Homespun Happy New Year!

Cheers and best wishes to all! And a hope (perpetual and delusionary) that 2016 won't whoosh by as fast as 2015 did!

Are you enjoying this week between Christmas and New Year's? Are you ready for the little scamps to go back to school?

Me and the Mister had a fairly quiet week and I got as domestic and homespun as I get any more. Gone are the days of actual needlework, which I enjoyed very much in my youth. Now that I'm in my dotage, I very much enjoy faux stitching on paper instead.

Less is More is having a homespun challenge so I took that spark and ran with it ...

Inside it says "Happy New Year!"

Stamp is "Spooling Around" by Penny Black. 

Sediment is from "R&R" by Technique Tuesday. 

Challenge: Less Is More: Homespun.

I liked it so much, I made this one:

This sediment is NBUS from Rubber Dance Stamps.

Challenge: Freshly Made Sketches

We need to talk for a second about that cute little critter portrayed in this Penny Black stamp. I am pretty schur the artist Margaret Sherry meant for it to be a mouse, judging by that tail. But if you look at the furry body and cute ears and that adorable face, it looks just like Hammy and his offsprung! 

Which, of course, he insists is the case. He has been spinning a yarn for three days about how that critter looks just like a branch of his family from way back over on his mother's father's cousin's mother's sister's side that had an impediment of longer-than-normal-for-a-hamster-almost-mouselike tails. I said, "Mm-hmm. That's some tale, all right." 

So, anyways, if you could just avoid using the M word in your comment, you would save me from dramatical hamsterics. Thank you!

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Then I took out other old sewing-related stamps and made a few more, thus:

Open frame stamp by Endless Creations G149.
Sewing basket stamp by PSX.
Thank you sediment by PTI.
Challenge: Less Is More: Homespun.

Button Trio stamp by Rubber Stampede.
NBUS sediment by Hero Arts.
Challenge: Less Is More: Homespun.

Hanging quilt stamp is unmarked.

NBUS sediment is by Hero Arts.

Challenge: Less Is More: Homespun.

I have to say, it's quite easy making batches when your designs are QACAS OLCs! And although it doesn't show in my photo graphs, most of the images were Modpodged so they are plump and glossy IRL.

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Finally, I'm sorry this is so long, but since New Year's Day is practically or already here for some of you, here is my simple New Year's OLC!

NBUS sediment from Happy Little Stampers.

Chevron e/f from Cuttlebug.

Old die-cut glass, Washi, and stars from my stash.

Challenges: Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Party.
My bit of sparkle are the sequins.

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Enjoy your New Year's eve / day / weekend / year!! No, seriously, enjoy! LITS!*

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My thoughts and prayers go out to all those whose lives have been impacted by the terrible storms and flooding in Missouri and in the northern UK and by the tragic fires in Australia. 

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