Happy New Year!

The last sketch of the holiday season and the last stamp carving for the Carve December Challenge. Stamps also seem to be ‘on the menu.” The full pile created this month… I used the stamp in the sketch.

Fireworks

A little early celebration….. And today’s stamp carving…yesterday’s stamp became a “roof” for today’s stamp.

Sleigh

What’s better than a sleigh with 8 reindeer? A sleigh with 8 cats! Santa’s annual run was over. He’s looking forward to a long rest. This year was stressful. The reindeer went AWOL so Santa had to use the barn cats. The elves all got sick. There was a blizzard over most of North America.Continue reading “Sleigh”

Cookies

I didn’t bake butter cookies yet this year. I say yet because I still may bake them this week. We’ll see. In the meantime, enjoy my visual version. Also, I was at at loss of what to carve as a stamp today, so I flipped open Julie Balzer’s “Carve, Stamp, Play.” I can always useContinue reading “Cookies”

Mug

There is nothing like a nice hot mug of coffee, tea or cocoa or a cold winter evening. And today’s carved stamp….I am really excited about this stamp that I can use as a border!

Paper Lanterns

We went to Animal Kingdom last week. One of the streets in the back near Asia had colorful lanterns/flags and lights hanging over the ‘village.’ It looked so pretty that I knew I would have to work it into one of my posts. Disney can truly make magic out of something so simple. And today’sContinue reading “Paper Lanterns”

Horse

Today’s prompt is ‘horse.” I trained Lucy to carry a wreath instead of her flowers. I also made an handmade ornament out of her that looks really cute on the tree. And today’s carving….