Animal Shelf

Hi folks, hope you are all well!

Here I am sharing my card I made for one of the girls at work to give to her daughter.

I used papers from LOTV and layered them onto white bazzill card.  I added a piece of lace to one of the layers.  The image is from di's Digis called Animal Shelf which I coloured with Spectrum Noir blendable pencils.  I added some flowers and ribbon and slotted in a dummy charm...you can just about see it!

I finished with some pearls and sequins....hope you likey!

challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - anything goes

ABC Challenge - P for pearls

Noor Design - flowers and lace

Di's Digis - ribbon, lace, flowers

Sweet Stampin - buttons and/or ribbon

Deep Ocean Challenge - anything goes

Fi

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Festival Lily...

A quickie tonight whilst I'm watching the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games...yahoo!!

So there's a wee colouring competition over on Facebook on the Kit and Clowder page so I thought I would give it a bash.

The image is the freebie over on Facebook which I have coloured with spectrum noirs, the papers are MME - Hattie which I layered onto back card....and believe it or not there's no doodling but there is stitching.  I have also added lace and ribbon, the flowers are various die cut flowers.....oh and those teeny butterflies are just fab!! I added some glitter, pearls and gems to finish.

challenges:

ABC Challenge - P is for pearls

Stamping Sensations - summer blooms

Totally Gorjuss - butterflies

Bunny Zoe - bingo (flowers, lace, sentiment)

Fi

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Nifty at Fifty...

Hey all....thought I would quickly blog this wee card I made a couple of weeks ago as I had forgot I hadn't done it already!!  I made this for one of the girls at work who was Fifty...I have a few friends who are Fifty this year and when I saw this die sentiment I knew I had to have it!!

The papers are digi papers from The Sweet Shoppe, I layered them onto bazzill card and distressed some of the layers, the stamp is from My Favourite Things which I coloured with copics. I added a piece of lace under one of the layers and added pearls to the corners of the layers. I added a die cut flourish and flower fastened with a brad...hope you likey!!

supplies:

papers - The Sweet Shoppe

dies - My Mum's Craft Shop

lace - stash

stamp - MFT - My Mum's Craft Shop

pearls - The Hobby House

Brad - The Hobby House 

pens - copics

challenges:

ABC Challenge - f for flowers

The Hobby House - anything goes

Color me Creative - anything goes

Allsorts - ladies day

Stampin for the Weekend - flower power

Divas by Design - rubber stamps only

Papertake Weekly - lovely layers

City Crafter Challenge - flowers and lace

Fi

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A Little Hug...

Hello everyone...hope you are all enjoying your weekend!!  I have been a bit manic with work recently however this is the first weekend in a wee while that I haven't had to work so priorities right and a card was in the making!!

The lovely Abi sent me these papers and they are beautiful, gorgeous colours and right up my street...thank you my love!! So I hope you like what I have made with them...

So this is my favourite sketch...you may have noticed, I sometimes do a wee variation it it though...the stamp is "A Little Hug" from Leanne Ellis at Sugar Nellie, the papers are MME - Hattie, the flowers have been cut with 2 different die-namics dies, the buttons have also been cut using a die-namics die. The hearts have been cut with my sizzix hearts die....so I am not into valentines although I think this looks ok, non pink but with hearts.

I layers the papers onto kraft card and doodled around each of the edges of the layers, I also did a bit of distressing to the layers, I coloured the image with copics and then shaded with polychromos.  I layered the image onto the card and added a ribbon and tied a little bow at the side.  I attached a die cut button and charm, added the die cut flowers and hearts. The sentiment is from Personal Impressions which I thought matched the image well...

supplies:

papers - MME Hattie

stamp - A Little Hug - Funky Kits

pens - copics

pencils - polychromos

charm - The Hobby House

pearls - The Hobby House

ribbon - The Ribbon Girl

dies - die-namics buttons, rolled rose/flower (My Mum's Craft Shop)

die - sizzix heart

challenges:

Bunny Zoe - hearts

My Mum's Craft Shop - spots and stripes

Crafty Ribbons - ribbons and bows

The Hobby House - anything goes

Graph It's - florals/love

Stampin for the Weekend - flowers

4 Crafty Chicks - pearls

Simon Says Stamp - get krafty

Papertake Weekly - with a heart
ABC Challenge - F for flowers
Color me Creative - anything goes
The Kraft Journal - love

Fi

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At last....

