Christmas Embossing for Jingle Belles

This week over at the Jingle Belles blog the challenge is to use some sort of embossing on your Christmas card. It can be heat or dry embossing, or even textured or embossed papers. I decided to do some dry embossing for mine.

I received an order for some Christmas cards and the gal told me to make whatever I wanted. I had colored this wreath from Power Poppy as part of the Daily Marker 30 Day challenge in Sept and so it was the perfect image to use. However, I got stuck on a layout for the card and my brain just shut down, I could not figure out how I wanted to position the circle. I was actually at work when the idea popped into my head to do an embossed panel in the background with a patterned paper strip across the middle. All I had to do was go through my paper stash when I got home to see what paper went nicely with this wreath and the blues I used.

I found this paper from Doodlebug Designs in my stash and I really liked the design of the paper against the wreath, and the blue hues were perfect. After embossing my white background I put a strip of the patterned paper across it and then popped up the circle across it with dimensionals. 

I really like how it came out! I made 2 for my customer and I'm going up make up some more for my stash!

Stamps: Wreath: Succulents and Baubles (Power Poppy)

Paper: Brocade Blue (SU retired), Neenah Solar White, Doodlebug Winter Ribbon Stripe

Ink: Printer Ink

Copics: B91, B95, B99

YG61, YG63, YG67

R81

Accessories: Cuttlebug, MFT Stitched Inside and Out Circles, SU TIEF Snow Burst (retired), Dimensionals

Masculine Embossed Birthday for Friday Mashup

Happy Friday! I'm so glad this week is finally over, it means I'm closer to next week and a road trip to Valdez, wooohooo! It's a part of Alaska I haven't been to yet and I'm looking forward to wandering the area doing some photography while my husband and boys fish!

This week at The Friday Mashup the challenge is a birthday project with your choice of technique. I decided to go with a simple and easy technique that I use all the time, dry embossing.

I love masculine cards and I love wildlife so I combined those two to create this card. I'm still mad that the set Walk in the Wild with the moose got retired but I guess this elk from The Wilderness Awaits set will have to do. For the technique portion I embossed a banner of Baked Brown Sugar and layered that one the card base.

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup blog and see what the rest of the DT came up with, and then play along!

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

• Create a Birthday Themed project.
• Create a project using any kind of Technique you'd like.
• or Mash it Up! and created a Birthday themed project and any Technique.

Stamps: The Wilderness Awaits, sentiment from Best Dad Ever (retired)

Paper: Early Espresso, Baked Brown Sugar(retired), Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar DSP (retired)

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar (retired), Early Espresso

Accessories: Big Shot, Woodgrain TIEF, dimensionals

Antique Embossed for Friday Mashup

This week at The Friday Mashup Tara is bringing us the challenge and I won't lie, this was a tough one for me. She wants use to create a project with an antique style, element or theme. She would also like us to try the Embossed Embossing technique, you can see the tutorial for that HERE.

When I think antique muted comes to mind, along with yellows and browns. It's hard though because antique can be defined in so many different ways and my brain just kind of shuts down when asked to create something in this style. I pulled out the Apothecary Art set though and sat down to try and figure something out!

I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black on watercolor paper and then used aquapainters to color in the image. I used Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry with a light background wash of Crumb Cake. It was adhered to a panel of Very Vanilla that was embossed with the Fancy Fan TIEF and embossed with opalescent embossing powder. This gave the embossed sections a darker hue of yellow with some shine to it. It was hard to capture in the photos but in person it looks terrific! To finish it off I colored some pearls with the 'light' Crumb Cake Blendability marker.

Head over to The Friday Mashup blog to see how the rest of the DT interpreted the challenge and then play along with us!

Don't forget, one more week until our big 200th challenge celebration at The Friday Mashup!!

• Create a project with an "Antique Style, element or theme".
• Create a project using the "Embossed Embossing technique" (tutorial) .
• or Mash it Up! and create an "Antique project using the Embossed Embossing Technique". 

