Celebrate

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is:  Celebrate
And here is my card for your inspiration:

I guess with this beautiful daffodil, this sweet little bear could be celebrating spring (it's been FREEZING here, so spring will definitely be celebrated--even though we have a ways to go!), but I am in need of some birthday cards in my stash, so he is also celebrating a birthday.  Staying true to my goal to use up more of my bits and pieces stash I went looking to see what I could find and pulled out the tag, the bit of grass die cut, and the little piece of ribbon tied at the top of the tag--all good finds!  After I colored and fussy cut out my image, all I need to do was find a bit of coordinating paper and a bit of pink card stock to create the border.  Simple, but really pretty, I think.

  I hope you will get to play along with us for this challenge--there are so many things we need to celebrate!

Supplies:

Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "Daffodil Bear"; Raisin Boat "Flourish Sayings"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" tag shape; Sweet n' Sassy Stamps grass die; Fiskars "apron border" punch

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Atlantic Hearts #244--sketch

The Paper Shelter--anything goes
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes
Little Miss Muffet #174--anything goes
C.R.A.F.T. #448--anything goes
Creative Knockouts #226--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #510--anything goes

Christmas Wreath

Esther from the Crop Stop Challenge Blog asked me to be a guest designer on the blog today.  Thank you Esther--what a great honor!  Here is the card I created for your inspiration:

I usually begin my cards with a sketch, but every once in a while, an idea pops into my head and I have to go with it.  This card was one of those times.  I knew I wanted to use my Darice Woodgrain embossing folder, so that was my starting point.  I'm trying to work on using up my "bits and pieces" stash, so I looked to see if there was anything that could be used for this card.  I discovered a die cut green "sprig" and realized that several of them would create a really fun wreath.  I used a green Spectrum Noir marker to color a bunch of white card stock scraps and die cut a bunch more sprigs (I think I used 7 total).  The numbers were also in the bits and pieces stash (in the perfect color) and I thought they were a fun addition.   After using my Fiskars paper trimmer to cut a card base out of white 110lb Core'dinations card stock, I used my Scor-pal board to create a top-fold, A2 sized card.
I used a stitched rectangle from My Favorite Things to die cut a panel out of the other half of the Core'dinations card stock sheet, embossed it with the embossing folder and then swiped some Grout Gray ink from My Favorite Things along the raised part to create even more dimension.
I used a Spellbinders die cut circle that was in my stash to trace a circle to build my wreath on. I adhered each of the sprigs around the circle with some liquid adhesive.  I used another die to cut out all of the little, pink circles, adhered them around the circle to look like berries, and added a bit of Cinnamon Stickles for some sparkle.  I added a sentiment on a hand cut banner and added it to the wreath with Scotch foam tape.  I finished the wreath off with a bow tied using my Bow-Easy and some pink ribbon.  Whenever I am adhering an embossed panel I like to use my 1/4" Scor tape to get a really secure hold.  I hope this inspires you to dig into those "bits and pieces" stashes and see what you can create.  Thanks so much to Esther for allowing me to guest design here on the Cropstop blog!

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Peace On Earth" sentiment
Dies:  MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; Verve "Sprightly Sprigs"; PTI "By the Numbers"; Neat & Tangled "Falling Circles Cover plate" little circles

Challenges:
Craft-Dee Bow Z--anything goes with handmade bow
Christmas at Sweet Stampin--anything goes
Crafter's Cafe--Christmas or red, white, and green
Shopping Our Stash #334--GAH!! Pink!
Crafty Gals #155--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
The Merry Christmas #49--anything goes with the optional twist of using a manger
Creative Knockouts #226--anything goes

Jesus is the reason

This is one of the last tags I made for Christmas gifts this year:

The red strip was in my bits and pieces stash and fit perfectly in the curve of the "J".  I love the sparkle; it really grabs your attention.

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI "Inspired: Jesus"; Your Next Stamp "Holiday Snow Globe"
Dies: MFT "Labels STAX"; PTI "Fancy Flakes" and "Inspired: Jesus"

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Aurora Wings--anything but a card
Creative Knockouts #225--'tis the season
Word Art Wednesday #314--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Stamplorations Tagplorations--all about Christmas with the optional twist of glitter

Power Poppy 12 days of Christmas--day #1 layered tags
Brown Sugar #273--anything but a card
{Pin}spirational Challenge #206--inspiration photo (Inspired by the colors, the Christmas theme and the presents)

