Dreaming of Santa featuring Art Impressions

 Hello AI Fans and happy December! 

I don't know about you, but I love the Holidays! The movies, the music, the feeling of joy in the air all around me. I guess I'm just a kid at heart. So making holiday cards are one of my favorites! When I saw this cute little mouse sipping his hot cocoa in 5564 Mousey Christmas Set, I saw something else in my mind.  So I set out to create it. I used a little piece of Post It tape from the Art Impressions Shop and masked out the straw coming out of this cuties mouth. Then I just took my Copic pen and drew in the lines of his mouth that were missing from the mask. Quick result was a little sleeping mouse. I then grabbed 5459 Christmas Mice Set and used the cute little table holding a plate of cookies for Santa. You see, he was sooooo excited for Christmas, that he dressed up in his Santa suit and put out the plate of cookies, but before you know it, he's snoozing away and dreaming of the jolly guy! I could have used a smaller Santa for the dream bubble, but I wanted Santa to seem as large as real life to him. So I grabbed 5775 Front & Back Santa cause I also wanted him to appear as though he's asking you to be quiet so you don't wake the mouse. The papers I used are linked below. Anyway, that was how my mind worked to create this card and I love how it turned out.  I hope you do too! 

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today, and until next time - stay crafty!!

Copics used:

Mouse: E50, 51, 53, and 55

R02, 22, 24, and 27

C0 and 2

table of cookies:

E000, 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 33, 40, 51, 53, and 55

R22, 24, and 27

Santa Front & Back

E000, 00, and 11

G82 and 85

R02, 22, 24, and 27

W1 and 2

C3, 4, and 5

T2

Y23, 26, and 28

One more Christmas card and a shaker tag featuring Art Impressions

 Hello AI Fans!

I've been busy this weekend trying to wrap up shopping and getting the last of my Christmas cards addressed and in the mail!  I also made my homemade caramels which is done only once per year at Christmas. YUMM!!! Some have toasted pecans and some have chocolate and a little bit of flaked salt. Good thing I only do that once per year! LOL!!  So today I have one last Christmas card to show you, as well as a shaker tag I made. I love making tags and that will be what I concentrate on from now until Christmas. 

For this tag, I used the fabulous 5802 Joyful Snowman Set. Bonnie draws the cutest snowmen ever!!! I just created a frame with some dies and then used the 3M double sided tape to create enough depth for a shaker.  A piece of acetate between them and voila! I just stamped a to and from on the back. The hanger is from a die in 5718 Mini Journal Template Set. 

My card was made using 5564 Mousey Christmas Set. These mice are so dang cute!!! He looks like he's in heaven gulping down that hot cocoa!! The sentiment is from the same set. 

So that's it for me today! I will see you back here next Monday with my top 10 for the year 2023! Until then - have a wonderful week and hope you have some time to get crafty!!