Snowman Couple

Hi, it is that time of the month again (oh no not that time lol)

for the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge over at the 

Crafting Circle.

Each month starting on the 15th we have a challenge that is 

sponsored by Bugaboo where you just need to color up a

Bugaboo image and enter it in the challenge. 

Don't have any Bugaboo images, no problem Bugaboo offers

                         a freebie every Friday and if you look around I am 

                                sure you will find some images you like. 

So for my card this month I chose to use this adorable little

Snowman Couple.

 Aren't they just the cutest?  Well there is a reason I chose this image

beside their cuteness is, recently my son got engaged and I thought this

would make the perfect Christmas card to send them for their

1st Christmas as an engaged couple. 

I struggled so much on how I wanted to do this card, first I was going to

put them in a snowglobe and make a shaker card, but decided not too

because I didn't want them to be covered with things.

I was trying to keep it rather simple.   I randomly stamped on white paper

with a couple of snowflake stamps from the October 

Unity Kit of the Month and also some Hero Arts stamps

then I heat embossed them with white glossy

embossing powder.  

I colored the snow couple using my Copic markers and accented with some

glitter pens on the ornaments.  Her hat I added white fluff to

the band and the ball on the top, a couple details that are hard

to see in the picture.  Then I cut the image out using a

Gina Marie die that actually embosses the edges.

I then created a label in Cricut Design Space and wrote

out the Merry Christmas using my Explore and a black

Pilot Precision V5 pen.  Then fit right in your Explore

and I love the fine line they write with.

I pop dotted both the image and the label to give it some dimension.

Well thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and visit my

blog.  Head on over the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge and join in

the fun. 

A couple fun cards for boys

Hi, hope everyone has great plans for the weekend.

Not much going on here, but we need the rest since we had 

a very busy week last week with family here.

Today I have a couple quick cards to share with you.

I made them a few weeks ago as I had to make a little boy birthday card.

I'll explain later why I made 2.

Both cards were made using digital files from

NitWits Digital Collections.

It was so fun and easy to create this card using the 

From the Sea collection and my Cricut Explore.

The entire card is made using elements from this collection, even the papers.

I imported all the pieces into my DesignSpace and arranged them the way I wanted.  The "water" paper I used to fill a rectangle then added the octopus

and the sea weed leaving part of the sea weed hanging over the edge.  I then did print then cut with my Explore.  The other pieces were all print then cut with the Explore.  I stamped the sentiment using a Rubbernecker stamp.

I made this card for a little boy that is like a grandson to us that wasturning 3.  When I showed it to my hubby he said I should have made him a

card having to do with a farm, since he lives on a place that has animals

and tractors and such. 

So here is what I came up with, again using NitWits Collections.

They have horses and chickens so I had to incorporate them into the card.

For this card, I used the "Funny Farm" collection.

Again all the papers and patterns are from the Funny Farm collection.

The sentiment is also a Rubbernecker stamp.

I so love how these 2 cards came out and thanks to NitWits and my 

Cricut Explore they were pretty easy to create.

I would love hear what you think of my 2 cards, we all know

sometimes making a boy card can be difficult these collections made

it easy. 

Hope You Feel Better

Hi, I have my  Design Team card to share with you today that I made

using digital paper from A Bit More Time to Craft.

For this one, I used one of the papers from the

Beauty Dream pack.   Make sure you head on over to 

A Bit More Time to Craft as Lozzy will release a lot

of new paper sets November 4th, she also has a freebie on Fridays.

I really love how this card turned out.  I made it following

the sketch from Pals, Paper, Arts where unfortunately this is

their last challenge. 

The circle I cut out using some dies and then stamped

it with a Unity Stamp from the 

Butterflies and Sunbeams set.

Have you ever checked out Unity Stamps, well if not

you really need to if you love stamps.  They are high-quality 

red rubber stamps and OMG the sales they have

are great!

I set up a cut file in Cricut Design Space for this card.  I think it

would look good made up in some Christmas papers so I think

I will make a bunch using different papers.

Well, thanks for stopping by.