Christmas With The Cuties DT Post----We're BACK! :)

Howdy Christmas Crafters!  Have you all been keeping up with Christmas makes, or taking a break?  Either way, I think you will be OK...for now!  Speaking of Christmas makes, the Christmas With The Cuties team is back after a break, and we're ready to help inspire you to get crafting with your Christmas goodies!  Here is mine:

For my card, I used an angel image from Melonheadz that is part of the Nativity clip art 2012 edition set.  She is colored using alcohol markers, and I added some Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen to her wings.  Her halo was colored using a Pentel gold gel pen.  I used a Stampin' Up lilac ink pad to ink the edges of the image panel, and also the edges of the light purple angled panel that is underneath the snowflake paper.  The Noel sentiment comes from a Recollections set called Religious Christmas.

Challenges:

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #38:  ATG or optional "card for a loved one" theme

The Merry Christmas challenge #8:  ATG Christmas

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  ATG Christmas

Winter Wonderland:  ATG tribute to blog originator, Eileen

CHNC #374:  ATG Christmas with optional "use some gold" theme

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG with patterned paper

Sweet Stampers:  Things with Wings

HLS February Christmas:  ATG with optional "hearts" twist

HLS ATG with Dies:  Use a die (Spellbinders large rectangle and big scalloped rectangle)

Digi Choosday Week 9:  ATG

Polkadoodles Week 8:  ATG

HIMCR #341:  Any Holiday

ABC Christmas:  "C" for clean, and/or "D" for distress

Little Miss Muffet #183:  ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #76:  ATG

Thanks for stopping by this evening.  Please make sure you check out the Christmas With The Cuties blog to see what the rest of the DT has created to inspire you, and also the gallery for everybody's creations.  

Take care, and God Bless!

~Marie~

Christmas Crafts All Year Round February Reminder Post

Hello fellow bloggers!  Happy Thursday!  Such a sweet sound that is...Thursday!  For those of us that work Mon-Fri jobs, Thursday is a sweet day...almost as sweet as Friday!  Well, for me anyway; I guess I shouldn't speak for others!  Anyway, I am posting today to share what I made for the CCAYR reminder:

This image is from Sasayaki Glitter, and she is called Winter Peggy.  This card just might end up as the one I send to my friend Peggy for Christmas this year!  She prefers the color green though, so I don't know about that yet.  LOL!  The patterned paper is from the Classic Christmas 6x6 paper pad from Love Nicole.  The ribbon across the middle was saved from some kind of packaging.  Peggy was colored with alcohol markers, and the red corners were sponged with Candied Apple and Fired Brick Distress Oxide inks.  The sentiment comes from the Art Impressions set called Merriest.

Challenges:  

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #38:  ATG or optional card for a loved one

The Merry Christmas challenge #7:  ATG or option to use reindeer

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  February ATG

CHNC #372:  ATG Christmas

CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG with patterned paper

LTCCB #19:  ATG

Happy Little Stampers Christmas:  ATG or optional twist to use hearts (there is a tiny one on her jacket...I wonder if that would count?)

Happy Little Stampers with Dies:  ATG (Spellbinders rectangle used to cut out image)

MIUCB #10:  ATG

Digi Choosday Week #7:  ATG

Penny's Paper Crafty #367:  ATG

Simon Says Wednesday:  Add a die cut (Spellbinders rectangle)

Polkadoodles Week #6:  ATG (2nd entry)

Sweet Stampin':  Girly

ABC Christmas:  "C" for "clean" and/or "D" for "distress" --Distress here!

Crafty Creations #360:  ATG

Crimbo Crackers #152:  ATG

Di's Digi challenge:  Lots of pink and/or Red ---I used lotsa RED!

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #87: (inspired by the red and white colors)

Jingle Belles:  A-Coloring We Will Go

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #75:  ATG

Word Art Wednesday #322- #323:  ATG

Thanks so much for stopping by...Take care and God Bless!

~MARIE~

Sympathy card

Hello bloggers!  I'm stopping by tonight very quickly to share a sympathy card I made for a friend who lost her mother and sister-in-law on the same day.

I have had this Darice embossing folder for a little while, and this was the perfect chance to use it.  Before I embossed the paper, I blended Distress Oxides in Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, and Peacock Feathers on Bristol Smooth card stock.  I found a gold leaf pen in my drawer, so I went around the edge of the panel with it.  The sentiment is embossed with Recollections gold embossing powder, which I thought matched that gold leaf pen pretty well.  I have to say, this is the first time I have dared tried blending these inks on Bristol Smooth, and I am in love!  It looks gorgeous...I can't wait to do it again!  :)

Challenges:

Love to Craft LTCCB #19:  ATG

Mix It Up MIUCB #10:  ATG or optional CAS twist

Digi Choosday week #6:  ATG

Penny's Paper Crafty #366:  ATG

Crafting by Designs:  February ATG

Crafty Gals Corner #158:  ATG (2nd entry)

Polkadoodles Week #6:  ATG

Crafty Creations #359:  ATG (2nd entry)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #75:  ATG

Word Art Wednesday #320- #321:  ATG

Little Miss Muffet #182:  ATG

Thanks for stopping by this evening, and take care!

God Bless,

~Marie~

February Sasayaki Glitter Challenge - A project for a loved one

Hello bloggy friends!  I hope you are all doing well.  I am here today to share with you a card I made for the Sasayaki Glitter challenge blog.  I have been moved over to that team from the Inspiration Team due to technical difficulties.  So anyway, here is what I made:

I made this card using Image #15 - Love.  I sized it to fit into the largest Spellbinders Heart Circles die; which is cute, but man, some parts of the image were difficult to color being so small!  LOL  Anyway, I put a piece of the dark pink card stock I wanted to use behind the die so the heart cut outs would stand out more.  The panel of heart-covered card stock comes from the same paper pack.  I added a sliver of the glitter card stock I used in my last card along the left edge of that piece, and added a sliver of the pink behind that.  I thought that the plain white base was just too boring, so I inked the edges with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide.  Oh, and my image was colored with alcohol markers.

Challenges:

Catch The Bug:  Feb ATG

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper:  Feb ATG using patterned paper

Love to Craft LTCCB #19:  Feb ATG

Love to Scrap LTSCB #106:  I Love You!

Mix it up MIUCB #10:  ATG or optional "Clean and simple" theme

Digi Choosday week 5:  ATG

Penny's Papercrafty #365:  ATG

Crafty Gals #158:  ATG

Simon Says Wednesday:  ATG

Polkadoodles Week 5:  ATG

Hiding in my Craft Room HIMCR #338:  Pinks and Reds

Sweet Stampin':  Anything but a Birthday

A Gem of a Challenge #212:  Have a Heart

Crafty Creations #359:  ATG

Creative Fingers #142:  ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #75:  ATG

Word Art Wednesday #320-#321:  ATG

Little Miss Muffet #181:  ATG

Outlawz Festive Friday:  Card with Hearts

Ok folks, that is all from me tonight.  I am missing the SuperBowl!  Go Eagles!

~Marie~