Christmas!? Oh the Humanatee!!

Tonight as I was nestled deep within a pile of soft furs reading a novel, I overheard some of the house gnomes talking about the upcoming Winter Festival. Apparently there is a remote clan of house gnomes living across the Pearlescent Sea who believe that it is not a rotund human who distributes gifts, rather a large manatee goes home to home bringing presents. I questioned the logic in this, as manatees are aquatic creatures and would have trouble moving around on land.

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Dies R Us

QKR Stampede

I started this card by colouring the QKR Stampede “Santa Manatee” image using Prismacolour pencils. I then added some sparkles to his hat using Ice Stickles.

I stamped the sentiment using the Lawn Fawn “Smitty’s ABC’s” set, earning me +267 wordsmith XP points, which will level up my charisma skill. A scattering of buttons and brads finished off the front of the card.

On the inside I stamped the two sentiments and the manatee image using some Unity stamps to create the punny sentiment. I realized after that I had used "Christmas" on both the front and the inside of the card, and generally try to not do that, but it was too late to change it. *insert sad face*

The envelope was stamped with a bunch of CTMH stamps to make it all puuurty.

This card will swim into the following challenges:

Brown Sugar Challenge #120: Anything Goes

CHNC Challenge #203: Go Green

CHNC Challenge Extra for November

Crafty Catz Challenge #255: Christmas is Coming

Craftyhazelnut’s Patterned Paper November Challenge

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #347: Red and Green

Dream Valley Challenge #95: Anything Goes

Jo’s Scrap Shack Challenge #66: Anything Goes

Kraftin’ Kimmie Wonderful Wednesday

Little Scrap Pieces Show It Off Saturday

Milk Coffee Challenge: Use Hand Coloured Image

Penny’s Challenge #203: Use Black Cardstock

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #233: Brads, Buttons and/or Bows

Olga, one of the house gnomes, said that the believers of the Christmas Manatee explained the logical flaws away with just “Christmas magic”. I suppose it’s really not all that different than flying reindeer.

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

Some Extra Bit of Intel

We woke up in Stuffton to the shouting of a newsie. Sleepily I donned my armour and travelling cloak and went to purchase one of the papers the young chap was hawking. As I dropped a bronze coin into his hand, he touched the brim of his cap, subtly tipping it in thanks before he started hollering again. The Guardian of Glitter emerged, rubbing her tired eyes as I scanned the news. Suddenly one article caught my eye and made me stop.

“Gotcha,” I whispered to myself.  

This card was made for the Creative Card Crew ‘Masculine” challenge that is happening now. Make a masculine themed project and come play along with us for your chance to win a prize from our sponsors!

 

I started this card by colouring the QKR Stampede “News Boy” image using Prismacolor pencils and cutting him out. The background was cut from an old newspaper and attacked with Distress Paint, earning me +112 messy XP points. The circular images were stamped with a Unity stamp. The letters were cut with the Birthday Bash cartridge, which I use for its font more than anything else. You may recognize the paper as it was left over from this other news themed card I had recently made. 

On the inside I stamped the top sentiment using the My Creative Time “Wow! So Many Candles” set and the bottom one using the Crafty Secrets “Party Queen” set.

The envelope was stamped with the same circular coffeecup stain like images, matching the front and inside of the card.

This card will spread the news in the following challenges:

The Corrosive Challenge #202: Color Me Happy (Prismacolors)

Crafty Catz Challenge 3237: Anything Goes

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #217: Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces Show It Off Saturday Linky Party

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

“Nikki!” I exclaimed. “I’ve found him! I know where we can find the Duke of Dies and hopefully the Lady Commander of Copics.”

“What? How?” the Guardian of Glitter asked, still not fully awake.

“This newspaper article,” I said, holding the paper out to her, “It has all the information we need to find his lair. Let us go. We have no time to waste,” I declared.

“Can’t we at least have coffee?” Nikki grumbled.

I stopped and slowly turned to her. “You’re right. We can’t quest caffeine free. To the cafe!”

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

A Stitched Up Message

Today I awoke to find a stitchy pig wandering around outside the Guild Hall grounds, looking quite lost. I was confused as to how a stitchy pig could have found its way here as they are not native to this side of the Pearlescent Sea. Not being able to turn away a creature in need, I threw on my heavy winter furs and lead the stray stitchy pig to the warmth of the Guild Hall barns. The poor thing eagerly gobbled up the food that was still left in the feeding trough.

“Where did you come from, little guy?” I mused, petting the stitchy pig on its head.

