribbon
Journaling Font: Viner Hand ITC

Here's a close up of the three stars, haha. The gold outline is hard to see in the photo, but it is there and adds a tiny touch of shine.

How about you? Are you surviving the end of school? If you're set, haha, what are you making?? 

Cute Little Christmas Tree

That's right, I got to make a Christmas card too! Today's card uses the color combo from Global Design Project, and it fits the theme for the latest SUO Challenge. 

This is the first time I've gotten to use this cute little girl! And this set IS retiring, so if you love it, you'll want to place an order of $150 or more, or host a workshop so you can earn this one for free! You could decide to add this greeting set to your order to reach your $150 because it too is retiring! AND, today only, there is FREE SHIPPING available on orders over $50, so today is a great day to place your order! 

This time I used blender pens and ink pads to color her. Not my favorite method, but it works okay, and that's where I have the colors for this challenge, haha. I did add two colors, but I think the yellow and brown were required here, don't you? 

Supplies:
Stamps: Seasons of Fun - Hostess Only, For Unto Us (both retiring)
Ink: Memento Black, Cherry Cobbler, Mint Macaron, Garden Green, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Basic White card stocks
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler/Gold Ribbon, Blender Pens

Is there snow at your house?? It's plenty cold and supposed to get a lot colder but there is no snow... only over Fall Break for a minute... Even my kid who doesn't like snow is ready for a good, solid blizzard! Come on winter!! They're saying maybe tomorrow and I am sure hoping!! 

We Create Blog Hop: Holiday Quickies

And just like that, December has arrived! Can you even believe it?? I cannot.

A new month means a new blog hop, so here we are with some inspiration for quick projects! For mine, I did a few quick Christmas cards, because I am way behind in my Christmas card making... Also it works nicely with the current SUO Challenge.

The fastest way *I know to make a beautiful card is by featuring some beautiful DP and adding a quick something. This time I used roughly half a sheet of the stunning Peaceful Place DP and cut it into three equal sections, perfect for a card front. I used three colors for the ink and paper based on ribbons I had. They're flat, they're still pretty and they are perfectly mailable! I got these three cards cut, stamped, assembled and photographed in about 20 minutes. 

Supplies:

Stamps: For Unto Us

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Real Red card stock, Peaceful Place DP

Accessories: Gingham Ribbon

Supplies:

Stamps: For Unto Us

Ink: Misty Moonlight

Paper: Misty Moonlight card stock, Peaceful Place DP

Accessories: Flowers For All Seasons Ribbon

Supplies:

Stamps: For Unto Us

Ink: Soft Succulent

Paper: Soft Succulent card stock, Peaceful Place DP

Accessories: Soft Succulent Open Weave Ribbon

Which one do you like best? 

Now hop along over to Kimberly's blog and see what she's got for you. Then continue on through (we're a very small group this time) and let us know what you think! 

I hope you get some time to create something pretty this week too! 

Christmas..?

...is not actually next, but as soon as I saw the Merry Melody embossing folder, I wanted to combine it with this stamp set that happily carried over from last year. And I finally got time to try it out! 
I used the latest Sunday Stamps sketch and I think it worked out really lovely. I tried a few different colors and I like them all! Do you have a favorite?

Supplies:

Stamps: For Unto Us
Ink: Cherry Cobbler / Shaded Spruce / Memento Black
Paper: Very Vanilla card stock, Metallic Specialty Paper (from the annual catalog page 135, #7)
Accessories: Merry Melody Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, big shot (retired)

I also used a lot of Dimensionals on these, because each layer is popped up from the next, to make the "white on white" look pop! 

Tips: For using up the 6x6 paper (which I struggle with!!) Trim 2" off one end, flip it the other direction and cut 2" strips. Altho for this card I wanted the music to show, so I only used 1" strips of the gold paper.

Like this: 

We Create Bloggers: Happy Holidays!

Welcome to December! My next favorite month of the year! This month is my favorite holiday: Christmas! It is cold here, but most of the snow has melted, even from the mountains! But a new month means a new blog hop and we are ready to inspire you with holiday themed projects! 

My card today was a very quick one to put together- especially since the strips were actually scraps were from another crafting day! I keep my scraps of DP in the same package just incase I find a cute way to use them, and I did! My card design comes from last week's Freshly Made Sketch. And since I have a Christmas card for you, it fits the current SUO Challenge and the TGIF Challenge! So here's my card...

Supplies:

Stamps: For Unto Us

Ink: Pretty Peacock

Paper: Whisper White, Seaside Spray card stocks, Feels Like Frost DP

Accessories: Metallic Pearls, Dimensionals

annnd I decided it was maybe a bit too plain. It still needed something. So I made a second one! This time I embossed the Seaside Spray card stock, I added a bit of ribbon to the bottom of the words, and I changed the pearls I used! 

Supplies:

Stamps: For Unto Us

Ink: Pretty Peacock

Paper: Whisper White, Seaside Spray card stocks, Feels Like Frost DP

Accessories: Pearls, Seaside Spray Metallic Ribbon, Subtle Embossing Folder, Dimensionals

Yep, I like that one better! But they're both nice and mailable, and I really like the silver with the cool blue, makes it look like it feels outside, only prettier, haha! 

Now hop on over to Tricia's blog using the button below. Then hop on through the whole group. There aren't a lot of us. And let us know what you think, everyone loves feedback! 

And make a card to mail out to someone this week! People love paper hugs!!