Stamps: Apothecary Art

Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Watercolor Paper

Ink: Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso

Accessories: Big Shot, Fancy Fan TIEF, Labels Collection Framelits, Basic Pearls, sponge, dimensionals

Gray and Silver for Friday Mashup

Happy Friday! Can you believe that Christmas is just around the corner? Where does the time go? I go on vacation starting Dec 20 until just after the new year and I can't wait. Lots of time to spend with hubby and the kids, and hopefully also get some stamping in!

This week Cindy is our hostess at The Friday Mashup and she wants to see the colors Basic Gray or Smoky Slate along with some silver! She'd also like us to add some embossing, heat or dry.

I admit I was stumped for a bit but I saw the sketch at Sunday Stamps and combined the 2 challnges for my card. 

I used Smoky Slate for my card base and embossed it with the Lucky Stars TIEF. I took All is Calm and Winter Frost DSP and cut it into banners and layered them. For a final touch I added some silver stretch cord tied in a bow at the top. The sentiment is from an older retired set called Small Script.

Head over to The Friday Mashup blog to see all the great projects from the rest of the DT and then play along with us! The Sunday Stamps sketch is open until 6pm EST Dec.12!

• Create a project using "Basic Grey or Smoky Slate & Silver". 
• Create a project using "Dry or Heat Embossing". 
• or Mash it Up! and create a project "using the colors Silver & Grey with some Embossing".

Stamps: Small Script(retired)

Paper: Smoky Slate, All is Calm DSP, Winter Frost DSP

Ink: Smoky Slate

Accessories: Big Shot, Lucky Stars TIEF, Silver Stretch Cord, sponge

Polar Express Christmas

The minute I saw the current challenge at Jingle Belles I was so excited, as I am a big fan of Christmas books and movies! They want us to create a card based on a Christmas book or for those who aren't big on reading, use a TV show or movie.

The Polar Express is the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the prompt. I absolutely adore the book and also own the movie. My kids are 20, 18 and 15 but every year we sit down on the couch on Christmas Eve and we read The Polar Express(along with 'Twas The Night Before Christmas). We each take turns reading a page and its just a wonderful tradition to have every year. I love that even at their ages my kids get excited and ask me and their dad "can we read the book yet? Is it time for the books?". Hopefully someday they'll be reading the book with their own children!

Putting a card together to represent the book was the hardest part for me and its taken several days for me to even be remotely happy with what I came up with. I originally planned on a card that had a train sitting in front of houses with snow falling and well, when I started to make that card it looked like crap and I got disgusted with myself and threw it away. Then I tried just a train image surrounded by snow and again, hated how it was coming out so that went in the trash also.

After talking with my 15 year old son I decided to use a bell. We are big believers in Santa in this house (you don't get presents if you don't believe in Santa!) and the bell is such a perfect representation of the magic that one carries in their heart for Christmas. I cut out the bell with my Cricut and then proceeded to get crafters block again. I tried putting the bell with some designer paper...didn't like it. I tried putting it with the word "believe"......didn't like it. I finally embossed another strip of Night of Navy, embossed it with the retired SU folder Snow Burst and made that my top layer. I then used the SU MDS program to print out the last lines of the book " The bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe". I put that across the bottom of the card and then used some ribbon to divide the panels. I then took the bell and popped it up with dimensionals on the top half of the card. I called my son in to see what he thought and he approved so that's it, card done! I haven't been this frustrated with an idea for a card in a long time!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: More Merry Messages(inside sentiment, not shown)

Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink: Black

Accessories: Cricut, Joys of the Season cartridge, Night of Navy Ribbon, Silver Ribbon, dimensionals, sponge

In the Bubble for Friday Mashup

This week at The Friday Mashup Cindy has a super fun challenge....she wants us to create a project using black, white/ivory and one other color of your choice. To add to the fun throw some word bubbles in there too!

As soon as I saw the sketch at Clean and Simple Stamping I smiled and was like, yes!! It couldn't have come at a better time. I was trying to figure out what to do for my card and this sketch made it all so simple.