In response the stitchy pig turned its back to me, gesturing with his head at one of the patches adorning his rear end. Intrigued, I carefully peeled back the patch in question and was shocked to see a message on the other side!

This card was created for the Creative Card Crew KISS (keep it simple and sweet) challenge that is happening now. Come and play along with a clean and simple project for a chance to win a prize from one of our sponsors!

   

I started this card by colouring the QKR “Stitched Pig” image using Prismacolor pencils and cutting him out. Next step was making a stencil using my Cricut by cutting a square in a piece of paper so I could sponge different colours of Distress Ink to create patches. I also kept the actual square it cut out to use as a mask for some of the overlapping patches. earning me +284 incognito XP points. 

I then used the Unity “Bee Happy Hexagon” set and the There She Goes “Smarty Pants” set to stamp the subtle patterns onto the patches. Everything was then outlined using a thin black pen. I stamped the first part of the sentiment using the Lawn Fawn “Jessie’s ABCs” set. (The “happy birthday” is a Unity stamp).

On the inside I stamped the sentiment using the Mark’s Finest Paper “Celebrate Big” set, adding some stitchy lines around the border.

I created a few more patches on the envelope and drew some stitching lines around the edge to make it match the front of the card.

This pig will make a mess in the following challenges:

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #127: Over the Edge

Challenges 4 Everybody #38: Anything Goes

Craft Your Passions Challenge #200 (challenge #158: Adorable Animals)

Jo’s Scrap Shack FFC#36: Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper February Anything Goes Challenge

The hidden message on the patch was from the ragdoll clan living across the Pearlescent Sea. They had sent the stitchy pig through a portal to let us know they have heard of our plight against the evil wizard, Black Soot-Ture, who is trying to destroy the Festival of Love and they had a weapon to destroy the villain once and for all. With the recent discovery that there was likely a traitor in the Guild Hall, I couldn’t tell anyone of the ragdolls’ message. I set the stitchy pig up with a comfy stall of his own and hid the patch message in my cloaks, returning to the Guild Hall to plot my next move.

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

Gimme a Ranch Hand

Welcome to the Guild Hall. Thanks for stopping by. Today the Guardian of Glitter and I paid a visit to Lon Lon’s Ranch to help old Farmer Farley with some chores. His arthritis has been ailing him with -93 speed points and -382 agility points and he asked if we would be able to lend a hand for the day around the ranch. While not the most glamorous quest, it did provide me with the inspiration for a craft I’d been neglecting to make.

I designed this for Creative Card Crew’s “Metal” challenge that is happening now! Use some metal and you can win a prize from one of our two sponsors, Pizzazz Aplenty and QKR Stampede.

 

I started this card by colouring the QKR image with Prismacolors. Instead of blending with Gamsol like I normally do, I decided to leave this one “raw”, earning me +193 unconventional exp points. I inked around the edges and then lightly stamped the corners with the Unity “Cooped Up Notes” stamp. After that was done, I picked out some papers to use and arranged them, using the sentiment from The Greeting Farm’s “Creeper Crew Collection,” thinking myself rather clever, since it was an image of a rocking horse. Then came the hard part. To use some metal. 

I don’t own any charms, or stick pins and didn’t want to have to resort to brads, so I decided to make the weird little embellishments you see using some old key tag rings from work and wrapping this brown cord around it. (Yay - I’m over 6! I can play with this! Thanks Elmer...click the picture to make it bigger to see what I'm blabbering on about). Also...I seriously need to get a smaller glue gun! (as you can tell by the bottom ring) Buuuuuut I'm cheap and want to use all the "big" glue I have first before getting a small hot glue gun.

On the inside I used the leftover strip of wood grain paper and stamped the sentiment using the My Creative Time “Wow! So Many Candles!” set. I then doodled some lines around the edge for added interest. (I know I'm certainly more interested).

I stamped the envelope using the Dylusions “Bordering on the Edge” set because this image kinda reminded me of “lassos”....well...when stamped in brown ink anyways.

This wooden horse will be rocking into the following challenges:

MFP SpeedyTV Simple Salutations Challenge #48: Birthday

Challenges 4 Everybody #22: Anything Goes

Spark Your Creativity Now! Challenge #10: Anything Goes

Penny’s Challenge #130: Birthdays

After all the farmy chores were complete, the Guardian of Glitter and I headed on back to the Guild Hall, stopping along the way to catch some fish, pick some fruit, shake some trees, dig some holes, bang some rocks, chat with some animals, hunt some bugs....

~ Guild Master Crystal ~