PTI December Blog Hop - Leftovers

What a fun blog hop this was...and so easy too! I was lucky enough to get some homemade caramels from Joyce, Cards-by-the-Sea and the packaging was just so adorable and made for the perfect leftover card. I used the PTI snow bank dies with just a touch of Martha Stewart glitter to match and there you have it, a fun and festive card!  What I really like about this card is that after I stamped the sentiment and then added glitter to the edge of the snow, I did not realize that ink had not dried so the top portion of Holly Jolly Holiday has just a smidgen of glitter too.  Now had I planned that it would have never happened.  I love when these kinds of fun things happen to my cards.  Joyce, thank you so much for the leftovers too!

Ingredients
Card Stock: PTI
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Dies: PTI - In the Meadow
Stamps: Christmas Labels and In the Meadow
Ink: Versa Magic - Aquatic Splash

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #74 & CAS-ual Fridays #29

I am pretty new to WMS but have fallen head over heels in love with them.  This will be my fourth card made for one of their challenges, this one is a sketch challenge.  I only own two WM stamp sets, one Christmas and the other is a background set.  Both are just beautiful but really limit the cards I can make for these challenges.  Good thing it is Christmas season, so I am safe for a little while. 
My favorite stamp from Santa's Coming to Town is the Santa cameo and I have used it every chance I could. I also love glitter and made my own red sparkle letters using Quikutz dies and then ran them through my little Xyron, sprinkled them with glitter and there you have it! It makes a bit of a mess but well worth it in my opinion.  So here is my Santa card...thanks for taking a peek!

This card is serving two different challenges, Waltzingmouse and CAS-ual Fridays.  I love it when I am able to get one card made for two challenges, such a fun bonus.

Ingredients
Card Stock: PTI - Pure Poppy and Fresh Snow
Printed Paper: PTI - Candy Cane Prints
Ink: VeraFine - Onyx Black
Dies: PTI - Doilies and Quikutz - Chocolate ABC's
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Bling: Martha Stewart

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #27 Over the Edge

I have been dying to use my Shape-up Snowman dies and stamps since I got them last month, so here is my card for the Over the Edge challenge.  It was so much fun to make once I got into it.  At first I just had the snowman on the card...it still needed something, just not sure what it was.  So my little snowman sat on my desk over night while I thought what could I do to bring him to life. So today he got a little sparkle around the edges (it is a bit hard to see it, but it is there) and some snowflakes as well to finish him off.  Hope you like him as much as I do...thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Card Stock: PTI - Ocean Tides and Fresh Snow
Buttons: PTI - Ocean Tides
Felt: PTI - Ocean Tides and Pure Poppy
Ink: VersaFine - Onyx Black and SU - White
Stamps: In the Meadow, Shape up Snowman Accessories and Christmas Labels
Dies: Snowman Shape UP set
Glitter: Martha Stewart - Crystal Fine

Fa la la and Merry & Bright

Here are two more cards that I made on Saturday and I just love them.  My sweet friend Joyce from Cards-by-the-Sea sent me these adorable snowflakes and she was kind enough to send me lots of them and all in beautiful colors.  I added a bit of glitter to both of them by painting on some Martha Stewart Glitter Glue and then dusted each  with her crystal fine glitter. I also did a bit of sewing on them. They were so much fun to make and Joyce is always so nice to share her dies with me.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients

Glitter & Glitter Glue: Martha Stewart

Card Stock: PTI -Whtie and Pure Poppy

Printed Paper: PTI -Christmas Prints

Stamps: PTI -Tag-It's #8

Ink: SU - Real Red and VersaFine - Black

Dies: PTI - Limitless Layers



First Card Challenge...

I am so excited to participate in the challenge from CAS-ual Fridays blog.  I have followed their blog for some time and now that I have a blog I can play along.  Hope you like the card.

Supplies Used
Paper: Ripe Avocado and White - PTI
Ink: Peeled Paint - Distress Ink
Glitter: Golden Beryl - Martha Stewart
Ribbon: Michaels
Glue Dots
Stamps: Thanks 2 You - The Stamps of Life