Pretty Dies & a HOOORAYYYYY

This card came together painlessly...thanks to some pretty dies.

There's just something about denim and mustard color combos that inspire me!

Inspired By #97

The patterned paper looks like snowflakes to me~this helps me create a winter scene for

Timeless Tuesday #247~Winter Scenes

For every Christmas card I finish ....I want to shout 

HOOORAYYYY!!!! ;) LOL

Seriously, I haven't bought a single gift but my cards are rolling off the craft desk like NOBODY'S BUSINESS!!!!

I feel like a million~

hope yours are coming along too, friends! 

Thanks for stopping in and keeping me company~

stamp: My Favorite Things DC Christmas Ornaments sentiment

die: Papertrey Ink In the Meadow,Our Daily Bread Bookmark

paper: Echo Park Reflections

ink: Papertrey Ink Enchanted Evening

other: Crop-a-Dile Corner Chomper

What Makes Life So Sweet

This sentiment is SO TRUE.

Life IS so sweet and precious, isn't it?

Why do we waste it as if it isn't?

Hey, I'm guilty of it too...waiting for WHATEVER instead of looking at the value of NOW.

Meanwhile...minutes,hours, days, YEARS fly by.

ugh.

Well, there is always TODAY...and I plan on grasping it with all my fingers and toes.

LOL.

Well, maybe not my toes...but you get what I'm selling here, right?

Go do something to make you smile today...or better yet...do it to make SOMEONE ELSE smile.

They'll have nicer things to say about you when you are gone.... ;)

My inspiration is heavily taken from CASE Study Challenge #167
Keisha Campbell 

I LOVE the dramatic black and white backdrop for colorful florals~

stamp: Papertrey Ink The Sweet Life

die: Papertrey Ink The Sweet Life & Rosie Posie

ink: Papertrey Ink~Hibiscus Burst,New Leaf,Aqua Mist,Enchanted Evening

Hold it Together

I believe in living each day...day by day.

I distinctly remember my Grandma playing a song that belted out...

"One day at a tiiiiime....sweet Jesus...that's alllllll I'm asking of youuuuuuuu...

Lord help me I prayyyyy....show me the wayyyyy, ONE day at a time..."

If you imagine this card on its side, you will see the "tree" inspiration from

Inspired By #96

I absolutely love these office stamps on sale at The Craft's Meow.

I purposely left the layers a little lopsided~life can get off centered at times, right?!

Just taking it ONE. DAY. AT. A. TIME.

Amen???!!!

stamps: The Craft's Meow Welcome to the Office

ink: Versamark,Memento Pistachio

embossing powder: Recollections

paper: Teresa Collins Tell Your Story,Bazzill,Studio Calico Snippits,Georgia Pacific white cardstock

THANKFUL for My Favorite Man

Our Daily Bread ODBDSLC179:Holiday

Christmas or Thanksgiving
(must include an ODBD stamp or die)



I created this early Thanksgiving card for my main man...it includes a bookmark cut from ODBD bookmark dies.

I know my husband's new career is not as thrilling as his military one...but I am thankful for his faithfulness in going to the office everyday.

 

 

I LOVE having him return home daily...even if we've found a million little petty things to disagree on.

 

 

I told him we've got catching up to do and I'm THANKFUL that we have the luxury of stepping on each others' toes.

 

 

 There's an art to disagreeing...and we are newlyweds at it.

In time, we will recognize each others' clues that say "Don't go there".


I'm appreciative that we can glare at each other~and then depart to separate rooms for a moment to calm down.


A slammed door is much more effective when you are in the same house. ;)


I forgot that I'm such a drama queen~HA!



I am also entering this in

Simon Says...Thanks/Thanksgiving

stamps: The Craft's Meow (Let's Face It,Welcome to the Office)

die: Our Daily Bread Bookmark Dies,Papertrey Ink Counting My Blessings

inks: Papertrey Ink True Black,Jenni Bowlin Weather Vane,Ranger Tim Holtz Peeled Paint,Memento Ink Peanut Brittle & Pistachio

Hashtag Neon...

You may want to blink your eyes a couple of times before scrolling down...

BAM!

I warned ya!!! ;)

Hero Arts Holiday Challenge:Merry & Bright

Brighten up your holidays with NEON! Use any Hero Arts neon ink or neon dauber on your project.

stamp: Hero Arts CL551 Decorate Your Holidays,Studio G hashtag,Market Street Stamps Great Big Greetings

ink: Hero Arts Neon Pink and Orange,Papertrey Ink True Black,Jenni Bowlin Weather Vane

die: Papertrey Ink In the Meadow

other: Copic black,Want2Scrap bling

 

Pass the...

Remember to say please....

and thank you...and not, "Hurry Up!". ;)

Simon Says...Thanks/Thanksgiving

stamp: Sweet Stamp Shop Fall Gratitude

paper: Little Yellow Bicycle Acorn Hollow DP

ink: Memento Pistachio

die: My Favorite Things Solid Skyline