12 DAYS OF HOLIDAY PROJECTS - DAY ONE

Welcome to Day One of the 12 Days of Holiday Projects brought to you by the Inspiration Crew!

We're a group of online crafty friends who love being creative.  This time we're doing a 12 day event to provide you with tons of Holiday-themed inspiration.  We're making crafty projects using products we like! Some of us are even offering prizes (I AM)!  Check each blog for information about what prizes are being offered and when the winners will be announced on that blog.

My first project has been created with my Silhouette. This cute little Santa will be delivering some $$$ to the wee great nieces and nephews that will be visiting this Christmas.

And yes....there will be a present for one lucky visitor at the end of the 12 day event, so please leave a comment if you would like a chance to win!  Another 'mystery' prize is in store for the lucky winner!

Carol from "Just Me C" was my lucky winner from the last hop. She won a $25 gift certificate from Neat & Tangled Stamps.

So get your hopping shoes on and start hopping!

Donna Bowman 

Rachel Kleinman

Ceal Pritchett

Lalo Ik

Barb Murphy

Angi Barrs

Annette Allen

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Susie CraftHappy

Geri Greening

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Rachel Izakowicz

CAS(E) this Sketch #55

Well.....this could be a bit of a stretch with the sketch, but I figured I'd throw my card into the mix just for the fun of playing along with all the fabulously talented ladies at CAS(E) this Sketch !

Easy peasy, simple card...which will be perfect for my husband's nephew and his soon-to-be bride. They are the sweetest young couple ever, who love the simple things in life like camping, hiking, reading, relaxing . I'm quite sure they will love the simplicity of my design (and the wee $$$ that they will find inside!).

The inlaid sentiment is a Silhouette file cut from textured American Crafts card stock! A wee punched heart and done! 

Had  I been on top of my crafting game this morning, I'm quite sure I would have reached for my White Linen paper (Ellen Hutson) for the card base which would have added even more yummy texture.  But I wasn't, so I didn't - dang it all anyway!

Happy crafting!

CASology WEEK 70: TRIANGLE

I'm beyond thrilled to be this week's GD at CASology!. Thank you to Melissa, Judy and the rest of the DT for this honor :)

This week's cue word is "TRIANGLE"....yes...endless possibilities! The first thing that popped into my head was a tent. DH and I tented quite often when we were younger. Once the kids arrived though we did upgrade to a camper trailer, but the good old tenting days left us with many fond & fun memories.

I happened to notice this slogan on some merchandise in a sporting goods store last week. Isn't it absolutely perfect for this image...go, see the world...

I hope that my card has inspired you and that you will join us for this week's challenge! Scoot on over to CASology, check out the DT creations and get your crafty on!

Card details:  CTMH White CS, SU Blue CS, Silhouette files

Happy crafting!

THANKSGIVING INSPIRATION BLOG HOP

This is my second post. Please scroll down for the Moxie Fab Thanks Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the Thanksgiving Inspiration blog event, brought to you by "The Inspiration Crew".  We're just a group of online crafty friends who love being creative. This time we are doing a one day event to provide you with tons of autumn and Thanksgiving themed inspiration.

We're making crafty projects using products we like and some of us are even offering prizes! Check each blog for information about what prizes are offered and when the winners will be announced on that blog.

Below is a list of all the crafty ladies participating in this event.  Be sure to visit all the blogs for loads of great Thanksgiving craft ideas!

Donna Bowman = http://thecraftycorgi.blogspot.ca/

Rachel Kleinman = http://www.rwkrafts.com/

Ceal Pritchett = http://simplybeautifulcreations.blogspot.ca/

Lalo Ik = http://naniwale.blogspot.ca/

Darnell Knauss =  http://www.djkardkreations.com/

Angi Barrs = http://cokiepopaper.blogspot.ca/

Annette Allen = http://myclevercreations.blogspot.ca/

Misty Buck = http://mistylynnwhat.blogspot.ca/

Ardyth Percy-Robb = http://ardythpr.blogspot.ca/

Susie Craft Happy = http://www.susiecrafthappy.com/

Laurel Beard = http://laurelbeard.wordpress.com/

Libby Hickson = http://stampinlibby.blogspot.ca/

My project info:

A quick little set of thank you notes, perfect for the host and hostess of your next yummy Thanksgiving dinner!  Bundle up the notes & envelopes, tie them together with pretty plaid ribbon, and add a bottle of nice red wine - the perfect gift!

