The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

A "just for fun" card to share today using products from a mix of manufacturers. The darling moose is from Avery Elle's Snow Much Fun, the trees were done with Papertrey Ink's Tiny Town: Holiday Yard dies, and the frame and stitched lines were done with the Stitched Strip Die-namics by My Favorite Things.

I adore this little fella, and colored him with Copics in some bright and fun colors.

The Stitched Strip Die-namics die that I used for the criss-cross stitched lines reminded me of the lines ice skates leave in ice.

I used the holes from the Tiny Town: Holiday Yard trees as falling snow.

And the postage frame was done with Avery Elle's Postage Stamp Elle-ments die set.

I'm linking this one up to the current Christmas Critters Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

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Peace, Love & Joy

The curtain is still up on Curtain Call's Candy Cane challenge! You have until Christmas morning, 8 am CST to play along.

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Current challenge details and link-up are here.

The LEAD of this challenge will be invited to be a guest designer in an upcoming challenge!

 A randomly selected participant in the Candy Cane challenge will receive a $20 gift certificate to Avery Elle.

My card was super quick and easy to make, thanks to the bold images and sentiments in Avery Elle's NOEL set. I first stamped some snowflakes for the background, then stamped the sentiment in bold red. The length of aqua twine is secured in a few places with some matte multi medium, and then two birds are popped up on top as if they are carrying the twine in their beaks.

For a little extra something, I colored over the sentiment with a clear Wink of Stella pen.

And did the same for the two birds.

Last, I added some sequins.

Thanks for visiting today!

STAMPS: NOEL by Avery Elle

INK: Stampin' Up Soft Sky, Hero Arts Tide Pool

PAPER: Neenah white card stock

OTHER: Copic markers, The Twinery twine, 

Pretty Pink Posh clear sequins, clear Wink of Stella pen

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Candy Cane

It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

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We have a new sponsor, Avery Elle, for the Curtain Call Inspiration: Candy Cane!  A randomly selected participant in the Candy Cane challenge will receive a $20 Avery Elle gift certificate, while the LEAD will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge!

For today's card, I took inspiration from the red and white striped candy canes and the aqua ribbon. I was also inspired by the overall clean, crisp look of the inspiration photo. 

First I stamped a background of snowflakes from Avery Elle's Noel stamp set. I used the rock 'n roll technique to get the two shades of blue. Then I spritzed on a little silver mist and added a candy cane stripe and some sparkly twine. 

The sentiment is stamped in a bold red ink, trimmed to a rectangle, backed with a doily fragment and popped up on foam tape.

Make sure you visit each of the designers' blogs for more inspiration!

Candy Cane Designers

Guest Designer:
Amy Kolling
Amy Sheffer
Amy Tsuruta
Gayatri Murali
Kim Singdahlsen
Laurie Willison
Lisa Henke
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut
Monika Davis
Sarah Gough
Sheri Gilson
Stacey Schafer
Tenia Nelson
Tracey McNeely

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