August With The Creative Crafters

  The Creative  Crafters starts a monthly challenge every 15th of the month and I've made Snowman Card as inspiration for this month. 

This challenge is always "Anything Goes".  
Be sure to join The Creative  Crafters challenge! 

I guess I have a thing with Snowmen and these are some cuties.  I brought out my Stickles to add some glitter and fun for the Winter season.  The background die cut adds some depth and pattern to the card.  

Supplies:
Brass and Bliss Snowman Set
Waffle Flower Essential Sentiments stamps & matching dies
Stickles  - Christmas Red, Faded Jeans, Holly & Crystal
Distress Oxide ink - Broken China

I'm entering the following challenges:

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes UNLimited

Crafts Galore Encore - "Anything goes" (3/3)

Welcome To a Scrappy Tails Card

Welcome to a Scrappy Tails house card.  I love the two Christmas sets of Santa's Workshop and German Winter Village because they can really complement each other.   last card this month using Scrappy Tails products and I have really enjoyed these products.  Be sure to enter the Die Cut Divas' challenge to add glitter.

The object of the Die Cut Diva's challenge is to add glitter.  This card is a larger than normal size for me - 5" X 6 1/2" card.  I bought these at a local craft store years ago and now I needed one for my larger house and it worked out even better than I thought.  I had a slimline star studded pack of paper in different colors and after putting my large colored house on the different colors, I chose a dark green color (it looks aqua here, but it isn't).  I die cut white hills to cover up the bottom of the card.  I must say, even though it's an unusual colored sky, it fits.  I added glitter to the Christmas tree tops and along the die-cut hills.

Supplies:
Scrappy Tails Santa's Workshop (Large House)

Scrappy Tails German Winter Village stamps (out of stock) & dies
Elizabeth Craft Designs Adventure Edges (for the snow hills)

Kat Scrappiness Star Lights Jewel slimline paper - no longer available

Stickles - Yellow & Crystal
Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss Simply White and Red Berry
Wink of Stella (on the windows)

Copic markers
Aleene's True Snow (I use a toothpick to layer the snow)

Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:

Christmas Cards All Year Long Different themes - all Xmas

Merry Little Christmas Challenge (always Anything Christmas Goes) 1 of 8

Peace on Earth Xmas "Always Christmas & Anything Goes" #66 The 12 months of Christmas challenge - "Anything Goes" 

Polkadoodle's Craft Challenge "Anything Goes"
Gem of a Challenge - "Anything Goes"                       
Creatalicious  "Anything Goes" NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff) Large house #64
Kat Scrappiness Christmas in July challenge * Die cuts, Holiday tree (Christmas Tree), Stamps & add snow.

A Play Day with Craft Roulette

Our Spin of the Wheel for Episode #166 brought up:
Project: Small Bag - hand bag
Colors: Rainbow - background
Element: Wheel - car wheel
Random: Shimmer - Wink of Stella

I knew which stamps I wanted to use, but not sure how to put them together and finally decided on a Shadow Box card.  I could have my lady with her shopping bag and great old car together. I thought the background stripes fit the rainbow colors for the most part with the purple car adding that great color for a jalopy.

I wish you could see the sparkle on the gal's dress and old car. 

Supplies:
My Favorite Things Die-Namics Snow Drifts
My Favorite Things Shadow Box Die-namics
Rubbernecker Stamps Mini Phrases 1 - sentiment
Rubbernecker Stamps  Fayth - I have the stamp, but digital is here
Rubbernecker Stamps Two Tone (car) - I have the stamp, but digital is here
Crystal Stickles
Wink of Stella - clear
Copic markers
Cardstock Panel - PEBBLES Hip Hip Hooray Birthday Wishes in stash
Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:

Digi Choosday - "Anything Goes" Wk 21

Gem of a Challenge - "Anything Goes" Wk 11                        

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge "Anything Goes"

The Paper Funday - "Anything Goes" #53 w/opt twists - no embossing

Love To Scrap Challenge (always Anything Goes) #161

Mix It Up Challenge Anything Goes #65 no embossi

A Joy Clair Designs Day

 
The sponsor for Die Cut Divas for April is Joy Clair Designs.  You can find everything from clear and digital stamps to dies, stencils and paper.  I've been creating with JOY!  

The Theme is Tic Tac Toe.  Be sure to join the fun at Die Cut Divas for a larger view of the Tic Tac Toe grid.

The Prize is three digital stamp sets.

I think there have been times in our lives when we've stuck by our friends through thick and thin, whether it's been a physical loss or emotional distress. I have a friend who's recovering from knee surgery and I thought I'd send this card to her as we've been friends for over 40 years.

I chose to use the top "across" section of the Tic Tac Toe grid, (at least 2 layers not counting the base, bling/glitter & the color red). I used metal hearts and red stickles to the centers of the flowers.

Supplies:

Joy Clair Designs Count Me In digital image

QuicKutz Nesting Scallop Square die-cuts

Kat Scrappiness Never Ending Square die-cut

Copic markers

Stickles - Xmas Red in the center of the flowers

Vagabond die-cut machine

Hearts are a gift from a friend

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Polkadoodle's Craft Challenge "Anything Goes" 

Digi Choosday - Wk 13 "Anything Goes" 

Colour Crazy - Wk 13 "Anything Goes"

Simon Says Wednesday - "Anything Goes"

Julia Spiri and World Wide Open Design Team Challenge for December

 World Wide Open Design Team Challenge

You MUST be a DT on any Design Team in the World to be eligible to enter this Challenge ~ New exception rule, this challenge is now open to any of Julia Spiri Facebook Members, and you are not required to be on a DT.

The challenge runs from December 15th through January 12th, Sydney Time Zone 7:00 a.m. or if you're in California, like me, The challenge starts on a Tuesday, December 14, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight

I had enough time and energy to make two cards using the Winter Houses image from Julia Spiri.  I used a digital background and cut the house image out to adhere to the paper.  I wanted only blues with a pop of green.  Lots of Stickles makes this a very glittery card.  The embossing added nice texture, but you can't see that on every raised dot is a bead of Crystal Stickles.  The whole card literally sparkles.

I wanted to give this larger Winter Houses image a warm feeling, so added yellow to the brown tones of the house.  I also added white Nuvo drops (Simply White) to the trees, house, smoke and snow, leaving almost no surface untouched.  I then added copious amounts of Crystal Stickles to the areas untouched by the Nuvo drops.  I had lots of fun coloring this image.

Close-up below  I used RV91 and RV93 for the tempestuous sky.  I hope you can see the Nuvo drops and Stickles clearly.  This close-up really does not do the finished card credit, but only a close-up can show you what I did.

Supplies:

Julia Spiri digital Winter Houses

Julia Spiri Winter Watercolor Digital Paper (first card only)

Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles dies

Darice embossing folder (first card only)

Crystal Stickles

Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss - Simply White (2nd card only)

Copic markers

Vagabond die cut machine

I am entering the following challenges:

Challenge Up Your Life - # 142 - Magical Christmas

Christmas 24 - challenge #042 - Embellishment

Classic Design - #12 - ATG

Merry Little Christmas - MLCCB #41 - Anything Christmas Goes