The thank-you sentiment can easily be swapped for a name, turning these little cuties into place setting cards for your next turkey dinner.

Card details:
- Pumpkins and border - Silhouette.
- Give Thanks sentiment - T.A.W.S. Give Thanks
- Custom size envelopes - Envelope Punch Board (We R Memory Keepers)
- Envelope inside flap - Reflections (Paper Smooches).
- Envelope seal - Acorn -  Silhouette (I love adding seals to the envelope closures...it adds a nice little bit of something to an otherwise boring backside)

Best of Luck Cath!

  

By now we have all heard the news that our dear, sweet, amazing Cath will no longer be smiling back at us when we visit the Moxie Fab World!  To me, Cath was the Moxie Fab World!  I am still having difficulty accepting this huge change that has no doubt rocked our tight knit crafting world.

So if you are hopping along one the world's biggest blog hops ever,  you should have arrived here from  Hollie's blog.

My most memorable 'Cath moment' was receiving an e-mail from her one morning asking me if I would like to be featured as Moxie Fabber of the Week.  I replied by asking her if she was sure she had the correct e-mail address!  She was so kind, caring, patient, encouraging, supportive and sincerely sweet as pie!

Cath is one incredible 'glass half full' kind of woman and will no doubt focus on the positive aspect of this change! Her beautiful soul and sincere caring personality has touched all of us at some point in our crafty travels.

I came upon this quote by Enya that I thought was quite appropriate for this post:

"As with anything creative, change is inevitable"

I wish you the best of luck in your new adventures - embrace the concept that change brings new opportunities...and enjoy the ride!

I truly am so glad that you came my way!

Okay people...put on your hopping boots and get hopping! If you are doing the blog in numerical order, your next visit will be to Shirley's blog.

Our Moxie Fab Thanks to You, Cath!

