Fun Challenge!

Hey, everyone!

It's March 1!!!! Is that not crazy??? Wow! Looking back over the past couple months, I have been really busy but it was doing fun things so I haven't felt stressed or frustrated like I did a lot last year. It is great to work on fun things again and only the challenges I want to do!!! Speaking of fun things and challenges...I have some fun things to share with you today and part of it is a new challenge I accepted!!! Here we go:

I apologize for the blurry photo! I don't know why my camera does that sometimes. I kept adjusting the settings and it still wouldn't work properly! This is the prize package I am splitting up for Christina and Brenda since they tied for leaving me the most comments on my blog this month...21 EACH! Thank you ladies! I hope you enjoy your gifts!!! I will e-mail you to let you know when I have mailed your packages to you!
Have you seen this book before? I got it for only ONE DOLLAR at the Dollar Tree! I was so excited. I have seen some episodes of Knitty Gritty on television before and LOVED it so I looked through the book quickly and there's so many fun patterns in this book! I had to snatch it up!!! Yay! It's a great book with a really kewl system to rate each project. Most will say beginner, intermediate, advanced but she rates her projects in terms of how long it takes each project like: PLAYDATE, WEEKEND AT NANA'S, SUMMER CAMP so I thought that was kewl! Speaking of knitting, I have managed to knit a few more rows while Kadesia was at gymnastics and then a little today while I was waiting on something else. I will share a photo soon, I promise!
Yes, I know it's only March 1 and NO I am really NOT rushing Christmas along, but here's the challenge part... Last year I signed up for a Christmas card challenge but then I didn't do so well! Ugh! I just had too many other things going. This year I decided to try the challenge again. I set a goal of how many cards I want to make each month. For February, I wanted to make 3 and I did it just in the knick of time! I will sign these and address them tonight or tomorrow sometime and put them in my little holder. I am so glad I got these done!! Yay!
I designed this card so that it looks like wall paper and a window with some wall art! I hope you can "get" that from seeing it. I had a lot of fun doing this one! The stars were stamped with the star from the Wild West stamp set from The Angel Company. The snow and snowman are all sparkly with Prisma Glitter. The sky is sponged in Reflection Blue ink. The "JOY" sentiment is stamped with Iris Palette ink and the stars have my Purple Tombow marker outlined.
This is a stamp set that was offered in December. I just love this Whimsy Santa. He's so cute! I used Prisma Glitter for the snow and to outline his hat and coat. The sky is sponged with Starry Night Palette ink. The image was stamped with Noir Palette ink. The basket and wooden handles are colored in the Chestnut Memory Marker.
This card uses Burnt Umber sponged on the base card and around the script designer paper. The brown cardstock and sentiment edges also have Burnt Umber on them. I used Red and Green Tombow markers to color in the image and then L'Amour Red and Viridian Leaf for the sentiment. The sentiment is a FREE Gift With Purchase stamp that you can get with any $30 purchase!

I sure hope you have enjoyed checking out these cards today. Be sure to check back tomorrow because I will be posting the tutorial for all of you who wanted to know how to make the little box to hold the sticky note holder!

Hugs,