Saturday, June 16, 2012

Merry Monday with Holiday Magic

This is my second post today, it's a short scroll
down if you are here for Dynamic Duos!

I have an amazing morning in front of me - Scott and Erik are in Utah at a lacrosse tournament and Andrew is spending the day doing intake at our local food bank as it is the biggest food drive weekend of the year.  I'm alone!!!  And I don't have any urgent or big projects that I have to do - so I am crafting!  Yeah!!!

For my first card of this morning, I decided to do something just for fun.  Yesterday, I got a fun new Christmas set.  (Hey, Allisa - my stamps got here...thanks for the catalogs!!).  So I decided to play the Merry Monday challenge...


Merry Monday Challenge with CTMH



This is a retired Close To My Heart set.  I saw this card by Allisa and then saw that she had a set for sale and I was all over that.  It's nice to play with Close To My Heart again.  My mom was a demo (check out this post about half way down for a remembrance of my mother) so I have TONS of older CTMH sets - but it's nice to play with newer stuff - I have an order coming too!
  • Stamps: Close to My Heart Holiday Magic, Papertrey Trey Backgrounds: Text Style (just on the scallops)
  • Paper: Stampin' Up Crumb Cake and Tempting Turquoise
  • Ink: Versamark, Stampin' Up Crumb Cake, Distress Inks in Broken China and Tumbled Glass
  • Accessories: Zing white embossing powder, Papertrey Ink Classic Kraft ribbon and Rustic Jute button twine, miscellaneous "puff balls"

12 comments:

  1. This is adorable Kim, love the little pompoms!!

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  2. Kim, your card is stunning. I had to go and read about your Mom and what a lovely story behind it. I too am 1939 baby and times were so hard during the war years too. Thankyou so much for sharing with us. Hugs from Scotland. Rita xx

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  3. Adorable card, Kim! Glad the stamps arrived safely. I love your take on the sketch and those little pom poms!

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  4. Kim this is such a gorgeous Christmas card! That stocking is just fabulous and I love those pom poms! Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday this week!

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  5. Too cute Kim. Love the Xmas stocking, the puff balls and the colours you used.

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  6. Even though this is a fun stocking, your colours and background stamping are so elegant! A very pretty Christmas card Kim! Thanks for joining in at Merry Monday!

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  7. Love your design on this one Kim. The non traditional colours are just fab and those pom poms are adorable. x

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  8. Great card, love the colours and papers you used. The pompoms on the stocking are adorable.

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  9. Dang, I should have snagged that set, LOL!!! What a fun creation--you always have creative ideas! Thanks for playing with the Merry Monday sketch this week!

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  10. This is beautiful, Kim! I love the kraft and blue color combo and those sweet snowflakes in the background. Glad you joined us at Merry Monday this week!

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  11. I recently got some fun stamps from Allisa, too. Gotta love new stamping goodies! This is such a cute Christmas card, Kim! Love the cool color combo and that perfect little bow. :)

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  12. This gorgeous card has gone into my 'colour combos' idea file. What a fabbo combination! Love how the turquoise pops against the crumb cake! Hugs xxx

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