 Good morning sugar fans and here we have the launch of the next batch of Sugar sweetness...they are just Crimbo fantastic!!

As normal we are having a hop to celebrate the launch of the new stamps however the Sugar Bowl DT are joining in and sharing some of the current Christmas images which are still available whilst the Sugar Nellie team are sharing the new images which are available at

Funky Kits....

 Please remember to leave a comment on every blog if you want to be in with a chance of winning some yummy candy!!

So you should have arrived here from the lovely Wendy's blog, if you haven't then you need to pop back to the Sugar Nellie blog to the start of the hop.

For my card I have used Festive Friends which I have coloured with copics, I added glitter to the furry bits on Santa's hat, the papers are Fancy pants Hot Chocolate...which I just love.  I layered the papwers onto kraft card and I distressed each of the layers.  I punched a couple of snowflakes and glittered them up.  I threaded a piece of thick twine around one of the layers and fixed with huge button and then finished with some pearls.

Next you need to pop over to see Anita's blog beautiful card!!


challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
ABC challenges - no flowers
Bunny Zoe - Bingo (button, sparkle, pearls)
Stamp & Create - glitter
Totally Gorjuss - texture



Fi
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Snow is Falling...

Good morning folks and another post from me!!

Well first I thought I would give you a wee update on my new iphone...I am now loving it!!  You were all right!!  I have everything in the one place..emails, messages, calls, blogger, music and photos...love it!!

The challenge today over at Lili's Little Fairies is "Christmas in August"...a nice easy one.  

So for my card I have used one of the new Christmas stamps from LOTV...I just love snowmen and when I saw this stamp I knew it was a must.  I have coloured the snowmen with copics and done some shading with polychromos.  The papers are Fancy Pants Hot Chocolate...which are nearly finished....:(  The snowflakes have been punched in the same papers, the tree has also been cut with paper from the same collection.  I layered the papers onto kraft card and added some stitching to each of the layers and the distressed the edges.  The tags are also from LOTV and have been attached with some twine.  I finished with some pearls, giant gems and glitter...lots of it!!

supplies:

papers - Fancy Pants Hot Chocolate

stamp/tags - LOTV

pens - copics

pencils - polychromos

die - Distinctively Dee's Tree

punches - MS Arctic Snowflake and Himalayan Snowflake

rhinstone brads/pearls - the Hobby House

stickles - stash

glamour dust - stash

twine - stash

challenges:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

LOTV Ideas to Inspire - make it festive

Simon Says Stamp - triangles(christmas trees)

ABC Christmas challenge - p is for pearls

Deep ocean - Christmas in July

The Kraft Journal - layers

The Hobby House - Christmas

Totally gorjuss - anything goes with pearls
The ABC challenge - s is for stitching
Christmas Cards all Year round - fussy and fancy

Fi

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A sprinkling of glitter...

Good morning Saturday bloggers....another blustery day here in sunny Scotland...lol!!

So I am up bright and early this morning as I want to get on with some card making...lots to make!!  I also need to play with my new iphone...now I really wasn't liking it yesterday when it arrived however by the time I went to bed last night I was getting used to it and I was feeling a bit happier with it.  I have now got some music on it too so even better...just need to practice with the alarm....that's why I am up early too...lol!!

