Freshly Made Sketches #660

 everybody gets a hand!!  This one is for Freshly Made Sketches #660 and Judy's fun sketch...

Of course she HAD to trim the tree...

Thanks, Judy! [and Bonnie for that fab SSS pine branch die!]

=] Michele

Talk to the hand!

Do I hear groaning?  Have I gone too far?  Will you hate me if I use that hand one more time?  [not that I promise to stop there!]

Color Throwdown #817 made me do it...

It won't be long before we hear those sleigh bells!!

Thanks, Lori, for these gorgeous colors!

=] Michele

Give it a hand!

As I work my way through the final stack of Christmas cards for my Seniors, this little hand keeps drawing me back to yet another way to use it!

Here are two more... seems she has a romantic side...

I found just the right dies to create mistletoe among the Concord & 9th Festive Blooms die set.

The cheeky sentiment is from a very old EH 'Tis the Season set.

Love Spun EF by Amy Tangerine is available at Amazon

I don't mean to tell you HOW to vote, but I'm sure hoping you DO vote!  

Thanks everybody!

=] Michele

Christmas Kickstart #91

Christmas Kickstart #91 has such a beautiful inspiration photo and color theme!  But don't take my word for it...

Isn't it lovely?  I was first drawn to those snowy branches and bright red reindeer... but then this happened... I remembered that cute little hand from the 

Concord & 9th Tree Topper die set I recently purchased!

My blues are a little more muted - or perhaps it's the gloomy day I'm having here -

but I did manage to bring three shades - two using patterned paper and one pretty glitter-y paper for the star!  

Don't you love her red nails?  After very carefully adding a bit of crimson Copic, I added a bit of Nuvo Crystal Drops to each nail for shine!

I pulled out all those 12x12 Christmas pads that my cousin gifted to me - this one has 15 more card-cousins for those seniors!  I hope to have another day just like it today!

Thanks, Jo and Faith for inspiring my card!

=] Michele

Double thanks for the honor!