It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas

Settle in for a read. I have two cards, several thank you's, and a contest to tell you about.

I was totally inspired by the Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge's Holiday Cards for Soldiers Campaign. They're collecting cards for Operation Write Home. I didn't think making one or two cards would make much of a difference, but I love that they'll be combined with all the challenge cards.

The challenge was for Christmas cards - here's my first. The especially hard part for me was to use no glitter or sparkles. I used Serenity from The Stamping Boutique. I colored her with watercolor pencils. I used paper and stickers from my stash.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge's Holiday Cards for Soldiers Campaign

2. Friday Sketchers #119 - sketch

3. The Stamping Boutique Monthly Challenge

4. Pile It On - Operation Write Home

5. Bah! Humbug! #35 - Favorite medium - definitely watercolor pencils!

6. Sarah Hurley #8 - snowflakes

The second card uses the same image, Serenity from The Stamping Boutique, but I've gone with a green color theme this time. The holly leaves are from the free sentiment set at Sentimental Sunday. I added some holly stickers and green paper from my stash. I'll be sending both cards to CJ on Wednesday to include in the Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge package.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

1. The Corrosive Challenge #81 - sketch

2. The Stamping Boutique Monthly Challenge

Now, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at my house today. I got two prize packages in the mail today, one last week, and a new Cardmaking and Papercraft. I won a card challenge at the I Did It Creations Forum and a prize, along with a button fairy from the exchange, winged their way to my house from Australia - thank you Wendy! I won the blog hop blinkie contest at Your Next Stamp - the entire September release! I also won Stampin' with the Dragon's birthday card challenge on Beth's blog. Beth sent a wonderful box full of stamps. Peanut kept sticking her hand in and pulling out more. We're going to be busy trying out all of our wonderful new surprises. Thank you so much!

Finally, a contest to tell you about. Some Odd Girl is having a naming contest for this cute little monkey. I'm putting in my nomination - how about you?
Thanks for hanging in with me for this long post!

Happy Scrapping!

Jennifer