December 24th Sunday Song and Rhymes

Our inspiration poem for December 12th is

I found some gorgeous watercolor angels by Cosmic Meta, Etsy, that I had to use!  My background paper is from pxnartdesing, Etsy.   This poem just made the song Angels We Have Heard on High play in my mind and as I celebrate Christmas and the birth of Jesus it seemed just right for my card! 

We hope you will come join us at The Outlawz Sunday Song and Rhymes Challenge to finish out this year and ring in the new year!

 

Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone December!

The design team members had a choice to go Anything Goes or use a theme of Wrap it Up!  My mind immediately went back years ago to a wrapped package project I had made for Ike's World Challenges.  I just had to let this special image make a return for this challenge!  The image is by Ike's Art and our beloved friend Ike or Sue passed away in 2022.  Her memory and her awesome personality and spirit live on forever in her art and the friends and family who remember her always!

I had this gorgeous gold shimmer sheer fabric that I wrapped my box in after wrapping it with white paper.  The Christmas Elf (I want to call her that but the actual title may have been a bit different) was colored with markers and gold bits of acrylic paint added here and there!  I absolutely love this image and have used it so so much!  So Merry Christmas, Ike!  I miss you 💖  Now it's your turn to do whatever you want just make sure it isn't a card 😉 and enter the The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone Challenge!  We look forward to visiting you blog this holiday season!

 

December 10th Sunday Song and Rhymes!

I was inspired to create this after reading The Oxen by Thomas Hardy.  It tells of a nativity scene and the oxen bowing down and all bowing down.  It is a scene replayed in my memory listening to the reading of the nativity as a child through my adult years.

This little scene was created using a set precolored by Jo Kavanagh Designs on Etsy!  I have used her images and stamp sets before and I am never disappointed in their quality, value and just their  awesomeness!  The set came with all of these characters, the wisemen and their gifts and the manger, palm tree and star.  Also two backgrounds, this one I chose with the stable, sand, trees and night sky and without stable and 4 papers.  So much for such a totally terrific price!  Please give her shop a visit and see all the goodies for yourself!  (No, I am not on her DT just really love her designs!)   

 

The Outlawz Festive Fridays with Kate Hadfield Designs!

A big thanks to Kate Hadfield Designs for sponsoring Festive Fridays for December!  I am an absolute huge fan of her designs!  They can be used in some many creative ways and they always look fantastic!  Today we will be showcasing Jolly Holly Stamps!

I found this awesome fireplace and mantle on Pixabay and knew my stocking and candle had found a home!  I colored everything in Procreate, printed on glossy photo paper except the fireplace and fussy cut!  Then I had the fun of decorating the mantle!  The little gingerbread man couldn't squeeze into the stocking so he volunteered to keep watch for Santa by the fireplace!   Excuse my light ring glare on this photo please?  These images are just smile and giggle makers to no end!  I hope you will join The Outlawz Festive Fridays Challenge for December for a chance to win an awesome prize!

The Outlawz Progressive/Freebie Challenge for December~

Raise your hand if you love gnomes, snow and Christmas trees!  Yup, all of us have our hands waving happily right now!  Our wonderful designer/artist is sponsoring us this month...Anne's Digital Art!    I just adore working with her heartfelt marvelous images!  This month we have the image "Decorating the Tree!" 

I made a wall hanging that just makes me smile when I see it!  Lots of silver glitter, Anne's image colored in Procreate with lots of swirling snow and snow on the ground and a lovely sentiment from We Are 3 Designs and the snowy background for the sentiment is a digital paper from the Pastel Blizzard Decorative Digi Pack Paper by LeighSBDesigns!  So much snowy goodness by Anne, We Are 3 and LeighSBDesigns piling up for a lovely wall hanging.  Oh and we can't forget the little ribbon! 😊   Now it's your turn to show us what lovelies you create with this perfect little image at The Outlawz Progressive/Freebie Challenge for December!

Creative Inspirations Challenges for December with LeighSBDesigns!

Hello, hello and are you feeling creative?  It's time for Creative Inspirations Challenges for December 7th and we are soooo excited to say thanks to our darling friend Leigh at LeighSBDesigns!  Leigh has a brand new Poinsettia and Holly Christmas Collection for 2023 and a two month old new store!  Honestly, since October, Leigh has had so many new things going on and new designs going out it has been really exciting to see it all happen!  And you can keep up with all the lovely happenings by dropping by LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog where all the links live and all the challenges and blog hops live, too!  

This gorgeous image is from the Poinsettia and Holly Christmas Collection 2023 and is named Poinsettia Holly Festive Garland Digi Stamp!  This is just amazingly gorgeous!  I also used a digital paper from the Pastel Blizzard Decorative Digi Paper Pack and the sentiment is from A Charming Christmas Compendium of Festive Sayings!  I printed two copies of the garland on top of the Pastel Blizzard paper in blue; one on glossy photo paper and one on cardstock.  I colored the points and insides of my stars with markers (because I forgot to do it before printing!)  😉  I colored the garland on the cardstock copy with Copic and Spectrum Noir Markers before fussy cutting it out and edging with my Pitt big brush marker in black.  The sentiment I printed out on glossy photo paper, too.   I glued the garland on to the glossy photo paper copy and attached that to glitter cardstock.  I also glued the sentiment to glitter cardstock.  This is so marvelously sparkly it brings tears to my eyes! 

We do hope to see you at Creative Inspirations Challenges this month where it is always Anything Goes and we look forward to visiting you blogs and seeing what you have created!

LeighSBDesigns has a Santa size sale going on so drop by the new store now and check it out!

One of two (TWO) challenges going on this month at LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog!

The Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge for December with LeighSBDesigns!

Merry Christmas and Ho Ho Ho where has this year gone?  An immediate highlight of 2023 is all of the magnificent new releases by LeighSBDesigns!  Golly but there have been so many and so awesome!  This month at Monday Greetings, Leigh is sponsoring our challenge and we could hardly wait to start creating with this most amazing and PURRfect kitty named Santa Puss Slimline Digi Stamp!    This is the very first image from the brand new Loveleigh Kitties Collection that we will see more of in 2024!  Check out the brand new LeighSBDesigns Boutique for the Poinsettia and Holly Christmas Collection, 2023!

Here is Santa Puss along with Poinsettia and Holly Festive Metal Decorative Digi Paper and A Charming Christmas Compendium of Festive Sayings!  I colored in Procreate then printed out Santa Puss fussy cutting with a small white border left.   I printed the digi paper on glossy photo paper for the background.  I layered my sentiment onto a smaller sized piece of the same paper again in glossy photo paper and popped up on foam squares.  I added some gold flakes to the two corners to accent this amazing metal decorative paper!  This little kitty has captured my heart and I am in LOVE!💖 

I look forward to seeing all the wonderful entries at The Outlawz Monday Greetings Challenge for December!

I am also entering this at LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog Poinsettia and Holly Challenge #24 for December :)

Shop the gorgeous Poinsettia and Holly Christmas Collection at LeighSBDesigns Boutique!