Card Of The Week – Happy Holidays
Hello dear friends! I want to take a moment to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a joyful Holiday Season before we scatter to the four winds to spend time with family and loved ones!
It’s so hard to believe another year has passed. 2015 seems like it’s flown by especially fast! Are you savoring the last remaining days of December or are you eagerly anticipating the ringing in of the New Year?
As I prepare for the season, I am struck by the wonder and joy that exists in the ordinary moments of our lives. This week, Magellan has transformed an annual Christmas tradition into a wondrous Living Nativity. What wonders have you observed in your life?
Finding time to create in the midst of the season’s preparations can be challenging – but if you’re looking for inspiration, check out the Creative Art Challenges below – and if you’re looking for workspace inspiration, be sure to drop by WOYWW!
Have an amazing week – and be sure to share your creations with us at one of our weekly parties!
Creative Art Challenges
Need to jump-start your creativity? Wondering what inspired me this week? Check out this week’s list of Creative Art Challenges! They are organized alphabetically under Theme or Anything Goes!
Theme Challenges
- Addicted To Stamps Challenge – Christmas
- A Gem Of A Challenge #159 – Anything Christmas Goes
- Allsorts #341 – Use Something Golden (Brad)
- Aloha Friday Challenge #62 – Christmas
- Amusing Challenge – Happy Holidays
- Crafting With Dragonflies #49 – Anything Christmas
- Crafty Boots – Christmas Challenge
- Craft For The Craic – Christmas Cheer
- Crafty Friends Challenge –Christmas
- Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Blog #259 – Anything Goes As Long As It’s Christmas
- Crafty Hazelnut’s December Patterned Paper Challenge
- Creative Card Crew #102 – Holiday Season
- Dragonfly Journeys #35– Holiday Hues
- Fussy And Fancy Color Challenge 154 – Happy Holidays
- Glitter N Sparkle 167 – Traditional or Non-Traditional Colors
- Going Grey With Scrap Creations – Christmas
- Hiding In My Craft Room – Super Scraps Saturday
- Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes Christmas
- Inky Chicks #60 – Merry Christmas
- Jo’s Scrap Shack – FFC #118 – Anything Goes
- Love To Scrap Challenge #67 – Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
- Melonhead – Winter Holidays Challenge
- Moo Mania – Favorite Stamps Or Images (Products: Stampin Up)
- One Stitch At A Time #252 – The Color Red
- Paper Girls #93 – Christmas
- Polkadoodle #49 – Traditional Christmas
- Retro Rubber #29 – Holiday Spirit (Stampin Up)
- Simon Says Stamp Monday Throwback Challenge – Just A Pinch (One Gold Brad adds “just a pinch” of sparkle!)
- That Craft Place – Christmas
- The Corrosive Challenge Blog #239 – Christmas
- The Crazy Challenge #211 – Christmas
Be Creative – Anything Goes Challenges
- 2 Crafty Girls Challenge 8 – Anything Goes
- 2 Creative Chicks Showcase #5 – Anything Goes
- 613 Avenue Create – Anything Goes Challenge #154
- Card And Scrap Challenge #108 – Anything Goes
- CCI Digi Creations #39 – Anything Goes
- Clear It Out – Anything Goes
- Come And Get It Challenges – Anything Goes
- Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog– Anything Goes
- Crafting From The Heart Challenge 90 – Anything Goes
- Crafting With An Attitude #10 – Anything Goes
- Crafty Girls Creations Challenge #10 – Anything Goes
- Craft Your Passion Challenges #292 – Almost Anything Goes
- Creative Every Day – Anything Goes
- Creative Fingers Challenge #99 – Almost Anything Goes
- Creative Moments Challenge #83 – Anything Goes/Traditional Christmas
- Crop Shop Linky Party #11 – Anything Goes
- Deep Ocean Challenge Blog #119 – Anything Goes
- DL Art Decenber Linky Challenge
- Fresh Brewed Challenge Dec 2 – 29 – Anything Goes Christmas
- Images By CW – Saturday Linky Party
- Lemon Shortbread Challenge #4 – Anything Goes
- Inspiration Destination #64 – Anything Goes
- Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends Challenge #23 – Anything Goes
- Not Just Cards Challenges #27 – October Anything Goes
- PDE #101 – Anything Goes
- Petal Lu Challenge – Anything Goes
- Pink Saturday – Anything Goes
- Retarte #67 – Anything Goes
- Simply Papercrafts Challenge 19 – Anything Goes
- Sisters Of Craft – December Anything Goes Challenge
- Sweet Stamps – December Anything Goes
- The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge 10 – Anything Goes
- Through The Craftroom Door – Dec 15-21 – Anything Goes
- Tuesday Throwdown #TT274 – Anything Goes
- Wonderful Wednesday – Anything Goes
- Word Art Wednesday 214 – Anything Goes
- Your Scrapbook Place December Challenge – Anything Goes
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Fabulous card design and I love the bps. Thanks for joining us at CHPPC, good luck with the challenge. hugs Shirleyxxx
Beautiful project, I love the colors! It fits perfectly for our Polkadoodles ( http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/ ) Traditional Christmas Challenge. Thank you for participating with us. Melanie (DT)
Very beautiful, and your kitty is sweet. Thanks for linking up over at PDE Linky Party.
I hope you’ll come link up again soon!
Janis, Owner & DT Member
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Gorgeous, cheery card, love the pic of the cat, too. Thanks for joining us at Moo Mania and More, Valerie
I love the Christmas card you made!
