…FaT SanTA...

I made a Santa yesterday…I paper pieced the HoLY SnoT out of him…more paper tole than paper pieced…He was 5 layers tall and 13 individual pieces…some of them RiDiCuLouSLY tiny…then I looked at him and thought…WHaT was I thinking?!?!?!?! So…I checked out the DeCoNStRuCTinG JeN sketch this morning and the FiRST thing that popped into my head was…HeeeeeY…my Santa would look CuTE in that big ol'...

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...PaPeRTreY BLoG HoP...

The PaPerTReY BLoG HoP is today …here's the challenge inspiration picture I combined it with this week's BLoGGeR's CHaLLeNgE which was fancy folds…let me just say now…fancy folds scare me and are NOT my thing…sigh… I chose sweet  colors,  flowers, and bugs to be my SPRinGY inspiration…I'm not sure bugs are exactly springy…but that little bee wanted to be on my card...

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…WaTeR CoLoR MaKE it MoJo MoNDaY...

Today I combined the MaKE it MonDaY technique over on the PaPeRTreY blog ...with the MoJo MoNDaY sketch... I might have also been thinking about the PaPeRTReY BLoG hop for tomorrow :) …since my card is awfully SPrinGY! :) Here you can see the MoJO MoNDaY sketch clearly... …and here's a better view of my watercoloring from the with embossed resist from the MaKe it...

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…a PoP of SNoW...

It had been a while since I peeked at the PaPerSMooCHeS   blog and the were having a challenge that seemed easy enough to play along with :) ...since I was already stewing about this FeSTiVE FriDaY challenge ... I did the OBViOuS and combined them :) The red and white combo as well as the snowflakes really drew my attention in the inspiration photo…and...

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…and a GiRLiE version...

I'm not sure why I've been on such a boy kick lately..but I felt the need to go PiNK today... …perhaps…OVeRWHeLMinGLY, PePTo-LiKE, 6 year old girl EXPLoSioN PiNK… but…girls need BiRTHDaY cards too :) I really liked how that last card turned out so I just repeated it… I don't know why I never thought to put a rosette in that MaT stack stamp before…but I just love how it looks... …and...

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…MaKE a WiSH...

I LoVED this week's CoLoR THRoWDowN challenge pallet…ummm…do I say that EVeRY week? Well…this combo was just GoRGeouS!   Since I'm trying to build up the birthday stash…I went that route... All card stock is Papertrey and the patterned paper is an AuTheNtiQUE set I picked up a few years ago…I've been doing GReaT using up paper from the stash lately…It's funny how well I remember...

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..CAS (e) GinGiE...

For this card, I used this week's CAS(e) this sketch….unfortunately…I blew it again this week and they post new challenges on Thursdays….I totally should have posted yesterday…sigh…I need a blog challenge notebook or bulletin board or something :) I got totally sucked in to ChRisTMaS seeing that snowman…so I went with it and am linking up over at the CHRiSTMaS CaRD CHaLLeNgE blog too :)...

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