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I've got another Christmas card for you. Isn't this image a hoot? It's a From the Heart digi, which I colored with pencils, adding details with a silver gel pen and some clear Wink of Stella on that eager snowman. Twine and a few sequins finish off the card.

The card is entering these challenges:
CRAFT #454 -- humorous Christmas
Winter Wonderland -- all boxed up
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #371  -- anything Christmas
Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge -- anything Christmas
Word Art Wednesday #320 -- anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge  -- use patterned paper

Hearts all around

If you need a Valentine, the Cookie Challenge is here with inspiration. Look at these cute cookies that are our inspiration for the challenge posted today at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie. In addition to inspiration, you could get a prize from My Besties for entering a project (prize determined by a random draw)  So get creating.

My card features a From the Heart image, colored with pencils. The pink/red/silver paper is actually from a Christmas stack, but to me it seems more like Valentine's Day.

My card is entered in these Challenges:
Sum More Fun -- Mood Board 21
Pattie's Creations #143-- Love is in the air
Simon Says Stamp Monday -- Love is in the air
Creative Inspiration Challenge -- Love is in the air/pink-red
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- It must be love
Word Art Wednesday #320 -- anything goes

Live, Laugh, Love

Mrs. A has tweaked her Butterfly Challenge and come up with a new and different format -- the butterfly wheel, which has a choice of three colors and three themes or elements to use on your card. You must use at least one of the six, but you get extra points for using both a color and a theme. This time around, everything started with "C". I settled on the colors cream and crimson, and theme of checks.
The card uses the current Stella Says Sketch layout from Catch the Bug/Bugaboo and the butterfly circles are Bugaboo digi images. They are printed on cream and given a touch of  crimson red coloring with pencils. The lower cream panel is embossed with a Sizzix folder, and the checks come from a gingham ribbon and bow.

This card s entered in thse challenges:
Butterfly #94 -- crimson/cream/checks
Catch the Bug -- anything goes
Stella Says Sketch #603 -- sketch
Word Art Wednesday #320 -- anything goes

Eat dessert first

The Double D challenge has a kitchen-inspired challenge going on, so I pulled out a kitchen-themed set from Taylored Expressions (I believe it's called Cuppie in the Kitchen).  The images are adorable, and the sentiments are fun. I paired them with some bright, fun paper and did a little paper-piecing. A little baker's twine (see what I did there?) finishes it off.

Entering these challenges:
Double D: Kitchen is the heart of the home
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Anything goes
A Snowflakes Promise #47: anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #320: Anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Use patterned paper

Another fun snowman

Adding to my stash of Christmas card with this fun one. Can't tell you who makes the image, because it was enclosed in a swap card. He's colored with a  mix of markers and pencils, with a little Wink of Stella for sparkle.  The sentiment is white embossed.
The layout comes from the current sketch at Sketch Saturday.

This card is for these challenges:
Sketch Saturday #498
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #370
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge
Word Art Wednesday #320-- anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- anything goes

Butterfly birthday

I learned to make this "bridge" style card a few weeks ago, and I decided to try again when I saw that Mrs. A's Butterfly challenge was "extra folds," or cards with more than a fold down the center. The other part of the challenge was to use "peacock blue" which is similar to the blue in this patterned paper.
The card was created by folding the base (4 folds), covering with the paper-- which comes from a Cosmos Cricket set, and decorating it with a layered, die-cut butterfly alighting on a lovely die-cut branch. The birthday greeting was heat-embossed on vellum, adhered to the matching "bridge strip" and set off by brads. Applying the bridge is the final step.

This card is for these challenges:
Butterfly Challenge #93 -- extra fold and peacock blue
Word Art Wednesday #318 -- anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge --use patterned paper

Snowy day

Well, not a snowy day here, thankfully, but a snowy day card. This is an ancient stamp that actually also includes "winter Wonderland" above the trees, but I just wanted the trees and snow. They are embossed with a glittery white EP, which I believe is also called Winter Wonderland.
The sentiment is from From the Heart, and the layout is based on the current sketch challenge at Catch the Bug/Stella Says Sketch.
This is a snippets card (I didn't even trim the dark blue piece, it was basically a perfect fit). Even the sentiment was a snippet left from a previous piece.
Entering these challenges:
Catch the Bug/ Stella Sketch 602
Winter Wonderland -- embossing
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #369 -- anything Christmas
Rudolph Days January --  anything Christmas
Pixie's Snippet Playground #317 -- snippets
Word Art Wednesday #318 -- anything goes