Christmas Fairy Ellie Time over at Paper Nest Dolls

 Using a New Release from August over at Paper Nest Dolls called "Christmas Fairy Ellie" , I'm asking that you all join in our monthly challenge!  You too could win a prize from the extensive digital library that our resident artist, Christine, brings to us each month! 
I haven't made a 5x7 card in a long time but I didn't want to make her smaller-she's so gorgeous I wanted to show her all off.  I usually use card blanks for my base, but this time it was a shimmery cardstock for the base.  Picturing a golden angel, I used plum for an accent color. The plum berries have a "frost" of clear Wink of Stella" as does her wings.  after coloring her coat and dress ruffle, I used some gold WOS for that highlight and for the bells on her toes.  I also added some "fur" around her coat collar and edges by using some white flower soft.  The snowfall she is standing in is flower soft but I added some Shaved Ice to it from Frantage/Stampendous.  Hope the mini fringe I put on the side looks like snowballs!  On the inside, I used the Ornament Background paper along with a KKS Christmas stamp.  I'm so happy that designers are all putting out their Christmas goodies-helps a working gal get her cards done early!
Please come and participate in our Challenge and get inspired like we all do when we see your creations!  Come back real soon!

Always Anything Goes at Craft Your Passion-ALL Dressed Up is our Great Sponsor!

 Such a Festive Christmas Deer we have for this weeks' Challenge at Craft Your Passion!  It's Always Anything Goes and this image was provided for us to use by All Dressed Up.  Isn't it so perfect!
I colored it up with Copics, gave it a Christmas red mat, and then used my favorite "go to" snow-maker, White Chunky Frantage.  I used a great heavy holly paper and the reverse side, a distressed red, for the horizontal banner.  The sentiment is from a set from KKS- so love the script lettering.  A friend from New Zealand sent me the gorgeous holly die cut w/ swirls and I used some red Dew Drops as holly berries.
On the inside liner, I used the reverse distressed cardstock and again stamped the Holiday Greeting from KKS.  A perfect sentiment for the Holidays.  We hope to see your Christmas or Festive creations on this Challenge but anything you create will be wonderful!  Hope to see you soon!

Christmas in July over at Lacy Sunshine! Get your cards done early and Think Cool!

 This week, Team A of the Lacy Sunshine Group, is continuing the monthly Theme of "Christmas in July" and I'm loving it!!!  I'm so getting a jump on my Christmas cards this year~

One of the Images you can now find in the Lacy Sunshine Shop is Hollyanna- perfect for me as Holly is one of my all time favorite decorations during the Holidays!  I pictured her in her black velvet fancy pants with a red velvet dress over top.  Her "Wings" are the holly leaves!  This die that I have has gorgeous loops around the square making it perfect for weaving in and out some ribbon.  It looks so pretty with a bow tied at the corner.  I cut her feet at the edges so that they would not get caught in the die cut.  Used a super Holly paper I had in my stash and added a chipboard verse that I accented with resin holly sprigs.  The inside has a stamped Christmas sentiment with Seasonal paper in the background.
So come and join us in our Challenge and feel the rush of the cold breezes in your face-just like Christmas!  That's what I'm telling myself in this terrible Illinois humid heat!