Let it Snow

 Good Morning and welcome to my blog. Today I am the designer over at Card A Day Blog and the theme this week is snow:

We've gotten some snow but I know other parts of the states have gotten alot of snow. This is my last post for Card A Day Blog this year and the theme was timely, with snow in the forecast for Saturday. This was one of my first cards I ever swapped with the local girls, I learned a new technique with this one

The dark blue strips were wet embossed with the snowflake cuttlebug folder ans then embossed with blue embossing powder, it gives a bit of a shiny look to the cardstock, the stripe was cut at 1 X 3.75 and it was layered on lighter blue cardstock that was cut at 1.5" X 4". The snowman was stamped with French Blue Ink and it was something I had received from a friend when she was getting rid of her stamps, I think it's a Stampin Up stamp. It was stamped on white cardstock cut at 3" X 2.75" and layered on that same blue cut at 3.5" X 3.25". the Let it Snow stamp is from a Christmas clear stamp I got that is from Scrappy Cat and was stamped with the same ink as the snowman. This was stamped on white cardstock and cut out with the Classic squares-small from spellbinders and I added dimension to that with the swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder and then layered on snowflake paper die cut with the scalloped squares small. Added 3 small punched snowflakes, I'm thinking it's a fiskars punch to finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping by and seeing the view from my little corner of the word ans stop back later this afternoon to see who won the 100 blog follower giveaway :)

Christmas Card Blog Hop Day 2

Hi All and Welcome,
I hope everyone has been enjoying the hop, all the cards are fantastic aren't they. Wow what a great weekend to be a card-maker with all the inspiration for Christmas cards, it should be a great year for you to make your own cards. If you came from Shelley Bordeleau's blog: Gardens, Crafts n More then your on the right track on the Card A Day Blog Hop.
If not then you want to got to the CADB hop and start at the beginning so you don't miss a thing, there is also a listing at the bottom of this post, too. Also, If you do a card and link it the CADB blog you have a chance to win 12 prizes (1 from each designer participating in the hop) Wow!
Now on to my card:

This card was done through a class at the local scrapbook store and scraps were used to make it. (Love using up all those extra scraps around). Card base is 6" X 6" tan DieCuts with a view. the next layer is dark red card stock 5.75" X 5.75". Next layer is the pattern paper 4.5" X 4.5". The label layer is of the tan card stock at 4" w X 3" h, dark red layer is 3.75" w X 2.75" h, off white layer for the stamped sentiment is 3.5"w X 2.5"h. All the stamps are from Heartfelt Creations "Snowmen Melt Your Heart" collection. The snowman image was stamped and colored with sharpie and bic markers. This stamp was also stamped on the shrinky material that made the charm hanging from the bow (I remember this stuff as a kid, I can't believe it's still around and being used for card-makers). Both top layers were sewn a zigzag stitch with the sewing machine (machine wasn't mine)(we were have a lot of bobbin problems at the class. Added a red bow and it's ready for any special gift. Thanks for stopping by, now for the blog candy.

The blog candy:

The drawing for the quote stack pack and the pointsettas will be drawn Monday by  random. All you need to do is: to qualify either become a follower or leave a comment, if you do both you'll have 2 chances, that's it.

Next stop on the hop is Vicki's blog: Paper Squirrel have fun....

BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS:

Karin Adamczyk from ScrapperCreations

Adele Robbetze from nogardscreativecave
Christine Patton from Creative Genie-ous
Cindy Foster from Cindy's Creations
Cindy Pointe from The Creative Pointe
Janet White from Stamping At The White House
Kelly George from Sassy Scrapper Studio
Michelle Hessler from Paperthreads
Patricia Logan from MDN Creates
Shelley Bordeleau from Gardens Crafts 'n' More
Tina Campbell from Tina's Scrap Corner(You are here)
Vicki Schram from Paper Squirrel
Back to the Card a Day Blog to see who won the challenge