Anniversary

Happy Wednesday!  The last one of 2017; can you believe it!?  Today begins another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  It's a busy time of the year , so you'll enjoy this one: Anything Goes!  My parents' anniversary is the day after Christmas; here is the card I created for them:

I used some Christmas themed elements since it IS the day after Christmas, but I don't think it looks too Christmas-y with the pink and green color scheme (the papers are from a Christmas pack).  The gold, partial doily die cut and the kraft cirlce were in my bits and pieces stash and the circle would have been except I actually messed up the first stamping on it and had to cut a second one.  Argh!
I hope you will play along with us in our last challenge of the year.   I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Leaf Outline Wavy", "Happy Anniversary", and "Poinsettia"
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large" and "Floral Doily Motifs"; PTI numbers border die

Challenges:
Stamplorations Theme and Sketch--stamps + gold

Crafts Galore--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes
Crop Stop--anything goes
Incy Wincy--red and green
Shopping Our Stash #334--Gah! Pink!
Crafty Creations #357--anything goes
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--fav sketch (I chose #111)

Cute Card Thursday #509--anything goes
Time Out Challenge #99--New Beginnings (anniversaries start a new year together) with the optional twist: use Christmas stamps for a non-Christmas card
Cardz TV #27--anything goes
Creative Craft #102--anything goes

Magic of Christmas

My husband and I (and various other family members) have been working on renovating our entryway.  Built in the 60's it was covered in that fabulous wood paneling and since we replaced the windows in our house about 12 years ago, we haven't even had any trim around them.  So, it was way past time!  One of the things we did was replace our sliding closet doors with sliding barn doors and we added a chalkboard panel to the center door.  While I was finishing up my Christmas cards last week, I noticed that several of the stamps would make fabulous chalkboard art.  So, I stamped one of the sentiments on a piece of paper . . .

 And then proceeded to turn it into this:

I think next year, another of these stamps will grace my chalkboard.

Through The Purple Haze #140--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #314--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Tuesday Morning Sketches #424--anything goes

CAS Christmas

While in the midst of addressing my Christmas cards last week, I discovered that I was 5 short (which actually turned out to be 3 when I found two cards hiding in a stack of papers).  So I had a quick mass-production party and created 6 cards (now I have a head start on next year!).  The bases are a nice, deep purple.  The white panels were dry embossed and then cut with the stitched rectangle.  Then I heat embossed the sentiment in the center and added 3 silver rhinestones.  Quick and easy, but really quite beautiful.

 And here is a closer look:

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Peace on Earth"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle
Darice ornament embossing folder

Challenges:
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge--anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage #102--anything goes
Sweet Stampin'--last minute Christmas/CAS
Hiding In My Craft Room #332--any holiday
Cardz TV #27--anything goes
Crimbo Crackers #148--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #509--anything goes
Creative Knockouts #225--'tis the season
Word Art Wednesday #314--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--anything goes

Peace

Merry Christmas!!!  Today is Project of the Week day over on the House That Stamps Built  blog, and it's my week to share a project with you.  Raise your hand if you have one of those Giant packs of Mulberry paper that were so popular in the mid-2000s.  Raise it really high if you still have TONS of it left!  My hand is raised as high as I can get it, so I'm going to show you how you can use some of it up.

 I learned this technique from Bonnie Garby and now I use it all the time.  It really adds great texture and softness and uses some of that mulberry paper.  Here's what you need:
--mulberry paper
--dies and/or straight edge
--fine paint brush and water or I used my SU! blender pens (an aqua brush would also work)

Lay your die on the mulberry paper, making sure you leave some room around the edges as it is hard to tear if you don't have much paper to grab onto.

 Use your wet paintbrush (or blender pen/aqua brush) to trace around the edge of the die.  Go over it several times to make sure it is damp.

Then gently tear around the water line.  It tears quite easily and the tear stays along the wet line for the most part.  But, the softness of the torn edges hides any place where it might tear off the line a little bit.  In the photo below, you can see my torn circle and the tracing around my label die.  This was the first time I had tried this with such a sharp point on the die, but you will see later it still worked perfectly.

 As you can see below, this left a narrow border around the label.  I ended up cutting those wild fibers a little bit before I adhered everything.

 To do a straight edge for a panel mat, use your ruler, or I use my perfect layer tool to draw a straight line with your wet paintbrush/blender pen.  This part is even easier as the straight lines tear really nicely!

 And while I was creating this project, I discovered a great way to use those little torn strips left over from tearing a mat--you can adhere them to the back of another panel and no one will ever know they were scraps!

