Christmas Kitty - gatefold, die cutting

Meow-y Christmas! This cute little kitty is all ready for Christmas cheer on a card featuring die cuts from Memory Box, Paper Smooches, and CC Designs with sentiments from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and glow-in-the-dark Nuvo drops.

Sew, What's New? - watercolour pencil, die cuts

Sew, what's new? These cute little mousies from House Mouse and Friends are stitching up on a shaped card featuring sewing related dies and stamps from Sizzix, Paper Smooches, Memory Box, Elizabeth Craft Designs, and We R Memory Keepers. The mousies are coloured with Nuvo watercolour pencils.

Ready, Set, Snow!

"Snowpocolypse" has descended on south-west BC. Well, actually, just snow in the lower mainland, an area that rarely gets any that stays longer than a few hours, usually getting washed away with rain. It snowed on Monday and it stuck around. It's snowing and windy today making driving conditions dicey, especially in a place that doesn't get snow often and so most people don't have the proper tires, etc. I'm taking a 'work from home' day from my day job, and so are a lot of my co-workers.

So, why not embrace it and enjoy it? Yay! Snow! The mousie agrees with me and is gleeful about the snow.

Challenges

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Saturday challenge: Paper Piecing
52 Christmas Card Throwdown: Previous 2016 Challenge (March Technique: Paper Piecing)

Crazy 4 Challenges: S.T.A.R. (S = Snowflake, snow, snuggly, scarf; T = Taupe, tooth; A = Animal; R = Red)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Ice Inspiration
Just For Fun Rubber Stamps: Christmas / Winter
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge: Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart: Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door: Anything Goes
A Bit More Time to Craft: Anything Goes

Supplies

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Tag, You're It!

Christmas Tags that can be used as their own decoration and even used as a gift on their own. I made a variety of festive tags with gift card pockets.

One of the things I dislike about most cards or tags with a gift card slot is that they only look good when they have the gift card in place. As soon as the recipient takes out the gift card to use it, the card or tag looks incomplete. So, when adding in a gift card pocket, I try to think of a design that fits the card but still looks good without it.