~CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST~

Aaaah I love Christmas!! So when challenges present themselves to help me get some of my Christmas projects completed ahead of time without the hustlin' and bustlin' of last minute creating, I take advantage. Every year I try to make a few new handmade ornaments for our Christmas tree and make a few as gifts. My goal is to have our entire Christmas tree all handmade ornaments, so we'll see how that goes and how long it takes me to get there lol 

This week at Sew Many Challenges, our challenge is to exactly that. Make a Christmas themed project. So I took the opportunity to make another ornament for my tree. For this ornament I used the lovely Bear in Stocking image from Sew Many Cards! I think he's such a cutie looking over the top of the stocking. Reminds me of boys faces when they were younger and would keep getting up and checking their stockings to find that Santa hadn't came yet. With both of them leaving the 'nest' soon, it'll be a bittersweet happy reminder of those times as they're off starting their new journeys!

We hope you'll join us this week at Sew Many Challenges as we have

 sponsoring us!! You have a chance of winning 3 digital images from the Stitchy Bear Store! I'll be posting another project later today using an adorable image that Stitch let me play with this week!! So be sure to check back!

Hope you like this weeks project and thank you for looking as always and for leaving such nice comments! They're all appreciated!

 ~SUPPLIES USED~

Bear In Stocking -- Sew Many Cards

Neenah Smooth Cardstock

Stickles -- Frosted Lace

InkEssentials -- Glossy Accents

Doodlebug Design -- Bon Bon Flock
RibbonFX (Hobby Lobby) -- Red/Black Plaid

Copics

Multiliner 0.3

G12, G14

R22, R24, R27, R29

E13, E33, E34, E53

I'm also entering this project in the following challenges:

A Spoon Full Of Sugar -- Christmas In August

Pollycraft -- In Stitches

My Time to Craft -- Glitter and Glitz

Creative Cottage -- Christmas 

The Character Cafe -- Use Dimensional Glaze (Eyes, nose and heart on stocking)
Crafty Ann's Challenge - Christmas In August 
 The Beary Sweet Challenge -- In Stitches 

~CHALLENGE....RED AND GREEN~

This week over at Tellen's Place, the challenge is to use Red and Green! So this is what I came up with!! Terry is also offering a freebie that you can use! So be sure to check it out and all the wonderful candy and prizes that she's offering!!!

I'm also submitting this project to the following Challenges!! Check them out!

Cupcake Craft

365 Cards

Hope ya like and thanks for looking!!

~Supplies Used~

Tellen's Place -- Freebie Image

DCWV -- Ultimate Christmas Stack

Stampin Up -- Whisper White Cardstock

Winter Woodland -- Ribbon

Snowy Writer

Stickles -- Black Diamond

Glitzy Stickles -- Champagne

Another Christmas Ornament....Halen hanging on a Wreath

Here's another Christmas ornament I made today. This tutorial I found on Deannes blog. This one was really fun to make as well. Before I'm done, I'll have an all handmade Christmas tree..lol well except for the tree!

Hope ya like and thanks for looking!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

SEW MANY CARDS -- HALEN HANGING ON A WREATH

DCWV -- Ultimate Christmas Stack

Stampin Up -- Whisper White Cardstock

Straight N' Narrow -- Green Ribbon

True Blue -- Polka Dot Ribbon

Prismacolor Pencils & Gamsol

Stickles -- Burgundy

Old CD

Aleene's Tacky Glue

Sand Block