And here is the finished card:

I love the softness of the mulberry layers; it adds so much interest.  The white label die cut was in my bits and pieces stash and the multi-colored dotted paper and the silver snowflake were cut from scraps as were all the mulberry layers.  I heat embossed the ornament image, poinsettia, and the peace sentiment with silver embossing powder and colored in the ornament topper with a silver sharpie.  Love how it turned out!

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Ornament Frame", "Peace" and "Poinsettia"
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; Verve "Vintage Oval Frame"; Memory Box "Lindeman Snowflake"; MFT "Scalloped trio"

Challenges:
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge--anything Christmas goes
Creative Craft Cottage #102--anything goes
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #313--anything goes with snippets (snippets of mulberry paper and the items from my bits and pieces stash)
Hiding In My Craft Room #332--any holiday
Cardz TV #27--anything goes
Crimbo Crackers #148--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #509--anything goes
C.R.A.F.T. #447--anything goes
The Merry Christmas Challenge #48--anything goes
Mod Squad--winter holiday
Crafty Creations #357--anything goes
Crafty Gals' Corner Challenge #154--anything goes
The Paper Shelter--anything goes
Shopping Our Stash #334--Gah!! Pink!
Fussy and Fancy #202--Christmas
Crafter's Cafe--Christmas OR red, white, and green
In The Pink #127--pink Christmas
Creative Inspirations #284--Christmas/winter
Stinkin' Inkers--celebrating the holidays
Viva La Verve--sketch

Crafting with an Attitude--anything goes
Dare 2B Artzy--spirit of the season

Many thanks

Happy Wednesday!  Time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a wonderful inspiration photo for you:

Remember that you can use either the photo or the color combo or both as your inspiration.  This past weekend my husband and I sang in a Christmas concert.  We've been practicing for a month and a half twice a week and there was a woman there who ran the sound system for every practice and the concerts.  Not the easiest thing to do, so I wanted to give her a special little thank you and card.  I had an idea in my mind what I wanted to do for the card, and when I saw this inspiration photo I didn't think it was going to work with what I had in mind.  But, I had to go with it and this is what I came up with:

 Part what I had in mind, part inspiration photo and ALL really fun!  If I do say so myself.  I used a puffy snow pen on the lamp and greenery and it adds some really great texture to the image.  I watched a video by Kathy Racoosin on making a plaid background and decided to give it a try.  I added some fun glittery stripes with a glitter gel pen.  You can see the sparkle in the photo below:

I hope you will play along with us this week (remember that you have all month to play along with our weekly challenges).  Oh, I almost forgot!!  The white die cut circle was in my bits and pieces stash; I wish it felt like I was making a dent in it, but not yet.  Maybe soon . . .

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Thanks Cling Set", "Large Pine Tree" and "Holiday Lamp Post"
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; Simon Says Stamp thanks die

Challenges:
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #72--anything goes
Cardz TV #26--anything goes
CAS(E) This #251--sketch

Sweet Stampers #13--anything goes
Addicted To CAS #126--sparkle
Alphabet Challenge--T is for Trees (in my background)
Sugar Pea Designs #38--anything goes
Crop Stop #35--anything goes
Divas The Cut--wintertime
Through The Purple Haze #140--anything goes

Can you guess?

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Holiday Gifts
And here is my card for your inspiration:

Hmmm . . . can you guess what their present is??  So cute.  I just love this image. In my attempts to use up my bits and pieces stash, I did manage to pull out a couple pieces for this card.  The "5" was in the stash, I just needed to cut a "2" to go along with it.  And the snowflake die cut was in there as well, I just stamped the image and topped it with a die cut button that I covered in glossy accents to make it look more realistic.  Both the dark green paper and the red were scraps, I barely even had to trim them.  Oh, how I love being able to use up these things AND create a fun card!  I hope you will get a chance to play along with us.  

Supplies:

Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "Penguins Fishy Present" digi; PTI "Fab Flakes"

Dies: PTI number border die and "Fab Flakes" and "Bitty Buttons"; Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A"

Challenges:
Hiding In My Craft Room #494--use a digi
Cardz TV #26--anything goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #58--anything goes
Fussy and Fancy #202--Christmas
Cute Card Thursday #508--festive colors
C.R.A.F.T. #446--Christmas
Little Miss Muffet #178--anything goes
The Merry Christmas Challenge #47--anything goes
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes and I used their sketch

Penny's Challenge--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday--Christmas/winter holidays
Creative Inspirations #284--winter/Christmas
Cutie Pie Challenge--stars and/or snowflakes (I used a snowflake die cut and stamp)

O, Christmas Tree

Happy Friday!!  It's time for another challenge from Jo's Scrap Shack.  As always, we are now an Anything Goes challenge.  

