Warm Winter Wishes

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Wow, it's December--I can't believe it! It's been cold in South Dakota, which inspired today's card. :)

I'm guesting for the Little Tangles Team today for their new challenge--embossing! You can check out the details of the challenge on the Little Tangles blog.

Here's my card:

I started this card by heat embossing two trees from the Neat & Tangled Winter Wishes set. I then repeated the stamping/embossing about 20 times to create a background. I was inspired by one of Laura Bassen's cards, and I did some gradual blending with Distress Inks. I added some splatter with a Pearl mist to give the background some shimmer.

Here's a picture of the background:

On top, I die-cut a Simon Says Stamp Eliza snowflake and layered a sentiment from the Winter Wishes set. The card still didn't feel finished, so I threaded some Crystal Clear and Christmas Mix sequins.

Here's a close-up:

I hope you'll play along over at Little Tangles with the embossing challenge! You can link up your projects HERE.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a great day!


Supplies
Cardstock: (white Ellen's Essentials Linen) Ellen Hutson; (white) Hobby Lobby
Stamps: (trees, sentiment from Winter Wishes) Neat & Tangled
Ink: (Evergreen Bough, Tumbled Glass Distress Inks) Ranger; (Ocean) Hero Arts
Die: (snowflake from Eliza) Simon Says Stamp
Sequins: (Crystal Clear, Christmas Mix sequins) Neat & Tangled

25 Days of Christmas Tags + A Giveaway

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend! I got home at the end of the week after another week of work travel. I got home in time to see my four-year-old's preschool holiday program...it was so cute. :)

My blogging friend Tracey from In My Creative Opinion has been hosting her fourth annual 25 Days of Christmas Tags. Tracey invited the Paper Smooches team to share tags, and I'm happy to be playing along.

Here's my tag:

I used Paper Smooches' new Cool Dudes set to make the snowman. I die-cut a circle and then stamped the different features and hat. It was really fun to build the different snowmen--much better than getting cold in real snow. ;)

I die-cut some Webster's Pages papers using the Paper Smooches' Gift Tags die. I can't get enough of this die--it's a must-have! Here's a few of the finished tags:

I added the sentiment from the Warm Hearts set on a couple of the tags. Here's a close-up:

As part of the 25 Days of Christmas Tags, there are lots of prizes! Be sure to check out Tracey's blog for details. To enter, comment on Tracey's blog, and for an extra chance to win, comment on my blog below. The comment-to-win ends at 11:59pm ET on 11/27.

I'd Melt for You

Hi everyone! We had my son's preschool holiday concert tonight. I was pretty worried--he had been talking about how he didn't want to stand up in front of everyone. He did great! I have no idea if he was actually singing, but it didn't matter--I was so proud of him. :)

This week's CAS-ual Friday's challenge is to use a snowflake(s) or snow of some sort. As a note, the challenge will be ending early (midnight ET on Wednesday).

I used snow, as in a snowmen, for my card this week:

Aren't those snowmen so cute! They're from Newton's Nook Design's Frozen Friends set. I colored them with Copics and fussy cut them on the Crate paper. I used a PTI heart die to die-cut the window--it reminds me a little of a cookie cutter with the scallops. Or maybe I'm just thinking about cookies. hee hee

Here's a close-up:

If you would like to link up to the snow challenge at CAS-ual Fridays, you can do so HERE. This week, the challenge is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp!

My card today is also on the Newton's Nook blog, along with a few other cards Jen is sharing as my last post. :(  Jen is a real sweetheart, and NND is a fantastic company to work with. Thank you for having me on the team! I'm going to miss my design teammates, too. They are such a talented bunch!

Have a great weekend! Thank you for stopping by!


Supplies
Cardstock: (Ellen's white Linen) Ellen Hutson; (white) PTI
Patterned paper: (pink ombre from Love Notes) Crate Paper
Stamps: (snowmen, sentiment from Frozen Friends) Newton's Nook Designs
Ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko
Die: (Limitless Layers Hearts) PTI
Copics

Warm Wishes

Hi everyone! It's day one of Newton's Nook Design's November release, and we're sharing projects using the Snow Day set.

I've been building my stack of Christmas cards. Even though Newton's Nook already had their holiday release, I'm using their November release for some of my holiday cards. This month might be my favorite release yet! You can check out the full release on their blog.

I'm fickle with my cards. I couldn't decide which images to use, so I made two shaker cards. Here's the first one:

I used the super cute penguin in the Snow Day set for this shaker card and colored him with Copics. I added a few of the snowflakes and a sentiment from the set, too.

Here's a close-up where you can see the penguin, sequins, and glitter inside the shaker.

Okay, truth be told, I kind of messed up on this shaker. I used craft foam to create my ring between the stamped panel and the acetate. Unfortunately, the foam wasn't quite thick enough for some of the sequins. Doh! I must have tapped this card 50 times trying to get some of the larger sequins to drop to the bottom of the card. Lesson learned--check the thickness first!!

I used a second image from the set for a second shaker card:

Yeah, acetate is hard to photograph. For this card, I used the bear snowman--he's so cute! I used the same snowflakes and sentiment from the Snow Day set.

Here's a close-up:

Would you like to win Snow Day? This set will be given away to two lucky winners!

 Here's how to win:
1. Comment on Newton's Nook Design blog.
2. Comment on the Design Team member and guest blogs (see the list below).

You have until Thursday (11/14) at 9 pm CST to comment, and the winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday.

Be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team and the guests!

Tessa Wise

Jocelyn Olson <--You are here!

Samantha Mann

Jennifer Ingle

Ashley Marcu (Guest Designer)

Danielle Lounds (Guest Designer)

Have a great day! Thanks so much for stopping by!


Supplies:
Cardstock: (white) PTI
Patterned paper: (trees, green, blue circles from It's Christmas) Webster's Pages; (red candy stripe from Silent Night) October Afternoon
Clear stamps: (all stamps from Snow Day) Newton's Nook Designs
Sequins: Avery Elle, Simon Says Stamp, Hobby Lobby
Dies: (Circle STAX) My Favorite Things

New Years?

Hi everyone! Well, it's Monday. Are you ready to take on the week? :)

It's the Picture Perfect week over at Paper Smooches SPARKS.

Here's the inspiration picture:

When I first saw the image, I wasn't quite sure what to do. I don't have a Paper Smooches jar or butterfly. The jar reminded me of water, which reminded me of ice, which reminded me of snowmen...

Or maybe I was just thinking about wine. ;) I paper pieced and colored one of the snowmen from Freezy Fellas. I stamped one of the arms before fussy cutting the image. For the wine, I die-cut a Free Spirit Icons glass and stamped the images from the Free Spirits set. The sentiment is from the same set.

I added a little heart from Hullabaloo to look like one of the butterflies. Here's a close-up:

If you'd like to join in this week's SPARKS challenge, you can link up your projects HERE. I hope you'll play along!

My teammates have some fab projects. Be sure to check them out, too!

Wida

Jenny

Jocelyn

Alice

Savannah

Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies
Cardstock: (Kraft, white) PTI
Patterned paper: (aqua from Maggie Holmes's Flea Market collection) American Crafts; (notebook, rose) My Mind's Eye
Clear stamps: (snowman from Freezy Fellas, heart from Hullabaloo, wine glass and sentiment from Free Spirit) Paper Smooches
Ink: (Rhubarb Stalk Luxe Ink; Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko
Dies: (glass from Free Spirits Icons) Paper Smooches, (Jumbo Fishtail Banner) My Favorite Things
Punch: (Scallop) Fiskars
Twine: (mint baker's twine) May Arts
Copics