Merry Monday #81 {Santa!!!!!}

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Welcome to my weekly Christmas card Challenge called "Merry Monday"! Each week, I post a challenge to inspire you to create a Christmas card for your Christmas card stash! This week it is all about the "Big Guy" himself...the Jolly Old Elf...Santa!!! 

1. Each week there will be a brand new challenge posted on Monday at 5am (PST).
2. Each participant is encouraged to comment on 3 cards in the Gallery. (Who doesn't love comments!)
3. Neutral colours and any product is welcome.
4. Have fun!
5. Follow the weekly challenge closely to complete a Christmas card.

For my card, I dug out a Stampin' Up set I purchased last year and I think I only used it once! Ack! So I inked it up in Cherry Cobbler ink and added a poinsettia made with my 5 petal punch. I kept the design, clean and simple, adding some flags to the base of my card. The sentiment is a SRM sticker of course! A quick and easy card to make. The main panel with Santa is 3"x 4".

This is our final week with Featured Designer, Sandy Mathis! I am in shock, really! I have barely had the chance to connect with her and already she is leaving us. Thank you Sandy for your gorgeous cards and teamwork!! I love your work!

And a special welcome to Kim Singdahlsen, who is joining us as this week's Guest Designer.

Sandy Mathis (Featured Designer)

Kim Singdahlsen (Guest Designer)

Allisa Chilton

Karen Davis

Karren Johnson

Bonnie Klass

Loll Thompson

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth 

Wendy Aungst

Sue Joyce

Margaret Moody

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Merry Monday #35 {Wondrous Wishes}

Welcome to another week at Merry Monday!  The idea behind this challenge is to get a head start on your Christmas cards!  Each week, I choose one Merry Monday Winner who will then be a Guest Designer for a future challenge!  So get out your Christmas supplies and let's get to work! September was an awesome month here at Merry Monday! Thank you to September's Featured Designer Terry Blais for joining us!!! October is here! I am excited to announce October's Merry Monday Featured Designer is the Artistic Avenger herself, Carrie Gaskin! I asked Carrie to share a bit about herself!

Hi everyone! My name is Carrie Gaskin and I'm super excited to be with you as a guest designer this month. I've been crafting now for almost 7 years. I've been married almost half of my life to a wonderful guy and have two great kids. I'm really lucky to live in one of the most beautiful spots in North America (BC, Canada) and am thrilled to be able to share my love of card making with you this month.  

Here is this week's sketch, as always, please make it your own!  I designed the sketch with the idea of using the new Wondrous Wishes stamp set from Stampin' Up...and so I did!! I inked up the image in Cherry Cobbler and used the new Snowflake Die to create a hopefully elegant snowflake out of the Champagne Glimmer Paper.  I created this card for the current Dynamic Duos Challenge to use Cherry Cobbler and one other colour...I used Champagne as my other colour and Crumb Cake as the neutral.

Lesley Croghan

[Supplies Used}

Stamps: Wondrous Wishes, More Merry Messages

Inks: Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Vanilla, Champagne Glimmer Paper

Extras: Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Big Shot, Embossing folder

The design team has created some awesome samples to get you in the Christmas Spirit, welcome to Judy May, as our Guest Designer this week!

Carrie Gaskin (FD)

LeAnne Pugliese

Bonnie Klass

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Judy May (GD)