Today’s challenge is to make a Christmas card, but with a bit of a twist!!! We can NOT use a traditional Christmas stamp or traditional Christmas DP – but aside from that, anything goes. You MAY use:
Any stamp, OTHER THAN a traditional Christmas stamp
Any designer paper, OTHER THAN traditional Christmas designer paper
Any embellishments
Any colors
You MAY USE a Christmas sentiment
And please be sure to check out CAT’s Sketch Challenge today – it’s a great one!!! And, YES, you certainly MAY combine this Stamp Simply Challenge along with CAT’S Sketch Challenge – how fun.
If you upload to SCS, please KEYWORD either of these challenges as SSC08, but please also, as usual, KEYWORD the Stamp Simply challenge as ssnotime64. So if you play the Stamp Simply Challenge, you will use BOTH KEYWORDS – thanks!!!
So…How is everyone?? It has been a busy couple of days for me. It was John’s birthday yesterday (still no card made…AHEM)…but we will celebrate tonight, so I still have time! We diodn’t celebrate yesterday because my girls had their Christmas concert at school! It was so cute. They have a very small school, so Emma played violin with only three other girls from her class. Sophie is in third grade and that is when they start recorder. She had most of her class in there which is great and will hopefully bode well for their band numbers next year. Sophie will eventually play oboe (says me) and learn early winds. Yep…I need an early music player in the bunch. Emma is a cartoonist. She is gifted at it. She actually won a town-wide competition for her cartoon to be on the town’s “green” bags, and I should have it in my hands any day now. I will share with you. She has also done some cartoons (she does humorous cartoons…mostly animals) using my copics. She has a pretty good feel with them. Blah blah blah…anyway…I will share some stuff when the bag comes out. 
Sorry for the gushing Mom moment. I have direct TV coming today. WE just got ourselves our big present of the year. A TV bigger than my rear end! That means…it is REALLY huge!! LOL!! OK…off to get some deadlines met! Have a great day…and play in this challenge, because I had fun, and so will you…says me! Go cheack out what the other brilliant women did!
Check out LeAnne Pugliese’s sample here.
Check out Julie Koerber’s sample here.
Check out Jennifer Buck’s sample here.
Check out Janine Orchard’s sample here.
Check out Tammy Hershberger’s sample here.
Check out AJ Otto’s sample here.
Check out Becky Oehlers‘ sample here.
Check out Dee Jackson’s sample here.
You can see all Gallery Submissions here.
Stamps: Holiday Tags 2008 Edition
Paper: Black SU! Kraft PTI
Ink: Vintage Cream (this stuff ROCKS)
Ribbon: Stamped Twill from Starlight Studios
Other: Brad Making Memories and Joseph from my Nativity set I got in Oberammergau
Totally classy card, very unique and awesome. You do great work. Pat
Becky, this card is fabulous!!!! It is SOOOOOOOO classy — I love it!!! I am working with black and kraft right now for tonight’s post — a great combo – but I see you are using PTI Vintage Cream — WELL, I JUST got in my first order of that, so I WILL be trying it out REAL soon!!! GREAT project!!! And can’t wait to see the *bags* — LOL!!!
Hi Becky!! What a wonderful card… I love the image in the center… Just a perfect addition!
Hope you have a fun weekend. Happy Birthday to the man in your life!!!
You are too funny! Congrats on your new tv and Emma’s contest win! Oh, and your card is simply gorgeous to boot! What a fun day!
What a stunning card!! Absolutely love it! TFS
Heck, forget the (GORGEOUS) card, I’m totally LMBO at the tv comment!
Have a fun weekend, friend.
What a gorgeous card. Congrats on your TV. I guess you’re leaving me in the dust with no cable still! It’s ok, I love PBS.
Yes, Sophie should definitely take up the oboe. I played in high school even though we were a concert band, not an orchestra. What a fun instrument and so many great solos written for it!
Love this one, Becky!
You are fabulous! That card is fabulous! Your dd’s are fabulous!!
See, they get it from you!!!! 
((((((HUGS))))))
Have a good one!
Love it, Becky! Thanks for such amazing work!
Connie in north Florida
WHAT a beautiful card. Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Becky, this is so very pretty. I love the simplicity and the black and cream are great together.
Joan
What a beautiful card! I love the black and cream together and the clean lines!
This is a very beautiful card. Great job. Thanks for sharing.
Hope you guys enjoy your new TV!!
wow- this is awesome, love the non traditional colours and stamp…beautiful
Hi Becky,
I love your site and your work!! I have nominated you for a Kreativ Blogger Award that I received myself yesterday. Thanks so much for sharing your creativity!! Details are on my blog at http://www.valspaperobsession.com
Hugs,
Val
Your card is absolutely beautiful. Once again you rose to the challenge and out did yourself.Your card is quite elegant and I love that! It seems as though you have 2 very talented daughters. Hmm, I wonder where they get it from.
I hope that you are enjoying yor huge HD TV, Wayne and I have a huge one too and love it.
Mary
Kay’s Crystal Ball: Cute rubber stamps designed By Emma! Remember – I DISCOVERED HER. BTW, just the other day I told someone who had a knee replacement that their knee looked bigger than my butt! Yep, we must be related (Beth Moore and all.) Keep up the good craft work, silly girlfriend! I’m really gonna paper craft again some day — I promise. Right after I get a clean house and clean underwear (not necessarily in that order). Oh, and one more thing, Keaton plays violin too. SHUT UP!
Gee whizzies, how did I miss this? This is gorgeous! Love your staging, too!
LeAnne
So, so beautiful!