I decided to use only the sketch side. I pulled out the So Santa set from stampin up and found some cute candy cane background paper in my stash to start the creating. After stamping and coloring in the little santa, I fussy cut him out so he'd stand out a bit more in the center. I thought the cookies and the candy canes paired well with the inside sentiment. In fact if you noticed I colored my cookies green, keeping with traditional Christmas colors, and it also resembled a tree to me the way Santa stacked them.
Well my friends, another interesting day at the old renovation. So I thought I'd update you again today. I don't really have any new pictures to share. They worked on jacking up the house a wee bit more then 1/2 an inch, and with that came some more distressing news.. plaster cracked, drywall, crown molding was pushed up, and the wall paper tore and part of a wall buckled. YES my nerves are for sure shot. With that they stabilized the floors where the joists are in the basement, and then said we need to let the old girl settle and rest for the night and we will be back tomorrow to do some more lifting. Please pray it goes better with no more damages. 
I thought the little jiggle bells were the perfect addition to this happy little winter card. Just says toasty cozy all over it, from the sweaters, to the hot chocolate, and gingerbread cookie. 
Oh boy folks, right when I didn't think it could get worse with our old home, it DID❕ I won't go into to much detail, just that we now have to have the floor jacked and put a beam under it because the logs (that's right we have logs) are not meeting in the middle and the main support is not on it. Hence the house is literally buckling in the middle, and when they start jacking the plaster will most likely crack. Causing more to repair. There are so many holes in my floor right now. After we do this then we have to reroute the heat ducts.. I'm so stressed and overwhelmed.. we have a very tight budget since I'm unable to work, and well gosh it's one thing after another the last two days. I could barely make this card today, I was shaking with fear and frustration over it all, I can tell my legs are so achy. Any ways enough of the sob story, and onto some fun stuff. A Card. YAY❕ I pulled it off people. Not sure how, but just tried to focus amidst the hammering, air tools, and commotion, did I mention dust/dirt everywhere? Poor HP is a mess too. I usually listen to Love Worth Finding daily broadcasts with Adrian Rogers on line while I stamp, but I can barely hear myself think. So I hummed some Merry Christmas tunes to make this little card. I will submit this card to the challenge at: Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge
I made the pumpkin card with a stamp I've hand on hand for years. I can't even remember where I purchased it. I then sliced it 3x after coloring and layered it on some dark brown card stock. I tied it all together with a lovely fall ribbon
