Time for a Hot Drink!!

At Shopping Our Stash the new challenge is "Time for a Hot Drink" for me my hot drink of choice is Coffee although I wouldn't turn down a "cuppa" tea, some hot apple cider or as I chose for my card Hot Chocolate with mini marshmallows of course. So I hope you will join the challenge with a hot beverage. 

I decided to use up some scraps and what better way to do it than the September 2024 sheetload sketch, It is a mini slimline card.  I used some scraps of Echo Park I have been hoarding for a few years they are just too cute, Of course I used a House Mouse Designs stamp, it was a hard choice since I have a tea cup and a coffee cup stamp as well but the patterned paper did the deciding for me. Let it Snow is from Elisabeth Craft designs, the word Snow was cut twice for stability. The enamel dots are so old they were not very sticky so a little dab of glue was added.

Finished the inside with one of my newer sentiments and managed to get it straight and tucked behind the front circle.

I am adding this to;

Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge ~~ While Shepherds Watched their Flocks

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~  Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by to check out the new Challenge at Shopping Our Stash, head over to the BLOG and check out what Hot Drinks the rest of the team have chosen then pick a hot drink stamp or die and join the challenge. 

Last Pink Christmas Card for the Cure.

 The last two weeks have been very trying, although the weather is really balmy here in SWO I had already decided to close the cottage for the season and now I have to find homes for 2 of everything I use daily, I'm still dealing with fingers that are non-functioning (you have no idea how long it takes me to do my blog) then my dishwasher has something in the hose so I'm trying to find time to work on it before calling a repair man, Google has been helpful with videos, the refrigerator needs some attention too but probably should just replace it, and if you believe in things come in threes, my coffee maker just flashed me that I needed to descale it. 

Here is the final of my three Pink Christmas Cards,  the September 2024 sheetload tutorial is a great sketch and it is a free download and the instructions clear and easy to follow, instructions for making a single card are there too. Alicia also has a you tube channel and you can follow step by step with her. 

I am not sure of the maker of the sentiment but my guess is Stampendous, if you notice the patterned paper is different than any of the other pieces but this was the reverse of one of the pieces and I really liked it. 

I am adding this to;

Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge ~~ Pink Christmas (for the cure)

Thanks for checking my blog today.

Pink Christmas (for the cure) episode 2

 Back again with my second card for the Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge, Pink Christmas and for every card both Stephanie and Lauren donate $2.00 Each toward Breast Cancer Research, I know more younger women and men are being diagnosed with breast cancer and because of early detection and research it is very treatable. 

Here is the second of my trio of snowmen, I used the same sketch, same papers (the order in which the papers were layered are different and I changed up the placement of the sentient and image. 

Finished the inside of the card with a Stampendous sentiment and of course changed the location of the circle to match the front image.

I'm adding this to:

Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge ~~ Pink Christmas (for the cure)

Again it's nice to have you visit come back any time there is still one more to come.

Halloween!!

 Welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash and it's my great grandson's favourite time in fact his mom said I could make him Halloween cards all year. The prompt is to use the holiday for the theme or use Halloween colours orange, black, green, lime and/or purple, as you see mine is a super cute Halloween card using one of my House Mouse Halloween stamps. So when I saw the September 2024 Sheetload sketch I knew it was perfect. If you follow the full instructions it makes 12 mini slimline cards, I wanted to use up some 6 X 6 Halloween papers so I prepped for 3 but only managed to get one finished, be prepared to see the other 2 soon.

Now isn't Monica just adorable in her butterfly wings. One section on the front is folded back and glued down. I love this slimline design, find the link HERE

I added the Happy Halloween and shadow, this is a very quick and easy fold.

I put a circle where the sentiment will be when I print a suitable one from one of the "free' sites.

Well I couldn't resist a close up of Monica doesn't she make a cute butterly.

I am adding this to:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge ~~ Anything Halloween Goes

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Anything Goes optional theme "Fall"

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to check out SOS to see the scary inspiration the design team have created.