Only 364 Days till Christmas...

How's that for a sassy title?! I swear that I'm going to get things done earlier this coming Christmas season, so that by the first of December, I'll be nearly finished with everything (hahahahahahahahaha). Yeah, that'll happen...and I'll be taller too! Personally, I'm still in recovery mode. After several days of cooking and cleaning, then celebrating and more cleaning, I was way more than ready to spend time in my craft room. Heck, I even made a card! I made several in fact, but I'm only going to post one today. (Come on back January 1st to see at least one of the other cards I completed today.)

This card was made for my granddaughter Lizzy. She's a junior in high school, and was elected to the National Honor Society. Naturally, this calls for a card! Lizzy and I have a really special bond, and have since she was a baby. We've always liked to play, and there were times when she was younger when she'd call and ask if she could come and spend the night so we could be silly together. I can still make her laugh. And she always makes me smile. Have to tell you what I did this Christmas Eve. She'd asked for some Star Wars Vans shoes, and while they were a bit above our budget, grandpa and I decided to go ahead and get them for her. Lizzy also likes peppermint candies, and I thought I'd get a couple of bags to put under the tree for her as well. Then the mischievous side of me had an idea...and I knew she'd laugh out loud. I took the shoes out of the box and put them in a gift bag. Then I filled the shoe box with the bags of candy. On Christmas Eve, I handed her the box first. Her eyes lit up as she unwrapped the box. Her look of pure happiness changed to bewilderment, and she uttered a "Wha.....?", followed by gales of laughter as she opened the box and found about two pounds of candy instead of the shoes she so wanted! And her family roared! I handed her the gift bag and I swear that before I sat down again, those new shoes were on her feet. We all had such a good laugh. She and I chuckled about it all night long. A glance at each other brought smiles and new laughter about my little prank. I think she'll always remember this Christmas! I know I will. But I digress, don't I?....Card. You're here about a card. And so you shall have it...

DH gave me some new stamps and dies for Christmas (well, alright...I bought them for myself, wrapped them, and signed them from him...). They're from Mama Elephant. The other stamp I've used here is the starburst behind the lightbulb; it's from AE. The focal panel was cut with an MFT die. Versafine black ink, and Colorbox yellow. Thought I'd play along with CASology this week too. Here's their cue card:

Pretty sure my card fits the bill. And with that, Happy Boxing day and happy dances everyone!