I used the Arrows TIEF to emboss a strip of Whisper White and then I die cut the word bubbles in Basic Black and used a white gel pen to create the border. I stamped one of the bubbles from Just Sayin' in Daffodil Delight and used the coordinting die to cut it out. Following the sketch I added the bubbles across the card, with the Daffodil Delight bubble popped up with dimensionals. I don't know what it is about this card but it just makes me smile!

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup to see what the rest of the DT came up with, and also swing by Clean and Simple Stamping and give the sketch a try, its a fun one!

Create a project using the colors" Black , White/Ivory and one other color of your choice".

Create a project using a "Word Bubble".

or Mash it Up! and create a "Black & White project with a Word Bubble on it".

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Just Sayin'

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink: Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Big Shot, Word Bubbles Framelits, Arrows TIEF, White Gel Pen

Trees and Embossing for Father's Day

This week at The Friday Mashup Sara is our hostess and has a great challenge for us. She wants to see trees on our projects, plus she also wants us to do some embossing, either heat or dry.

I decided to go with dry embossing and used the Woodgrain embossing folder. The image is the stamp from the Look Up to Father set. I hadn't inked it up since I got it a few months ago so this was the perfect time to do that.

My sketch is from Sunday Stamps, and with the strip down the middle I interjected a bit of color, but still tried to keep it masculine looking. The only thing from the sketch I didn't conform too was the placement of the sentiment.

Make sure you head over to both The Friday Mashup and Sunday Stamps to check out both challenges.

1. Create a project with "Trees".
2. Create a project with "Heat or Dry Embossing".
3. Or Mash it up and create a project with "Embossing and Trees".

 

Scattered Spring for Friday Mashup

Thank goodness it's Friday! It's been a busy and long week here and I am ready to unwind for the weekend!

Need some help unwinding? Tara is our hostess this week at The Friday Mashup and she has a great challenge for us. She wants to see projects with a spring theme, and she'd also like us to try the scattered embossing technique.

I decided to use this great stamp, Vivid Vases. I just love everything about this stamp! The colors are pulled from the Gingham Garden DSP.

For the embossing I took the Square Lattice EF and put my card base in there. I then used the stylus from the scoring board to highlight the spots where I wanted embossing on my card. In the video that Tara provided the gal uses vellum for the technique but I wasn't keen on that, so hopefully I got the technique right by doing it the way I did. Either way its something I haven't tried before, so I can knock it off the list!

I hope you'll head over to The Friday Mashup to see what the rest of the DT did, these ladies blow me away every week!

1. Create a project using the "Scattered Embossing Technique".
2. Create a project with "Spring Colors or a Theme".
3. Or Mash it up and create a "Spring project with the Scattered Embossing Technique".

 

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Vivid Vases

Paper: Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Gingham Garden DSP

Ink: Black StazOn, Melon Mambo, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Island Indigo

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Stylus, dimensionals

 

 

Santa and Treetops for Jingle Belles

The first prompt of the year was posted over at Jingle Belles and I'm so happy to be playing along with them. I missed quite a few of their challenges towards the end of 2013 and I don't want that to happen again this year!

Stef and Lauren want us to mix old and new on our projects so on mine the new item is the Santa sleigh and reindeer die, and the old is the SU set I used called Scenic Season. I just love this set, its one of my all time favorites. I cant remember where I first saw this die but I knew that I had to have it and that I could use it with this set. I added just a touch of shimmer by using SU's Silver Dazzle pen on the sleigh and also on the guides between the reindeer.

As I usually do when stamping these trees I embossed the paper with the CB Swiss Dots embossing folder to get the look of falling snow. I chose to use Night of Navy as my ink because here in Alaska we have short winter days and our spruce trees tend to take on a blue cast in the waning daylight, especially when surrounded by a blanket of snow. Its even more pronounced on nights when the sky is crystal clear, stars are shining, its below zero out and the moonlight is reflecting off the snow. It casts an amazing color across the landscape that seems metallic in some ways and is just breathtaking. Sometimes on nights like that I just sit outside and enjoy the absolute stillness and beauty that surrounds me.

