Ready for Some Christmas BINGO at the 12 Months of Christmas Link-Up

We're playing BINGO at the 12 Months of Christmas Link-Up this month!

Take a look at your BINGO card below and choose a line (up, down, across or diagonal). Then create with the elements in that line. Too much for you? This is an optional challenge, and it's always Anything Christmas Goes. BUT...
...if you want a chance at winning some awesome digital kits from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles, you must create with the BINGO theme. That's right, crafty peeps, Lisa Decosse is sponsoring this month's challenge.
Here are the details of how and what you can win:

My card uses background paper from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles' Bokeh Multicolor Patterned Paper Set1 Mini Set, framed by A Grungy Christmas Purple Textured Paper. My sentiment is also from Lisa, her Holiday Hoopla Word Art Collection, framed with Frame 1 from the same set.
The image is from DeeDee's Digis' Happy Owlidays.
Do you believe? I believe you have until the last day of November to create following the BINGO theme for your chance to win prizes!

Decorating for the Holidays, Card Style

Happy Holidays, crafters! I am well on my way toward a massive Christmas card stash, thanks to the 12 Months of Christmas Link-Up blog. Every month you can win awesome digi paper and prizes just by creating and linking up at least two Christmas cards. 
Today I created a square card. BTW, one of the things I like about my new-found experiments with digital card making is that when I print up my cards to send out to family and friends. they have the look of dimension without adding the cost of extra postage to the envelopes! LOL
Here, I used some delicious patterned paper, called "Green Balls" from "It's Ornamental" kit from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles, framing it with Emerald-colored paper from Decosse's' set, "Christmas Grunge" textured digital paper. 
Since the sponsor this month at the 12 Months of Christmas blog is Robyn's Fetish, I got to play with this cute digital image. It's called "Putting Up the Tree" and after I colored it up, I framed it with two different colored papers from the Grunge set before popping it onto my background. Decosse's has some awesome Christmas embellishments and papers. I used a mistletoe border for my card, as well as a few snowflake brads and a couple gingham ribbons.
Let's see, this is the 7th month of 2015, so I have a hefty stockpile of cards going. Yep, I will be ready this year to send them out nice and early. How about you--have you started yet? It's a win-win situation if you create a couple cards AND link them up! You will also have your own little stockpile, and you'll be in the running for prizes!
In order to be in the running for prizes from Robyn's Fetish (3 free digis of your choice to a random participant), you must create following the optional theme of "It's Ornamental."
You don't need to follow the theme to link up your cards, earn a free paper each month, and have your name thrown into the year end draw for some extra digital goodies.  You only need to follow the theme if you want a chance to win this month's sponsored prize of 3 digital stamps from Robyn’s Fetish Digital Stamps.

Challenges I am Entering:
Simply Create Too - Christmas in July
Sister Act Card challenges - Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes/Christmas
Paper Creator's Crafts challenges - Christmas in July
Crafting by Designs - Christmas

Christmas Card Stash Continues to Grow

It was one of those winters where Santa wished he were a letter carrier or a truck driver, anything but the man whose reputation and the happiness of millions of children depended on along with his crack team of reindeer. He was personally up to the job. The toys were made and being loaded with care, the list had been checked not once, not twice, but three times, thanks to that new software Mrs. Claus had insisted he install. The wonders of technology, he thought, shaking his head. Yet even technology couldn't save the disaster that threatened his livelihood.

Who would have thought his reindeer, his loyal, steadfast and dependable team, would be his downfall. And two weeks before Christmas!  Hoof and mouth disease, he snorted. More like wake-me-when-it’s-over disease, he thought.

Of course, they were getting on in years. Aren't we all, he sighed. Yet he had to admit there were signs that should have set off alarms well before the month of December.
Oh, well, no use crying over spilled milk and broken cookies. The question was, what was he going to do about transportation?

He strolled through the woods of northern Canada, where snow covered the ground and quiet reigned. He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he almost walked right past the possible solution to his worst nightmare. He stopped in his tracks, staring into the liquid brown eyes of a majestic buck and his mate. They looked strong, reserved, and unafraid of a human’s abrupt appearance in his territory. But could they fly?

