F ~ Family Time Christmas

 December 6th ~ Alpha F

Stampendous ~ House Mouse ~ Christmas Story

Completed in Copics and after completed, I added Glossy Accents by Ranger over the purple bulb.  Although it takes a while to dry, it's shiny and a great added effect! 

What's your favorite Christmas story or song? 

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E ~ Evergreen Pines & Embossing Folder Inking

 December 5th ~ Alpha E ~ Two photos

Evergreen Pines with Teal Bird using Darice Book Plate dies. 

Embossing Folder Inking

Polkadoodles preprinted gingerbread tags on Stampin Up Evergreen Forest Embossing Folder. 

Do you use non-traditional Christmas colors on your cards? 

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D ~ Deep Red Berries & Double Bells

December 4th ~ Alpha D ~ Two Cards

Deep Red Berries 

Beccy's Place, Peace and Light framed with Gina Marie Designs, Label Six dies.

 

Double Bells  on Fence Post

Copic colored fence post and bells placed on Masterboard made using monochromatic shades of green Christmas papers.

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C ~ Crescent Moon and Candy Cane

December 3rd ~ Alpha C

Polkadoodles ~ Gingerbread Holly ~ Waiting for Santa

 How good have you been this year?  

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Jesus

Welcome to the first posting for December for the Word Art Wednesday Blog Challenge for Weeks #728-729.  Our lovely sponsor for the edition is Stamp Simply Stamps and our featured scripture is Matthew 1:21.

For my Design Team card I have used the beautifully designed star from the Stamp Simply's Merry Christmas package.

 

After placing the star in the center of the card template, I layered the scripture from Matthew below the image and sized it to the right proportion. 

I wanted the purity of the message and decided nothing else was needed for this design.  After printing, I used the Spellbinders, Fluted Classic Rectangle die set for both the image and for the stary sky background.  I also cut a liner mat from gold glitter paper and added behind the image.   

I cut the white cardstock base to 5" x 6" and secured the background paper, then added the image and a glitter paper liner to the center, ensuring each layer was securely glued.

I really like the simplicity of this card and the message it shares.  It's definitely one that doesn't need a lot of extras. 

Don't forget to hop over to the Word Art Wednesday blog to download your free copy of the featured scripture from Matthew 1:21 and to join us by entering your card. 

Pam's Pearls

I will be entering this card in the following challenges: 

Allsorts ~ Challenge 837 ~ Focal Sentiment  

Lil Patch of Craft Friends ~ Challenge 266  

Peace on Earth ~ Challenge 100  

CAS ~ Challenge 323 ~ Christmas

Products: 

Stamp Simply, Merry Christmas

Spellbinders, Fluted Classic Rectangles

B ~ Bunnies Hopping Christmas Trees

 December 2nd ~ Alpha B

Background trees are from Rubbernecker Stamps and animals are from 'Happy Freezin' Season' by The Cat's Pajamas. 

Hope you have a snuggle bunny to keep you warm this Christmas season! 

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A is for Angel

During November my online friend Linda and I played along with quite a few crafters worldwide in the 'Month of Holiday Cards Challenge with Beccy of Beccy's Place. Each day we posted cards through the alphabet with a few extras, had races, treasure hunts, lucky numbers and comment winners.  

For the next few weeks I'll be sharing the cards I used for those postings with you each day.  There won't be the usual level of detail ~ there's just not enough time in December!  

I hope you'll enjoy the little peeks at my Christmas 2025 stash.  I've sure have a lot of fun making them over the last two months.

Starting with A ~ Angel

Stampendous ~ Joyful Noise

May your Christmas Season be filled with Joyful Noise!

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Merry Christmas Lilly

During this past month of November, I've been posting my 2025 Christmas cards in a somewhat hidden album and entering them in an annual challenge you may remember from 'Beccy's Place' in Queensland, Australia.  Although her digital side of her artwork is no longer available, she has still put together a great month of daily hunts, races, lucky numbers and hidden word challenges to make it fun for all AND great incentive to get at least 30 Christmas cards done!

For the last challenge (day 30) we are to 'Do What You Love' for our card entry. This year I've focused on learning new techniques, trying new things, putting down my Copic markers and picking up a paint brush.  Not easy for a crafter 'my age'! Going forward I plan to continue because practice is what allows you to enjoy the craft or form of art and also helps you perfect your style.  At the end of the day in 2025, Copic coloring is still my love, what brings me joy, what allows me to give my God glory, for without him I could do nothing. 

Recently I was fortunate enough to have one of my cards that I'd entered in a challenge, win first place.  The prize was to select one of their beautifully designed digital images.  

The digital sponsor was Moondrea Designs and their images made it very hard for me to select just one image.  Since I was in the middle of making my 80+ Christmas cards, I thought 'Christmas Lilly' was a great choice and I'm super pleased with her results!  I've also decided to use her for my final card in Beccy's Place Christmas Card Challenge.  She shows 'what I love to do' when I make cards.

 I started by enlarging the image to about 4" x 5" and printing on Neenah 110# cardstock.  She's colored in the traditional Christmas colors, shades of reds and greens, using Copic markers.  After trimming, I added just a light shade of yellow around the edge to emphasize the glow of the lantern light.  

The card base is 5" x 6" with a holly patterned mat and a 1/4" red matte foiled mat added to the completed image.  I secured the image slightly off centered to the right, to allow placement of the 'merry' bubble balloon sentiment and the sprig of holly leaves.  

This image was beautifully drawn and a pleasure to color.  I look forward to purchasing several of their designs and maybe winning another one too!   You can check them out here.   

