10 Minute Craft Dash - Holiday Cheer and some EXCITING NEWS!

Hello there!

**Woohoo this was a 10 Minute Craft Dash Favorite on 12/4/12 Thanks for the shout out!**

I have some exciting news to share.....but you will have to wait till the bottom to find out! :-)

I am going to share my 10 Minute Craft Dash card first! Paulina has another fabulous color palette and the Sponsor is DeNami Designs! Woot Woot!

I started by gathering my supplies first!

And then the mad craft dash began.

I started with a 5 x 5 card base using navy blue cardstock. I layered a C-Flute Corrugated Kraft Paper onto my base. I had this on my desk leftover from another project.  I then cut a piece of white cardstock to size to stamp my Pine Wreath from DeNami Designs.  Next I added a sentiment from DeNami Designs Holiday Greeting Set to the center of the pine wreath. The finishing touches were to add glitz and glam. Noting I had time to spare, I added some snowflakes for added shimmer!

Final time to complete: 9 Minutes and 2 seconds

It's a wonder every time how I make it under 10 because I am slow as can be but this challenge sure lights a fire under me! :-))) Just no fussy bows and all the layering I usually do.

Won't you join the fun! There's still time!

I also would like to join the fabulous challenge at Paper Issues - Happy Holidays, Stampin' For Pleasure - Final Rudolph Day Challenge

NOW FOR MY NEWS!!!!!!

 

 I have been asked to join the fabulous and talented Design Team at The Ribbon Reel! You can read the announcement here. What girl doesn't love to play with pretty ribbon and embellishments! 

Thank you for popping in and visiting! I appreciate you letting me share my joyous news too!  

~Tammy~

Silver and Gold Recipe Swap with Catered Crop

Hello!

*Yay! This card was selected as a Top 3 Winner at The Shabby Tea Room...Thank You Ladies*

How is your week starting off? My fellow American bloggy friends, I hope you are recovering from the Thanksgiving weekend. We are trying to play catch up after spending the weekend away. It was nice to get away, but all that catch-up work after is no fun especially with the holidays approaching and the house is array with tubs and totes everywhere.  

I had the distinct honor of having my shabby xoxo card chosen as one of the Winning Recipe cards at the Catered Crop, so I was asked if I would create a card in this weeks Quickfire recipe swap.  

So here is my quickfire card using Silver and Gold! :-)

I stepped outside my norm and created a 5x5 card base using Rustic Cream. I layered a textured white cardstock by DCWV which has been embossed with a damask pattern. 

I am trying to get a jump on making some Christmas Thank You cards to have ready for after the Holidays....so, this will be the first of many in the days ahead I am sure.  The So Sweet of You sentiment is from Paper Sweeties You make Me Smile. 

The glitzed and glammed die-cut tree was actually ready to go just waiting to be used on a project. I had cut this last year and never got around to using it and thought it was perfect for this challenge. Another reason to NEVER EVER TOSS anything out. :-) The only addition I added was some chunky snowflakes to the edges.

The gold and silver ribbons are from MayArts. 

Further inspiration for this card was found at:

Paper Sweeties Sketch Inspiration.

The Shabby Tea Room - Just Neutrals

Paper Issues - Holiday Happy
Stampin' For Pleasure - Final Rudolph Day

Thanks so much for sharing a little bit of your day with me. I know this is a busy time of year! It means the world to me!

Hugs and blessings!

~Tammy~

Be Merry and Bright

Hi!

(For my Wilson Designs Release American Classic's Card click here)

Hope you are enjoying the start to your weekend. 

I have not been feeling well lately, so I apologize for not making the rounds. I had a pretty good day Thursday, so I mustered up some energy to get crafty.  I am just now getting around to posting. 

I have another Christmas card to share. I am determined to knock as many of these out as I can.  Now if only someone would start a Halloween and Thanksgiving challenge. :-)

I love to make Christmas cards that are non-traditional  colors, but I went classic today. 

I used a Waltzingmouse sentiment from Seasons of Love and some pretty roses from my stash. I added some rhinestones near the sentiment because when I think of Merry and BRIGHT, I think of pretty shinny things like bling! What girl doesn't! :-)))  At the top of my focal point, a few pearls were added for a tad more glam. 

I used another lovely sketch by Lesley for the current Merry Monday challenge. I never have lack of mojo working with her sketches which is fabulous when you are not feeling 100%.  

I am also joining in the Rudolph Day Challenge that Sandra host.

Thanks for popping in! 

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps:  Seasons of Love

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!,  PP: DCWV

Ink: Stampin' UP!
Other: Flowers: Michael's, Pearls, Michael's, Rhinestones: Ben Franklin Hawaii

A simple Christmas card

Hi!

I have a quick share today~ I am joining in a couple of Christmas Challenges, so this marks number 2 complete. :-) Woo hoo!

The layout came from Lesley's Merry Monday Challenge.  Her sketch designs make it easy to crank out a card quickly, and that is important if you are mass producing Christmas cards. I just dug through my Christmas stamps and my stash of papers and before I knew it I was done. My creative time is limited, so I appreciated the CAS design to finish quickly, but yet I felt like I accomplished checking the box and getting started in my Christmas cards. 

So here it is....

I started with Riding Hood Red as my card base to match the patterned paper I found in my ever growing stash pile. (I believe this pp is from the Christmas Stack from DCWV).

I stamped three ornaments from Stampin' UP! Delightful Decorations and used the coordinating ornament punch. I added Martha Stewart Holiday Snow glitter to the middle polka-dot ornament. :-) I stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment from Wilson Designs Snowy Wishes which was hand-cut into a banner and applied to the left side of my patterned paper panel.

That's about it! Short sweet and to the point. :-)

As mentioned, I found my inspiration from the Merry Monday Sketch

I am also playing along with the current Rudolph Day Challenge.

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Inspirational picture

I am just overjoyed and so honored that this card was chosen as The City Crafter's Winner on 4/24/12.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your day is fantastic!!!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps: Wilson Designs: Snowy Wishes and Stampin' UP! Delightful Decorations

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!, PP: Scraps (DCWV)

Ink: Stampin' UP! and Momento

Other: Glitter: Martha Stewart, Punch: Stampin' UP!