Snowflakes at my Door

Good afternoon. 

We are being hit with yet another rain storm here in South Carolina. 

I am so sick of the rain.... thankful for rain... but still sick of it.

Does that even work? lol!

Anyway, I am here with another fun Christmas card. I have been 

enjoying the cooler weather (it's been in the low to high 70's the past few days)

That means I get to open curtains and light a few fall smelling candles. 

When the sun is beaming and the temps are so hot, my AC can't keep up and

I have to keep the house looking like a dungeon. No fun!!! :(

I created this card using the Fresh Brewed Designs Rubber Stamp

COME AND KNOCK AT MY DOOR 

The actual image just has the topiaries plain. I drew in the snowman faces and buttons. 

I love to add fun things to the topiaries for different seasons and holidays. 

I used patterned paper from the American Crafts HOT COCOA stack. 

The Kraft paper was embossed using a cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder. 

I added some silver and crystal stickles to the card for an extra touch of sparkle! 

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I chose a monochromatic theme for this card because I love how simple, yet beautiful 

it is. It makes the card look old fashioned, simple, warm, and inviting. And is much different 

than my normal bright, bold style. 

Thank you for stopping by!

I hope you all have a beautiful and blessed day. 

Heather D. 

Challenges:
 SIMON SAYS STAMP -Wednesday CAS Christmas Challenge
Crafty Ribbons #128 Christmas, No Red Or Green 
As You Like it Challenge -Monochrome or Colour (& Why)
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Fav Christmas Combo and Layers
Alphabet Challenge -Q is for Quick and Simple
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Shabby Chic / vintage

Word Art Wednesday - 1 Chronicles 16:10

Happy Wednesday everyone.

Thank you for stopping by my blog and visiting with me today.

(Why does that make me feel like Mr. Rogers? lol!!!)

This weeks scripture is 1 Chronicles 16:10 

Here is an excerpt from the WAW blog devotion today

that really spoke to me:

"" I've been high, and I've been low (emotionally). And to be perfectly honest, I MUCH prefer being on a high, and in a place where my heart wants to rejoice.  I won't allow the enemy to steal my joy......EVER!  So, how do I ensure that my heart will rejoice?  Well, it's pretty simple.  When I seek after God, my heart will be in a place where it can rejoice (and be filled with praise). ""

Simple as that. 

When our hearts are in the right place and focused on God

and His will and His plan, our hearts will rejoice. 

And, trust me, it feels better to be able to rejoice in ALL things

knowing He is in control even when we are having bad moments. 

Here is my CAS card I created for this weeks challenge:

I have had these paper straws in my stash for quite some time now

and decided they needed to be put to good use ;)

I do hope you will stop by and check out the beautiful cards my 

WAW teamies have prepared for you this week

and play along in our Word Art Wednesday Challenge #182 <

Have a blessed and happy week!

HEATHER

And now for a shout out to this weeks awesome sponsors

Our own Karen Letchworth is offering one
lucky winner this lovely Top Dog Dies
Cherish Doilies and Tag Die Set (a $26 value)

AND

Our Digital Sponsor this week is 
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will receive three (3) images of choice.  

Merry Christmas Eve - Fresh Brewed Challenge Reminder

Merry Christmas Eve!!!

I am so happy that my husband is off today.

We will be spending all day together with the kids baking cookies, listening to 

Christmas music and having lots of fun! 

I am here to share a little CAS Christmas card I 

created for the Freshly Brewed Challenges 

ANYTHING GOES as long as it's CHRISTMAS Challenge

SANDY THE SNOWMAN DIGITAL STAMP

Sending you all lots of hugs and smiles!

I hope you all have a very merry and blessed Christmas.

Love, 

Joy - New Digi at Fresh Brewed Designs

Hello 

So happy to have you visiting with me today. 

I am back again today with another card I created for our 

NEW DIGI RELEASE that went live yesterday morning. 

(If you missed all of the DT cards, be sure to go HERE and check them out.)

This card features the new digi:

JOY - Christmas Trees

I kept this card clean and simple. 

I printed the image on Papertrey Inc paper because it is thick 

enough to use and pop without having to add a border around the image. 

I drew little snow dots to mimic those in the image and added stardust stickles to all of the snow. 

The pink paper is from my scrap pile. It is also from papertrey inc. 

The image is colored using prismacolor markers 

Here are all of our NEWEST Digis:

You can get this entire bundle HERE for $15

PLUS each bundle order will receive 3 surprise wintery digital sentiments free!

(you save $12) Deal ends tonight (Tuesday, Dec 2) at midnight (EST)

We have a holiday hoopla event coming up as well as

a DT Call over at Freshly Brewed Challenges. 

Stop by and read more about it HERE

(there is a link up and a chance to win!) 

Challenges: 
Artistic Inspirations - Winter Wonderland 
Crafty Cardmakers - Clean And Simple
CAS on Sunday -Winter Theme
Pile It On -  P is for....  pink2 Sisters -  Anything Goes
Allsorts -    Inspired By Winter Song or Carol (walkin in a winter wonderland) 
A Gem of a Challenge - W - #108  Winter Wonderland