Welcome to another fun month of Christmas cards at the 12Months of Christmas Link-Up blog.  Their sponsor this  month is Dee Dee’s Digis and I got to play with a set called Winter Woods. The set comes with 4 outline images, 4 pre-colored images, 4 layering images, and 4 sentiments, in JPG and PNG formats. All set elements have a resolution of 300 dpi/ppi, and are easily resizable to fit your crafting needs.
I decided to play a little in my Adobe Photoshop,so almost everything within the ribbon frame on my card is digital. I colored a smaller reindeer with my Copics and slipped her behind a tree alongside the buck, using dimensional dots. The patterned paper card base and embellishments are also from my stash of crafting supplies. It's a true mix of digital meets hand-crafted!! And another Christmas card bites the dust!! LOL

The 12 Months of Christmas blog would like to see your creations using some Christmas Critters. The theme, however, is optional. All you really have to do to join in the fun is to make two Christmas cards during the month. If you do so, you will receive some yummy digital Christmas paper from Linda of Decosse's Dynamite Doodles!

Want a chance to win more? Follow the theme of Christmas Critters and type in the letters FT after your name and you'll be in a special draw for a $25 gift certificate to DeeDee's Digi Store!!

Challenges I am Entering:

Pile It On - Cute Animal

Completely Christmas - Anything Goes/optional twist Silver (in my ribbon frame and silver tree bark) 

Jingle Belles - Happy Hybrid Holidays!

As You Like It - Favorite-Land or Sea? (I like land best, as the colors created on land are infinite, the seasons change the scenery each year, and most importantly, I DON'T SWIM! lol)

12 Months of Christmas Cards Link-up Colour Challenge

I'm ticking off another Christmas card made for my 2015 stash. How am I keeping on track so well, you may ask?! I've been invited to join the Merry Maidens Design team at the 12 Months of Christmas Cards Link Up!
This month's sponsor is Sami Stamps and I got to play with a cute image called Christmas Gift Poodle, as well as some fabulous patterned papers from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles called Bauble Bonanza.
This month, the optional twist to your Christmas card entries is a Colour Challenge:

Instead of your typical holiday colours, they want to see cards using non-traditional colours like the ones in the photo above.

In order to have a chance to win the prize from our wonderful guest sponsor this month, make sure that your card showcases at least THREE of the colours from the palette below.  If you do follow the optional theme, be sure to add FT after your name so that we include you in the draw for the prize.

Remember, you don't need to follow the theme to link up your cards and earn a free paper each month, and have your name thrown into the year end draw for some extra digital goodies.  You only need to follow the theme if you want a chance to win this month's sponsored prize of a $12.00 gift card from Sami Stamps.
I used these colours as my background, coordinating my ribbons and extra large bauble to embellish. How's your stash of holiday cards coming along? Need a boost? Then make a couple cards for the Link Up for your free paper! That's enough inspiration for me! LOL!!
And as always, crafters, have fun!!

Sponsor and Prize Info for this challenge:

• Guest Sponsor:  Sami Stamps
• Prize being offered:  $12.00 gift card from the store for one random winner chosen from those who participate in the optional theme.
• Additional Sponsor: Décosse's Dynamite Doodles
• Prize being offered: One free digital paper to everyone who links up a minimum of two cards to the challenge.  Cards can be anything goes for this prize, they only have to follow the theme if they want a chance at the sponsor's prize.  The mini set of six digital papers called Bauble Bonanza, will also be offered up as a prize to one random winner.

Let It Snow in the 12 Months of Christmas Cards LInk Up

The snow may be melting, but there are still signs of winter. Who am I kidding? I've seen it snow here in Chicago as late as May!! But according to the calendar, soon Spring will be upon us. At the 12 Months of Christmas Cards blog, let's pretend we're all from Chicago and include a little snow on our cards. In other words, if you create your Christmas card with the optional twist of a project featuring SNOW, you'll have a chance to win this month's sponsored prize of a $10.00 gift certificate from Scribbles Designs. 

So if you "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow" all over your cards, make sure you add "FT" after your name in the link-up so that we include you in the draw for the special prize.
Here's a little inspiration using the image called "Snow Kisses" from our sponsor, Scribbles Designs:

Along with the sponsor's (very cute) image, I used a digital patterned paper called "Snowflakes 3" patterned paper from the Snow Much Fun Collection, a January Kit of the Month from 2015 from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles.
As you can see, I Let It Snow all over my card in the form of felt border, brads and a Christmas greeting sticker. I found the sentiment, a Stampin Up leftover, in my stash.

Remember, you don't need to follow the theme to link up your cards and earn a free paper each month, as well as have your name thrown into the year-end draw for some extra digital goodies. That free paper is designed by Lisa of Decosse's Dynamite Doodles. Cards can be anything goes for this prize; they only have to follow the theme if you want a chance at the sponsor's prize.  The mini set of six digital papers called Snowfest, will also be offered up as a prize to one random winner.

What are you waiting for? Get going on your Christmas card stash, and play for free paper and possible prizes. It's a win-win situation!! LOL

Other Challenges I am Entering:

The Corrosive Challenge blog - Our Animal Friends (my penguin friend)