Winter Wishes Winter Fairy

Today at Catch the Bug it's Friday Freebie and we have this adorable Winters Fairy. For my card I stamped the sentiment from a Verve (retired stamp set). I was on a monochromatic theme with this mint green and added sparkle with clear Spectrum Noir pen and Sakura jelly glitter pen.
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Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Winters Fairy

Sentiment:  Verve

Ink:  Distress - Pistachio

Die:  Sizzix; My Favorite Things

Punches:  EK Success

Sequins:  Stash

Flowers:  Recollections

Spectrum Noir

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Pearls:  Recollection

Challenges
CHNC - Ch. 478 Anything Christmas with optional gold
The Sisterhood of Crafters  - Patterned Paper
Your Next Stamp - Ch. 133 Inside and Out
Crafting Happiness - Ch. 37 Anything Goes with optional flowers
Creative Knockouts - Ch. 160 Die Cuts/ Punches
Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 19 Anything Christmas
Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round - February Hearts or Love
Sparkles Christmas - Ch. 109 Ornaments

Ornament Branch

I am trying to do several Christmas cards each month, to keep up with my stash so I won't be in a frenzy at the holiday season.  Here is a CAS card since I was trying to get outside my comfort zone.  Also for the JUGS Challenge to have "Hand Drawn Elements".  I took pictures of making of the card, but unfortunately the lighting was not good.  I used a circle punch in a piece of cardstock and then scribbled red marker on that.  I drew the black ornament top and used a scrap white piece of paper for the ornament string.  And then I added the fir branch with some bling as the final touch.

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Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Punch:  EK Success:  Tutti

Bling;  Mark Richards

Markers:  Zig

Challenges

JUGS - Ch. 457 Hand drawn elements

CHNC - Ch. 402 Anything Christmas with optional use the word Joy

613 Ave Create - Ch. 213 Anything Goes with optional CAS

The Merry Christmas - Anything Christmas

Viva la Verve Sketch 2 Ornament

I pulled out my stamps which I just don't seem to use often enough and I found this one that I had from when my kids were young and I embossed it in silver.  I decided to make my card silver and gold which are truly my favorite colors.  So I have dry embossing and heat embossing on this card.  The only odd thing is that I actually didn't put a sentiment on the outside and saved it for the inside.  I didn't want to take away from my image or the circles.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Wal-Mart

Versa-mark

Ink:  Target

Embossing Powder:  Ranger

Spellbinders:  Small and large circles; Tear drop circle

Ribbon:  Michael's

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges

Viva la Verve - November Sketch 2

CHNC Extra - November

RRR - Ch. 153 Siver & Gold

Crafty Ribbon - Ch. 177 Christmas
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 453 Tag, ornament or bauble
Scrapping 4 fun - Ch. 79 Christmas