MLC- OCT Noel Wreath

 Welcome to Oct and my card for Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog! I kept things pretty simple this month and created a wreath using a branch from a Christmas set. It isn't a perfect circle because I had to stamp it multiple times... I tried! Once the wreath was stamped I used a light green copic to give the leaves a little color and added some small bling for the berries. I stamped Noel in the center and added a simple twine bow to finish it.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see on the MLCC blog sharing what you make for Christmas this month! Have a great day!!!

Monica

MLC- Sept Santa

 It's September already... halloween and Thanksgiving will be here be for we know it! How are you doing on your Christmas card stash... are you ready for Christmas already? I know I'm not there yet, but I'm getting closer!  Here is my card for the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog for this month.

I find this card pre die cut in my stash and thought "How have I not used this already?" No time like the present right? It made for a quick card since the die cut takes up most of the card front. I just used a piece of red cardstock on behind the card front and added a tag with a stamped message. Super simple and probably one of my favorites this year!

Be sure to check out on the blog what the team has to inspire you this month!

Thanks for stopping and have an amazing month!!!

Monica

Supplies:

Stampin' Up- Santa die, Real Red ink and paper, Whisper White cardstock, twine and Crumb Cake cardstock

MLC AUG- Sweet Christmas

Welcome to August with Merry Little Christmas! Here is my card for this month using a Sketch from an online stamp night with my Stampin' Up Demonstrator. Loved using an older DSP to layer for a fun card. I added a Gingerbread house to the front for my main element and colored it to coordinate with the paper. 

Added some stick on pearls and some glitter pen over some elements on the house to finish off the card.

I hope you visit all my teammates to see what they created this month and join us on the blog for the challenge, can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Stampin' up- Retired DSP, stick on pearls

Lawn Fawn- Sweet Christmas stamp set

Stash- cardstick

Copics, Wink of Stella

MLC- North Pole Delivery

Welcome to June! It's a new start for another month of Christmas cards. This is my card for our anything goes challenge this month at Merry Little Christmas!

I hope you visit all my teammates to see what they created this month and join us on the blog for the challenge, can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

MLC- May

Welcome to May and our new month of  Merry Little Christmas challenge christmas blog. This month is as always anything goes!

 This month I made for cards using the A and B sides of some pattern paper from the stash. I used the same layout for the card to pick and choose how the paper was going to be adhered down. The top of the card is actually folded back and stuck down with the pattern paper adhered on top. I then just added the sentiment on a die cut piece of white. They could be jazzed up a little more, but I choose to leave them clean and simple. This is a good way to use up some paper stash... if you are like me and have way more pattern paper then you need and keep buying more! ;-)

I hope you visit all my teammates to see what they created this month and join us on the blog for the challenge, can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

APR MLC

Hello and happy April! It's a new month again and the means time for a new challenge over at Merry Little Christmas challenge blog! The challenge is Anything goes as long as it's christmas. Here is my card for the month. 

I used a mix of two Hero Arts sets for the card, one for the sentiment and the other for the ornaments. Once the sentiment was stamped I added the ornaments underneath and then drew the strings for them to hang from. Added a small strip of some stripe paper to finish the card. 

Hope to see you over at the Merry Little Christmas blog this month. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica

Mar MLC

It's the first of the month and time for a new challenge for us at Merry Little Christmas challenge blog! As always our challenge is Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas. 

This month I went with a CAS look using some Stampin' Up stamps in my stash. I love the coffee cup... well frankly I just love coffee, so I'll use any excuse to use a coffee set! 

Just stamped the card away, used some platter stamps for behind the coffee cup and added some little bling to call the card finished. 

I hope you visit all my teammates to see what they created this month and join us on the blog for the challenge, can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

MLC #19

Here is my card for MLC February challenge! I found a sketch that I had saved on a pinterest board and decided to use that as my jumping point. I have accumulated a lot of product over the years, so I'm hoping to make a good dent in then unused and half used items in my stash. Do you have that problem? This card is start to using items that have be partially used and collecting dust. ;-)  

Hope you join us this month, the challenge is as always anything goes as long as it's Christmas! See you over on the MLC blog! Here's to using up some stash! Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!!

Monica

Jan MLC

Happy New Year and welcome to the first challenge for Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog of 2020! Here is my card using some Stampin' Up products. Be sure to stop by the blog to see everyone's cards and to play along with us. The challenge is always anything goes as long as it's Christmas! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful new year!

Monica

MLC NOV- Merry Christmas

Welcome to November! It's time for another Merry Little Christmas Challenge and with Christmas being a month away it's the perfect time to play along with us!

My card this month is a card I made at a friends house using Stampin' Up products, I just love the trees in this set and plan to use it for a few cards! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you play along with us this month. Can't wait to see what you create!

Monica 

MLC Oct- Joy to the World

ETA: ever have a post done ready to go and forgot to hit publish!!! Welp that's exactly what I did, so if you were looking for my post from the blog, sorry I'm late with the details! 

Hello and welcome to post for the Merry Little Christmas challenge blog October challenge. It is as always anything goes as long as it's Christmas!

The presents on the card are from an ephemera pack, that I colored and adhered to the music paper. I then adhered it to a layer of green cardstock before adding it to blue card base. I stamped and colored the wreath then added the sentiment, before fussy cutting it and popping it up on my card. To finish the card I added some sequins in a blue that coordinated with the cardbase.

