TPB: Masculine Christmas!

Happy Monday, friends!

I hope you had a most wonderful Thanksgiving/break!

Ours was simply delicious (in so many ways!)

While doing some Black Friday shopping,

I was able to scoop up some really good deals,

including some gifts for the guys in my family.

And it got me thinking ...

a masculine style card for Christmas!

Since Mondays are the day that I post for The Project Bin blog,

I knew right away how/where/when I was going to do my card :)

And ended up making TWO! :)

(the sentiments from The Project Bin are easy to do that!)

I immediately thought of the rustic deer from the Deer Mom stamp set,

and paired it with a different holiday stamps:  North Pole.

Both of them offer a simple holiday greeting that was perfect.

 

After stamping out the deer, I added a sentiment to each card ~

giving it a slightly wonky look to the image and cardstock.

This beautiful Deer Mom stamp is shown here as another way to use the 

stamp set to extend the life of your stamps from The Project Bin 

and use them in a creative way!

 I hope you enjoyed the cards today!
You can see the stamp sets in entirety here:

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

We're MAD for PLAID!

Top 'o the morning to ya!

...

and Happy March!

It's time for another challenge at The Ink Spot

and this week's challenge theme was chosen by me.

I love the look of plaid but it doesn't get on my cards very often,

nor do I get to wear a kilt - tee hee!

 I thought that would be a fun theme,

especially since St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner.

And, I have Irish/Scottish roots!

I do, I do!

My dad and uncle worked for an entire year on our genealogy

and traced our family's ancestry all the way back to Scotland ♥

In fact, we are direct decendants of Sir William Wallace,

the Scottish knight that fought during the Wars of Scottish Independence until his defeat at the defeat at the Battle of Falkirk in July 1298.

Of course, it doesn't hurt to throw in there ..

"you know, Mel Gibson?  From Braveheart!"

I know ........ just the actor's portrayal of Sir Wallace - hee hee!

Just bein' silly, of course!

  

Speaking of silly, I LOVE this silly little leprechaun!

I call him Jiggles since he's jumping up and doing a little jig :)

He's available at Cornish Heritage Farms

in the digital stamp section and did you know the downloads are instant.

No waiting, instant printing, coloring, paper crafting!

The Happy St. Patrick's Day sentiment is also from CHF.

My card is might look slightly familiar,

because I modeled after one of my other cards that I loved ♥

Please be sure to stop in and see what the rest of the DT created using

MAD for PLAID!

You can find their inspirations on their blogs listed at the right →

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, Bigger blessings!

~Kelly