Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas - November

It's so hard for me to believe that November is almost over and Christmas is just around the corner !! I am ever so thankful now that Lisa - aka BZ Scrapper - and I have been making a Christmas card each week all year . Takes a bit of stress out of the holiday hustle and bustle .  So, let's see what these Crafty Elves have been up to this month !!

I had so many wonderful stamps to choose from - but finally narrowed it down  and came up with these designs . Some exceeded my expectations but one is still running around in my head .. Does that happen to you ?? You finish a card but just wonder if you are missing something !! But overall I do love them all and hope that you are inspired by them .

• I stamped Winter Snow Globe Girl from 100 Proof Press onto watercolor paper and colored her with my Tombow Dual Brush Markers.
• I trimmed the image and adhered it to a piece of dotted red patterned paper.
• The entire background was then adhered to a pink card base.
• A Crate Paper sentiment was placed diagonally at the upper left of the image.
• Silver glitter glass was adhered around the snowman.

• I stamped the Packaged Christmas Lights from 100 Proof Press onto watercolor paper and colored it with Glitter pens .
• The image was trimmed and adhered to a piece of Tim Holtz Worn Wallpaper.
• Several sequins were placed around the image.
• A Tim Holtz holiday sticker was placed at the top of the wallpaper .
• The Twinkling Lights banner from Crate Paper was popped up below the sticker.
• I adhered the entire background to a pale green card base.

• I stamped the Holiday Girl  and sentiment from My Favorite Things onto watercolor paper, colored the girl and cut her out with the matching die.
• I also stamped onto patterned paper for her leggings and gift bag and paper-pieced these onto the image.
• On a red card base, I placed a holiday doily at the top of the card, then adhered the girl and the sentiment.
• A gold sequin was placed at the top left of the sentiment.

• I stamped the Make It Happen, Girl from Unity Stamp Company onto watercolor paper and also a piece of holiday patterned paper.
• The sweater wa cut out of the holiday paper and paper-pieced onto the watercolor image.
• I colored the image with Tombow Dual Brush pens.
• The image was adhered to  a woodgrain/snowflake patterned paper background.
• The entire background was adhered to a cream  card base.
• A frame was placed around the upper area of the girl at an angle and a sentiment banner was adhered to the bottom of the frame.

I'm so excited to see what Lisa has created this month !! You can find her cards at Life of a BZscrapper. Comment on this post of  mine and I will send 2 of you some Happy Holiday mail !! How are you coming with your holiday cards ??  I hope we have inspired you to get started early on yours ..

Until next time, Stay Creative... 

We will be back next month on Christmas Day for our card wrap-up..   

Debra Davison / Meticulosity