Holiday Thank Yous

Happy Boxing Day!  It's Amy here with a look at some of my holiday thank you cards.  I never tire of coffee, so I decided to make them latte cards:

These are square 4.25 x 4.25 inches cards.  The coffee cup is from Concord & 9th's Let's Chat!  It's been stamped with Versafine Onyx and watercolored with Zig Clean Color Markers.  The sentiment is from SugarPea Designs, Espresso Yourself.

With the help of my Mini MISTI I was able to whip up 6 of the same design.

Thanks so much for stoppin' by!

(The Heart Desires) Concord & 9th Let's Chat

(The Heart Desires) MFT Stay Cool

(The Heart Desires) VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Spot

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Mid-Challenge 7 Inspiration

We have more inspiration for you for The Heart Desires Challenge #7! Go here to join in the fun by linking up immediately or here to see additional inspiration before linking up at the bottom of the post.

We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season filled with peace, glitter and love!

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Bobby
(Winner- Challenge 4)

Toni
(using Memory Box Cabrini Ornament die)

Jen
(using Concord & 9th O Christmas Tree, Gina Marie Designs Scallop Circle Frame and Scalloped Nested Rectangle dies, Delicata Golden Glitz Ink)

Wendy
(using Concord and 9th Joy die)

Juhi
(using Lawn Fawn Home for the Holidays, Gina Marie X stitched Rectangle Dies and 
 Scalloped Circle Frame Dies)

Lawn Fawn Home for the Holidays	Concord & 9th O Christmas Tree	Concord & 9th Joy Die	Memory Box Cabrini Ornament die
Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Stitched Nested Rectangle Dies	Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Circle Frame Dies	Gina Marie Designs X-stitched Rectangle Dies	Tsukineko Delicata Golden GlitzInk

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SNOW place like home

Hello friends.  Katie here!

How many days till Christmas?  T-minus 6 days and counting!  Can you believe it!?!?

Typically we go to visit family during the holidays but we are unable to travel this year.  But, no matter, what place you call home, this card is for you.

This card features the Lawn Fawn Puffy Cloud dies, they help to make the perfect backdrop with this Good Tidings Collection DP from American Crafts.  I love the stitched edge and the colorful snowflakes falling. I inked up the Lawn Fawn Snow Cool stamp set  while using my Hero Arts Intense Black.  I also had some extra images from a few Pretty Pink Posh sets that made the perfect accents, like the bucket and igloo.  I colored it all us using my Copics and added the fun sentiment to remind me of home.

While you are here, you might as well join this month's challenge...  you can find it here!

Thanks for visiting and whatever you celebrate have a wonderful holiday season! ~Katie

Challenge #6 Winners & More Inspiration

A couple of days late for announcing the Challenge #6 winners--let's blame it on crazy holiday preparations! The entries were all amazing and it was really hard to narrow down our top 3.  Really hard!

The winner is #1 Claire Broadwater! Congratulations, Claire! We loved the woodgrain and bold plaid in this fun masculine card!

#1 Claire Broadwater

The honorable mentions were amazing too. Congratulations in order of entry to #12 Cris G and #14 Karin Akesdotter! Everyone, please grab a badge from the top tab if you like.

#12  Cris G 

#14 Karin Akesdotter

There's still plenty of time to join in our current challenge #7 which runs through December 31. Hope to see you there!

Toni

(using Concord and 9th Joy and Take a Bough dies, Doodlebug Black and White Washi, Mark Richards 3mm Gold Dots, Ranger Glossy Accents)

Concord & 9th Joy Die	Concord & 9th Take a Bough Dies	Doodlebug B/W Stripe Washi	Mark Richards 3mm Gold Dots
Ranger Glossy Accents

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Be Merry

Hi it's Lenae here from SugarGem! Bringing a little Christmas  inspiration to you! I used the THD Challenge #7 inspiration photo for my inspiration today. 

Thank you for stopping by a day taking look. 

I'm also entering this in the Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop  hope you can join in with all the fun there too! 

Lawn Fawn Winter Big Scripty Words Stamps, 

Lawn Fawn Winter Big Scripty Words Dies, Gina Marie Designs Wreath,  Neat and Tangled Beary Merry Stamps and Dies.  