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Greetings, Sofie # 31
Beautiful!
Thank you for joining
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A Very Merry Christmas to you!
oxo
Susi
Ha, I smiled at Magellan in the sink in the middle of the nativity scene. Who knows, the inn where Joseph and Mary stayed might have had a cat too.
And the card is beautiful, well done.
Have a great week and don’t get too stressed,
Lisca#17
Beautiful CAS traditional colors card.
This is so very pretty and I just love your cat in the sink. Cats do so many funny things. Thanks for playing along with us at LTSCB and good luck. Hugs, Robin
What a lovely card, love the colours and the poinsettia is beautiful made. Thanks for joining our challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends and we hope to see you again soon. Jennifer DT member x
Merry Christmas to you and your family too!
Lovely card!
Love the kitty too, I am always a little jealous when I see his pic, because I am so allergic to cats, I can’t even visit friends who have cats! 🙁
Happy WOYWW!
Tertia #8
That doesn’t look like a very comfy spot for a cat but he seems happy Lol! Have a great woyww and happy crafting, Angela x 25
Such a wonderful card and lovely design. Thank you for joining us at Fussy and Fancy, good luck and I hope you can join us in the next challenge.
Hugs
Gina xx
Lovely bright and cheerful card! You’re so right about difficulty finding time to be creative!
Its a beautiful Christmas Card, and thanks for joining in the challenge of The Paper Nest Dolls.
Hugs Astrid
Awww, live kitties in the manger scene! I love it! :-))
Lovely layout and layers. I really like the red and green. Thank you so much for taking time to post your very creative art with us this week at Word Art Wednesday in our 214th FF AG challenge! Advent Blessings, Carole
Fab card, all of the layering looks great. Thank you for sharing your Christmas project with all of us at Crafty Boots Challenges.
Dionne
Such a lovely and festive holiday card! Love the papers! Thanks so much for joining our Funday Friday challenge this week!!! Happy Holidays ahead!
Hugs,
Jo
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Love the simplicity of the card and the matting. Beautiful. TFS and joining us at Jo’s FFC
Beautiful. Thanks for linking up over at 2 Creative Chicks
Have a creative day.
Nana
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Beautiful card. Love the colors! Thank you for joining us at Stampartpapel Retarte#67 .
Alexandra Dt
Beautiful card! Thanks for joining our challenge at CCC digi creations blog! Good luck.
Natasja
DT CCC digi creations
Hi! I’m always SO delighted to see your wonderful cards linked to our challenges at Word Art Wednesday and CropStop, and really can’t thank you enough for playing along with us. It’s a real treat, and I thank you. I want to also invite you to stop by and play along with us at V’s Sweet Ideas – always Anything Goes and it would be such a treat to have you share your cards with us there as well. I hope you’ll stop by to check it out.
Blessings to you,
Karen Letchworth
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Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at HIMCR, good luck!!! Amy DT
A lovely card, thanks for playing with us at Crafting with Dragonflies, blessings Hilde
Lovely card, thank you for joining Allsorts challenge this week and good luck x Susan x
Wonderful creation! Thank you for entering our challenge at Allsorts this week and good luck.
Gorgeous card! Thank you for playing along at Clear It Out’s Anything Goes Challenge. Lisa DT
Very festive! Thanks for including Retro Rubber in your stamping fun this week. Merry Christmas…
Fantastic Creation and thank you for joining in on the Glitter N Sparkle Challenge blog this week. Good Luck with your entry.
Hugs Tracey C – DT
Hello there! What a beautiful, fun, and happy card you’ve created. I really like the layout too. Your little kitty in the sink with the nativity scene really brought a smile to my face. They are so funny, aren’t they? Thanks so much for joining my challenge this week 🙂
Jeannie T.
Dragonfly Journeys
Fab make. Thanks for joining us in our Traditional Christmas challenge at Polkadoodles
Anjie (DT)
What a pretty Christmas card! Love the bright colours! Thanks so much for joining us at PDE Linky Party! Hugs, DT Karla
Oh this is very lovey and merry!! Love the colors and design 🙂
Pretty card in bright, cheery colors! Thank you for playing along with Retro Rubber this week and hope you will join us again soon.
Very beautiful card. Thanks for joining 2 Crafty Girls Anything Goes Challenge.
Happy Holidays,
DT Jessica
Very pretty Christmas card, I love the colors and the swirls! Thanks for joining us at TTCRD! The cat in the sink is a hoot!
Thanks for entering your lovely crafting for CHNC challenge 259 and my Patterned Paper December challenge – you could also enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for December – I’d love to see it there too x
Such lovely modern card. Thank you for sharing it with us at Crafting from the Heart challenge.
Lovely Christmas card. Thank you for joining us at Not Just Cards this month. Hope to see you back here again in 2016. Judy DT
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I really love your ‘living nativity’ scene, Ramona. It is very personal.
And you are right, the ornament looks very similar to mine.
I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas time!
This is really a funny and sweet card! Thanks for joining us at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge.
This is really a funny and sweet card! Thanks for joining us at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge.
Lovely card; I was not motivated to make my own cards this year. First time in 10 years I sent out store bought cards but I still love the look of handmade cards.
Magellan is so cute in that sink! 🙂 Merry Christmas!
It’s so beautiful. I love polka dots!!
Brilliant stunning and elegant holiday card.