Friday Challenge 71 ~ Comfy and Cozy

Here are three fun cards I made for today's Friday Challenge at Embellish-Online.com, where today's challenge was mine!

Challenge: Comfy and Cozy
Details: Create a project using velvet or other cozy material somewhere on it! Think ribbon, material or anything else that gives a warm and fuzzy feel!

I used the fun winter collection from Imaginisce called Polar Expressions. The papers are fun with dashes of sky blue and dark chocolate mixed in! I used the fun Polar Fleece pieces for my card focals.

Other things I used include Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Dress It Up glitter dots, SU! word slit punch, Warm Wishes from Come Clear Designs.

I'd love to see your cozy cards!!! Link them here or better yet in our gallery HERE.

Two Of My Favorite Things

Two of my favorite things....Fred, She Said Digital Designs and The Rubber Cafe! ....snowflakes and glitter! ....copics and cuttlebug!

This card uses a freebie from Fred, She Said Digital Designs, but be sure to check out all of her new images too....they are so sweet! I colored the snowflake with Copic Markers.

The glitter and acetate border is a fun new stamp from The Rubber Cafe! I've been on a roll with glitter and acetate lately, but it's just so much fun with snowflake images! Melissa has a fun winter collection just out too....I just had to use another lab....isn't he fun?!

Digital Tuesday Challenge 35 ~ Emma in the Snow!

Welcome to another Digital Tuesday challenge. It's my Lora's turn to host this week.
Her challenge for you this week is "Christmas Sparkle". We want to see what you use to make your Winter cards sparkle.

Our sponsor this week is Mo of Mo's Digital Pencil who is offering the winner 3 of her images. If you haven't checked out her work yet, you are in for a real treat!

To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is make a card/project using at least one digital image and include something that sparkles or shines. You may combine challenges but your card/project must be new (not shown before on your blog.
See all the rules and Mr. Linky HERE.

My card this week uses an image from Fred, She Said Digital Designs. This new image is called Emma The Snow Angel. I love it....maybe because I can see my daughter plopping down in the snow and doing this in her little pink coat! Tracey has so many fun new images....and now you can get 10% off over $10, 20% off over $20 ALWAYS :) For snow I used some Faux Flower Soft...it has glitter in it....so it looks like real fluffy snow!

I colored the image with Copic Markers. If you're in the market for these, check out Barb's awesome sales at Embellish-Online.com this week...combined with the free shipping and frequent buyer programs, you have got yourself a DEAL! The yummy velvet ric rac is from May Arts and can also be purchased there.

Fred, She Said Snowflake Medallion Freebie

I have been totally having fun with these Fred She Said Snowflake Medallions. They are freebies that Tracey posted last year on her blog. Her images are so much fun to make your own....and if you've never tried digital...here is your chance! Wait until you see all the fun stuff she's bringing out for this year! Be sure to check them all out and treat yourself to some fun this season....tell her I sent you!

For these snowflakes, I cut them out, some large with a smaller one popped up on foam tape, some just colored. They are all colored with one or two copic markers. I colored some solid, streaked some and simply used dots on others...each snowflake has it's own personality!

Other items on this card include glittery snowflake Dazzlers by Petaloo, Cuttlebug's snowflake embossing folder, Nestabilities lable, Dress It Up snowflake button and Hero Art's snowflake/butterfly sentiment.

Digital Tuesday Challenge 34 ~ Thank You and Three More Versions!

It's Tuesday again and time for another challenge from the Digital Tuesday Challenge Blog!
Today Lora is our hostess and her challenge to us is to simply make a Thank You card or anything else you would like to make to say thank you to someone.

Our sponsor this week is Penny from Penny's Creations who is offering the winner 5 of her digital images

To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is make a card/project with this weeks theme and ensure you use at least one digital image. You can combine challenges if you wish but your card/project must be new (not shown on your blog before). Check out all of the rules and see the other Design Team Member's samples HERE.

I chose to use images from Fred, She Said Designs. Winter Emma and the Chickadee is the sweetest image...and this set comes colored! Talk about a quick and adorable way to make up some cards! This set comes with 5 different colored versious, three with textured clothing!
I made up cards with four of the versions today....I just couldn't stop!! There are also coordinating papers...how fun!!

For this card I used a Martha Stewart snowflake punch and my new *fluffy snowflakes!* I just double them up and carefully pop up the *petals* of the top snowflake. The centers are glitter dots from Dress It Up! Thanks is the tiny set of the Karen Foster Snap Stamps....I just love those still! I finished the card off with some doodling and some snowflake fluff that I rec'd as a RAK...it's like faux Flower Soft with glitter mixed in! Thanks to the girls at The Rubber Cafe!



This card features BasicGrey's Marrakech collection and some little blue em*bella*shments from Stamping Bella for my snowflake centers. (Who knew Marrakech was a Wintery Collection?!) Faux stitching, distressing, white ribbon and a decorative pin from Making Memories finish off the card.

This card features some paper from My Mind's Eye and some misc ribbon.

This final card today features designer paper from Imaginisce's Polar Expressions, a SU! top note die cut in black and some clear adhesive gems.

Hope these cuties put a smile on your face today!

Winter Wishes in White

I am sharing a few cards that I am CASE-ing from the stamp convention I attended this fall. This card was in a booth that sold Cuttlebug products. I changed the sentiment and added the snowflake and the distressing to the sample I saw. It is so elegant, and the embossing does all the talking!

Embossing folders by Cuttlebug, snowflake punch by Martha Stewart, scalloped circle by Nestabilities and glitter dot by Dress It Up!

This card I saw in the Rubbernecker booth. It is such a simple card, and though my photo is funky, it is all white excepting for the blue snowflake square and the silver layers, ribbon and sentiment.

Snowflake square stamp by Stamp Oasis and Warm Winter Wishes by SU!

Happy Holidays

Today's card is for The Rubber Cafe. It features the Twelve Days of Christmas image and Happy Holidays 2.

I used the Glitter and Acetate technique again. I applied the Art Institute Glitters with glue and then carefully cut out the image. This allowed me to layer it onto the snowy Cuttlebug snowflake embossed layer.

Other items on this card are some glittery ricrac from JoAnn's, Martha Stewart snowflake punch and Dress It Up! Glitter Dots.