Merry Monday #87FD; C4C#215; NBUS #81; PBSC; PSP #102

A magnificent Monday awaits you as you start a fresh new week!  It's invigorating!  

 

Today is my second Monday having the honor of being the December Featured Designer at Merry Monday!  I do hope you take the opportunity to visit both the MM site and the individual DT and participant sites for loads of Christmas card inspiration.  And, please, join in the fun!  This week our sensational hostess Lesley has given us this challenge:

We are to create a card with a mitten on it, or make a card in the shape of a mitten.  I made a mitten banner for you, thus:
 

My NBUSes (never-before-used schtuffs) today are the alphabet letters I used for "noel" and the sweet top banner die which comes with a heart embedded in each flag.  I covered over the hearts with my little glazed and fussy-cut mittens which were just the right size.  Just for the fun of it, I made the card with nontraditional raspberry ripple, which is also a delicious drink!
 

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I'm happy to say that I used snippets on my card, which means I can join in the fun at Pixie's Snippets Playground!  The girls will be delighted that I made a set of matching mittens for Parsnips!

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I'm also linking to a new-to-me challenge called Crazy4Challenges where we are to incorporate something from each of the letters in the word "NOEL."  How fun, right?! 

 

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Here are the "NOEL" elements of my card:

(N) = NBUS

(O) = octuplet (8 flag banners)

(E) = embossing

(L) linear

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I'm also linking up with the Penny Black Saturday Challenge for December where the theme is "Christmas."  The alphabet stamps on my card are PB.

Please click on the links for these sites for all the rules, sponsors, and prize details.

 

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In our new friends corner today, I am so happy to introduce you to Heather North of Creative Blessings.  Heather has been blogging since 2011 and has a wealth of videos and awesome card art that I promise will completely inspire you!  Thank you, Heather, and welcome to the Playhouse!

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My mitten banner card reminded me that I have been wanting to share with you an amazing banner/bunting I saw a while back on a post by Linda, a blogging friend of mine.  Check this out:

You can find more pictures on her blog, SUch is Life!  Here is a close-up of one of the letters:

People, seriously, she made this awesomeness out of the brown paper packaging that comes as filler in the boxes of supplies we all get from various crafting and stamp companies.  I had to share coz I thought it was pure genius!  Creativity does, indeed, live in Linda's home!!

 

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Enjoy your day!  No, seriously, enjoy.  LITS!* 

 

As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse and special thanks to you if you take the time to leave a comment and/or join as a follower!  Please let me know you came by, so I can be sure and return the flavor! 

 

*Life Is Too Short!

Project Details
Paper	Ivory watercolor; SU! textured raspberry ripple
Stamps	SU! mitten (unknown set); PB "Brushstroke" alphabet
Ink	SU! raspberry ripple
Accessories	Ribbon:  SU! raspberry ripple.  Dies:  La-La Land Craft heart banner; Lil' Inker sentiment flag. Sequins:  Darice; Glossy Accents