SSSC#198 - Merry Christmas

 Hi there friends!  Hope you're having a good weekend.  Today is a Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge day where Karen post a new sketch for all of us to create with.

 For my card, I ended up flipping the sketch and went with a clean and simple look using the Papertrey Ink stamp set Tremendous Treats: Christmas.

 

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Sketch Stampers have created:

• Dana White
• Dawn Easton
• Jackie Pedro
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron 
• Karen Motz
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Melissa Hubert
• Sarah-Jane Kalé
• Tracy Clemente
• Vicki Burdick  

 

SSSC#197 - Season's Greetings

 Hi there!  If you're a subscriber to my blog or visit regularly, your probably wondering if I've dropped off the face of the earth.  I apologize for not posting as to why I've been absent and in all honesty it was a combination of several different reasons.  I've been posting here on my blog for more than seven years now (wow I can hardly believe that) and felt burnt out, I had a lack of mojo in creating cards and to go along with that, my computer took a nose dive and wasn't working.  Creating a blog post with my old computer was beyond frustrating, when I found myself crying because I couldn't get a card posted on time, I asked myself whether this was what I wanted in my life and I took a step back. 

But....my dear husband surprised me with a new computer for my birthday and although its faster and oh so wonderful and I'm extremely grateful, it has Windows 8 which I know nothing about.  Now I don't know about you but I'm far from computer savvy so it's taking me a while to find my way around.  I'm hoping that once I get the hang of my new computer it will be easier for me to share what I've created and I'll get back to blogging regularly again.

With all that being said, I'm here today to share a card that I created for today's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #197.

I used the fun Paper Smooches Swanky Snowdudes stamp set along with some Doodlebug Designs Christmas paper to create one of my first Christmas cards of the season.  I took a little liberty with the flag/banner from the sketch and flipped it inward so that I could use it for my sentiment, I added some buttons, twine and my Copic colored snowdude who was cut out and popped up.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Sketch Stampers have created:

• Dana White
• Dawn Easton
• Jackie Pedro
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron 
• Karen Motz
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Melissa Hubert
• Sarah-Jane Kalé
• Tracy Clemente
• Vicki Burdick  
 Thank you for stopping by!