Winter Blues Warm Up

This is one of those cards that will fit in many of my favorite challenges.  I used my Cricut Imagine for the cup of cocoa and sentiment from my new Winter Frolic Cartridge, my copics for the girl with the cocoa which is from Spesch Designer Stamps, used my Cuttlebug to cut Spellbinder and Cheery Lynn die cuts. 

I even got my own designer paper in the leaves of the flowers.  It's hard to find a blue-blue green that will work with blue theme, but I think all the blue in this card makes this blue green look real green by comparison.  I used the back side of some repurposed cardstock to print this new colored paper.

This card was great fun to put together, I hope you enjoy.

Challenges I hope to enter:

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge #9 Winter Blues
Fabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #92- Cocoa
4 Crafty Chicks-Crazy Egg Challenge #70-Something New
2 Sisters Challenge 72-Winter colors    
Creative Card Crew #1 Snow Day
Fashionable Stamping Challenges #12 Anything Goes     
Paper Playtime Challenge #64 Use Something Recycled
Cooking with Cricut Challenge #67 Something New
Party Time Tuesday Challenge #  49 Something New
Tip Top Tuesday Challenge-67-Anything Goes

Stocking Were Hung by the Chimney with Care

I found this clipart at  Florida Center for Instructional Technology.  It has some rules of use, but it was simple enough to download.  I found this project taking me all the way back to the vintage shabby/grunge that I really love to produce.  The stockings are made with my Cricut Imagine, and the wreath is a Spellbinders, the Stamp is Hot Off the Press.

Challenges:

Week #92 - 'The Stockings Were Hung by the Chimney With Care'

I'm Dreaming of a "You name the Color" Christmas

Belli #132-Christmas and Winter

Christmas Tree Plain & Simple

It took me longer to decide what I was going to do, than to actually cut and assemble this card.  For some reason I could not find the proper green cardstock to make the background.  I finally found it, and the rest came together fairly easily.

FLT 169 Challenge Special Christmas

Christmas Tree-Embossed

I wasn't sure where this would end up, but this is such a beautiful image, and when I stamped it on the LaBlanche Speciality Paper with Ranger Archival Ink it just popped.  I then distressed it with the new Distressed Twig ink and Stampin' Up Ruby Red, this process dulled the look of the card so after edging it with Brilliance Gold, I used a glossy spray coat to bring back the brilliant color.  Wow did it bring back the color.  I used the Sizzix Music Embossing Folder, generic whit and Gold ribbon.

I ended up using and incandescent lamp to take this picture because the flash drowned out the pic due to the glossy finish, so because of the yellowing effect of the lamp the red appears a little orange.  Red & yellow make orange.  Groan.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge...Week 179
Gingerloft-Christmas and Winter

Non-Traditional Christmas Card In Blue & Grey

I love my cricut and this butterfly cut from the Sentimental Cartridge.  I used the BoBunny Paper that I bought last year and didn't have a chance to use up.  I used Stampin' Up Nearly Navy ink, and GinaK Sentiment Stamp and Round Saying from the Holiday Greetings Set.  I used my Cuttlebug to cut & emboss the round and label.  White card base from Hot Off the Press.

Cinspirations Challenge-139-winter-colours
Craft Challenge 130-Unusual Christmas