Two different seasons

Happy Friday!!  It's time for another challenge from Jo's Scrap Shack.  As always, we are now an Anything Goes challenge and our sponsors for this week are Little Blue Button Stamps and Just Me Digital Stamps.

I got to work with images from Just Me Digital Stamps and if you are unfamiliar with this company, their images are super cute!!  I have two cards for you today as one of the other designers was unable to make a project for the challenge and I really wanted to show off these adorable images.  The first card is a bright, cheery, summer card:

     This image totally reminds me of being a kid.  My grandparents used to have a giant (and I mean giant as at least 4 of us could ride on it) dragon blow up floaty and seeing this little girl on her giant flamingo makes me thing of that.  I used my mini Misti to create the curved sentiment.
     My next card turns things around 180 degrees and is a nice, chilly Christmas card:

     I just could NOT resist this adorable image when I saw it.  I think snowmen are super cute and this little bear is so adorable.  This set actually comes with the bear separate, the snowman separate, this image and another image with the two of them holding hands, and one more with them holding a string of ornaments.  Would have used them all if I had time!  I created the background panel by piecing together strips of Christmas paper scraps.  I love doing this when I get down to the end of a paper pack and there aren't any pieces big enough to actually do anything with.  But the strips create awesome background.

      Thanks for stopping by!  Head on over to Jo's blog to see what the rest of the team created.

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 July 27th by 12:00AM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of July 29th.

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

CARD #1

Supplies:

Stamps: just ME Digital Stamps "Flamingo Floating" digi: Verve "Just a note" sentiment

Dies:  Spellbinders "Standard Circles, large"; MFT sun die; Paper Smooches "Cute Clouds"

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Crafty Calendar--totally girly
Dies R Us #101--birthdays
Brown Sugar #380--use 2 patterned papers
Always Happy Birthday--anything goes with the optional twist: birthday cake
Crop Stop #41--anything goes
Craft Rocket #50--summer
Tuesday Morning Sketches #462--sketch

Hand Stamped Sentiments #294--inspiration photo

CARD #2

Supplies:

Stamps: just ME Digital Stamps "Snowbuddies" digi

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle; PTI "Fancy Flakes" snowflake

Challenges:

Christmas at Sweet Stampin--anything goes
Cutie Pie #124--tic tac toe (I used the middle row: buttons, ribbon, die cut)

Creative Craft Cottage--the most wonderful time of the year (definitely Christmas is my favorite!  Though, I really do love summer, too!)
2 Crafty Critter Crazies #16--anything goes
A Snowflakes Promise #53--anything goes
Double Trouble--Thing One: Christmas ONLY and Thing Two: link up to Heart 2 Heart Challenge
Heart 2 Heart Challenge--Christmas in July
Try' Stampin On Tuesdays #372--sketch

Hiding In My Craft Room #361--Super Scraps Saturday with a twist: Christmas in July
Sweet Stampers #22--Christmas in July
{Pin}spirational Challenge #220--Christmas in July inspiration photo

Shopping Our Stash #362--Christmas in July
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #170--Christmas in July
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--use a die cut and/or punch
Mod Squad--Christmas in July
C.R.A.F.T. #477--Christmas
As You Like It--favorite: buttons or ribbon?  (I would have to say ribbon as it can be used as a simple embellishment just plain or fancy with lots of loops and bows and it comes in all the colors of the rainbow.  I do like to use buttons as well, though I prefer ribbon and sometimes, like on this card, I used both!)
Aud Sentiments #208--Christmas in July