Beginning to look like Christmas gifts.....

Hello & Happy Wednesday everyone!

I've got my weekly Holiday Challenge card
ready to go and share with you -

As most of you already know... I went to
a Holiday Card Class about 2 weeks ago
and we made about 8 or 9 holiday cards -
I'm not sure where the designs came from
so I can't give credit to whoever designed them
but I will say I altered them to work for me -

My friend made them as kits for everyone to make 
and made them fairly simple to create because she
has a lot of friends who prefer basic, simple card designs
and I do too, to some extent, but the cards needed
something more for me - So I'll show you the card
she made and then the one I Altered to work for me ---

Here is her card design that I had to create --

Sorry about the glare - I took the photo's of each card in their
cellophane bags -- Now let me start by saying this
card is cute but way too plain for me....
I'm not a huge fan of white on white.... It looks beautiful
with some designs... and the embossing is great...

So this is what I created with the pieces ---

First, I changed the cardbase to Red - Right there made a huge

difference with a little more color! Then I wanted FUN

Pattern papers to be my presents (like Wrapping Paper)

 so I used some patterns from Doodlebug Designs --

And since my patterns had red, green, & White in them, 

I chose to go with some Candy Cane Trendy Twine 

for my bows and triple bow tie them! I also changed the

sentiment to something fun and green to flow with my card -

and of course I used a stitched rectangle die for a clean border!

I honestly think my card is like night & day with her card...

Since it's November 1st & I realize how close

Christmas is - I thought I would start to have some giveaways

for you - I actually have a bad memory sometimes and order

an item, get it in, and then forget I ordered it! So then,  I re-order it

only to realize I have it already! UGH!! Soooo, I thought

I would start giving away my "Extras" that I don't need!

Up for grabs today is this AWESOME 

(Winter Trees Die set) from MFT

All you have to do too win it -

is be a follower & leave me a comment

That's it - Super Simple!!!

I'll pick a winner from Random.org 

next Tuesday night (Nov.7th) and announce the winner

on Wednesday Nov. 8th

Well... I've got more to share with you - But for now

I hope you ALL Have a Fabulous DAY!

Big HUGS!!!

Theresa