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Just Us Girls #801 ~ Sleigh Rides

 

Before getting to today's card, I would like to announce the winner of my prize for our 800th challenge at Just Us Girls! A BIG thank you to everyone who played along with us. And a BIG thank you to those that stopped by my blog! 

My random winner is  #23... MAMAWCINDY!! Congratulations, please contact me via email with your mailing information.

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And now for our next challenge!

What a perfect WORD Carol has chosen for this week's Just Us Girls challenge! We've already had a taste of winter with a snowy start to our week. Thankfully, it didn't stick around! I did put some of that snow on today's card though! Take a look...

I popped a snowy embossed panel (SSS) onto a gray gingham covered card base. Next came this cutie patootie Santa from Lasting Impressions. GAH... I love his polka dot beard to bits! I tucked a few BPD pine sprigs behind him and finished things off with a MB sentiment tab. Something tells me the price of sleigh rides has gone up a tad though!

How does the word WINTER inspire you? I look forward to seeing your creations in our gallery!

Merry Christmas

I had a couple of Christmas cards that I had photographed but not shared last year. After seeing Claire's sketch over at The Paper Players, I remembered this one and thought it would work. Let's see what you think!

As you can see, the sketch has been flipped on it's ear! I topped a knit embossed panel with a strip of my favorite polka dot paper with a border added. Both cut with PPP border dies. The fun focal is a big sugar cookie by Birch Press Design. A couple of pine sprigs and... ta-da! 

Hugs

Hello and Happy New Year!

It's been a minute or two since I last posted! I had planned a break for the holidays, but then illness found it's way into the Elton household. Great timing, huh. Has anybody seen my mojo?

I'm here today with the first Just Us Girls challenge of 2024! We have a few changes this year. First up, new graphics! Thanks so much to DT member Elizabeth for creating our new look. Challenges will now begin on Thursday (12am) and close on Tuesday (9pm). You can find all of the new challenge details on the blog. 

We also bid farewell to team members, Nancy and Lisa K. I wish them all the very best, they will be greatly missed. Stepping in as a new team member is Stephanie Lanzalotto! Welcome to the team, Stephanie, I'm so happy to have you joining us!

A new month also brings a new guest designer. Helping us start off the new year is the fabulous Stef Perry!

Okay, now for my card!

I mixed several companies on this one and went with a lighter shade of teal. I suppose, now that I look at it, it reads more aqua! Leafy sprigs from The Stamp Market fill the card front along with a big bow. I punched navy dots then glued them to the bow trimming off the overhang. If you look closely at the corners of the cover plate, you'll see I added green behind the tiny openings. 

Not my best, not my worst, I'm rusty! The holidays were quiet for us and there was no card making going on. The hubby and I both came down with Covid! Unscathed all this time and then bamb! He thinks he picked it up dealing with about 20 apprentices at work. Thankfully we are both vaccinated and have had the boosters. No picnic though, we felt pretty rough, still recovering too. I can't imagine what it could have been and think back to the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. My heart still breaks for what so many went through. We're praying for a healthy new year. On the bright side of it all... drum roll... my guy is officially retired!!! It's a few years early, but boy oh boy was he ready!!! Here's to new beginnings!!!

Warmest Wishes!

I hope those of you who celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday had a blessed and happy day! I made dinner for the two of us and my parents. I must say, it was pretty yummy!  The down side of the holiday is that our little Sweet P came down with a bug. Fever, cough, ear infection... feeling pretty rough. Thankfully not Covid. We did get to FaceTime with her and I'm thankful for that ♥

I have a couple of warm and cozy cards for you today. They both have a Piped Icing Star from Birch Press Design as their focal point. I'll be sending one over to the Inkspirational gallery for their Seasonal challenge.

I turned the stars into gingerbread cookies! More Christmas papers from my stash went onto the background for this one along with a few SG pine sprigs. A simple little Poppystmaps sentiment was all it needed.

I thought the sweet gingham paper was a good pairing for the PTI sentiment. I layered everything together with the PTI Mix & Mat Snowflake die cut.

Those cookies are making me hungry! 

Hmmm, maybe a slice of pumpkin pie will fix that!

Thank You

Hello and Happy New Year! I'm rolling out my first card post thumb surgery. Things are getting better. Still working on movement and strength. I thought going the route of die cuts and letting the electric machine do the work was the way to go. But then I had to glue all the pieces parts together! Couldn't squeeze the glue bottle, so I had to go lefty. Let's just say it took a LONG TIME to put this baby together! Oh, and then I had to try to photograph it with the hubs heavy camera ~ holy smokes! I sure hope the ladies at Color Hues like it!

I treated myself to this pretty set of peony dies from a Birch Press Design sale for Christmas. They were cut from paper with a soft pink pattern on it. I love the leaves and centers all dolled up in gold! I used matching gold paper on the PFS frame. The embossed panel is from my sweet friend Greta. A simple sentiment went onto an old Spellbinders label. My hubby thought it was a classy card!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I'll be back this weekend with my card for Just Us Girls. We've switched things up in our weekly rotation by swapping out a couple of a challenges for couple of new ones!