Snowman friend Merry Christmas

 I colored this image a long time ago, but found it now when I was moving. I put it together at the beginning of the month, but didn't get a chance to post it until a few minutes before the sketch challenge closed, whew. I just wish that I had more time to play; however, work and my daughter's wedding planning is keeping me busy. I just love this image and didn't want to let it go to waste.

Patterned Paper:  Carta Bella
Cardstock: Bazzil, Recollection
Stamp: Tiddly Inks
Sentiment: Tim Holtz
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
Die Cut: My Favorite Things
Gems: Recollections
Pom: Creativity
Washi tape: Recollections

Cheerful Sketches - March 2022 (see above)
CHNC - Ch. 587 Anything Christmas optional funny
CRAFT - Ch. 631 Anything Goes

Fab ' n Funky - Ch. 547 Hand colored image
Peace on Earth Challenge - Ch. 12

Let it Snow SSS 719

Today starts a new challenge with Stella Says Sketch and for my card I used one of the images from the Christmas Trio Block.  I stamped the sentiment from Hero Arts. I am posting this card with the disclaimer that I am NOT trying to encourage any snow locally, lol.

Patterned Paper:  Echo Park

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Christmas Trio Block

Sentiment:  Hero Arts

Ink:  Memento - Rich Cocoa

        Distress Oxide - Broken China
Stencil:  Snowflakes

Snowflakes:  Jolee

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 463 Anything Christmas with optional a button or two

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 109 Let it snow

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 480 Winter

Winter Wonderland - Use Holly or Ivy on your card

Brown Sugar - Ch. 295 Anything Goes

Icebergers

Today at Catch the Bug is Friday Freebie and the image is this cutie, Winter Eggbert and I also used this funny sentiment from TLC, Create.  We have had snow ( got another 7 inches) and now frigid temps so this is a perfect card for this week.  Grab this wonderful image before he melts away after the week is up, hehehe.  OK, the cold has gotten to me. Well I am looking forward to having my daughter and Gus home for the weekend. Enjoy yours!

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Winter Eggbert

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Icebergers

Die Cuts:  My Favorite Things

Bling:  Paper Studio

Embossing Folder:  Darice

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Addicted to Stamps - Ch. 170 Snowman

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 414

Pattie's Creations - Ch. 154 Snowy Days/Nights

CCAYR - January Let it Snow

Winter Wonderland - It's Snowtime

Want a build a snowman?

Sorry I love the "Frozen" movie and had to steal the line to go with this image.  This is the Friday Freebie at Catch the Bug called Brat Winter Snow.  The sentiment is from TLC, Create.  On New Years we got a pile of fresh wet snow which was perfect for building snowmen. What a way to start 2019!

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Brat Winter Snow

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Snow flies

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 366 - 367 - Anything Goes

Patties Creation Design - Ch. 154 Snowy Days/Nights
Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 182 Snow Much Fun
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 563 Anything Goes
Digistamp 4 Joy - Ch. 156 Four Seasons

Christmas in July - Dear Santa I'm Cute!

Today starts off a week long challenges at Catch the Bug where it is Christmas in July.  Today for the Saturday Challenge it is "Baby it's Cold Outside."  For my card, I used the image, Christmas Trio Block and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I outlined the snowflakes and ornament string in Sakura jelly glitter pen.
Please check out the site for lots of fun challenges, inspiration from DT members and prizes.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp:  Bugaboo - Christmas Trio Block (see above for direct link)
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Dear Santa I'm Cute
Sakura Jelly Glitter Pen
Sakura Jelly White Pen
Snowflakes - Jolee
Twine:  Pebbles

Challenges
Let's Craft and Create - Ch. 139 Anything Goes with optional Red, White and Blue
Aud Sentiments - Ch. 208 Christmas in July
CRAFT - Ch. 477 Christmas
Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 215 Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 389 Anything Goes

There is snow one like you

Today is a New Release day at Catch the Bug and it is the Prize Gift set from the Holiday Chaos set.  I colored this snowman with a hot pink scarf and blue birds.  I wanted some non-Traditional Christmas colors.
Make sure to check the site if you played the Holiday Chaos to see if you won any prizes!!!
I know this weekend we got a little snow and then Monday some more...so for those of you who also got snow please be safe since people are just getting used to slippery roads and sidewalks once again. Stay warm.  And to those in warm areas with no snow well....carry on, hehe.  As I sit in my craft room typing with my space heater going LOL.

Cardstock:  Recollections; Craft Smith

Patterned Paper:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo

Sentiment:  Bugaboo

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Petite Ovals

Trees:  Dress it Up

Snowflakes:  Jolee

Ribbon:  Offray

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches - December

CHNC - Ch. 363 Anything Christmas with optional a touch of sparkle

CHNC Extra - December

Allsorts - Wk 445 Snowflakes

Winter Wonderland - Anything Christmas Goes

QKR - Ch. 273 Non-Traditional Christmas Colors

Dragonfly Dreams - Non-Traditional Christmas

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 62 Show me a Snowman

Alphabet Challenge - T for Trees

Glitter 'n Sparkle - Ch. 269 Winter

Happy Holiday Cheer to You!

