Happy Holly Days!

Hello Stamplings!

Merry Christmas! Happy Everything! Here's a festive schparkly card for you!

A QACAS design simply made with some schparkly silver paper and a lightly brushed Tim Holtz holly stencil. Hammy thought it would be fun to separate the die cut letters of the Poppystamps "happy holidays" die to spell out "happy holly days," so that's what we did. And that's what we hope you have!

Challenges

• Alphabet: S is for silver.
• Christmas Kickstart: If it's Christmassy, link it up.
  
• Poppystamps: Happy Holly Days.

Here is our 2021 family Christmas photo:

Back: Dan, Henry, Adam, Rachel
Front: Jack, Kevin, Darnell, Nellie

And here is my annual Christmas poem:

'Twas the night before Christmas, 

And all through the Playhouse,

Not a hamster was stirring,

Not even a mouse.

The cards were all made and delivered with care,

I was so weary, my fingers worn bare.

I laid down my head, my eyelids did flutter.

"You sure love your friends," I heard Hammy mutter.

When out on the driveway, there arose such a clatter,
The mailman came limping, his post bag made fatter.

Away to the front door, I flew open the screen

And smiling like crazy, asked, "Where have you been?"

Now Simon, now Altenew, now dear Gina K,

On, SU, on, Michael, on, fun Papertrey.

To the front door so festive, the mailbox so deep,

Now stash away, stash away, goodies to keep.

As I went to the Playhouse and looked at my mess,

to the floor I did sink, getting ink on my dress.

But I cared not a whit, for my eyes were all gleamy,

NBUS awaited, each project so dreamy!

Laying a finger on new dies and glitter,

the new year before me, my heart all atwitter,

I say to you stamplings, "May you craft with delight,

Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"

2016

Darnell J. Knauss
(with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore)

Enjoy your holidays! No, seriously, enjoy! Life is too short!

and Hammy