Has it been fall-like where you are??!!  In Virginia, the last few days have been really amazing.  Cool morning, comfortable afternoons…perfect weather!  My family and I got to go out to one of our state parks on Sunday and enjoy the leaves starting to turn and the amazing day.  So nice!  And….I got to do a little stamping too.  Just a little but I’ll take it!

Our own sweet, kind and fabulous Cindy Hall is our sketch hostess this week at Freshly Made Sketches and she has brought a really cool challenge this week.  The team has some really varied interpretations which always guarantees that the gallery is going to be amazing.

I am a hoarder of many Christmas things for stamping….because I love them so much!  I decided I had better pull them out this week.  And that I should also get bonus points for resisting using another snowflake.  Because I almost did!  Instead, I opted for this cute little present.  But you can totally use a snowflake!  *smile*  The sentiment is from Christmas Messages (2013 Holiday) and the present is from Color Me Christmas (2013 Holiday).  I added these to a base of retired DSP and added some Baker’s Twine that I double tied using the inspiration of Kimberly Van Diepen.  Cute, fun, easy to make a bunch of!   The present was colored using Zig Clean Color Markers.

I hope you have a great time joining in this week.  We always have such a great time looking through the creations each week!  I have a bunch of new stuff to share in the upcoming week and I can’t even wait!  The fun starts on Monday with the Stamp Review Crew!  Until then, have a wonderful week!  Thanks for stopping in!

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Stamps:  Christmas Messages, Color Me Christmas; Ink: Momento Black; Paper:  Thick Whisper White, Retired DSP; Accessories:  Zig Clean Color Markers, Black Baker’s Twine, Dimensionals