Merry Ornament

Once again at the Creative Fingers Challenge its

Anything Goes or optional twist (easel card)

Beccy's Place is our fabulous sponsor this week!!

The Creative Details:
Image: Beccy's Place
Colors: copics in cool shadow, tender pink, leaf green
Embellishments: snowflakes, gems, swirls, stickles, rick rack
Tools: border punch

The Challenges:
C is for Challenge - ornaments
Cards Galore - Christmas
C.R.A.F.T.- Christmas
Creative Craft Challenge - non traditional Xmas colors
Created With Love - Christmas
Delightful Challenge - your a gem
Divas by Design - festive
Emerald Faeries - Christmas card
Heck of a Challenge - colorful Christmas
Just for Fun - Christmas
LadyBug - Christmas
Lexi's Creations - Christmas
Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Christmas
Paper Pretties - looking like Christmas
Milk Coffee - nontraditional Christmas colors
My Craft Spot - sparkle and shine
My Heart Pieces - sparkle
Mema's - winter or Christmas
The Corrosive Challenge - holiday
Through the Craftroom door - anything goes
Lexi's Creations - Christmas
Sisteract - anything
Suzy Bees Challenge - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Santa..

I love the idea of watching Santa at work through a North Pole Window.

Looks to me like he is checking his list and getting ready for the 25th.
And, don't forget to check out Diane's Daydream Designs - she just added some
over the top adorable images for winter (I want them all please, Santa!)

The Creative Details

Image: Diane's Daydream Designs
Embellishments: stickles glitter, holly resin stickers
Tools: diecut window (Taylored Expressions)

The Challenges:
Aud Sentiments - any sentiment
Bearly Mine - Christmas Sentiment

A Little Bit Crafty - Christmas
Cards Galore - Christmas
Clear it Out - anything goes (holly is the stash)
Come and Get it - Christmas
Crafting Musketeers - layers
Here Come the Boys - anything for men
4 Crafty Chicks - Christmas
Jo's Scrap Shack - get in the spirit

LEJ designs - Christmas is coming
Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes
Oozak - celebrate
QKR - Christmas
Mema's - winter or Christmas
Sentimental Sunday - traditional Christmas colors
Sketchy Colors - red or green
Songbird - one or more dies
Stamp and Create - anything goes
Totally Papercrafts - ho, ho holidays
Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Christmas with traditional colors

Stay Warm Harted,

Elizabeth

Skating by...

It is time to "sparkle" at our next challenge at Squigglefly.

Don't you love this fun little skater that is new to the store this month.

Be sure to stop by the store and check our the hundreds of

fabulous holiday and winter images.

The Creative Details:

Image: Cheryl Alger - at Squigglefly

Colors: Copics in blush, leaf, tender pink, apricot 

Embellishments: ribbon, gems, glitter,

Technique - paper piecing

Tools: border punch

The Challenges:
Artistic Inspiration - winter 

CMC Copic Challenge - anything goes
Crafter's Cafe - anything goes
Craft-Dee Bows - anything with bow
Crafting By Design - Christmas or winter
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon
4 Crafty Girls - anything goes
Kaboodle Doodles - winter
Ladybug Crafts - Christmas/winter
LEJ Designs - button, bows or beads
One Stitch at a Time - use a digi
Oldie But a Goodie - ribbon or lace (snowflake is old itme)
One Crazy Stamper - winter /holiday
Paper Makeup - snow fun
Party Time Tuesday - anything goes
Pink Elephant - winter
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Paper Nest Dolls - bows
Sisteract - anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,

Elizabeth

Rudolph

Looks like this adorable rendition of Rudolph is ready for the holidays.

He is part of a very cute Christmas set of images from

Diane's Daydream Designs.

