Christmas Blessings

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

The challenge this time is: Christmas/Winter Holidays
And here is my card for your inspiration:

Sadly, this is going to be my last post as a Design Team member for Di's Digi Designs.  I need to focus on some other things for a while.  I've so enjoyed my time on the team and I've loved working with Di's adorable images.

Onto my card, it seems I'm always in a rush lately and don't have a lot of time to spend making cards before deadlines come.  So, I was looking for an image that is relatively quick and easy to color and this cutie fit the bill.  I printed the image out and die cut it using a stitched rectangle die and then cut the bottom of the panel at an angle with a snowflake border die.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on the patterned paper.  The large snowflake embellishment came from punched snowflakes that my mother had gotten for me as part of a pack of stamping stuff she bought at a yard sale years ago.  I adhered 3 of them together for dimension and coated the top with a chunky glitter (which you can't see in the photo).  Then I adhered a green button to the center.  I die cut a couple of smaller snowflakes to adhere around the card to finish it off.

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Check out Di's Shop here; she has the most adorable images!!

And you can go to her Facebook page for all sorts of super cute inspiration!

Supplies: 

Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "Merry and Bright" digi; Verve "Beyond Measure" sentiment

Dies: Amy Designs snowflake border; Papertrey Ink "Snowglobe" small snowflakes; My Favorite Things "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #171--anything goes

Use Your Stuff #437--plaid (on my patterned paper)

Shopping Our Stash #460--Do you want to build a snowman? (the guy with the top hat is a snowman, I'm not sure if the guy in the back is one or a polar bear)

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Fab n' Funky Challenges #541--anything Christmas goes

Paper Shelter--celebrations

As You Like It--favorite Christmas embellishments (my favorite would be snowflakes--either die cut/punched/felt, etc.  They go perfectly with the winter theme--at least here in the Northeastern US--and are easy to add to pretty much any layout)

Aud Sentiments--Christmas/winter/new year's

Cut It Up #240--holiday cards

Alphabet Challenge--R is for red

Cardz TV #155--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--anything Christmas goes

Cards Galore--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #189--winter fun

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #65--anything goes

Stick It Down Challenge--sketch

Crafty Calendar--Christmas

Dies R Us #182--anything goes with dies that Dies R Us sells (Amy Designs)

Sheepski Designs #57--embellish it (ribbon, button, glitter, snowflakes, twine)

Creative Inspirations--Christmas time

Creatalicious #257--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas

Critter Crazy #57--anything goes with a critter (my penguin and possibly the polar bear?)

Merry Little Christmas #41--anything goes

Winter Wonderland--anything goes

Paper Funday #36--anything goes with the optional twist: holidays

Crafty Creations #428--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: any holiday

Crafting Happiness #118--anything goes

Penny's Challenges #511--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #521--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Creative Moments #228--anything goes

ART Impressions--Happy Happy Holidays

Krafty Chicks #589--Christmas

Crafty Catz--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas celebrations

Creative Fingers #221--anything goes