Be Merry!

Christmas is just ten days away. Are you ready? I am! This week's Chicka Challenge was to make a card with a Santa stamp. Well, I don't have many stamps of Santa himself, but I do seem to have several of his hat! This hat by PSX (retired stamp company) is one of my favorites. There is so much detail to it and it looks so realistic. By stamping it on to kraft paper and coloring it in with pencils, it made the white trim really pop. A small jingle bell tied to the ribbon was the finishing touch, and reminded me of the classic book and movie "The Polar Express."

I am getting one of my Christmas presents early. I know what it is, but I'm not ready to share the surprise with you just yet. Hopefully I'll be back this weekend or early next week with a photo of my special delivery!

Happy Holidays!

Card details:
Santa hat stamp by PSX; sentiment by Hero Arts; Memory Box notecard; A Muse polka dot ribbon; Prismacolor pencils; jingle bell accent; Nestabilities.

Cats Never Bark Up the Wrong Tree

I had fun making this card for the Chicka Challenge, which was to make a card with a cuddly animal. Among many of my rubber stamp addictions are these fun kid sayings from Inkadinkado. I have most of the entire collection. Bad, I know, but they're just so clever! My sister and I are six years apart, and I remember some of the funny things she would say when she was little. For example, a napkin was a "nack-in," and Mary Jane shoes were called "pahty shoes" (yes, that did sound like "potty"!). My mom tells me I had my share of funny words, too. I couldn't say "Christmas" when I was really little, instead it was "Chrim-sas."

Hope you had a good weekend. Are you done with your holiday shopping? I've started, but I still have more to go. My big project this week will be making 10 dozen cookies for a cookie exchange I'm attending on Friday. Thankfully I've already done a test batch, and they've passed inspection!

I hope you have a good week and take time to enjoy some of the pleasures of the season!

Thanks for stopping by!

Card details:
Sentiment by Inkadinkado; girl with cat stamp by Creative Beginnings for Me and My Big Ideas; Memento ink; Copic markers; Bazill green cardstock; PaperTrey Ink red and terracotta cardstock; Amuse woodgrain cardstock; Memory Box notecard; Marvy scalloped punch.