Merry Monday #69

Good morning! I am guest designing for the Merry Monday Challenge Blog this month! Which means you get to see a Christmas card each Monday...using a fantastic sketch! Plus...I am rolling out my very own stamps for a few of the cards! (Can you tell how giddy I am?!) To see photos of the stamps, check back on Friday, August 9th!

Here is the sketch for this week:

I love working from a sketch, which was why, when Lesley asked me to guest DT for August, I said, YES! The sketches are simple, but you can interpret a sketch any old way you wish! Make it simple or make it fancy or make it lumpy or flat! 

I am pretty jazzed to start making some Christmas cards EARLY this year, plus I am over the moon that I get to use my own stamps. {giggle}

I stayed pretty true to the sketch. Shocker! And yes, that "merry christmas" stamp is one of my designs. Not anything "earth shattering," but I love it. 

I think the buttons look like the buttons on Santa's coat! I love me some big ole buttons. Makes this card a little challenging to mail, but...you know how I am!

I was laughing that I created a "chalkboard" stamp, but then did not use it that way. {shrug} That's how I roll sometimes! 

Thanks for joining me at Merry Monday today. Make sure  you visit the rest of the team, and go link up your project!

The Merry Monday Team:

Lesley Croghan - owner
Allisa Chilton
Bonnie Klass

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle FarrugiaSue Joyce

Sherry Eckblad

Margaret Moody 

Vicki Burdick

Cardstock: WorldWin Papers Treasures Textured Pitch Black, Original ColorMates Medium Berry Red; Stampin! Up! Whisper White
Designer paper: Authentique Joyous
Stamp: Hampton Art/Gloria Stengel Designs (available at A.C. Moore PS0788A)
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black; Clearsnap Colorbox Chalk Yellow Citrus
Twine: Really Reasonable Ribbon
Button: unknown
Adhesive: Scotch 3M ATG tape; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares; Glue Dots adhesive dots