The Creative Details:

Image: Diane's Daydream Designs (Santa Please set)
Embellishments: gems, ribbon, stickles
Tools: Spellbinders die cut

The Challenges:
Allsorts - Christmas song (Rudolph red nosed reindeer)
Animal Friends - anything goes with a animal
Cards Galore - Christmas
Come and Get it - Christmas
Country View Crafts - Christmas
Crafty Ribbon - anything with ribbon
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Christmas
Creative Inspiration Paint - Christmas
Die Cut Divas - holiday cards
Emerald Faeries/A & T - Christmas
Feeling Crafty - Christmas
Glitter n Sparkle - anything
Jellypark - Christmas
Just for Fun - Christmas
Ladybug Crafts - Christmas/winter

Pattie's Creations - Christmas
QKR Stampede - Christmas
Natalie and Amy - cute and cuddly Christmas
Paper Crafting Journey - bling
Ribbon Girls - Christmas
Robyn's Fetish - Christmas card
Sparkles Monthly Challenge - animals
Stemplesonne - Christmas
Suzy Bee's Challenge - anything goes
The Corrosive Challenge - holiday cards
Totally Papercrafts - Ho Ho Ho Holidays
2 Sisters - anything goes
3 Girl Jam - ribbon and Christmas
613 Avenue Create - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,

Elizabeth

"P" is for Polar Bear

Time for our "monthly" December challenge here at Pile it On
While we are normally a weekly challenge --in December
 our design teams combine and we have one challenge for the month.
This time our theme is is
"P" is For....
Our very fabulous sponsor this month is Jellypark Friends.
 I used their cute polar bear image so for me, "P" is for Polar Bear

The Creative Details

Image: Jellypark Friends
Colors: Copics in toner grey, mallow, cool shadow, pine, sepia
Embellishments: glitter, shaved ice, sticker, snow texture

Tools: punch

The Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - winter wonderland

Allsorts- Christmas song (White Christmas)
Animal Friends - anything goes with an animal

Artistic Inspiration - anything goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes

Clear it out - stash item(snowflake) 

CMC Copic Challenge - anything goes

Crafting By design - Christmas or winter

Crafting from the Heart - anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - anything goes

Cutie Pie - cute scenes and background

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Delightful Challenges - favorites (shaved ice)
Die Cut Divas - holiday cards

4 Crafty Girls - anything goes

Hiding in My Craftroom - anything goes
Hobby Cutz - create a scene
One Crazy Stamper - winter/holiday

Scrappers Delight - make it sparkle

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Sparkles Monthly Challenge - animal

Sisteract - anything goes

Simply Create Too - snow

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes

2 Sisters - anything goes
613 Avenue Create - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - snow

Stay Warm Harted,

Elizabeth

Just a suitcase

At the Creative Fingers Challenge its Anything Goes.

The design teams this week decided we all needed to test our creativity 

and we created these fabulous suitcases.
The template and tutorial for this darling project is from our sponsor
 The Cutting Cafe

The Creative Details:

Template: The Cutting Cafe

Embellishments - metal buckles (Tim Holtz) and corners

The Challenges
All Crafts Challenge - anything but a card
A Creative Romance - vintage
Artistic Inspiration - anything goes
Amusing Challenge - anything goes
613 Avenue Create - anything goes
Crafting from the Heart - anything goes
Creative Corner - heavy metal
Creative Moments - anything goes - vintage
Baffies Creative Shop - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
Party Time Tuesday - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters - something homemade

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Sing...

Its time for another challenge at the Creative Fingers Challenge

As always it is anything goes (with an optional twist of Christmas)
Our sponsor Imagine That has this adorable image with the cute Christmas birds.
I thinks it looks cute with the snowflake frame and the polka dots in the background.
What doesn't look cute with polka dots?

The Creative Details:
Image: Imagine That
Colors: Copics in napoli yellow, new leaf, lime, lipstick red, robin's egg
Embellishments: felt Santa hat, metal brads, gems. stickles, gems, sticker

The Challenges:
As You Like it - spots or stripes
Brown Sugar - anything goes
Crafty Creations - Thanksgiving or American Christmas
Clear it Out - use a snowflake
Creatalicious - Christmas
Created With Love - anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks - anything goes
4 Crafty Girls - anything goes
Digitally Sweet - anything goes
Going Grey With Scrap Creations - make it sparkle
Oozak - holidays
Penny's Paper Crafty - anything goes
Moving Along With the Times - music inspired
My Heart Pieces - red, green and any other colors
Robyn's Fetish - use metal
Send a Smile 4 Kids - anything goes for kids
Sister Act - anything goes
Stampin for the Weekend - feeling festive
Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - snowbirds
613 Avenue Create - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Define Good...