Anyway...for my card this morning I have used papers from The Sweet Shoppe (which I love), the perfect colour of papers for me..I layered each of them onto bazzill card, distressed the edges and then also stitched each of them.  The stamp is Tilly from Saturated Canary which I coloured with copics...also added glitter to her wings and clothing.  the flowers are die-namics flower trio die and I added some pearls to the centres and also added pearls to the corners of each of the layers.

supplies:

papers - The Sweet Shoppe

stamp - Tilly Saturated Canary

pearls - The Hobby House

glitter - stash

die - die-namics flower trio

challenges:

Papertake Weekly - sketch #81

Saturated Canary - set your creativity free

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps - lots of layers
Crafty Calendar - anything goes
ABC Challenge - M for micro (teeny weeny pearls)
Polka Doodles - birthday girl
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
Crafts and Me - anything goes
Divas by Design - favourite colour combo
Totally Gorjuss - anything goes with pearls

Fi

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Toot toot...

Howdy folks....well a weekend of rain so get out the pens!!

So one of the young girls at work asked me to make a pink girly card for her friend who was about to sit her driving test, I hoped it wasn't tempting fate by making the card before she sat the test...however it wasn't as she did pass and here's the card!!

The papers are from Echo Park Love Story, the image is from Meljens Designs which I coloured with promarkers for a wee change and the flowers have been cut using my die-namics flower trio die which I doodled.  I added a ribbon bow fastened with a button...oh and doodled around the edges!!

Well done Poppy!!

supplies:

papers - Echo Park Love Story

image - Vroom, Vroom -Meljens Designs

pens - copics

dies - die-namics flower trio

ribbon - The ribbon girl

pearls - pearl pen

button - stash

challenges:

ABC Challenge - Pretty in Pink

In the Pink - flowers 

Totally Papercrafts - flowers and bows

Crafty Ribbons - flowers Galore

Meljens Designs - pretty in pink

I ♥ Promarkers - anything goes

Fi

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A little bit manly...

 

Good morning Sunday bloggers...where has the sun gone??  It was roasty toasty yesterday but looks like we are back to the normal dull weather today.

So my mum asked me to make her a card for a friend who is going to be 70, she wanted something with a cowboy theme as he was cowboy daft when he was younger.  I told her the only image I had was a half naked man wearing a cowboy hat....and she said that would be perfect....lol!!

So I have used papers from Carta Bella Giddy Up Boy, the image is from Victoria Case which I coloured with copics.  I added some twine and attached a cowboy hat charm and punch out a star and added the numbers to it...oh and some doodles!!

supplies:

papers - Carta Bella Giddy Up Boy

image - Victoria Case

pens - copics

twine - The Ribbon Girl

charm - stash

challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity - one for the boys

Totally Papercrafts - dies/punches

Simply Create Too - masculine

Copic Markers Europe - boys aloud

Paper Crafting Journey - masculine

Simon Says Stamp - masculine

Bearly Mine - dies/punches

Creative Card Crew - punches/dies

papertake Weekly - anything goes

ABC Challenge - masculine 

Creative Craft Challenge - for the fellas

Fi

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oooh another digi...

Howdy doody my fellow bloggers...did I tell you I am on holiday from work today...and I should really be doing some housework which I will do once I have got my priorities sorted.

So since I got so many lovely comments yesterday on my digi colouring, i thought I would do another!!  I have to say I can colour these more easily with pencils than pens!!  I have used papers from MME - My girl...which are just devine!!  The image is Alicia from Sugar Nellie and I coloured her with copics and then polychromos.  The flowers are die-namics trio die.  I added some pearls to the centres of the flowers and at the corners of the layers.

supplies:

papers - MME My Girl - My Mum's Craft Shop

image - Alicia - Funky Kits

dies - die-namics flower trio die

pearl pen - funky Kits

copics - My Mum's Craft Shop

polychromos - Hobbycraft

challenges:

Raise the Bar - anything goes

Charisma Cardz - anything goes

Bunny Zoe - flowers and pearls

ABC Challenge - H for Happy Birthday

Fi

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phew...at last

Hey sweet bloggers....at last I have managed a post today!!  now I have made several attempts at coulouring these beautiful digis from Sugar Nellie...but I am so rubbish at it!!  This was was my best effort and has taken me most of the day to colour but I have to say that I am quite pleased with it given what the others looked like!!

