Santa Snowglobe

Once again I'm combining a Power Poppy challenge with a Jingle Belles one, as they both fit together perfectly!

The Power Poppy challenge is to CASE the card of a Bloom Brigade team member, and for Jingle Belles they want to see projects with Santa on them. I've admired this card by Allison Cope for a while so it was a no brainer on how to combine the 2 challenges!

Allison went with white on white with a touch of color but I'm not that brave LOL Instead of using washi tape in the corners I just did a full back panel of patterned paper, although I did keep the theme of stripes. Allison used Texture Paste to create a background but I don't own any of that so I went with some embossing on white card stock. The snowglobe is from a Power Poppy digital stamp set called Snowglobe Greetings. I love snowglobes and I love Santa so it's a perfect stamp for me! I colored the image with copics and then fussy cut it out.

I got stuck on the sentiment for a while...I didn't want anything too cute because the snowglobe gives off an old fashioned feel but all the sentiments catching my eye were too big to use. I finally settled on a retired SU one that I felt worked well with the image. Like Allison I heat embossed it on red card stock and then cut it to make a banner coming out from the snowglobe. A lot of the same ideas on my card but still a tad different :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Snowglobe Greetings (Power Poppy), Endless Wishes (SU retired)

Paper: Thick Whisper White (SU), Neenah Solar White, Cherry Cobbler (SU),  S.E.I Kris Kringle

Ink: Versamark

Copics: G07, G09, G19

E31, E34, E35

R27, R46

R39, R59

E25, E27, E29

R01, T1

C1, C3

N2, N4

E33, Y08, TR24, B34

BG0000, B0000

Accessories: Cuttlebug, MFT Blueprints 15 and 20, SU TIEF Softly Falling

Some Christmas Fun to Welcome March

The current challenge over at the Jingle Belles blog is to use stickers, rub-ons or both to make your Christmas card! I guess my brain gets stuck on stamping because I had trouble getting going with this..I just couldn't wrap my mind around the stickers, LOL. I finally got in gear and made 4 cards today, 2 each of the same design.

For my first card I played along again with the sketch over at The Paper Players, as well as with Jingles Belles. As soon as I grabbed these penguins out of my stash I knew the sketch would be perfect for them! My colors on the card come right from the penguins themselves...black with splashes of red, white and green!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: sentiment from Cold Play

Paper: Basic Black, Real Red, Garden Green, Whisper White, AC Patterned Paper

Ink: Garden Green

Accessories: Stickers from Recollections, Small Oval Punch, Modern Label Punch, Real Red Ribbon, Big Shot, Snow Burst Embossing Folder, sponge, dimensionals

My second card is also about letting it snow but this time I've got a snowman in a snow globe to brighten things up, along with more traditional Christmas colors.

Supplies Used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Paper: Naturals White, Marina Mist, Whisper White, S.E.I. Glitzmas/Frosty the Snowflake

Ink: Marina Mist

Accessories: Stickers by Sandylion, Real Red Ribbon, Marina Mist Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Snowflakes Embossing Folder, sponge

Merry Snowglobe

I took a break from playing in the snow and photographing the young bull moose thats been in my yard to play along with this weeks Merry Monday challenge. I honestly tried to work with the oval shape but everything I tried looked horrible, I just could not seem to get the idea in my mind onto paper, so I went with a square instead and used the Sweet Snowglobe stamp for a nice wintry scene.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Sweet Snowglobe, sentiments from Bright Hopes
Paper: Early Espresso, Riding Hood Red, Naturals White, S.E.I. Cocoa Cluster

Ink: Early Espresso, Real Red, Garden Green, Metallic Silver

Accessories: Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder, Cuttlebug, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Small Oval Punch, Round Corner Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, Dazzling Details, Glitter, Sweet Treat Cup, sponge, dimensionals

Snowglobe and Snowflakes

Its time for a new challenge over at the Jingle Belles blog and this week its a color challenge! We are told to use the colors kraft, white and light blue. Definitely colors for a winter scene so I pulled out a stamp I hadn't used yet, Sweet Snowglobe. I love love love snowglobes and this was one of those stamps I just had to have!

For my colors I used SU Whisper White, Bashful Blue and Crumb Cake. Crumb Cake is the base of the card and I ran some Bashful Blue through my Cuttlebug Snow Dots folder. I layered this onto some Whisper White before attaching it to the base. The sentiment was stamped on Whisper White with Crumb Cake and layered on Crumb Cake cardstock. The edges of all the cardstock was sponged with coordinating colors and the snowglobe is popped up with dimensionals.

I wish I could see a scene like this one more time! Its spring break here in southcentral Alaska and the last few yrs we've had snowstorms during spring break. Doesn't look like we'll be seeing anything but sun and temps in the mid to upper 30's, BOO! I'm not ready to give up my winter yet :P

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise stated):
Stamps- Sweet Snowglobe, Seasons Greetings
Paper- Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Ink- Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue, Garden Green, Creamy Caramel
Accessories- CB Snow Dots folder, snowflake brads, dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, glue pen