Moondrea Designs ~ Facebook 

Moondrea Designs - Etsy Shop

Thank you for stopping by to see what I've been coloring. I hope you have time to 'Do what you love' and it includes time for yourself.  Life is so busy and will take every minute of your day.  Remember that you too are important and need nourishment also.

Thank you also to Beccy at Beccy's Place, for another fun month of daily challenges.  I miss your images terribly and appreciate that you have taken the time to continue this at least one more time, hopefully again and again.  

Pam's Pearls

 I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:  

I Love Promarkers ~ Challenge 596  

Simon Says ~ Wednesday Challenge  

The Holly and The Ivy ~ Challenge 196   

CD Sunday Plus ~ Challenge 172

Copics

Holly:  E46, YG63, G24, G21, Berries: R08: R29, Eyes: E06, E02, E00, Hair: E21, E23, E24, E27, E51, YR20, Lantern: Y13, YR18, YR23, YR24, YR27, Dress: R08, R29, G03, G12, G16, YG09

Products

Moondrea Designs, Christmas Lilly

Thanksgiving Blessings

Wishing you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving Day.

Sharing one of the fall cards I made this year using Unity Stamps, Autumn Stoop by Jeanie Hays.

 The coloring was done using Copic markers, fussy cut and added to the rust colored cardstock.  This piece was secured to the vertical leave patterned paper and then attached to the 5"x7" emerald green card base.  I added the Blessings sentiment sticker, the mint green enamel dots and then finished the card with the green plaid ribbon and bow which has a tiny copper colored leaf tied in the knot. 

My wish for you is to take time to enjoy the day with your family or friends who's family isn't close by. Be grateful for all your many blessings for we are all abundantly blessed. 

Thank you for stopping by to see what I've been coloring. 

Pam's Pearls

I will be entering this card in the following challenges: 

Color Throwdown ~ Challenge 845  

Double Dare ~ Fall Color Challenge  

Make Mine Monday ~ Challenge 265  Grateful & Thankful  

Alphabet Challenge ~ P is for Pumpkins  

Products

Unity Stamps, Autumn Stoop

The Christmas Star

Here we are the Saturday before Thanksgiving.... Christmas music is playing everywhere.  most of the towns have their holiday lighting up ready to power it on after the town parades, and we crafters are busy bees making our handmade Christmas cards wondering again this year....why didn't I start earlier??? 

I'm posting today with the All Dressed Up Design Team as we reshare this month's new images again with more new ideas for your cards.  The new images for this month were Gingerbread House, Fairy Snowflake and Baubles & Tinsel.  For my design team card, I selected Baubles & Tinsel and here's the Christmas card I made to add to my 2025 stash. 

 

I make a lot of ornaments each year and have mostly handmade ornaments on my tree.  You can image how thrilled I was to receive Baubles & Tinsel for my design team image!  After sizing her for an A2 card, I used my Copic markers for coloring and then carefully fussy cut around her leaving the tiny white border.  

I had several die cut mats on my desk from other Christmas cards projects and thought she fit well on the Gina Marie Frilly Lace Nested Rectangle Die piece that I found.  Next I found a 3" x 8" red cardstock strip that I had previously dry embossed using the Spellbinders Vintage Ornaments 3D Embossing Folder.  I had used gold pigment ink across the highlights, but it needed a bit more.  I added another coat of the ink and let that dry over night.

I could see that if I wanted to use the border and the Frilly Lace piece I needed a larger card base.  I selected a 6" white side fold card base and added the deep burgundy mat to the card base front.  Luckily I was able to trim the embossed strip so that a full ornament was intact to use on the right side of the card.  

As I was shifting the pieces around to find the right layout I could see the white edge that I left around the image was too stark of a contrast against the vintage ivory mat.  To correct this, I simply took several of the lighter 'E' Series of Copics and colored the edge.  Also after deciding that the tree was going to overlap over the embossed strip I added a layer of foam under that section of the tree to allow it to have the needed 3D effect. 

I secured the ivory rectangle mat first leaving about 1/2" border to the right edge.  Next I added the embossed strip on the left, positioning it about the same 1/2" from the left card base edge.  I then placed the colored image in the center of the card front, ensuring about the same area was left open on each side from the special papers to the edge of the card.  I added the single ornament next, near the bottom corner of the rectangular mat.   I added the tiny strip sentiment, 'the Christmas Star' to the top of the single ornament with a tiny strip of the same burgundy paper.

I still felt like the gold wasn't light or shiny enough for this card design.  I used a gold metallic pen and carefully traced over the embossed design of all the ornaments.  I also took Crystal Stickles and drew around the edge of the tree to add a bit of sparkle there and complete the design. 

This one took quiet a while to put together but the results far outweighed the time and effort.  It's truly a beautiful card and image drawn by Wendy Burns.

Thank you for stopping by to see what I've been coloring.  I hope you'll visit the All Dressed Up Blog to see the other designer's cards and to also enter your ADU cards in the challenge. 

Pam's Pearls

I will be entering this card in the following challenges: 

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge ~ Challenge 768 ~ Christmas  

Passion for Markers ~ Challenge 815 ~ Christmas  

Creatalicious ~ November Challenge #29  

Copics 

Girl ~ Hair: E41, E42, E43, Dress: V91, V93, V95, Stockings: BG70, BG72, Tree: G63, G27, G46, E71, Bucket: BG11, BG15, Heart: R17, Ornaments: Y18, R57, BG13, R59, B05, RV17, C2, Star: Y18, Top Gift: V20, V22, V25, Bottom Gift: B16, RV02, Shadow W3

Products

All Dressed Up, Baubles & Tinsel

Spellbinders, Vintage Ornaments Embossing Folder

Gina Marie Designs, Frilly Lace Rectangle Die