Snowy Snowmen!

We were supposed to get our first snow today, but the sun is shining and once again, the weather forecast was incorrect.  I don't mind, but I have been playing with snow in my craft room!

 

*Snowmen* that is!  Once again putting these darling postage stamps to work.  I just can't help myself!  The postage theme seems to slip into my creative process in the tiniest of ways lately.  I ink blended the background and stamped a vintage postcard image as well as some script, distressing the panel once again all around the edges to give it a vintage look.  

 

Pulling out this old snowman die from Impression Obsession.  He didn't have a winter hat to keep him warm so I improvised with another hat die that had to be altered to fit his big head. He's all frosted up with some Tim Holtz chunky Rock Candy.

 

The greens and poinsettia are from various die sets found in my stash from Spellbinders.

 

I have a "twofer" for you today, featuring this darling snowman from Tim Holtz.  This is actually a box that I made to fit some homemade Christmas tags to give to a friend.  It's a CASE from the incredibly talented Emma Williams from That's Life.  I adore her work!

 

I created the box using wood grain cardstock, running Lost Shadow Distress Ink along the box itself and Speckled Egg Distress Ink on the top panel, running the wood grain in the opposite direction.  To that, I used texture paste through a snowy stencil to create raised snowflakes.  Once it was dry, I brushed on some golden stickles.

 

The snowflake is included in the same set as the snowman while the "wish" sentiment is from another Tim Holtz set.  The "wish" is cut from gold mirror card stock, which I pounced black soot paint over the top until almost dry.  Then I rubbed the rest of the paint off and went over it again with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and let it dry to a nice tarnished finish.  

 

More of that beautiful Rock Candy Glitter spread selectively over the whole scene to complete the box.  The taped corners are intentional.  I distressed some washi tape to make it look like old masking tape.

 I'll be adding one of these cards to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

A Cut Above ~ November

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ Christmas

 

Cut It Up ~ I've Got The Blues

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Sing Joy

Hello friends ~  The card I'm posting today was actually made over a year ago.  

 

 I never got around to posting it last year.  I'm so terrible that way.  I take all these photo's of cards I've made and don't get them posted to my blog.  I'm a procrastinator through and through.  Then I scroll through the challenges and see if I have a card that will fit.  True confession.

 

 

Anywho, my dear friend Marcia shared this cute "Sing Joy" image from Penny Black with me last year.  I just love her darling little face, singing from her heart, and maybe a little off key.

 

The sentiment is from a set called "Caroling", also by Penny Black.

A CAS design with a few extra snowflakes to add sparkle.

 

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge ~ Anything Goes

 Christmas Kickstart Challenge ~ Dreaming of a Pink Christmas

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

 A Cut Above ~ January Challenge

 

I hope you're keeping warm, and always remember to sing JOY from your heart.

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Warmest Thanks ~ CCS

My goodness, the calendar is zipping by so fast!  It's the 1st of December already.  Christmas will be here in the blink of an eye, and then begins the new year.  I just want to say thanks to all of you who take the time to visit my blog and leave such kind and encouraging comments.  I read each and every one of them and feel so blessed to count you as friends.  That being said, I've got a "Warmest Thanks" card up on the CutCardStock blog today.  

 

You can find all the detail at the CutCardStock blog on how this card came together. 
It's an easy card to reproduce when you want to show your appreciation.  I wish you all a warm and peaceful holiday season.  

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Easy Wintry Gift Tags ~ CCS

Hello friends.  It's my turn to post over at the CutCardStock blog.

 

I've got some cute, easy to make tags for gift giving this year.

I hope you'll stop by the CutCardStock blog to see how these came together.

Thanks for stopping by!

Gingerbread Bakery

Hello to all!  I'm going to make an attempt to get all my Christmas projects posted and clean out my photo file.  Today's offering is a trio of cards made using Papertrey Ink's Gingerbread Bakery set.

I thought the chalkboard style stamp in this set makes the perfect menu board for all these yummy treats.

 

I bought this set last year and hadn't inked it up until this season of Christmas card making.  I added a tree from their Christmas Tree Farm set and the coffee cup is from my stash.  An older die from Impression Obsession.

 

The woodgrain background gives these cards a natural farmhouse look.

 

 

I had an extra chalkboard sign left over, so I added it to a snowflake embossed background and added some yummy desserts.

 

 

All sugared up!  The Plum Pudding is from Elizabeth Craft Designs and the pie is from Spellbinders.  These yummy desserts make my mouth water for something sweet. 

 

I'll be entering one of these cards into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ All Occasion

Cut It Up ~ Anything Goes

Christmas Kickstart Challenge ~ Anything Goes Christmas

Simon Says Monday ~ Cold & Frosty

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Nordic Deer ~ Poppystamps

Hey there peeps!  I've got a card up on the Poppystamps blog today.  Sure would love it if you popped over for a peek.

Their line of Nordic and Scandinavian dies are so wonderful!

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Winter Wishes Snowglobe ~ Poppystamps

Hello friends.  I've got a sweet snowglobe card up on the Poppystamps blog today.  I hope you'll pop over and have a look!

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Snow ~ Double D Challenges

Good morning friends.  There's a new challenge starting up over at Double D Challenges and the theme is "Snow".

For my card I pulled out a retired set from Elizabeth Craft Designs called "Snow Globe".  It hasn't gotten nearly enough use since I got it way back in 2017.

I added Cool Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter to the rooftops.

Please be sure to visit the Double D Challenges blog to see more amazing inspiration from my talented teammates.  

And, for further inspiration, here's the photo collage to help inspire you:

And here's what you could win when you play along:

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Let It Snow ~ Lots of White

Good morning friends~  There's a new challenge starting up over at Double D Challenge and it's the final challenge of the year. 

 The theme is "Lot's of White" and they've made this beautiful mood board to inspire you. 

Today's card uses two dies from Creative Expressions, Festive Collection.  Lattice Snowflake, which is the oval snowflake die and the Let It Snow Snowflakes which was a gift from Darlene and Diane, that I received just last month.  

I cut each die three times and layered them to add more depth.  The top layer of the "Let It Snow" die is cut out of deep blue, shimmery cardstock, topped with aqua colored pearls.

The background is embossed with an ages old snowflake embossing folder from Sizzix.  

Thank you Darlene and Diane for the gift of this wonderful "Let is Snow" Die, as well as the stencil.  I know I will enjoy using them for years to come!

Be sure to visit the Double D Challenge blog to see more amazing inspiration from my talented team members and join in on the fun~

Here's the prize that's up for grabs:

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