RRCB69 and Jingle Belles Spirit of Christmas Past

Happy Saturday, all!  I am late posting today....no excuse except that I couldn't get to sleep last night so I stayed up too late!  Anyway, I started this card at 1:30 in the morning and just finished it, LOL  It is for the RetroRubber sketch challenge as well as the Jingle Belles Spirits of Christmas Past challenge!

I couldn't pass up a vintage Christmas challenge, now could I?  I turned the sketch on its side so that I could use this Inkadinkado image; I have had this for over a year but never inked it up...so I guess I probably got it in 2015:

I stamped it in Cherry Cobbler on some My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Christmas 6x6 paper, trimming it by hand and mounting it on a panel of striped paper that was in my scrap pile!!!  The Pear Pizzazz mat was stamped with the holly image from Bells and Boughs (2010) and the "sending" is from Papertrey's Mistletoe and Holly, and I am not sure of the year of that one...maybe 2013?  I just love this sweet font:

  

as well as these sweet images:

and the inside features a sentiment and snowflakes from Jolly Christmas (2015):

Thanks for popping in today...be sure to come back tomorrow for a fun Paper Players challenge!

SIP56 and FMS245 Joy To The World

Happy Thursday, all!  Can you handle another Christmas card?  The Stamp Ink Paper challenge is Christmas in July, so I combined it with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch from Jen M:

This is the first time I've pulled out This Christmas Specialty DSP....aren't these patterns pretty?

I received the Christmas set Jolly Christmas at the very end of the holiday catalog period last year, so this is the first time I've inked it up!  I used Rose Red to stamp the sentiment, then Mint Macaron to do some snowflakes.  I used an Impression Obsession die (Pine Boughs) to diecut some greenery in MM and Garden Green, then added a bow from the Mini Treat Bag thinlet:

And here's a little trick to get added value from your Layering Squares dies....if you look very closely, you can see where I actually adhered two pieces together (cut a straight edge across one of your squares), lining up the scallops to fit my stamped piece.  I love doing this....it's barely discernible and it's like getting a free set of rectangle dies!  Finally, the inside is stamped with sentiments and images from the Paper Pumpkin Christmas set from last year:

Thanks for popping in today!

 Cassidy learned to ride a two-wheeler, but the trike is still the best mode of transportation when you want to haul around the babies!

Have a blessed day!

MTS113 Joyful Deer

Happy Saturday, everyone!  I am back from vacation and trying to find my stamping mojo!  It took a vacation too, I am afraid!  I chose the sketch from Match the Sketch for a quick Christmas card:

I got these nice woodland-themed papers before Christmas on Etsy and don't remember the name of company, but they coordinate nicely together!  I added a Naturals White diecut snowflake with a little dazzling center and brown ribbon for trim.  The sentiment and deer silhouette on the inside are from SU's Jolly Christmas, stamped in Garden Green and Sahara Sand:

Another Christmas card to add to my stack...December will be here before we know it!

A little swimming pool action in the bathroom:

And a little tin becomes a hot tub for the dog!  Enjoy your day!