XOXO 

SugarGem 

Vintage Holiday Card with Concord and 9th

Toni with you today with a bit of a glammy, shabby, vintagey card for you.  It all started out with an experiment with the Delicata Golden Glitz and Concord and 9th Stripe Builder set. Oh, yes! Next stamping the Concord and 9th O Christmas Tree bottle brush tree in gold--shows up better than I thought it would. Yay! I had used Ranger watercolor paper which distresses very nicely along the edge. But, then I was stuck for a while before I decided to color the seam binding with the Delicata--matchy, matchy. The sentiment really balances things out in that ultra deep Versafine Onyx Black.  A bit more detail on my personal blog, Frankie Helps Craft, if you're interested.

Concord & 9th O Christmas Tree	Tsukineko Delicata Golden GlitzInk	VersaFine Onyx Black	Ranger Watercolor Paper
Ranger Multi Medium Matte

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Jingle all the way to the WCLBH!

We are so happy to be a super sponsor for the Winter Coffee Blog Hop!

There are all kinds of awesome prizes to be won!  You have a full week to join in the festivities.

Here is one of the cards I created:

    Distress Inks Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot, Blending Tool; Versafine Black; VeraMark; 

White embossing powder; Copics and you can't see it but Wink of Stella on the ice.

It's time to grab a cup of your favorite warm beverage, mine is a peppermint white mocha and start hopping!  Be sure to stop back by here during the week to see what the design team creates!

Wishing you happy hopping and a very merry Christmas season!

Tonya

*I completely for got to tell you we are running a sale during the hop!  10% off your order by using code 2016WCLBH  www.theheartdesires.com*

The Heart Desires Challenge 7

Welcome to The Heart Desires Challenge #7!  You'll find that we've changed things up a bit and hope you like the new us!  Feel free to take whatever inspiration you like from the graphic--retro, bottle brush trees, vehicles, tulle, the colors, foil, Bambi or whatever else you spy.

Check out how the DT and challenge guest designer, Bobby (thanks for joining us, Bobby!) were inspired before joining in. Fabulous eye candy awaits!  Have fun!

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Bobby
(Winner- Challenge 4)

Toni
(using Avery Elle Kitsch Christmas and Dotted Borders, My Mind's Eye On Trend 2 6x6 paper)

Kimberly

(using Avery Elle Dear Santa and Kitsch Christmas, Gina Marie Rentangle Scallop Die)

Katie
(using Concord & 9th Oh Christmas Tree and Distress Ink Picked Raspberry)

Wendy
(using Avery Elle Kitsch Christmas)

Juhi

(Using Avery Elle Kitsch Christmas, Neat & Tangled Hexastar Cover Plate, Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Circle Frame Dies)

Amy

(using Hero Arts Winter Cheer, Avery Elle Happy Howlidays, MFT Farm Fresh Gingham, Versafine Onyx Black, Gansai Tambi watercolors, Ranger Distress Watercolor paper)

Lenae

(using Avery Elle Dear Santa and Falling Snow die, Lawn Fawn Stitched Tree Border die, Gina Marie Rentangle Scallop Die, Strathmore Bristol Vellum Watercolor paper)

Jen

(using Avery Elle Kitsch Christmas, We R Memory Makers Next Level Quilted Embossing folder, Gina Marie Scalloped Stitched Rectangle Dies)

Kate

(using Carta Bella Snow Fun 6x6 Paper, American Crafts 6x6 Bloom paper, Richard Garay Lumberjack Days Wood Chips Veneer)

Avery Elle Kitsch Christmas	Avery Elle Dear Santa	Avery Elle Happy Howlidays	Concord & 9th O Christmas Tree
Avery Elle Falling Snow Die	Hero Arts Winter Cheer Set	Lawn Fawn Stitched Tree Border Dies	Neat & Tangled Hexastar Coverplate Die
Gina Marie Scalloped Stitched Rectangle Dies	Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Circle Frame Dies	Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Stitched Nested Rectangle Dies	We R Memory Keepers Next Level Quilted Embossing Folder
Strathmore Bristol Vellum Paper	Carta Bella Snow Fun 6x6 Paper	American Crafts Bloom 6x6 Paper	My Favorite Things Farm Fresh Gingham 6x6 Paper
Ranger Watercolor Paper	Gansai Tambi Watercolors	Distress Ink Picked Raspberry	VersaFine Onyx Black
Richard Garay Lumberjack Days Wood Chips Veneer

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Please read the rules below before you enter. We can't wait to see what your heart desired!

• Challenges will run from the first Wednesday to the last day of each month.  This challenge ends Dec 31.
• Enter up to 3 times and combine with no more than 5 challenges, including ours. 
• Include the inspiration pic as well as a link to the challenge in your post. 
• The challenge winner will be invited to be a future guest designer. 
• Most importantly, have fun!!!!

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