Simply Sweet Christmas Inspiration Hop

Hello...hope all my sweet US friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving this past week. Lesley from Always Playing With Paper decided to get all the wonderful ladies back together from The Challenge for a hop of sweet inspiration for your holiday cards for Simply Sweet Christmas Inspiration Hop!

I took Lesley's lead and did some assembly line card making. When I first started card making I always made 6 or 12 of the same card and forgot how much fun and quick it was to put these cards together. My sister requested some cards for her knitting friends so I pulled out these sweet little sheep from MFT, Santa and his reindeer from PTI and the sentiment is from Technique Tuesday. I stamped colored and die cut all these sweet sheep, the snow, card bases and then assembled, so much fun!
You should have arrived here from Kelly's blog (Flutter) by Atomicbutterfly.... and next after me is Lori from Inking Aloud. Have fun hopping!

Below is a list of all the ladies on the hop...

Lesley Croghan

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kelly Lunceford

Kim Heggins (you are here)

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

Lesley offering a prize of 4 matching "handmade by me" Christmas cards.  that she will send to one random winner. 

In order to qualify to win please...

1. Visit each blog in the hop and leave them a comment.

2. Leave a comment on my blog telling me about your "Christmas Cards"...how many do you make and what style do you usually use?

The Giveaway Contest closes on Saturday, December 2nd.

We had a house full this year for Thanksgiving, so much fun to have several of Ashleigh's friends over for dinner, loved their energy and laughter! They played a game called "Cards Against Humanity, a game for horrible friends", oh my goodness, we all laughed so hard!  

Yesterday was Black Friday and we always start our day by going to Home Depot for 99 cent poinsettia's and then off to San Francisco for some shopping. Dwight and Ashleigh drop me off downtown and then they head for Haight Street to Amoeba Records. Took myself to Mel's for a yummy breakfast and planned out my morning of shopping! Love spending time at Union Square, had a cup of coffee and watched the ice skaters. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your day!

The Challenge #95 - Sketch

Hello....popping in with one card for the new challenge at The Challenge #95. This week the inspiration was to be this wonderful sketch, just loved it and could not wait to pull this little sweetie out and ink her up. But unfortunately Lesley has decided to end The Challenge, last week was her final challenge. I wish Lesley and her sweet family all the best, I will miss playing along each week but family always comes first.

I am going to leave the sketch up because I think it is a great one to use and maybe it will inspire you to make another card too.

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by....enjoy your day!

The Challenge #94

Hello...popping in with one card for the new challenge at The Challenge #94, this week's inspiration is this fabulous and festive photo! I would love to attend this party, looks like so much fun.  I pulled out Flora & Fauna's Adventure stamps for my card and did some color blocking with the bright colors from the photo.

I hope you will find the time to play along with us, can't wait to see how you are inspired by this fabulous photo! . 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by....enjoy your day!

Anita Madden

Claire Broadwater

Lee Ann Barret

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

Kelly Lunceford

The Challenge #93 - Key Words

Hello....popping in with my card for the new challenge at The Challenge #93 - Key Words. Another card that I made while visiting Joyce, the PTI's Herb Garden set. The words that I used for my card inspiration were monochromatic and simple. I pulled out some patterned paper from PTI, love these stripes. I hope you will find some time to play along with us this week, can't wait to see what you make!

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by....enjoy your day!

Anita Madden

Claire Broadwater

Lee Ann Barret

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

Kelly Lunceford

The Challenge #92

Hello....popping in with one card today for the new challenge at The Challenge #92. This week's inspiration is to use white, black and one color of your choice. I needed to make a thank you card for some Giants tickets I received as a gift and decided to use orange as my color of choice. I pulled out 7th Inning Stretch stamps from PTI for my card. I hope you will find some time to play along with us this week, can't wait to see what your color of choice is!

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your day!

Anita Madden

Claire Broadwater

Lee Ann Barret

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

Kelly Lunceford

The Challenge #90

Hello....hope all my friends in the USA had a festive and fun 4th of July holiday. Ours was nice the quiet, just the way I like it. I have one card to share for this weeks challenge at The Challenge #90, it is a photo inspiration challenge. I took inspiration from the colored and pulled out PTI's Bitty Bouquets stamps and Mix & Match Flourishes dies for my card. The sentiment is from Banner Sentiments.  I hope you will find the time to play along with us this week, can't wait to see your incredible cards. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your week!

