I just LOVE this image from All Dressed Up Digital Stamps, called Christmas Sprinkles. Designed by our resident artist, Wendy Burns, there are many gorgeous images for all seasons in her ADU Store.
I colored the image with my fav, Copics, added some cooking cutouts in the corner, and a laser cut trim from my stash. The Design Team is presenting today the New Releases for October--We know you will find one, or 2, or 3 images that just put a smile on your face! Thanks for looking!
The Design Team will be taking the month of January off for a break but can't wait to see you again in February for more fun and new images!
Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The ole' Stomach Flu came recently and went from our house this year and kept me from posting this New Release from All Dressed Up Stamps. It's called Feed the Birds and I just adore it!!
Using some new background paper from HL by The Paper Studio which is stunning, my A6 card was all ready for the Star of the show, my ADU image. My Mom and I LOVED Cardinal birds and always feed them so this was a perfect image. I paired it with a Merry Christmas banner die I cut from Kraft paper. All were edged using Walnut Stain Distress Ink.
Pretty soon it will be time for the Dressy Team of
Designers to launch our December Monthly Challenge on the 15th. We love to see all your inspiration and there are so many different images in the shop you could win!
Please join us!
I used a piece of light yellow Mulberry paper - ya'll remember using that back in the day?- placed over a medium tone of blue paper. This was so you could see the swirls of the fibers-made me think that the breezes in Heaven would be like these...I elevated her using dimensional dots for some depth. I used Liquid Pearls, Nova Dots, and Stickles for her Crown and Blue Epoxy Dots for accents. For the inside, another sentiment on pine cone paper which I colored random cones and pine needles for interest. 
I used a gingerbread cookie design paper for the top paper, cardstock for the bottom section, and used the backside of the DP to create a "ribbon" look across the middle. I used 3D dimensional foam dots to highlight the image. I always like to finish the inside of my cards, with lots of room for personal messages. Sentiments are from clear stamps from my stash.
Be sure and also check out the ADU Challenge that runs for a month, from the 14th to the 14th. We'd love to see your creations and it's a great way to add to your digital library! Can't wait to see you!
I also cut out mittens and used a chipboard sentiment to complete the card.
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The Image I used today is called Christmas Baubles and includes the main large ornament and also 2 smaller ornaments. Because I wanted to enlarge the main bauble, I fancy cut all three ornaments and then hand drew the cords holding them. I colored them using Stickles, Liquid Pearl White, copics and silver Hint of Stella. I used a cardstock sentiment for the front and then heaped "snow" all over the place! I added a different design paper inside and some sentiments from the same cardstock series.
Because I thought it had been printed slightly off kilter, I fancy cut the image. But at least I was able then to create a scene with flooring and wallpaper--can you imagine living in a home with this wild plaid on the walls? I also added a hanging sign on the wall using a chipboard sentiment and I made a wooden planter with a poinsettia plant in it to fill the space. Love how it turned out and hope that you will go exploring Sherri's shop with soooo many images in it. If you need some help in the shop, you can always use my discount code CAROLYN20 to get 20% off your total purchase. What a deal! Thanks for visiting and come back real soon!
Another Christmas Card from the wonderful digital world of Wendy Burns, resident artist at All Dressed Up. I love this image called Christmas Penguins, and they come with the sentiment. I had fun putting these layers together to make my card! First covered the card in a nighttime snowy sky paper-wrapped a candy cane grosgrain ribbon across the middle. Then I cut a wavy white cardstock paper, put down ribbon glue on it and covered the curves with Sugar Coating lily white glitter by Doodlebug. Really sparkles. I fancy cut the bottom part of the images and placed them on the wavy paper like they were walking across the snow. On the inside, I used a section of the snowflake paper that had Santa's sleigh on it, using a die cut stamped a sentiment on it. To cover up a little black smudge, I used 2 silver corner stickers on either side and loved the effect. Come on over to the ADU Challenge where it's always Anything goes with an ADU image--there's even freebies available! We want to be inspired by you!
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!
I don't always get a chance to start my Christmas cards this early but was so inspired by the images at Paper Nest Dolls that I'm getting ready!
This image is called Avery with Poinsettia and, what luck!, I had the perfect paper! After coloring her with copics, I put clear Wink of Stella on the poinsettia pot for a shimmer, some great ribbon I found discounted which is mesh-like with sparkles all over it, and some chunky white Frantage for snow. Attaching a tag stamped with a KKS stamp, I accented it with little bling diamonds. On the inside I used more design paper and stamped with another stamp from the same stamp set from KKS.
This image is from Paper Nest Dolls and is called Tree Dress Avery. I don't know about you ladies out there but I find Purple a very hard color to show in photos? The background of this card has Winter/Christmas sentiments all over it in a soft lavender color. Then a shimmery pink cardstock as a mat behind the image. Then the snowy scene--I used white chunky Frantage- love it for snow! For the inside, I finished it with some gorgeous design paper, done in unusual colors for Christmas - love these ornaments! Found a sentiment from my stash and added a white sheer ribbon for a bow and I'm done -ready to send it off! Come join in on our Challenges-we'd love to see your work!!
This is meant to Remind you that there is a Challenge on the All Dressed Up Site. 
but you must use a All Dressed Up Image.
As always the theme for our Blog Challenge is -
Now what could be easier than that? 
I always have a love/hate relationship with the colors of purple but thought I'd tackle it for this card-because of the awesome paper I found that contained purple/lime, one of my favorite combinations.
After coloring with copics, and accenting all the beads, stars, and snowflakes with stickles and liquid pearls, I matted her with lime green and then wrapped the image with purple sheer chiffon ribbon. I added a great sentiment stamp from KKS and a silver Tree charm with narrow bow.
I'm on a roll with Christmas Cards 'cause it's coming up so quickly!! The image that I'm working on is simply called Girl and Puppy from Sasayaki Glitter. It's a great reminder that Sasayaki Glitter has a challenge currently running AND this is one of the new release images that she had available out there.
I used a 6x6 card blank and topped it with the festive country checked paper. The image is colored with copics and I used White chunky Frantage embossed on the background for a snow effect. I put an ivory paper lace piece along side of the matted image and added a "candy cane" grosgrain ribbon along the side. On the inside, I used the reverse side of the same paper for a splash of color and a great sentiment for the Holidays. Come see what other images you will be able to get at the Sasayaki Glitter Store!
There are so many Christmas images in Sherri Ann Baldy's shop, and many have made it onto MY cards this year, that you will have trouble deciding which is your favorite! I created this one for Color It, Create It, Show it Off using "Img 454" and it is perfect with her deer antlers headband! I used some double-sided papers from my stash and then wrapped the pretty card in a rich red organza ribbon and attached a silver Christmas Tree charm. I also used a beautiful holly leaf swirl die cut from a dear friend in New Zealand-what a treat!
When I looked at this image, I thought-black velvet dress so hopefully I achieved that look. I felt like she would be dressy, going to a party or a Christmas Concert. Some white flower soft sprinkled on the fur on her dress give some dimension.
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.