So the digi is called Amber from Sugar Nellie and I coloured her with copics and polychromos.  The colouring seemed to work best when I coloured a base with the copics and then built up the colour with the pencils....will try this method again but not today!

I saw the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday was an eye for detail and to me that meant a face focusing on the eyes...I do love Amber's eyes!!

I have used papers from MME - Unforgettable which I will need to buy more of cos these are so gorgeous and I cannot run out!! I distressed each of the layers before layering onto bazzill card, then I also distressed the card.  I made the flower from some felt with my die-namics rolled daisy, the flourish is from Magnolia.  There is dotty ribbon underneath the flower but I think it has taken over that spot on the card. I added a piece of aqua lace and some tiny pearls to the image to finish...hope you like.

supplies:

papers - MME - Unforgettable My Mum's Craft Shop

lace - Funky Kits

image - Amber - Sugar Nellie Funky Kits

die-namics rolled daisy - My Mum's Craft Shop

Magnolia - fancy flourish - stash

pearl pen - Funky Kits

dotty ribbon - stash

challenges:

The Ribbon girl - aqua

Stampin' for the Weekend - distressing

Charisma Cardz - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - eye for detail

Bunny Zoe - flowers and pearls
Color Me Creative - girly
Raise the Bar - anything goes
ABC challenge - H for Happy birthday
Sentimental sundays - lace and pearls

Fi

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Hello Audrey....

Good morning my luvvlies and my scheduled post...

So the team over at My Mum's Craft Shop are sharing some inspiration with you this week, you've seen some fabby cards this week already and a few more to go but first there's mine!!

When I saw this stamp I just had to have her...she is adorable and perfect for paper piecing although it did take me almost 4 hours so although very therapeutic, I'm not sure I would do that in a hurry again...

The papers are Basic Grey - Little Black Dress which I layered onto Bazzill card, I then stitched each of the layers.  I added a doily, some lace and ribbon aswell for a bit of texture...the flower is a die-namics mini hybrid rolled rose(fabby) and I layered that onto a die-namics fancy flourish and finished with some stickles and a birthday message....oh almost forgot I made some tiny pearls too. hope you can see the photo ok...it's not easy to get a good photo of dark colours!!

Pop over to My Mum's Craft Shop and check out the new arrivals in store this week including MME papers, die-namics to name but a few...

supplies:

papers - Basic Grey - Little Black Dress

stamp - Stamping Bella - Audrey Loves make up

copics - My Mum's Craft Shop

die-namics - mini hybrid rose and fancy flourish - My Mum's Craft Shop

lace - in my stash

ribbon - in my stash

stickles - My Mum's Craft Shop

challenges:

One Stop Craft Challenge - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - anything goes with lace

Totally Papercrafts - make your own embellishments

ABC challenge - going dotty

Crafty ribbons - anything goes with ribbon

Hannah and Friends - anything goes

Bunny Zoe - anything goes

Fi

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A Little Fashionista...

Good morning folks and here I am, a day late but hopefully excused....I had to clear out my wee craft room as the glazier was coming to measure for a new window cos some charming child smashed my window with a snowball!!  so all measured and stuff back in room but to be moved back out on Thursday(I think) when he comes to fit it!!

So the challenge this week at Sweet Stampin' is "ribbons"...

Our sponsor this week is the fabby "Crafty ribbons" and we also have our monthly sponsor "The ribbon girl".

For my card I used papers from Echo Park - Love Story and layered them onto black card, the stamp is Fashionista from sugar Nellie which I have coloured with copics, I added a piece of ribbon and some gems and finished with a birthday message.

supplies:

papers - Echo Park Love Story - My Mum's Craft Shop

stamp - Fashionista - Funky Kits

copics - My Mum's Craft Shop

gems - in my stash

ribbon - in my stash

challenges:

Stampin' for the Weekend - something girly

Copic markers - anything goes

Nutcrafters - cute and girly

Creative Card Crew - girly

ABC challenges - birthday cards

Bunny Zoe - anything goes

Fi

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Sugar Bowl challenge 98

Good morning sugar fans and it's that time again...yes time for another challenge over at The Sugar Bowl.