Time for another Squigglefly Challenge:

This time we want you to use ribbon or lace. 

And. don't forget there are hundreds of adorable and fabulous

holiday images in the Squigglefly Store. 

The Creative Details

Images: Cheryl Alger at Squigglelfy

Sentiments: Squigglefly

Colors: copics in pinkish vanilla, crimson, cool shadow

Embellishments: gems, holly stickers, ribbon, snow texture, glitter

Tools: border punch, scalloped punch

The Challenges:
Bastel-traum - Christmas

Crafty Bloggers Network - Christmas
Created With Love - anything goes
Catch the Bug -Tic/tac/toe (middle across)
Craft-Dee Bowz - add a bow
Crafty Creations - dies or punches
Crafts 4 Eternity - tic, tac, toe -(top across)
Crafting By Designs - anything goes/Christmas
Craftitude - anything goes
Crafter's Cafe - embellishments
Christmas Stampin  All Year Long - stripes
Creative Inspiration Paint - anything goes
Designed to Color - Christmas/winter
Digitally Sweet - ribbon or lace
Graph'It Markers - anything goes
Happy Campers - glitter
Inky Impressions - red & green
Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
Oozak - holidays
Penny's Paper Crafty - add a sentiment
My Heart Pieces - red, green and any other color
Ribbon Carousel - holiday celebrations
Sassy Cheryls - favorite holiday colors
Send a Smile 4 Kids - anything goes for kids
Scrappers Delight - anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes
Whimsy Inspiration - anything goes
613 Avenue Create - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,

Elizabeth

Give Thanks...

It is all about "Thanks" this week at the

Pile it On Challenge

And our fabulous sponsor is a Day for Daisies--

They have such lovely images

The Creative Details:

Image: A Day For Daisies
Colors: Copics in orange, apricot, robin's egg, new leaf, pink vanilla
Embellishments: brad, gems, stickles, flowers
Tools: border punch

The Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - punches and dies

All that Stickles - Thanksgiving

Artistic Inspiration - use a sentiment
Brown Sugar - Thanksgiving

Crafting Desert divas - Thanksgiving

Creative Craft Challenge - image, 2 papers, 3 flowers

Creative Inspiration Paint - anything goes

Cupcake Inspirations - see photo

Get Inky - thanks and Thanksgiving

Glitter n Sparkle - autumn colors
Happy Campers - use glitter

Just Inspirational - autumn colors

Lady Bug Crafts - autumn colors

Mema's Crafts - anything goes (optional twist thanks)

My Sheri Crafts - Fall/Thanksgiving

Paper Pretties - give thanks

Parade Your Crafts - grateful

Paper Playtime - sparkle

Penny's Paper Crafty - add a sentiment

Pink Elephant - inspiration photo

Scrap Creations - give thanks

Simon Says Stamp - Thanksgiving

Scribble and Scrap - anything goes

The Paper Nest Dolls - Thanksgiving

Tuesday Throwdown - gratitude

There She Goes - Thanksgiving

613 Avenue Create - anything goes

Whimsy Inspiration - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Happy Thanksgiving Gathering

Gathering together family and friends

for a special meal (yes, usually a turkey)

makes for a wonderful and memorable occasion. 

I love this yummy looking turkey from Diane's Daydream Designs

The Creative Details:

Image: Diane's Daydream Designs
Sentiment: Diane's Daydream Designs
Embellishments: flower - leaves
Tool: die cut (Marianne)

The Challenges:

Brown Sugar - Thanksgiving
Card Makin Mamas - thankful
Crafty Creations - dies or punches
Craftitude - anything goes
Delightful Challenge - give thanks
Hiding in My Craftroom - die cuts
Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
My Sheri Crafts - fall/Thanksgiving
Oozak - holidays
Paper Pretties - give thanks
Pattie's Creations - giving thanks
Pumpkin Spice - food
Red Carpet Studio - Thanksgiving
Shelly's Images  - give thanks
Simon Says Stamp - Thanksgiving
Sister Act - anything goes
Totally Gorjuss - 3 patterned papers
Whimsy Inspiration - anything goes
Word Art Wednesday - positive message

Stay Warm Harted,

Elizabeth