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Saturday, December 19, 2015

Merry & Bright

Coffee of the Day - Butterscotch

Happy Saturday to all of you!

It's the last weekend before Christmas.... are you ready? almost? not quite? not even close?
when hubby and I first met back in college, he notoriously saved ALL of his Christmas shopping for Christmas Eve. it was a tradition for the kids in his family. drove me absolute bonkers, but I do confess to the rush of trying to find the perfect gift in what was left in the stores before they closed.... thank goodness we are waaaaaaaaaay past those days now. ;)

 


 I needed a special card to send out to my MIL with her gifts, so of course I turned to Paper Temptress card stocks to get me started. my card base is Desert Storm Kraft (as most of my cards are...). She has a special fondness for cats, so this adorable image from Mo's Digital Pencil was perfect for her! :)  I added some stickles to their Santa hats.

decorative papers from the Basic Grey Aspen Frost collection, vintage buttons, and a doily sprayed with glimmer mist were added. Tim Holtz holiday script dies were used to cut words from olive Basis cs. I so love this color! ribbon scraps were stapled to the upper right corner and then jingle bells were tied to a bow made from 1/8" red satin ribbon with white polka dots. little rose is by Wild Orchid Crafts.

I hope you have a fabulous weekend! hugs to you all! :)
Jennifer

p.s. some of you have asked for my hot cocoa mix recipe. I'll post it later this weekend.

Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge - anything Christmas goes
Di's Digi Designs - anything Christmas
Mo's Digital Ch - traditional or non-traditional Christmas with an image by Mo (guess it's more traditional)
Little Claire's - special Christmas card (for MIL)
Sweet Stampin' - Merry Christmas
QKR - Christmas
Cardz 4 Galz - Christmas
Crafty Ribbons - favorite thing at Christmas: singing Christmas carols and being with the ones I love :)
Little Miss Muffet - holiday cheer
MAWTT - to a special person at Christmas
Creative Moments - anything goes/traditional Christmas
Inspiration Destination - anything goes
Paper Shelter - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wed Ch - die crazy (Tim Holtz and Spellbinders dies)
WAW - anything encouraging goes
Kraftin' Kimmie Wonderful Wed - anything goes

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12 comments:

  1. PennyDecember 19, 2015 at 4:58 PM

    Just so very, very sweet! Love your design and all the wonderful details!:^)
    Hope you have a fantastic Christmas with all of your boys there! And here's to no more seizures!!!!!
    Sending big hugs, Penny

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  2. LauraDecember 20, 2015 at 11:05 AM

    Lovely card. I especially like the cluster in the top corner
    Thanks for joining us at Crafty Ribbons Challenges for our Christmas Favourites challenge
    Laura

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  3. SherriDecember 20, 2015 at 4:14 PM

    This is just adorable! I have a fondness for cats too, so this one is especially appealing to me! Great image & use of your dies & embellishments! I'm so glad you could join us this week for the QKR Stampede weekly challenge!

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  4. Wendy Nicola JacksonDecember 21, 2015 at 7:33 AM

    Perfect card for a cat lover. Just fab. Thanks so much for joining in the fun with the Sweet Stampin' girls for our 'Merry Christmas' challenge. What a wonderful entry and fabulous way to end our challenge year. Come and play again with us next year, we've some great challenges in store. Hugs, Wends x SS DT

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  5. Wendy LDecember 22, 2015 at 12:07 PM

    Lovely card for your MIL, thanks for joining us at MAWTT, xxx

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  6. Melissa Bove December 22, 2015 at 10:16 PM

    Adorable card! Such a sweet image!! Wonderful design too!

    Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

    hugs...
    Melissa

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  7. Ginny MaxamDecember 23, 2015 at 3:48 PM

    Sweet card!! Sure to make someone smile!!Merry Christmas and thank you for joining in our 214/215th Challenge at Word Art Wednesday! Ginny , DT WAW

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  8. AnonymousDecember 28, 2015 at 7:01 AM

    Using cats for a cat lover is a great way to make the card more personal, well done. Thank you for joining our challenge at Mo's this month, and good luck in the draw! Hugs, Elin

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  9. WendyDecember 31, 2015 at 6:34 PM

    Gorgeous card...... Thanks for playing along with us at Di's Digi Designs Challenge.
    Wendy xx

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  10. Loopylou.January 3, 2016 at 3:15 PM

    he he he!! I think this is just fabulous!!
    thank you for playing along with us over on the DP2 challenge blog
    hugs Lou xx

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  11. DeborahJanuary 5, 2016 at 2:47 PM

    Aaaw, super cute!
    Thank you for joining our challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!

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  12. DianeJanuary 15, 2016 at 3:06 PM

    Oh wow Jennifer this is gorgeous sweetie, one very special card indeed !! So glad you couls play along with us at Little Claires !!

    hugs Diane xx

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