Today's challenge is the fabby sketch below...

with the optional extra of "Let it Snow"...

As always the prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from FunkyKits...

...over 100 entries then that prize increases to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps.

For my card I have used Titania which I coloured with copics, the papers are Echo Park - Winter Wishes. The snowflakes is a MS punch which I glittered up  I added a pearls to the centres of the snowflakes.


Simon Says Stamp - what's your favourite(MS snowflake punch)
Joanna Sheen - with love at Christmas
ABC Challenge - your favourite punch/die (MS snowflake punch)
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Everybody Art Challenge- anything goes
Loves Rubber Stamps - let it snow
papertake Weekly - snow white
ABC - let it snow
Cupcake - Merry Christmas
lexi's Creations - snow
Love to Create - anything goes
pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Christmas
Dream Valley - Christmas
2 Sisters - snowflakes
One Stop Craft challenge - christmas friends
Totally Gorjuss - oh no snow




Fi
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If you haven't already seen the new Official Sugar Nellie Group on Facebook...then pop over to join in the fun!!

My favourite sweet pea..

What another beautiful day and I only have one more day before I go back to work...boo hoo!! I am posting this card so that my friend can see it as I won't see her until the weekend....she asked mt to her a card for her daughter. I hope she likes it...I used this Sweet Pea stamp which is my favourite one and she is called "Come Softly" and I coloured her with copics. The papers are from MME - So Sophie. I stitched the layers of card together, gave the butterfly a 3d look and added some glitter which you can't really see unless you zoom. Look it's my favourite colour combo too!!

I{heart}2stamp - sketch
In a Sweet Pea Dream - favourite colours
ABC - s for sparkle
Stampavie - birthday
Papertake Weekly - spots & stripes(there is spots on the brown papers)
A spoon full of sugar - celebrate
Craft Your Passion - dots


Fi
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Next up...

Told you I had to make up for all those missing die-namics on my last card...well I just love this Sassy stamp, she is adorable!! It's my friends birthday at the weekend so I am hoping she will like this...and she legs like this...so jealous!! the stamp is Fabulous Darling from the Simply Sassy range at Sugar Nellie....so cool!! I have coloured her with promarkers and added glitter...you can see it if you zoom!! The papers are from MME - So Sophie collection and I added lots of flowers!!

The Sugar Bowl - sketch
Tuesday Throwdown - sparkle
ABC - sugar & spice
Lollipop Crafts - all girl
Little Miss Muffet - glitter & shine
Incy Wincy - flower frenzy


Fi
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Birthday wishes...

I've been diddling away at this card off and on all day in between housework etc.. This stamp was one of my buys at the SECC which is from LOTV and I have coloured her with copics. The papers are from MME Stella Rose collection. The flowers are cut using a die-namics die from My Favourite Things which I have to say I am loving as it's just so simple. I had to add some glitter to this image. I have entered the following challenges.

Fussy and Fancy - sketch
Dutch Dare - photo
The Crafty Purple Frog - fly away with us
LOTV - flowers
ABC - pearls
Cute Card Thursday - birthday
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
ABC DT Challenge - happy birthday


Fi
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Cutie christmas..

Hi everybody, hope you are all warm and cosy!! Well the snow came back yesterday and it's been so freezy and icy and the snow has to come back again tomorrow!! Oh no!! Well I have only managed this card today as I have had to do housework and stuff as I had to work my day off yesterday to make up for the day I had off when the snow was at it's worst but I did get my Tesco shopping delivered before I went to work...yay...food again!! Onto the card....I bought this stamp at the SECC in October and believe it or not this is the first time I have used it and it's so cute...the pink on her dress looks a bit too pink but IRL it is more red. The stamp is of course from LOTV and coloured with copics and the Papers are Echo Park - Wintertime. I punched some stars for this card as I felt they went better with the image rather than snowflakes. Keep watching over the weekend too, to see if I make the final round of the Simply Sassy competition, I am keeping my fingers crossed...don't think I will win as there are some stunning creations but it's all fun taking part.