I have a lot of My Favorite Thing stamps so I decided to do a few of the Camp Create projects today.  Here is one for the day 2 for Masking.  I used Distress Inks to create the background for the fire/sky.  I used a stencil from Newton's Nook for the sky to add the stars.  I heat embossed the sentiment.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp & Sentiment:  Toasty Greetings

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder:  White Stampendous

Spellbinder:  Large Petite Oval

Die:  My Favorite Things

Pearls & Bling:  Recollections

Stencil: Newton's Nook

Ink:  Distress - Scattered Straw; Blueprint Sketch

Challenges

My Favorite Things - Camp Create Day 2 Masking

CHNC - Ch. 347 Anything Christmas optional make it Girlie

CHNC Extra - August

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - August Yellow

Winter Wonderland - Embossing Wet or Dry

CRAFT - Ch. 429 Christmas

Moochas Smoochas to you

I wanted to make a card that didn't have any pink or red on it, but still had some hearts.  I used this adorable image From the Heart and the sentiment and patterned paper is from TLC. All our snow has melted since we have unusually warm weather for WI it was 62 degrees today which is a record high in February.

Patterned Paper:  TLC, Create - Irish Love Papers 5, Irish Love Papers 8

Cardstock:  Core-dinations;  Recollections

Stamp:  From the Heart - Blowing Kisses

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Moochas Smoochas to you

Punch:  EK Success

Spellbinder:  Small Circles

Hemptique

Bling:  Paper Studio

Challenges

From the Heart - Sketch  162

Merry Monday - Ch. 235 Snowmen

CHNC - Ch. 321 Anything Goes with optional Green

CHNC Extra - February

Creative Corner - Winter Wonderland

CRAFT - Ch. 403 Christmas

Sparkles - Ch. 89 Love

Crafter's Cafe - Ch. 167 No red or pink

Season's Greetings - Ch. 1 Love

 Aud Sentiments - Ch. 173 Valentine or love sentiment

to completely huggable lovable you

It's that time of year to play outside....except for here it is going to be too cold the next few days.  So stay warm! Unless you are in the South or the Southern Hemisphere otherwise the rest of us will be stuck inside. For my card, the sentiment is from TLC and the image is one from QKR.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollectiion

Stamp:  QKR - digi 23502 Best Friends

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - to completely huggable lovable you

Embossing Folder:  Darice

Pom:  Creatology

Ink:  Versa Magic - Sea Breeze

Challenges

Atlantic Heart Challenge - Sketch 193

QKR - Ch. 224 Snowman or Snowflakes

CHNC - Ch. 314 Anything Christmas

CHNC Extra - January

ABC Christmas Challenge - A for Anything Goes B for Blue

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - Add snowflakes

No peeking

I finally pulled out my Newton's Nook stamps and inked them up.  I have 3 Siamese cats and I am trying to get them in for their routine visits with the vet yesterday and today.  I left the carrier out since I took the one girl, Snookie for a hair cut and today the two girls were to go.  I could only catch Jasmine and Snookie was too smart for me and hid.  Maybe I can get her tomorrow.  Casio my male cat loves to lie on top of my new couch so now he is leaving an indent on the cushion.

Patterned Paper:  Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp & Sentiment: Newton's Nook - Newton's Curious Christmas

Ink:  Distress Black Soot

Divine Twine

Spellbinders:  Star Circle

Washi Tape:  Recollections

Flowers:  Petaloo

Challenges

Inky Paws - Ch. 38 color challenge

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - Sketch 79

CHNC Extra - December

Show us your Pussies - Ch. 13

Sweet Stampin' - Animals

Di's Design Challenge - December Traditional Christmas Colors

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 455 Stars/Sparkles

Christmas a time to make magic

I wanted to try a little something different on my card so I many times use digital paper, but this time I printed just strips of the paper along with the sentiment on the white cardstock as my background.  I wanted a CAS card for my non-traditional colors.  It was fun and easy to do.  The snowman is freebie that I got from Melonheadz quite some time ago, and the sentiment is from TLC.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Melonheadz - Snowbunch 1

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Time to make magic Christmas

Bling:  Mark Richards

Challenges

CHNC Extra - December

Melonheadz - Winter is here

Color Throwdown - Ch. 422

Crafty Boots - Christmas

Crafty Catz - Ch. 350 Non-traditional Christmas colors

Brown Sugar - Ch. 228 Anything Goes

All that glitters is snow

Well here we are on day 4 of the Catch the Bug Holiday Chaos and the challenge is to use no patterned paper and have a clean and simple card.  I used the Bugaboo image Sign it chibi snowman and on the inside is a sentiment from TLC.  I embossed the background paper on a shimmer piece of paper, and added some glittery bling in the corner.  This is really simple for me, but it is fun.  I've included a picture from my kitchen window of the snow that was falling on Sunday morning.  Which we will be melting during this week, and then we are predicted to get hit again on Sunday.

December 4th in Wisconsin, USA looking through my kitchen window into the back yard.

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create (see above for direct link)

Embossing Folder:  Darice

Bling:  Mark Richards

Challenges

Catch the Bug - Holiday Chaos day 4 Clean as Snow

CHNC - Ch. 310 Vintage or anything Christmas

CHNC Extra - December

12 months of Christmas - Welcome to the North Pole (Snowman, Snow)

A Gem of Challenge - Ch. 183 Snowmen/Women

Crazy for challenges - C4C365 STAR (Snowman, Snow)