Succulent Evergreen and Naughty Bunny

Hello Stamplings!

How are you? I hope you are doing well and I'm here for hugs if you're not. 

I had to hustle my bustle to get this loaded up after I realized a coupla challenges are about to close. That happens when you get your days of the week missed up. 

So here we go ~

Is it just me or are more of us keepin' on keepin' on with making Christmas cards as 2021 drops her pages like a loose girl dropping her hanky? Haha, how many of you have even heard the expression "loose girl" or remember what a "hanky" is? Sometimes I love being old and speaking a secret language known only to my peers.

Anywaffle, I recently purchased a gorgeous stamp called Glorious Gatherings from the Tim Collection at Stampers Anonymous. When it arrived in the mail, I was surprised to find out it's as big as a dinner plate. I normally make cards the size of appetizer napkins, so I was a bit stumped what to do with it until I remembered last year's technique of making four cards from one stamp. (Split Four Technique) 

Here is the whole stamp on a single sheet of 8.5 x 11 kraft paper before I cut it into fours. Isn't it a cool Christmas centerpiece image using succulents instead of the usual poinsettias?

I'm linking to:

• CAS Christmas Card Challenge where the host is Loll and they are celebrating their 3rd birthday! Congratulations! The theme is kraft, red, and white.
  
• HLS Christmas: Anything goes.
  
• Jingle Belles: Festive foliage.

Just FYI, I also stamped the image on white paper and made four cards. Sorry for the bad photo.

They were stamped totally in red, uber QACAS, and this time the sediment was heat-embossed in clear.

Twofer

Another QACAS design, this time an OLC. This funny bunny has long been a favorite. Sadly, it's from an OOB company. Usually I stamp a jar of jelly beans (nearly empty) next to him. As you can see from his tummy, he clearly over-indulged! Or sometimes I stamp him with a drinkie poo, but I used a drinkie poo last post, so this time I used a fun sediment that stuck me as a perfect fit. (It's unmarked, but it might be from River City Rubber Stamps.) Both stamps were heat-embossed in white.

I'm linking this to:

• Color Hues: Black and white.
  
• Little Red Wagon: One layer.
  
• Stinkin' Inkers: Hop to it.
  

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😄😄😄 My friend Mamie sent me a list of funnies to share with you. I'll just leave you with a couple three today:

• Having plans sounds like a good idea until you have to put on clothes and leave the house. 
• It’s weird being the same age as old people.
• Life is like a helicopter. I don’t know how to operate a helicopter.

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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 join as a follower! Please let me know you came by so I can be sure and return the flavor! (Hammy says HI! He is still resting from the last post when he got too much of a head rush from all that glossifying!)

As for me, I'm still having ups and downs as the meds do their thing, but during the ups I'm grabbing crafty time. Thank you for your patience and your beautiful and thoughtful cards!

*Life is too short!

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