Cute and Curly: Merry Christmas

Happy Sunday! Are you ready for some Christmas cheer? Seems like I've been leaning that way a little bit recently, it is my favorite holiday. I will have to squeeze some Halloween in here, though, I do love it too, and I just came back from a Halloween workshop held by my bff and downline Lori, who did an awesome job! We made the cutest Frankenstein card and sour cream treat holder. I put a little Snickers inside, but I can't guarantee it will make it safely through the night, doh!

Anyway, the Christmas card I made above has to be one of the quickest and most simple cards I've ever made (scraps, of course), but it's one of my most favorite cards ever! Do you ever have some like that, where you just *LOVE* everything about it and can't stop looking at it! lol! I used that precious Cute & Curly set that comes with the Curvy Label punch, some hostess level 1 Real Red Patterns DSP, a tiny snip of Bella Rose polka dot Kiwi Kiss DSP, and a silver star brad from the Styled Silver HPH kit. I think it may end up being a style I make and send out for the holidays this year.

Now, for some more cuteness. I cropped last night, and we always like to do our challenges, you know. Valerie happened to bring some repositionable adhesive die cuts from a retired Simply Scrappin kit for us, because she said...BRACE YOURSELF...she never uses them!! **GASP** They are so awesome, and I love the bright colors in this one. I still have this one, I'm hoarding it, it's way too good to use! So anyway, for one of our challenges, we had to use them to make a Christmas card. (We did another challenge with the Holiday Mini set Mr. Twigster I'll be sharing tomorrow, I'm such a tease, hee! hee!)


So here are the challenge cards. This is mine, so simple, but it's another all-time favorite for me:


Here's Beverly's, who was getting a little tired toward the end and wanted to leave early, but that didn't work out {insert evil grin here} once the challenges started! I love the twill and silver snowflake brads she added, so awesome!


This is Valerie's, who grumbled about the challenge and using these wonderful pieces, crazy girl! (You know I love ya, Val!) She did a fabulous job anyway, love how she stacked the words down the side and used the snowflake as a letter in "joy"!


And this is Margaret's, who got the most actual scrapbooking done, I believe, she's a rock-star scrapper! I love that paper and ribbon she added and the way the star really stands out!


We had a blast, as usual. Be sure and check back Monday night for those Mr. Twigster cards! I'm just about to finish up three sets of swaps, but waiting for some more Dimensionals to come in this week. Why don't I order more than 1 pack at a time, consideirng how many I use?! I read on Kristina's blog earlier that she's waiting on an order to come in also...an order of 6 packages! Live it, learn it! lol!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have you stamped something today?

Recipe
Stamps: Cute and Curly
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Whisper White, Bella Rose DSP, hostess level 1 Real Red Patterns DSP.
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive.
Accessories: Curly Label Punch, Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware, Dimensionals.