O Holy Night

First there was Christmas in July at Bugaboo's Catch the Bug Challenge Blog and now it is Christmas in August at Simon Says Stamp.  I definitely look for inexpensive ways to make cards. I got some ribbons at a thrift shop, papers at a garage sale and mostly buy 2nd hand stamps. Love this image of baby Jesus (from a SU set full of Christmas images.....I never know the names of these sets) cause that is what Christmas is all about : )

Happy Birthday to You!

The other day we took my sister to her friend's house. Her mom is the one who got our family into card making and she still borrows us some of her supplies. While we were there she gave me a page of digis and this cool grass to use on a card! This cute donkey was my favourite. It is a Meljens image. I used blue paper to look like sky. I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Iris' Spot Challenge 21 - Use your favourite (or most used) stamp
Kona Kid Krafter's - Anything Goes (my 3rd and final entry)
Stitchy Bear Kids - Anything Goes (my 3rd and final entry)
The Latte Lounge July Kids Challenge - Dreaming of a Summer Day

O Christmas Tree

One last Christmas in July mini challenge at Catch the Bug and it is Anything Goes. My daughter coloured this image awhile back, so this card is a combined effort! The polka dot Christmas tree is from The Crafty Nomad - they sure have some nice Christmas digis and sentiments. My sentiment is from SU. I am also entering this card in another Anything Goes challenge at Craft Us Crazy. Thanks for looking and have a great weekend : )

Winter William

Meet Winter William. He is a freebie I picked up at Pink Gem Designs. The sentiment is yet another one from The Crafty Nomad (also a freebie). I tried to give William rosy cheeks since he has been out making snowballs in the cold winter weather! I am entering my card in the daily Christmas Challenge at Catch the Bug, which is Snow Business. I am also entering my card in the following challenges:

CES Challenges - Christmas
Sew Many Challenges - Glitter
Stamp Something - Christmas in July somethings

Christmas Sketch Challenge

I love a good sketch challenge! This one is part of the daily Christmas in July festivities at Catch the Bug. I used this cute Polly Penguin digi from the DigiStamp Boutique.  I am entering it in the Glitter challenge at Sew Many Challenge since I used some glitter for the snow and the ornament. We sure like using buttons on our cards at our house....so much so that they are now all over the living room - thanks to one of my twin 4 year old monkeys!!!! I will also enter my card at :

CES Challenges - Christmas
Stamp Something - Christmas in July Somethings
The Crafty Pad - Christmas in July
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Getting Cute

I could probably find more challenges but I need to finish this post and get on with my day : )

10th Anniversary Card

Our tenth anniversary is this Thursday. Looking forward to our date night : ) In the meantime, I took a break from making Christmas card and chose this great digi I got from one of my most favourite sites - Melonheadz to make my hubby a card. Nikki is super kind and offers soooo many freebies. I did purchase her Nativity set cause I just love her images. I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes (If they get to 1000 entries there will be an additional prize!)
Totally Stampalicious - Buttons and Bows
Meljens Challenge Blog - Buttons and Bows

Santa's Little Helper

I am trying to enter all the daily challenge's at Catch The Bug's Christmas in July. Today's challenge was to use the freebie provided. Isn't she something? I couldn't decide which sentiment to use - but finally decided on this one I got from The Crafty Nomad. I found a ton of challenges this week so am entering this card in a few others. Here they are:

Stamp Something - Christmas in July somethings
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Sew Many Challenges - Glitter
CES Challenges #45 - Christmas