1.	Moxie Fab World	96.	Anieszka Malyszek	191.	Jimmi Mayo
2.	Keren Baker	97.	Kate from i {heart} papers	192.	Julie Overby
3.	Jennifer Ingle	98.	Cindy Lawrence	193.	Eva Dobilas
4.	Debby Hughes	99.	Lori Tecler	194.	Ren-Yi Lo
5.	Virginia Lu	100.	Penny Ward	195.	Jessica Shelton-Buffa
6.	Nina Yang	101.	Leigh Penner	196.	DoBea Alberts
7.	Karolyn Loncon	102.	Christina MacLaren	197.	Nicole Rixon
8.	Lori Barnett	103.	Heidi Van Laar	198.	Debbie Corbari
9.	Kim Hughes / Paper Smooches	104.	Giovana Smith	199.	Lawn Fawn / Kelly Marie Alvarez
10.	Becky Oehlers	105.	Katrina Hunt	200.	Leigh Ann Baird
11.	Donna Mikasa	106.	Kathi Rerek	201.	Betsy Veldman
12.	JJ Bolton	107.	Glenda J. Wyatt	202.	Natasha Kara
13.	Jocelyn Olson	108.	Heather Campbell	203.	Wanda Cullen
14.	Daniela Dobson	109.	Ardyth Percy-Robb	204.	Shemaine Smith
15.	Amy Wanford	110.	Erica Hettwer	205.	Lydia Fiedler
16.	Sylvia Blum	111.	Danielle Walls	206.	Jenn Shurkus
17.	AJ Otto	112.	Fresh Squeezed Stamps	207.	Leslie Hanna
18.	Taheerah Atchia	113.	Lynn Mangan	208.	Lenny Sacr�as
19.	Laura Williams	114.	Kim Kesti	209.	Chunyuan Wu
20.	Kimberly Crawford	115.	Kelly Booth	210.	Berenice Rendon
21.	Vera Yates	116.	Stephanie Severin	211.	Brenda Weaver
22.	Jaclyn Miller	117.	Michelle Lupton	212.	Sabrina Alery
23.	Amber Kroening	118.	Angelica Suarez	213.	Debbie Marcinkiewicz
24.	Lindsay Amrhein	119.	Sarah Martina Parker	214.	Lyndal Higgins
25.	Miriam Prantner	120.	Ashley Nguyen Newell	215.	Pattie Goldman
26.	Irit Shalom	121.	Jessica Witty	216.	Jenny Martin
27.	Anabelle O'Malley	122.	Jennifer Rzasa	217.	Michelle Bala
28.	Michele Gross	123.	Jennifer Priest	218.	Julie Smith
29.	Teri Anderson	124.	Angie Tieman	219.	Linda Auclair
30.	Alice Wertz	125.	Bev Gerard	220.	Tyra Babington
31.	Pamela Ho	126.	Asty Purbasari	221.	Darnell J Knauss
32.	Elena Roussakis	127.	Megan Hoeppner	222.	Jennifer Jackson
33.	Lorena Canto	128.	Pia Overgaard	223.	Amy Sheffer
34.	Tara Cardwell	129.	Nina Brackett	224.	Piali Biswas
35.	Joscelyne Cutchens	130.	Linda Lucas	225.	Lori Hairston
36.	Ashley Harris	131.	Judy Rozema	226.	Charlene Bopp
37.	Annette Allen	132.	Lynn Mercurio	227.	Deanna Woodland
38.	Jessi Fogan	133.	Erin Thiem	228.	Ceal Pritchett
39.	Lindsey M-P	134.	Carolyn Gimpel King	229.	Vanessa Menhorn
40.	Christine Dring	135.	Smitha Katti	230.	P. Kelly Smith
41.	Tasnim Ahmed	136.	Susan Liles	231.	Therese Calvird
42.	Alicia Thelin	137.	Lisa Arana	232.	Rachel Izakowicz
43.	Ashley Marcu	138.	Kalyn Kepner	233.	Frances Byrne
44.	Kryssi Ng / Mama Elephant	139.	Rachel Kleinman	234.	Holly Shepard
45.	Katie Gehring	140.	Wendy Price	235.	Geri Greening
46.	Angi Barrs	141.	Kim Dellow	236.	Gretchen Belknap (same as #186)
47.	Tracey McNeely	142.	Melissa Elsner	237.	Shirley Bampton
48.	Jen del Muro	143.	Laura Pryor	238.	Julia Stainton
49.	Sarah J. Moerman	144.	Ivanka Lentle	239.	Diana Slaughter
50.	Laurie Willison	145.	Ashlee Townsend	240.	Kim Heggins
51.	Cristina Kowalczyk	146.	Michelle Liimatainen	241.	Melissa Phillips
52.	Iwona Palamountain	147.	Juliana Michaels	242.	Jennifer McGuire
53.	Shanna Vineyard	148.	Ilina Crouse	243.	Beth Matson
54.	Tiffany Johnson	149.	Suzanne Bier	244.	Kanan Pandya
55.	Laura O'Donnell	150.	Sherry Wright	245.	Chrissy Larson
56.	Lisa Adametz	151.	Barb Housner	246.	Kristi Schurr
57.	Laura Bassen	152.	Kim Makortoff	247.	Tammy Hobbs
58.	Ryann Salamon	153.	Stephanie Washburn	248.	Windy Robinson
59.	Clare Buswell	154.	Alyssa Scritchfield	249.	Wida Miller
60.	Gayatri Murali	155.	Niki G	250.	Erum Tasneem
61.	Laurel Seabrook	156.	Colleen Dietrich	251.	Barb Murphy
62.	Christine Traversa	157.	Sharyn Tormanen	252.	SRM Stickers
63.	Melania Deasy	158.	Karin �kesdotter	253.	Judy Marino
64.	Michelle Williams	159.	Erin Taylor	254.	Noelle McAdams
65.	Jamie Gracz / Avery Elle	160.	Jen Carter	255.	Katie Brooks
66.	Lin Brandyberry	161.	Cristina N��ez (Yainea)	256.	Unity Stamp Company
67.	Michelle Woerner	162.	Susie Wittwer	257.	Cheryl Valadez
68.	Kim Howard	163.	Becky Olsen	258.	Jennie Harper
69.	Amanda Coleman	164.	Lori Craig	259.	Latisha Yoast
70.	Dana Warren	165.	Tessa Wise	260.	Ang Mansfield
71.	Kelly Griglione	166.	Courtney Kelley	261.	Danielle Flanders
72.	Taylor Usry	167.	Maureen Merritt	262.	Niki Meiners
73.	Emily Branch	168.	Alice Golden	263.	Shelly Kurth
74.	Amy Tsuruta	169.	Chrissie Tobas	264.	Els Brigé
75.	Rae Barthel	170.	Stasia Sloma	265.	Jane Beljo
76.	Erin Schreiner	171.	Heather Hoffman	266.	Stacy Croninger
77.	Stacey Schafer	172.	Annette Witherspoon	267.	Susie Moore
78.	Sarah Gough	173.	Tarynne Wise	268.	Gaby Creates
79.	Joni Andaya	174.	Amy Kolling	269.	Sylvia Nelson
80.	Lalo	175.	Chari Moss	270.	Lucy Abrams
81.	Maria Fischer	176.	Carol Wilson	271.	Lee Murphy
82.	Laurie Schmidlin	177.	Shelly Greybeck	272.	Britta Swiderski
83.	Yvonne Yam	178.	Maureen Plut	273.	Michele Kovack
84.	Tifany DeGough	179.	Bree Tetz	274.	Valerie Stangle
85.	Deirdre Horgan	180.	Meredith MacRitchie	275.	Nancy Krueger
86.	Cheiron Brandon	181.	Dawn Turley	276.	Heather Doran
87.	Beverley Brown	182.	Marisa Gunn	277.	Isha Gupta
88.	Tenia Nelson	183.	Simone Naoum	278.	N@ Ali
89.	Jamie Greene	184.	Stephanie Muzzulin	279.	Dawn Schuster
90.	Veronica Zalis	185.	Richard Breaks	280.	Ginny Henriquez
91.	Jennifer Scull	186.	Gretchen Belknap	281.	Joyce Mehrberg
92.	Lizzie Sanchez	187.	Libby Hickson	282.	Cathy Andronicou
93.	Glitz Design	188.	Hannelie Bester	283.	Rebecca Fellows
94.	Lea Lawson	189.	Julie Campbell	284.	Cornelia (fun stamping) Wenokor
95.	Heather Nichols	190.	Lisa Henke	285.	Anita Recksiedler