This is our last challenge of the year, so make sure you play along!  Our sponsors this week are the fabulous Bugaboo Stamps

and Little Blue Button Stamps

Here is my first card using one of the adorable Little Blue Button Stamps images I received:

This is another card created with pieces from my bits and pieces stash.  The other day I had pulled a bunch of pieces out of it, mostly all purple, and decided to use some of them for this card.  The three pieces of purple ribbon on the right hand side (the darker pieces were actually one piece, but long enough to cut in half) and the embossed vellum piece were both from my stash.

My second card uses another image from the same Little Blue Button Stamps set:

I didn't use anything from my "bits and pieces" stash for this one, but I did use some patterned paper scraps.  Three of them were already cut to this width, I just had to trim off the lengths and cut a fourth to match the rest.  I added some Nuvo drops to dress it up a bit.  

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool on Jo's blog. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 

The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date and the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo

All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until Dec 21st by 6:00PM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of Dec 24th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

Tree Card:

Supplies:

Stamps: Little Blue Button Stamps "Christmas Elements"; Clear Dollar Stamps Flourish set (joy and small flourish)

Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder

MFT "Blueprints 13" sentiment banner

Challenges:

Creative Knockouts #224--Christmas Delight
Addicted To Stamps # 292--make your mark (image colored with spectrum noir markers)
Alphabet Challenge--T is for Trees
YNS #79--sketch

Just For Fun--any holiday

Owl Card:

Supplies:

Stamps: Little Blue Button Stamps "Christmas Elements" set; Verve "Merry and Bright"

Dies:  MFT "Blueprints 25" stitched rectangle

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday #308--festive colors
The Merry Christmas Challenge #48--anything goes
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps #411--critters
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--stitch it (stitched rectangle die)
Penny's Challenge--anything goes
Crafty Gals #155--anything goes
Simon Says Stamps Monday--Christmas/winter holidays
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #21--anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage #101--Christmas is coming
Tuesday Throwdown #372--anything goes
Pink Gem Challenge #209--Christmas
Hiding In My Craft Room #330--Super Scraps Saturday
Creative Inspirations #284--winter/Christmas
C.R.A.F.T. #446--Christmas
Atlantic Hearts #242--sketch

Silent Night

Hello, Everyone!!  Can you believe it is only 10 days until Christmas???!!!  Yikes!!  It's time for our mid-month inspiration from Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.  As you may have heard this will be our last post as Hazel has decided to close the blog.  So sad.  BUT, you still have a couple weeks to play along with us.  Here is my card to get you started:

My mother-in-law gave me this embossing folder for Christmas last year and this is the first time I have used it.  Shame on me!  It's beautiful; I will definitely be using it again.  I heat embossed the sentiment with silver embossing powder, added a couple clear rhinestones to the centers of the snowflakes and adhered it all to a glittery silver background.  So simple and so beautiful!!  I hope you will play along with us in our final challenge.  I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Peace On Earth" sentiment
Embossing folder: Darice "snowflake, ornament, star" embossing folder
MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--Stitch it (stitched rectangle die)
Crafty Gals #144--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday--Christmas/winter holidays
Cuttlebug Mania--It's Christmas time
Creative Craft Cottage #101--Christmas is coming
Addicted To CAS #126--sparkle
Winter Wonderland--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #312--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Sugar Pea Designs #38--anything goes

Peeking around

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a fun tic-tac-toe challenge for you:

What a fun board!!  And perfect for this time of year.  Specially if you are like me and haven't finished up all your Christmas cards, yet!  Sadly, it's true, but now I'm one more closer to being done.  As I have been doing with my last couple of cards, I looked through my bits and pieces stash to see what I had that would work.  I had a sketch in mind and discovered one of the white die cut circles in the stash which would be perfect.  I just cut two more to match.  I also had the green ribbon in the stash.  It's actually a really short piece but I cut it in half and pieced it behind the main panel and no one will ever know!  So, I used the Christmas/red & green/glitter column, but I also used gold or silver and heat embossing.

 I used gold tinsel embossing powder for my sentiment and it is really sparkly and a bit hard to capture in a photo.  Here is a different angle and you can see the gold glitter paper and the embossing powder sparkling like crazy.