Anyway, here is my card that is inspired by our short Alaskan winter days! Santa can be found a few hours north of me you know, in North Pole AK :)

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Scenic Season

Paper: Night of Navy, Naturals White

Ink: Night of Navy, SU Silver Dazzle Marker

Accessories: Cuttlebug, CB Swiss Dots EF, Santa Sleigh and Reindeer Die by Cheery Lynn Designs, dimensionals, sponge, blender pen

Warm Winter Wishes

We've got a new color challenge this week over at 'Tis The Season, plus a winter card challenge at Friday Mashup, to include embossing...which also happens to be our optional trimming at 'Tis The Season. My card is going live for TTS6 but you're also getting a sneak peek at the Friday Mashup challenge!

I used this sweet winter scene from the Winter Memories set. Its a great image because it can be used for a Christmas card or a nice winter thank you. I left the sentiment off so I can use it for whatever I need in the future.

The new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches was the perfect one to go with both of these challenges! I hate the way the pic came out though. The polka dot banners behind the image panel really pop and look so pretty across the white embossed panel.

I hope you'll come by both 'Tis The Season and Friday Mashup and play along with us!

 

 

Christmas for Friday Mashup

It's my turn to host the challenge at Friday Mashup and of course I had to choose a Christmas in July theme to end out the month! We all know I love Christmas cards and this was also the perfect excuse to play with a new Christmas set coming out from SU called 'Wishing You'. I'm also hoping that by making Christmas cards the temperature drops, as we are in the midst of ANOTHER heat wave in southcentral Alaska. Seriously, someone take these 80 degree temps away because I am NOT liking them.

Ok, enough of my whining, and back to the challenge....for the mashup I want to see stripes on your Christmas project! For my stripes I used DSP that had a nice striped design, and I also used the Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes EF for a background. A nice and simple card!

I'd love to see you all come by The Friday Mashup to check out all the great inspiration from the design team, and also play along with us!

1. Create a project for "Christmas / Hanukkah".
2. Create a project with "Stripes".
3. Or Mash it Up and create a "Christmas / Hanukkah project with Stripes".

 

 

Christmas Window Surprises

I love making Christmas cards more than anything so I always love a good excuse to make yet another one, and for this card I had 3 great excuses :)
Over at the Jingle Belles Blog, a blog dedicated solely to Christmas cards, Stef and Lauren want us to create a card WITHOUT any DSP/pattern paper. No problem! The Paper Players are having a Christmas in July challenge this week, awesome! And last but not least, Merry Monday is doing things a bit differently this month and instead of weekly sketches its an "Anything Goes" challenge, link up any Christmas card you make for the month of July.

One of my very favorite things to see on windows at Christmas are wreaths. Growing up in New England it was very popular  but the farther west I came it didn't seem as prevalent and here in Alaska I don't see it very often either. As I put my card together I just pictured the old colonial homes back east, draped with beautiful live wreaths for the season.

The wreath is popped up with dimensionals, and I added Xmas Red Stickles to the wreath. The background was embossed to look like wood and I sponged it to get darker spots, like aged wood might have on the side of a house. I also sponged the wreath, bow and window. I wanted the wreath to be the main focus but didn't want the "inside" of the window to look blank, so I stamped a scene that one might see if walking by a house, a wreath partially blocking the view.

I'm really happy with the way this turned out and I think tomorrow I'm going to crank out several more of these cards!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Welcome Christmas(retired), Seasons Greetings(inside sentiment, not pictured, retired)

Paper: Not Quite Navy(retired), Soft Suede, Old Olive, Riding Hood Red(retired), Naturals White

Ink: Not Quite Navy(retired), Old Olive, Riding Hood Red(retired), Soft Suede

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Distressed Stripes EF, Grand Madison Window Die, Xmas Red Stickles, sponge, dimensionals

Simple Winter Memories

The challenge over at Jingle Belles this week is a great one....don't use any DSP. That's right, keep the specialty papers off your card and just get creative with plain cardstock! For my card I used the SU embossing folder Snow Burst to create texture and dimension against the simple image of a sled leaning against a house. After I took the picture I added some Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details to the wreath.