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MUSE CHALLENGE #41

I'm honored and thrilled to have received an Honorable Mention for my card.  

Thank you so much for your votes :)

This week's MUSE 

is Janet, a.k.a. Swanlady 21

Is Janet's card not the most amazing card ever? The shaded and highlighted baubles are gorgeous,especially offset with the black outline!

I tried to imitate the black border by adding one layer to the bottom of each tree branch (3 layers thick), allowing just a peek of black at the bottom of each branch. I dotted the baubles with a black felt pen, added a SU sentiment and popped up the panel with some foam dimensionals on AC textured card stock.

Take a minute or ten and pop on over to Muse Challenge #41 and prepare to be inspired! No excuse now not to get cracking on this year's holiday cards!

Happy crafting!

BTW, I have turned on Comment Moderation as I have been having repeat visits from an unwelcome guest (grrrr!).  Hopefully, this will discourage the "guest" from visiting!!!

THANKSGIVING INSPIRATION BLOG HOP

Mark your calendar for November 9th because you don't want to miss the delicious delights that the Inspiration Crew is busy cooking up ... guaranteed to make your mouth water!!!

Hope you will join us for the hop :)

CASology WEEK 68: BLACK

I'm thrilled that my card selected as the winner for Week #68!  Thank you to the DT for your inspiration and continuing dedication to this fun craft!

A side view to show the popped up vase.

I decided it was time to get inky (as opposed to using my Silhouette).  It does feel great creating a card 'from scratch'.  This is my second entry for the current CAS-ology challenge.  

I used a Sizzix stamp set that I masked, stamped and fussy cut. The vase is popped up with micro pop dots. The flowers (which remind me of dill) were spiffed up with red Stickles.  I added a bit of shading at the base of the vase with a Copic marker (C1 Cool Grey).

I used  the new Memento Luxe ink (Tuxedo Black).  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the coverage! It stamps just as good (if not better) that Stazon with no messy clean up.

DH is off to the cabin with our son this weekend, so it is just me, the kitties and tons of craft time!  If all goes well, I just might have another card (or two) posted by Sunday night.

Happy crafting!