Anita Madden

Claire Broadwater

Lee Ann Barret

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

Kelly Lunceford

The Challenge #88

Hello....popping in with one card for the new challenge up at The Challenge #88! There are so many options for this week's inspiration, you should have no issue finding one for your card this week. I hope you will find some time to play along with us! Can't wait to see your fabulous creations.

I pulled out Fall Floral's from My Favorite Things, these stamps look good in any colors. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your day!

The rest of the team has some inspiring cards to share....be sure to check them out. 

Anita Madden

Claire Broadwater

Kelly Lunceford

Lee Ann Barret

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Rachel Bergfeld

Vicki Finger

The Challenge #87

Hello....popping in today with my card for the new challenge at The Challenge #87. This week we have a fabulous trio of festive colors to be inspired by. Can't wait to see what you create! I pulled out Kay's Critters from PTI and made a fun pink polka dot chubby kitty, these dies are just so much for to play with. I hope you will find the time to play along with us this week. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by....enjoy your day!

Added my card to DL Arts - Linky Challenge - Anything Goes

The Challenge #86

Hello....popping in with one card today, its for the new challenge at The Challenge #86 . I took the sketch and turned it on it's side for my card. I pull out this sweet little squirrel from SPD and paired him with Doodlebug's Happy Harvest patterned paper, just love the sweet smile on this wee critter!  I added SPD's Watercolor Brush Strokes stamp to give this little guy something to stand on. I hope you will find the time to play along with us this week. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your day!

The Challange #

Hello...once again it is Saturday and time to share my project for this week's The Challenge! I feel in love with the fabulous inspiration photo, all the white with a smidge of red and those candy canes are amazing!

I had a new stamp set that I ordered last Christmas from Kerri Bradford's Studio (it was a limited release for Christmas), just love all the sweet holiday images and thought they would be so perfect for this week's The Challenge #83. I made these while at the Lake House and borrowed someones dies to cut my tags. The reindeer are from PTI's All Through the House.

I hope you will find the time to play along with us this week, a great chance to get a bit ahead on your holiday cards. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your week!

The Challenge #82

Hello....it's once again Saturday and time here is a beautiful inspiration photo to use from The Challenge #82, just love these gorgeous pillows. Kept my card simple and used the swirls for my inspiration. I hope you will find the time to play along with us again this week. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by....enjoy your day!

The Challenge #81

Hello...I have one card to share today for the new challenge at The Challenge #81. I pulled out some NBUS, Happy Wishes from WP9. They have been floating around my craft room for quite some time and I thought they would look amazing in this week's inspiration colors. I hope you will find the time to play along with us this week! Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by....enjoy your day!

The Challenge #80

Hello....wishing you all a fabulous day. I have one card to share today for the new challenge at The Challenge #80. I whipped this up last night after I got home from the Giants/Dodgers game, so happy my Giants won 9-3!!! We are getting closer to keeping the wild card spot for the play offs, it is an even year! 

I used some of my left overs from last months 12 Kits, I love Halloween and was happy to use more of Jeanne's amazing kit!

I hope you will find the time to play along with us this week...I always look forward to seeing your amazing creations. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your weekend.

I am heading back to the ball park today...BEAT LA!

The Challenge #79

Hello and happy Saturday...wishing everyone a fabulous weekend. Just a quick post with my card for the new challenge at The Challenge #79, a great challenge to add Christmas cards to your holiday stash. I hope you will find the time to play along with us this week. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by....enjoy your week!

The Challenge #78

Hello....it's Saturday again, yoga class in the morning, crafting the rest of the day, maybe a bit of laundry too and time for another challenge at The Challenge. When I saw this week's inspiration photo I knew what I wanted to make. I stamped and cut the dies for this when I was visiting Joyce back in July. I love that sweet pineapple! I pretty much case'd Melissa's card, you can see it here.

I hope you will find the time to play along with us this week. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by....enjoy your weekend!