Almost 2010

Merry Christmas to those of you visiting today!

I woke up at my usual 4am and waited for the kids to wake up on this Christmas morning. I was able to create a single card before Bekah wandered in at 6am, ready to see what Santa had brought.

Cute Card Thursday had a challenge to use a New Year's theme which I mixed with Kazan's sketch at 2 sketches 4 you. I tried to use Penny's monochromatic challenge as I selected a series of blue papers, but I couldn't resist adding the red and white polka dot ribbon.

Supplies: Tools - SU spiral punch, SU scallop circle punch. Stamps - CTMH Spunky greetings, CTMH Today's date. Paper & ribbon from the stash. Colors - CTMH Holiday red, CTMH Outdoor denim. Foam tape for dimension.

One more for the morning

It's been so long since I've blog surfed or looked at challenge blogs. Oh, how I miss that! But -- with just a little more time this morning, I popped on over to Penny's challenge blog and found one more inspiration for my creative morning. Stars. Well, I still had the Star Struck stamp set out on my table - so without much "looking for stamp set" effort, I created this:

Supplies: All CTMH. Stamp set: Star struck, Thank you. Ink: Grey wool, Holiday red, Clover meadow. Foam adhesive.

Thanks & more blog candy

Ok, I said I was "out of" BoomDiAda paper. But, before I cleaned up - I found Penny's Challenges and I had just enough BoomDiAda paper for one more card! Her first challenge was buttons - so I pulled out the container of buttons and - tah dah! - this card was created:

Supplies: Paper - CTMH BoomDiAda; Stamp set: CTMH Thank you; Embellishments: CTMH black hemp, Prima flowers, buttons from stash, stickles; Tools: CM square punch.

And, as I was blog hopping today, I stumbled across True's blog and she is giving away some blog candy. Yummy, isn't it?