I'm also linking this up at Merry Monday, as they have an anything goes challenge for the month of July, so you can link up any Christmas card you make.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Winter Memories, More Merry Messages(inside of card, which I forgot to take a picture of!)

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

Ink: Black StazOn, Garden Green, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Riding Hood Red(retired)

Accessories: Big Shot, SU Snow Burst EF(retired), Nestabilities Ovals, SU Alpine Ribbon, non-SU brads

Heartfelt Thanks for Sunday Stamps

2 weeks ago we had snow and all this week we've had temps between 80 and 84 degrees! Thats very unusual for this part of Alaska so what did I do? I hid in my bedroom today since it was somewhat cool in there and stamped! I made this card for the Sunday Stamps challenge.

As you can see I kept to the sketch except for the sentiment. I tried placing it up by the images but it just didnt look right so I moved it to the bottom of the card. I hope it still works for the challenge!

Graduating For Friday Mashup

Another week has come to a close and that means its also time for a Friday Mashup challenge! This week Liliana brings us the challenge and its all about graduation and embossing of any kind.

I was really happy to see the theme for this week as I need a lot of graduation cards right now! My daughter graduates from high school May 16th! She actually graduated early, in December, but she walks with her class and makes it official on the 16th. Her boyfriend, who lives across the Valley and goes to a different high school, graduates on the 14th. So between my daughter, her boyfriend and their friends I have a lot of cards to make!

For the challenge I started with my daughters card. Her school colors are red and black, so that's what I used on the card. I did dry embossing with the hexagon EF and I used my Cricut for the '2013'.

I cant believe she is graduating high school and starting college (University of Alaska-Anchorage!) in the fall. It seems like just yesterday she was going to preschool!

Make sure you head over to the Friday Mashup blog to check out all the great inspiration from the rest of the design team!

Create a project for "Graduation".

Create a project with "any kind of Embossing".

Or Mash it Up and create a project with "Embossing for Graduation".

My daughter:

 

 

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Pure Gumption

Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red

Accessories: Big Shot, Honeycomb EF, Cricut, Basic George Shapes and Letters Cartridge, Modern Label Punch

Markers and Texture

Todays Friday Mashup is brought to us by Tara and she wants us to break out our markers and add some texture to our cards while we're at it!

I love my markers, I think I use them more than anything else. My friends that have been stamping with me for a while love to laugh at me because I LOVE detailed stamps that require coloring, especially Christmas ones. It's usually not a "Lisa card" unless its got coloring and I did color the stamped image for todays card, but its not a detailed image. I used the adorable whale from the 'Oh, Whale' set from the spring mini and I even broke out a color I honestly cant stand...Summer Starfruit! I wanted some contrast between the Pool Party and Island Indigo and thought the Starfruit was a good color for that.

My texture is a bit more subtle....I used the Cloudy Day embossing folder(also in the Spring mini) for the sky. Such a cute embossing folder, I am definitely going to have to break it out more often.

My sketch is from this weeks Freshly Made Sketches. I havent been able to play along with them for a few weeks so I was glad to be able to join in again!

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup and check out all the great cards from the rest of the design team, and then play along with us!

1. Make a project "using your Markers (thumping,Color Spritzing,Coloring etc.)".
2. Or Make a project with "Texture".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project with "Texture using your Markers".

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Oh, Whale!

Paper: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Sycamore Street DSP

Ink: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit, Raspberry Ripple

Accessories: Big Shot, Cloudy Day EF, Happy Whale Clearlits Die, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Nestabilities Circles, Bitty Banners Framelits, sponge, dimensionals

 

Embossed Yellow, Gray and Black for Friday Mashup

Wow, its Friday, where the heck did the week go? I don't know about everyone else but it flew by for me! I am definitely ready for the weekend!

