Almost caught up...

I have been trying to play along with a couple of Christmas Card challenges. WHAT? Christmas Cards? Already? But it's only March????

I have been TERRIBLE about sending out Christmas cards for the last few years, and am hoping that this will get my rear in gear. So to speak.

Anyway, the lovely ladies at Jingle Belles and Crafty Hazelnuts have been hosting a weekly challenge to assist us in getting our Christmas cards done before we get to the panic stage on Christmas Eve.

I did really well. The first two weeks, that is. Then I sorta, kinda fell off the Christmas Card Making Wagon. Apparently I was chanting, "one, two, ninety-nine, a hundred" and thinking that the cards would spring right out of my, er, ah, um, ear.



I am proud to announce that I am all caught up with Jingle Belles, and will be caught up with Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Card Challenge this weekend. That is if you let me combine some of the challenges. I don't need that many Christmas cards, so I am saying it's okay. Okay?!?!?!

And here is what I have done so far, along with the applicable challenge:

• CHN - Week 7 - Creature - The little mouse is my creature.
• CHN - Week 11 - Gold - The green piece is matted on gold.

• CHN - Week 2 - Recycle - The snowman is the sample cut out that comes with the die.
• CHN - Week 8 - White Stuff - Okay, so mine isn't "white", but the snowflakes are there.
• JB - Week 3 - Acrylic Paint - I painted the snowman white and then swirled blue on top.
• JB - Week 8 - Sketch - Pretty much it's there.
• JB - Week 11 - Kraft, White and Lt Blue - I cheated and threw in a black sentiment.

• JB - Week 10 - Home for the Holidays - It wasn't Christmas without making cookies.

• JB - Week 9 - Text Me - It's the background paper. Easy-peasy.

Jingle Belle's, Pixie Dust and Hazel Nuts

The challenge this last week for Jingle Belle's was PINK & GREEN.

Crafy Hazel wanted us to use BLING.

The Pixies gave us this sketch:

Here's what I came up with (after I rotated the sketch):

I am really liking this MERRY & BRIGHT stamp. I am not quite sure where I got it.

And I made the entry this week with a little time to spare too.



Jingle Belles and CraftyHazelNut

By the seat of my pants, here is this weeks entry to the Jingle Belles and CraftyHazelNut's Christmas card challenge. And by the luck of it all, it meets both challenges.

I thought I was going to have to be late for the Jingle Belles challenge because I just didn't get a card done last night. Well, like any crazy good crafter, I carry a tote bag with who-knows-what inside.

I was checking for some red things at lunch to finish making some inchies. Cuz, who doesn't carry a small stash of paper bits, and lo' and behold I found some pre-cut pieces of a Christmas card that I had planned on using for a project a year ago. (Yay for not cleaning out your tote bag.) AND a blank card. AND a pre-colored cardinal with poinsettas. AND a Unity stamp that came with a magazine that I just happened to throw in my bag. Kismet, I tell ya.

So here are the inchie/twinchies (they are in between the two at 1.5 inches) for Jingle Belles AND the Christmas card that was received a couple of years ago for CraftyHazelNut.

Now to finish those inchies....

Jingle Belles Rock and so does Crafty Hazelnut - Inaugural Challenges

I DID IT! I DID IT!

I made a Christmas card and it isn't December. I think I'm on a roll. This could be the start of something magical. There is NO end to what I can do. Heck, I might even mail some Christmas cards out this year. Yeah! It could happen....

In case you haven't heard, Lauren and Stef have started a year long challenge to make a Christmas card a week this year. Each week on Jingle Belles, you will be challenged to make a Christmas card. The first challenge is to use something New and something Old.

AND

Crafty Hazelnut has a Christmas card challenge starting up too. For those of you that don't know Hazel, she is one talented card making machine. The first challenge here is to make a Christmas card. Anything goes, as long as it's a newly made card and it's for Christmas.



I used some New paper that I got, the snowflake is New and so are the Perfect Pearls I smeared all over the place. The Changito stamp is Old, as is the cardstock and the Merry and Bright stamp.

I DID IT! I DID IT!