'Snow Challenge Like a SNOW Challenge! ;)

Time to play again!

This week over at CAS-ual Fridays they have a snow challenge.  Lucky me just happened to be playing with my new Paper Smooches Snowmen, and I have JUST the card to share!  :)

This one is going to be my first ever entry for the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge, too!  Yay!

A friend of ours fell down some stairs and broke his leg after Thanksgiving.  He had to have surgery, and if off his leg for 8 weeks!   I decided he doesn't have many options but this...

Totally the perfect sentiment!  ;)  I used my Close to My Heart Twilight CS along with the Sizzix Hero Arts Christmas Dots embossing folder.  Our CTMH cardstock all has a white core, so it is great to use for sanding like this, not to mention super-easy!

I could not resist these guys from the Paper Smooches Freezy Fellas stamp set available at http://www.papersmoochesstamps.com/.  I was soooo happy when I found out the stamps had matching dies too! I stamped them on White Daisy CS with my Black Exclusive Ink.  Their little carrot noses are just colored in with an orange marker.  Easy...just the way I like it.

I used lots of adhesive foam to make the card a bit more dimensionally interesting.  LOVE how it all came together!

Turns out that another challenge I like to play along with, Addicted to CAS, is using the codeword: Snowflakes this week, so I am linking up over there as well, yay!  :)

Thanks for stopping in today!  :)

Just Beat the Buzzer!

I almost forgot my post today!  I have been working on my Degrees in the Close to My Heart Training Academy, and got completely carried away tonight!  I have a quick scrapbook layout to share with you tonight.   This is a fun beach layout using Footloose, Elemental, and Dotty papers.  I also used Outdoor Denim, New England Ivy, and Desert Sand cardstock.

 I like how the orange Dotty paper brings out the orange in the other elements.   A bit of baker's twine finished off the orange.  The flip flops are from the Just Chillin' My Acrylix Set.  The word "sunset" is stamped with letters in the Keepsake Alphabet.

My favorite part of the layout is the palm tree that I fashioned with cardstock.  I love to use and abuse the paper to make it look like something entirely different!

Tearing this water boarder added some texture and a pop of white for contrast.

I used the sea shell and the sun from the Footloose Complements as well as a metal tag from the Sunset Mini Medley.  Behind this tag, I used a length of the Outdoor Denim ribbon from that color mini medley.

Thanks for looking!

NOTE:  Alright, so the post was at midnight!  I will just have to double up today!  ;)

Color Dare Challenge #3

Time for another CTMH Color Dare Challenge!  This one, I will openly admit, was tricky for me color-wise.  I am not a coral-loving girl in any way, so putting my personal color prejudice aside was harder than usual.  The colors for this week are complimentary colors:  Dutch Blue and Sorbet

You could also add one of the optional color choices, which I chose to do by including Sweet Leaf.  It did not drown out the Sorbet as I hoped, lol, but did tone it down a bit.  I have no Sorbet Ink (go figure), so I went with the papers that I have with that color including the Elemental Paper pack.  The neutral colors I added were Desert Sand and Colonial White.  Also this week, as a bonus, we can try our hand at one of the projects in the current Idea Book.  I chose the little pillow box on page 139 as my inspiration for this card:

 I had been wanting to give these flowers a try with my cricut because I love the dimension they give.  I inked the edges with the Desert Sand Ink and popped a silver brad in the middle.  After I was finished, I added the leaves stamped in Sweet Leaf from the Card Word Puzzle My Acrylix set.  I used the AP cartridge for the boarder cut in Dutch Blue and to cut the background for the sentiment that is stamped in Dutch Blue and found in the Thoughtful Tidings February 2012 Stamp of the Month Set.

I only wish I had the Desert Sand pen to add some stitching around the outside of the Sorbet cardstock.  That would have been the perfect touch.  Thanks for looking!