To Die For

Hello again! It's time for another Christmas Card Challenge, and this one's To Die For. Use any of the great dies you have lying around. Easy enough, right? Check out all the details on the CCC blog!

For my card I used a few different dies. The tag is a die from Sizzix and I layered 2 snowflakes dies from Taylored Expressions over a circle from Spellbinders. Although there are a couple lace border dies I've been eyeballing, the border is one of my trusty Martha Stewart punches. Although it isn't traditional I think blue and brown is one of my favorite Christmas color combos. The paper is from CTMH Aspen. The main sentiment is from Verve and the Christmas Blessings is from Taylored Expressions. Some misc ribbon, twine, and pearl sticker finish it off. I used Mojo Monday #270 for the sketch.

As always, thanks for looking, I hope you have a chance to play along!

I'm also entering this card into Sweet Stampin's challenge to use punches or dies (great minds think alike!) and Fab n' Funky's challenge non-traditional Christmas

Little Lady Bug

Hello everyone! It's my turn today to share some sugar over at the Sugar Nellie blog. I decided to share a card I made for my 7 year old son to give his "girlfriend." They met at daycare 3 years ago, and even though now they go to different elementary schools, their love is still strong, lol! In fact tonight at supper Caleb told us that when Morgan has a baby someday Patrick and I will be grandpa and grandma..... Patrick and I just looked at each other and tried not to laugh!

So back to the card! I used the super cute Let Them Eat Cake image. I colored her in with Copic markers. I was initially going to color her dress to be like a lady bug, but then decided to make it colorful instead. I'm still on the fence about my decision, a ladybug dress would have been cute too. I added a bunch of sparkle with my Spica glitter pens, it just isn't showing up in my pics! The paper is from Echo Park and I added some rhinestones to make the ladybug's paths. The sentiment is Amuse. Some misc ribbons, brads, and flowers finish it off! All the spots and dots make this card my submission for this week's Sweet Stampin' challenge.

I also get to make an exciting announcement over at the Sugar Nellie blog, sneak peaks for the super cute release start there tomorrow! Thanks for looking!