Merry Christmas!

Carve December Day 25 is a nod to Tom Hegg’s poem “A Cup of Christmas Tea.” YouTube has several versions of the author reading his poem. I recommended reading it and/or listening to it.

I hope you all get the chance to have that cup of tea, (coffee, cocoa or whatever your warm beverage is) with loved ones today.

Merry Christmas!

Carve December Day 24

It’s Christmas Eve and I feel much better than yesterday. I am also more coherent. 😂

I didn’t get my holiday baking done because I was sick on the days that I reserved for my baking, although I did bake a pie today so that we would have something for dessert.

We staggered out the 7 fishes throughout the day and we just have the lobster tails left to eat. The Eagles game is on and I can’t watch. Too stressful. I have Love Actually on in my studio. Mack, also recovering from his illness, has been antsy the past few days because he knows it’s Christmas. We have to be careful he doesn’t unwrap gifts. The doggie gifts are in a bag where he can’t reach them and he’s been sniffing around the bag.

We have Christmas bells on the back door that Mack is using to ring to ask to be let out. It’s really cute. But annoying because now that he’s learned that he can get a response, he’s ringing them all the time now.😂

When he goes out he likes to chase all the bunnies that have inexplicably been all over the place even though it is cold here. The cold brought them out for some reason. We put all of our plants in the shed until the temps moderate. We finally got the poinsettias blooming and they look so pretty and now they are in the shed. We didn’t bring them in because lizards live in them.

Here’s a nod to Mack with a Christmas Bells stamp….enjoy!

Carve December Day 23

I am still nursing my body through this “germ.” I just accidentally sent out the same image from yesterday, when in fact, today’s stamp is an abstract piece, a leftover piece from yesterday’s stamp.

So, if you got another Santa hat email, please disregard. Lol. The hats are on here but so is the new stamp.

Carve December Day 22

Whew I am grateful I was able to get this one finished today. I came down with something (not CoVid). Felt like crap. Doc gave me some meds and I took a nap and I feel a little better so I did this stamp. For those of you that think Florida is always hot, we get those cold damp days that if you aren’t careful, a bone chill can accelerate getting sick in an already holiday stressed body. Plus there are a few germs going around this year to make things a little more interesting.

I decided to do a Santa hat and I deviated from my sketch but I kinda like how it turned out.

Carve December Day 21

I thought that creating a stamp with text would be a nice challenge. It certainly was. I forgot to reverse the text and the first cut had the text in the wrong direction.😂

The second version was much better. I also found another red stamp pad in my studio, which works just a little bit better than the other one.

Carve December Day 20

Eleven Days of Carve December to go! Then this will also be the end of 2022.

Today’s stamp is a snowflake that I am adding to my patterns. Today’s print is being combined with the previous days’ prints to see how they look together. This is one just pattern combination.

I still need to refill the red ink or get a new red ink pad.

Carve December Day 19

The stamp for Day 19 is building on the stamps from the past few days. I have been experimenting with patterns using the previous stamps. I may even combine them with my stamps from last Carve December.

As you can see, I just need to get refill ink for my red ink pad….