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

RSG: Portion Control!

    Hi friends 

and Happy Thanksgiving!

We have a house full of guests and family ~

a few extras (like every year!)

so I'm scrambling to get cards done and posted :)

Today's card is for the Ready, Set, Go! Challenge

with Barb and Jeanette and I.

I was the hostess this month with a theme of:  Portion Control!

Typically in November, we gather together with friends and family and celebrate the bountiful harvest with gratitude and thanksgiving! 

 And that usually includes lots of food :)  

No need to loosen a button or unbuckle the belt for this month the RSG!

For the crafty side of November, we’re going to show portion control!

  On this month’s card, use only a portion of your image!

  No full stamping ... only part of your image can be on the paper.

  For example, have a large flower stamp? Set it off the the edge of the paper!  You can add more than one - creating a collage effect if you like - but no full images, including only highlighting part of it like a spotlight technique

 (as the full image is visible below it.) 

 Have fun choosing your image and enjoy keeping the portions Lighter! 

At least for your cards ;)

For my card today, I used the stamp set Santa's Elves from My Favorite Things ~

a stamp set that I was lucky to win from MFT!

It was on my wish list for a long while and now it's in my home and heart!

I've made 3 cards with this set already ♥

I created a little cut out with some die-namics, paper, cardstock, ink + foam!

This card POPS!
Literally :)

  
I popped up the frame with 3d foam for dimension and let only 
a portion of the elf and tree be shown.
I embossed a sentiment from the same set for the front,
and stamped another on the inside!

I still decorate most of my cards on the inside,
but this one bears showing ♥

 Speaking of elves, it's almost time!
One of our TREASURED holiday past times is bringing out Buddy the Elf!

  I'm still having software troubles and my cards often look a little blurry.
They aren't :)
 If you click directly onto the photo, it usually shows up clear!

One day a little elf will show me I'll figure out all the techy stuff! 
Meanwhile, you can hop on over to Barb's blog and Jeanette's blog
and see what they made with Portion Control.

Thanks for stopping by!
 Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥ 
~Kelly