Keeping Safe at Christmas

 2020 is definitely not what I would call a "normal" year.  Yes, normal is overused and means different things to different people.  But whatever your normal may be, you'll have to admit that this year has been many things other than normal.  

Christmas is coming.  I can't believe it's only 20 days away and counting.  Maybe I should get the gifts bought.  Wrapping isn't actually an emergency yet, but I will need some gifts, whether or not this is a normal year.  But with numbers of cases rising here in Alberta, the outlook for a Christmas where Nana and Grandpa can join the rest of the family for Christmas is bleak.

I love the House-Mouse images and this year Ellen Jareckie brought out a set of true to the moment images where her adorable images are wearing face masks and the sentiments reflect the care we should all be taking.  I've added a Christmas cap to one of those images and have created what seems like the perfect Christmas card for this year.  I hope you agree.

Little Maxwell is sending a hug but urges you to make it a virtual hug, six feet apart.  I've used Derwent watercolour pencils and my Aqua painter to colour him and then added some puffy snow to act as the fur trim to his cap.  

I'm linking my card up for the House-Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.  

HMFMC#329 - Anything Goes With the Option of Christmas

Winter Wonderland End of the Year Challenge: Anything Christmas Goes

HLS November Anything Goes With Dies Challenge - Merry Christmas

It's fun getting new dies and, of course, it's hard not to use them immediately.  Well, for my November challenge I was able to use a set of brand new dies from Holland.  It's a simple set containing two evergreens laden with snow and a moose.  Well, I wanted that moose because, well, here in Canada moose are a big deal.  Along with the beaver, the moose is one of the animals with which we kind of identify ourselves.  But that's another story.  This is about the card.

As you can see from the die-cut trees, these dies also emboss and so there is a lot of wonderful texture on the trees.  I used a lovely piece of retired designer paper for my background and also used a stitched snowdrift die to anchor my trees and moose.  While the moose isn't embossed, I love the way the silhouette shows so well against the softer blues and whites.  I mounted my scene on a Matte of the retired Lost Lagoon cardstock and then onto a base of Whisper White.  The sentiment is simply stamped on the snow drift using Lost Lagoon ink.  I love the results, don't you?

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Hope you'll pop over to see what my Team Mates have created and come join us this month at our Happy Little Stampers November Anything Goes With Dies Challenge.