3M: Wishing you a METAL Christmas!

Hi friends!

I'm still here!  Oh my goodness, life has been non-stop!  

I haven't had any free time to make cards :(

Between Christmas prep, 3 December birthdays, my daughter's college graduation, school, church and Boy Scouts events, we're hopping! :)

Our daughter is back home from college and all moved back in - she's starting her wonderful new job next week, so we've been enjoying so many outings and girl time ♥

Yesterday, I finally got to sit down for a few minutes and work on

my 3 Musketeers challenge card - YAY!

Barb gave us a wonderful challenge: Use Metal!

 Barb's challenge:  Since December is busy for all of us, I wanted to send a simpler challenge

and hoped it does not cause too much stress or planning for a card. 

 The challenge is to make a Christmas Card or a New Year’s card  and make it metallic! 

 You can use metallic paper or use metallic embellishments or emboss with metallic colors. 

 Use your creativity to make a shiny card!

  Ready?  Set.  Go!

My card is very simple ~ letting the gold foil paper shine through as an accent

color and highlighting the Happy Christmas!

I added extra metal but putting the silver metal snowflakes

 and added the metal gems to the center.

Simple but I do like this card - it's bright and shiny, just like holiday ornaments! 

 I do love how this came out :)
It's shiny and classic and simple!

What I learned about metallic foils and papers - 
they are hard to photograph! :)

You can see Barb's card here and Jeanette's card here.

Can you believe it's almost 2019!
I have a few more cards to post before the end of the year ...
stay tuned! ♥

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly 

CCEE: Elf Antics!

Hello friends!

We love love LOVE our Elf on the Shelf!

He's a little bit sweet and a whole lot of fun and mischievious!

Buddy has been a great addition to our holidays through the years ~ 

and we all still enjoy his antics 

as we take turn doing funny stunts he hides each day!  *wink!*

Which is why I smiled HUGE when I saw the new challenge

 for this week's CCEE Stampers - 

Elf Antics!

 

I knew right away I was going to ink up Birdie Brown Santa's Elves

from MFT Stamps.

And just in time - my big box of Black Friday treasures arrived last week,

so some new goodies got to come out and play, too!

I used the Happy Christmas die-namic ~ a saying that warms my heart ♥

I'm a Merry Christmas girl but my mama said Happy Christmas a lot 

as we were growing up - to hear it makes me think of her.

And lastly, the FAB-U-LOUS plaid papers in perfectly 'Kelly' colors!

I love me some whimsical green and red and pinks together :)

I stamped/cut the image twice - once on cardstock and once on the dsp

and paper pieced his groovy little outfit. 

And yes!

I still decorate the inside of my cards ~

I usually don't show them to let the recipient be surprised.

This one is heading a friend of my daughter so no elfish antics going on today!

 

 And that's it from me today!

I hope you can stop by the CCEE Stampers blog

 and see all the wonderful Elf Antic cards,

as they are fantastic! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly 

I'll enter my card into:  Cute Card Thursday

Tuesday Throwdown - AG