Kickstart with a Gathering

Howdy, Friends!  I decided I'd better get in gear with the Christmas cards, and so I recently joined in at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge.  It provided me with enough inspiration, that I thought I might as well do two cards since I'm a bit behind!  I came up with the designs, then it all came crashing down -- 3 movies and several hours later, I finally completed two cards but not the one that I originally had in mind!  Here's the first card for the challenge #21 "Woodland Creatures"...

Supplies:

   LF - Stitched Windy BG (NBUS)

   PTI - Little Bitty Birds (stamps & dies - NBUS)

   PS - Evansgon Birdhouse (NBUS)

   MCS - Ornate Labels: Christmas (die)

   TE - In & Out Christmas

   And if you look really close, I used a woodgrain ef to ink woodgrain onto my fencing  :o)

Then along came my second card, with more realistic "woodland creatures", which are by the way  "gathering"...

Supplies:

   LF - Upon A Star (NBUS)

   Echo Park - Wise Men Still Seek Him

Gathering in awe and wonder of the season, the critters brought me to enter this second card at Inspired By... gather too.  I took a different direction than most, since my inspiration was the verb!  I will admit that I went back and added some shimmer mist to the night sky after photos were taken.  Here's close-ups of the two ~

   

And the challenges ~

     

Thanks for stopping by and letting me ramble.  I hope all is well in your neck of the woods, and everyone made it safely through the early snow seen by some.

Til next time!  Hugs,

TK