Today at the Friday Mashup we have a great challenge for you, brought to us by Holly. I just love the photo she chose for the graphic, isn't it stunning? For the challenge she wants us to use dry embossing, make a project that uses the colors Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray and Basic Black OR mash it up and create a project with embossing and those colors. I love to dry emboss and I love those colors so I mashed it up this week.

Hold on to your seat because ((gasp)) I didn't make a Christmas card! I seriously thought about it, because these colors would definitely be interesting and out of the box but in the end I brought out a set from the holiday catalog I hadn't used yet, Friendship Preserves.

The main image is stamped in Basic Gray and matted on Daffodil Delight and Basic Black. The panel behind it is Basic Gray embossed with the square lattice folder and layered on more Basic Black card stock. I did paper piercing around the labels to draw the eye in some more.

Head on over to the Friday Mashup blog to check out all the great projects from the rest of the design team, and I hope you play along with us!

1. Make a project with "Dry Embossing".
2. Or Make a project using the colors " Daffodil Delight, Basic Grey & Basic Black".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project with "Dry Embossing & The Color Combo".

 

You're My Type

The husband and youngest went fishing, the oldest is gone for the weekend and the daughter is doing her own thing so I took the opportunity to stamp and play along with the Dynamic Duos challenge for the first time.

This week the colors are Basic Black and Daffodil Delight (and the use of neutrals, I used Whisper White) and a dessert option of dry embossing, which I also did. I inked up the set You're My Type for the first time---I thought this was the perfect challenge to use it on, thinking about all the old black typewriters I used to see in various family members houses.

The black strip across the middle is embossed with the Argyle folder from Cuttlebug.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Your're My Type

Paper: Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight DSP

Ink: Black StazOn

Accessories: Basic Black Brads, Cuttlebug, Argyle EF, dimensionals

And To All a Good Night for Merry Monday and Jingle Belles

Today's card is for the Merry Monday Christmas challenge and also for the Jingle Belles challenge. I love this set and wanted to use it and so instead of using the oval shape from the sketch I went more rectangle and just rounded the corners to try and stay close to the sketch.

The Jingle Belles challenge is to use embossing, either dry or heat, and for this card I used both. The image is heat embossed with a dark blue embossing powder and then the 2 panels behind the main image are dry embossed.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Wandering Words

Paper: Early Espresso, Riding Hood Red, Marina Mist, Naturals White, Letters to Santa DSP

Ink: Early Espresso, Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Embossing Powder, Heat gun, Big Shot, CB Swiss Dots EF, SU Snow Burst EF, Round Corner Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, sponge, dimensionals

Friday Mashup Bossy and Sketchy

Before I dive into this weeks Friday Mashup challenge I want to remind everyone that we currently have the Friday Mashup Fan Favorite contest going on right now! Think you have a great idea for the Mashup blog? Write up a post on your blog and then go submit it at the Friday Mashup!Fans will vote on their favorites and the winner gets to host their idea for the Friday Mashup blog! Lets see those creative minds at work!

Speaking of creative minds, this week our challenge comes from a VERY creative mind, Lesley(check out her blog and see what I mean!). She's providing us with a CAS sketch this week, and also wants to see some dry embossing.

So here is how we are MASHING IT UP this week:


Create a project using the provided "Sketch"
or Create a project that has a "Dry Embossing on it"
or "Mash it Up!" and create a card using the "Sketch with Dry Embossing"

I cant help it, I've totally moved into fall mode! My friends that live just a bit north of me in Fairbanks say signs of fall are really taking hold that way, the sandhill cranes are starting their southern migration and the various Alaska National Parks are posting about the fall colors that are starting to pop. I love it!! Pretty soon my woodstove will be going 24/7(thats how we heat our home in the winter) and I'll be watching the snow fall, yeahhhhhhhhh!! Naturally I decided to do a card that echoed the way I'm feeling right now :)

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Seasonal Whimsy, Petite Pairs

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive

Accessories: CB Swiss Dots Folder, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, Old Olive ribbon, sponge, dimensionals

Its your turn...head over to the Friday Mashup blog and play along with us! Dont forget to go check out the cards the design team made for inspiration!