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us.  Remember that you have all month to play along with each weekly challenge.  I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Snowman 2-sided Swing Stamp Set" I used the one snowman from the second side of the set and "Christmas"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" circle die

Challenges:
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #83--inspiration photo (inspired by the colors and the circles)

Sparkles #83--snowmen
Crafting with an Attitude--anything goes
Divas That Cut--wintertime
Dare 2B Artzy--spirit of the season
Crafty Calendar--it's Christmas
SheepSki Designs #9--sparkle and/or shine
Stinkin' Inkers--Celebrating the holidays
{Pin}spiration #205--inspiration photo (inspired by the snowman and his top hat)

Cute Card Thursday #507--anything goes
Hanna and Friends #288--Let it snow
Winter Wonderland--anything goes
Cardz TV #25--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #363--anything goes with sparkle
Hiding in My Craft Room #300--super scraps Saturday
A Gem of a Challenge #209--Christmas
Crazy 4 Challenges #415--sketch (chose the one in the bottom right-hand corner)

Sweet Stamper's #15--anything goes
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #311--anything goes with snippets
Fashionable Stamping #130-- celebrate (CHRISTMAS!!)
Lil' Patch of Stamping Friends #71--anything goes

Skatin' By

Happy Friday!!  It's time for another challenge from Jo's Scrap Shack.  As always, we are now an Anything Goes challenge.  

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Bugaboo Stamps:

And here is the card I created using this adorable skating penguin:

I went looking through my bits and pieces stash and pulled out whatever I thought might work and I actually found quite a few things.  And then didn't use a single one of them. : )  But part of the patterned paper was a scrap (I pieced it together under the green strip) and so is the green strip.  And I've had the die cut snowflake border for a couple years now.  The best thing is that I have had a really hard time using this specific paper and, yet, it worked perfectly on this card.

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool on Jo's blog. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 

The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date and the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo

All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until Feb. 10th by 6:00PM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of Feb. 13th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Bugaboo Digi "Little Penguin Winter Skate" digi

Dies: the snowflake strip was cut for me by a friend; it's from Memory Box

Challenges:

Mod Squad--What a flake (use a snowflake)

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps #410--snow

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes

Crafty Creations #336--anything goes

Crafty Gals #152--anything goes

Sugar Pea Designs #38--anything goes

Cuttlebug Mania--Let it snow

Come And Get It--Christmas

Crazy 4 Challenges #414--color something

Hiding In My Craft Room #329--Christmas colors

Stinkin' Inkers--celebrating the holidays

Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--anything goes

Christmas Cards all Year 'Round--anything goes

Crafts Galore--anything goes

Card Mania #99--Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--wintertime

Cheerful Sketches--sketch

Dare 2B Artzy--spirit of the season

Crafty Calendar--it's Christmas

Unto you

Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built!  We have a new designer joining us this week, so make sure you stop by the blog and give her a warm welcome!  This week's challenge is a Designer's Choice and Laurie has chosen "Glitter".  Who doesn't love glitter, right?  Here is my card for your inspiration:

I was digging through my bits and pieces stash (which I am trying to use up--it will take forever!), and pulling out whatever I thought might work.  I pulled out the snowflake die cut and the blue oval.  And the blue ribbon is one I've had in my stash FOREVER!  I heat embossed the sentiment with silver embossing powder and lined the edge of the oval with a silver sharpie to give it separation from the background.  I laid down some adhesive on the background and sprinkled silver glitter all over it, making sure to burnish it really well.  After I adhered everything together, it still needed "something" so I looked through my embellishments and discovered some rhinestone strips which were perfect for going underneath the oval.  This card is so sparkly and shiny and gorgeous!

 I hope you will play along with us this week (remember that you have all month to play with each challenge); I can't wait to see all the glittery creations!

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "For Unto You"

Dies: Memory Box snowflake die; Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large"

Challenges:

Crafting By Designs--anything goes

Aud Sentiment #194--Christmas

Crafty Catz #393--Let it snow

Cas-ual Fridays #188--winter blues

Just Add Ink #388--glitter

Cardz TV #24--anything goes

Craft-Dee Bow Z--anything goes with handmade bow

Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--anything goes

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--anything goes

Card Mania #99--Christmas

Divas That Cut--wintertime

Crafty Calendar--It's Christmas

Sheep Ski Designs #9--sparkle and/or shine

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #362--quick & easy

Hiding in my Craft Room #329--Christmas colors

Come And Get It--Christmas

Simon Says Stamp Monday--icy inspiration

Atlantic Hearts Sketch #241--sketch (I was a little free and I haven't played along before, so I hope this is ok)

 Cuttlebug Mania--Let it snow