LOTV - sketch
ABC christmas Challenge - A for angels - 30th December
Cute Card Thursday - one for the kids
Crafty Catz - your choice( I have chosen challenge #60 - christmas)
Stampin' for the Weekend - christmas
Allsorts - last minute christmas
Craft Your Days Away - punch it out
Stamptacular - winter scene
ABC DT Challenge - non traditional colour


Fi
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3 cards in 1 post....

Well what is this snow like...I spent nearly all day yesterday clearing snow...today I felt like I had been in the ring with Mike Tyson...I am all sore and achy!! Anyway I had kind of started these yesterday but finished them today. The first card I thought would be fun to do....I have no idea where I got the sentiment stamp, the papers are Colourful Christmas from MME, I added some snowflakes and glitter.....easy peasy. I have entered this card in the following challenges.

charisma - sketch
The Creative Cottage - non traditional colours
Top Tip Tuesday - anything goes
Totally Stampalicious - anything goes


The second card I have made using Midnight Frost papers from Bo Bunny...they are really beautiful IRL. The image is from CC Designs which I coloured with copics and to give Emma's apron a see through look, I stamped it again onto vellum and layered it under the ribbon. I punched some snowflakes with the Martha Stewart snowflake punches and added some glitter. This card has been entered in the following challenges.

Cupcake - light it up
Papertake Weekly - sketch
ABC christmas Challenge - Y - Yuletide
Cute Card Thursday - The blues
Paper cutz - 2 papers
Paperplay - monochrome


Oh...this took me a few attempts at colouring this image as I wasn't happy with it. Originally I wanted to do blue and pink but it didn't look right, then I tried blue and red and that didn't look right either so I finally settled for this....I am much happier with this one. The image is Siku and Shiya from Mo Manning which I coloured with copics, I added white glitter on the furry parts of their jackets. The papers are Basic Grey Figgy which I thought looked good with the image. I am waiting on the Eskimo Kisses papers coming along with some other stuff but due to the weather not sure when they will come so decided just to go with these ones. I punched some snowflakes and added glitter. I have entered the following challenges.

Simon Says Stamp - sketch
Stampavie - snow/snowflakes
By the cute and Girly - children
DP2 - glitz & glimmer
Totally Papercrafts - xmas punches
Stamp Something - holiday colours
Stamps R Us - holidays
OSCC - christmas cuties
Stamp & Create - tis the season


Fi
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Paper sundaes DT card

Welcome to another Sunday and my scheduled post...hopefully I have sussed the time differences and this card goes live at the right time. I was totally confused by the time changing both here and the US/Canada...I didn't know the time changed in the US/Canada. The theme over at Paper Sundaes this week is "Pick Your Sundae Toppings" so take two toppings from the following...blue, embossing, ribbon or punches, now I couldn't decide which toppings to use cos I am greedy so I decided since it's Sundae I used all four as a wee treat!! Our sponsor this week is Belles & Whistles who are giving away a super duper prize to one lucky winner. For my card this week I have used the beautiful "Bear Hugs" stamp from Belles & Whistles and coloured her with promarkers...didn't need many colours for this one.. I added some glitter to the bear's paws, ribbon and headband. I used Echo Park Wintertime papers and I finished the card with a message and snowflake..I added a little gem and glitter to the snowflake.

Ingredients

Papers - Echo Park wintertime
Cardstock - Bazzill Navy
Medium - Promarkers
Ribbon - Stampin' Up Grossgrain white
Punches - Stampin up scallop border punch, Martha Stewart Scandinavian Snowflake
Message - Craftwork Cards(cut to fit)
Glitter - Glamour dust

Papertake Weekly - sketch
Crafty Cardmakers - embossing
The Crafty Pad - christmas sparkle
I ♥ Promarkers - icy colours
For fun Challenges - embossing
Sweet Stampin - it's all about snowflakes
The Creative Cottage - soimeone special at christmas
Belles & Whistles - Cozy Winter Nights
ABC Challenge - holidays
2 sisters - Christmas


Fi
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