Giveaway at Creating from the Heart

I just found out about a great Christmas giveaway at Creating from the Heart (http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-annual-end-of-year-christmas.html).  Be a follower; advertise the giveaway; link to her site.

I hope I'm the lucky one!
Happy creating and happy holidays, everyone.
Rae Ann

A Christmas Ornament

I had fun doing this.  The ornament itself is made of 3 ornament shapes from Cricut's Simply Charmed.  The roses were made from the shift-flower cut in George & Basic Shapes.  There is glitter all over the roses, which the camera does not do justice with, and the balls by the green are actually very shiny pearls.

This is being entered in: Fantabulous Cricut  Challenge # 90- Rolling in Ribbon - click here:
                                    Scraptastic Monday Challenge #6 - Christmas ball & bling     click here:
                                   
All these holiday themes are really keeping me in the mood.  Happy Holidays!
Rae Ann

Great Giveaway At Candy's Craft Corner and at The Hoosier Stamper

I just found both sites through sidebar buttons.  They are having great giveaways for Christmas.  It sounds like there have been some other treats recently as well.  How generous.  One site is Candy's Craft Corner at http://candyscraftcorner.blogspot.com/2011/10/huge-christmas-candy.html .  She's giving away some Cricut cartridges.  Entries end Dec. 15 and the winner will be announced on the 16th.    The other site is The Hoosier Stamper at http://thehoosierstamperleahanngast.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-have-blog-candy.html.  She's offering some neat Tim Holtz blog candy.  Her's will have the winner announced on Dec. 18.
What generous people with great talent displayed at their sites.  Have fun..
Happy holidays.  Rae Ann

Jingle Bells - Cooking with Cricut, Cardz TV, Paper Cutz Challenges

This little guy from Cricut cartridge Everyday Paper Dolls is performing "Jingle Bell Rock."  I modified the skiier's hat to make a little santa hat.  The glitter on the rosette center, the holly on the bells, and on his hat add that cheery holiday sparkle that this picture doesn't capture.
This card is being entered in:
Cooking with Cricut - Sounds of the Season - http://www.cookingwithcricut.com/2011/12/day-7-challenge-63-sounds-of-season.html
Cardz TV - A Caroling we go - http://cardztv.blogspot.com/2011/12/cricut-cardz-challenge-97.html
Paper Cutz - Jingle Bells - http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/

Happy crafting and happy holidays!
Rae Ann

So Artful Challenges - 'Tis the Season & Our Creative Corner (Basic Sketch)

The minute I saw this great Santa I had an idea of what I wanted to do.

I used my new Sizzix embosser with Swiss dots on the white strip.  I cut the scalloped backing from Cricut's Graphically Speaking cartridge, and the corners are from the Picturesque cartridge.

This card was submitted to http://jeanette-soartfulchallenges.blogspot.com/
                                   and http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/

Happy holidays.  Rae Ann

Holiday Decoration Challenge at Getting Cricky with K Andrews

This tee pee card has turned out to be my favorite decoration so far this year. I live in a small apartment so this adds a nice Christmas touch without needing a lot of room for it. 
I used several cartridges: Forever Young, Simply Charmed, George and Basic Shapes.

Check out the Getting Cricky with K Andrews site by clicking here.
This card has also been entered in other challenges (see previous blogs.)

Happy crafting!  Rae Ann

The Crazy Challenge #95

There are some wonderful giveaways happening right now.  I used a free printable download I got at Go Make Something, courtesy of Lisa Vollrath, for this Snowflake theme.  Check out her Holiday Countdown freebies at http://countdown.tentwostudios.com/  The children are getting ready to skate as snow falls around them.  The layout is simple but I like how it looks.  The gold paper around the picture didn't photograph well but it really add a special touch to the card.

Visit the Crazy Challenge at http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/.

Hope everyone is enjoying the season.  Happy crafting.