Hope you plan to stop by the blog to see my teammates cards and to play along with us! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica

Supplies:

Kaiesercraft- Letters to Santa (stamps) and Christmas Edition (paper and ephemera)

Darice- Sequins

Copics

Recollections cardstock

MLC Sept

 Hello all! It's September, all ready... can you believe it?!!! I know I can't. I don't mind really, September is a great month and means fall is just around the corner... and it's my favorite season. It also means we are on a count down to Christmas and I still have plenty of cards to make to be ready for it! 

It also means it's the start of a new challenge over at Merry Little Christmas... which is as always ANYTHING GOES!!!  As long as it's Christmas of course. This month I used one stamp and created two cards. 

My first card I stamped and colored with copics before fussy cutting the image out and popping it up with some foam tape. I then stamped the sentiment under the image on the card panel and added it to a yellow card base. I know yellow isn't a Christmas color per say, but it did look good with the yellow color in the image.

Now for the second card, I stamped the image 3 times (once on the card base) and used a "light" hand with the coloring. I then fussy cut the layers and adhered them on top of the card base, for a slight raised look and a little more depth to the shadowy areas.

As always thanks for stopping by and checking out my cards ,  Can't wait to see what you create this month! Have a great day!!!

Monica

MLC Aug- Winter Hats

Hello everyone! Can you believe it's August already!!! We are getting close to Christmas, I really need to get some more cards going. Speaking of I kept my card pretty clean and simple (one of my fave styles). I took an old set that I got at Michaels when I first start seriously stamping... (you know instead the occasional rendezvous) about 9 years ago, and stamped the hat image from it down the side of my card. I then colored them in using Copics. Once the coloring was done, I stamped the sentiment (Hero Arts). I really love a CAS card especially to showcase coloring. 

Thank you for stopping by and make sure to check out the other projects and play along over at MLC blog! Hope you all have a wonderful day and month!

Monica

MLC #12- Jul

Hello everyone! Today is the first of July! We are halfway through the year and it's time for another card challenge with Merry Little Christmas! 

This month I used a stamp and die set from Hero Arts. I love that this set has a mix of sentiments with little images and the dies for both all in one. These are some of the best sets. For the card I die cut part of the sentiment and stamped the rest above it once it was adhered to the card. Then added the holly leaves to the side. Instead of using the berry stamp I added some bling, thought that felt a little more festive. Then to finish the card I adhered the cardstock, pattern paper and focal panel unto the card base.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great month! Hope to see you play along with us at MLC!!!
Monica

MLC #11- season of Joy

Hello all, I'm here with a card for the June Merry little Christmas challenge! As always it's anything goes! I decided to go clean and simple... with is one of  my favorite styles! I just use some distress oxide to create an area of color to layer my die cut on. I popped the die cut on the card base and added my sentiment just below. 

Be sure to check out what my teammates of created this month on the blog here and don't forget to play along with the challenge. We always love to see what you all create! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

MLC- April card

It's time for the April Merry Little Christmas Challenge! This time I decided to use a Lawn Fawn set that my hubby got me for Christmas. Its so cute!!!

I used the greenry from the set to create a little decorative stip on the card base. Then I stamped the images and sentiment on a panel to color. I did add some sparkle to the wings... can't have a fairy Christmas card with out sparkle! ;-) 

Thanks for stopping by, can't wait to see what you share with us this month! Have a great week!

Monica

Cup of cheer with Merry Little Christmas!

It's another month and time for Merry Little Christmas challenge # 8. I went for a clean and simple style card this month. I used Merry Cafe from Stampin' Up, I'm excited to finally use this set it's been setting in my stash unused for far to long.

I stamped the cup and lid, then drew on the lines for the band. I stamped the sentiment and smaller elements with Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow inks. Added a little shading for dimension and called the card done!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Merry Little Christmas January Challenge

Hello all it's a new year and time for a new challenge month at Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog. The theme as always is Anything Goes and this month I decided do a little something different. 

This may not be exactly Christmas but for me snowflakes are always a part of my Christmas decor! I recently started Chalk Couture and couldn't wait to make this snowflake shadow box to decorate my craft room with. 

To create it I took out the inside glass and chalked a teal snowflake. Once it was dry I put it back in the frame and chalked a smaller white snowflake on the outside! 

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Happy New Year!

Monica

MLC dec- Christmas Truck

It's time for another Merry Little Christmas challenge and as always this months theme is Anything goes. Here is my card for this month. 

I was going through some boxes and ran across this stamp and thought it was a great time to use it again! Love this little truck with it's door wreath and tree in the back. I wanted to keep it pretty simple so I added some pattern paper and colored only the tree and wreath to coordinate. Adding a little sparkle with the ornaments.

Hope you decide to join us over at MLC challenge blog and share your Christmas projects, we love to see them! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

Merry Little Christmas #4

This card is for the Merry Little Christmas challenge blog. I mix and matched companies on todays card, I just love it when I use older products from my stash with newer.

I really wanted to use the new embossing folder from Stampin' Up, so I had grabbed a scrap just to see how it looked, then decided to use it on my card. I paired it with some Stitched snowflakes, plaid paper and an older die from Stampin' Up.

 

If you like Christmas cards my first post of the day here is also along the same theme, and I will have another Christmas card posted tomorrow if you would like to come back by for a visit! Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Stampin' UP

LawFawn