I carved out a snippet of time to make a Jingle Belles card! I've totally been bummin' about my time constraints because I've had some really great (for me, at least) ideas for a couple of the prompts and not been able to execute. ESPECIALLY the week of "Not a CREATURE was Stirring" - I had my monsters stamped, colored and cut out, and STILL didn't manage to get the card made! I don't have time to finish that one today, either. I blew off work this morning to make a card for this week's prompt, but too bad - those cushions will just have to wait another hour or two, right?
Backstory: The lady who cuts my hair and has become a friend also does Chihuahua rescues. The friend that introduced me to her was a CAT person, but has totally converted and has (to date) adopted FIVE of the "chi chis", as she calls them. Two of our (male, biker-type) friends are also Chihuahua owners, and are absolutely GOOFY about Chopper and Taco. This week's prompt at the Jingle Belles blog was to use stickers. I have no Christmas stickers, but I have a squillion alphabet stickers. Some of them have always looked sort of Mexican/fiesta-ish to me, so I thought it fitting that I use them in tandem with my Chihuahua stamp to make a card for at least one of the afore-mentioned chi chi owners:
Stamp: Inkadinkado; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Paper: CLose to My Heart Cranberry, Stampin'Up! Summer Sun; Accessories/Tools: Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy embossing folder, Miss Elizabeth's stickers, Bic and Prismacolor markers
Ta da! A whole card done - before the deadline and everything! Big changes are ahead in my corner of the world, and they will include chunks of time dedicated to creative pursuits, so I'm pretty excited about that! Meanwhile, enjoy the rest of the week (Happy Hump Day) and thanks for stopping by!
