The 12 Kits of Chrismas - January Challenge

Yes, it's another Christmas card and each month there will be more. I am doing this monthly Christmas challenge called The 12 Kits of Christmas with 11 other incredibly talented ladies and I am really excited to see what they have all come up with this month.  We are each assigned a month to put together card kits to send to all 11 other ladies and January was Renee's month and oh my goodness did she spoil us!  There were enough ingredients in this kit to make so many cards....I made only 3 but I am so happy with what I ended up with.
There is also some wonderful Blog Candy to one lucky person who comments on all of the blogs. Maybe this will temp you into leaving those wonderful remarks....a die from Memory Box and a few other fabulous goodies too.
Thanks for taking a peek!

January Kit

Here is the list of blogs to visit and leave comments...

Joyce - Cards-by-the-Sea

Renee - It's a Patchwork Life

Cathy - Empty Nest Crafter

Kara - KandRDesigns

Jeanne - A Kept Life

Amy - Stamp-n-Paradise

Jessica - The Paper Parade

Marybeth - Marybeth's Time for Paper

Sharron - On Papillion Wings

Suzanne - thecardyard

Christina - Sea Glass & Sentiments

Ingredients

Dies: Memory Box - Star of Wonder, Poppystamps - Grand Madison Window and Cheery Lynn - O Tannenbaum Tree

Cardstock: PTI - Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select, Rustic White and Enchanted Evening

Velvet Ribbon: Simplicity

Glitter: Martha Stewart

January 2012 Waltzting Mouse Christmas Card Challenge

I know, I know more Christmas cards and it's only January...well Waltzing Mouse has a year long Christmas card challenge where you make one card per month and follow their theme.  This is the first month and the theme is to have either day or night time sky.  I choose night time and was able to use some leftovers from another annual challenge, 12 Kits of Christmas (more on that to follow at a later date and post).  This card was lots of fun to make and uses plenty of glitter, sort of hard to see from the photo but trust me if you saw my craft table you would think Tinker Bell lived here.  My favorite thing about the card are the adorable little red birds perched on the tree.Thanks for taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Black and White
Dies: Renee (thanks)
Glitter: Martha Stewart
Stamps: WM 2011 Holiday Ornaments

MIM #37 Layered Mats and Frames

I finally got my card done for MIM and since I was lucky enough to get my PTI release order so quickly I wanted to use some of my new toys.  The card was so much fun to make and like my friend Joyce would say, it practially made itself! Really, the card just seemed to fall into place and I am really happy with the way it turned out and plan to make a few more using the same technique of the layered mats and frames.  Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek!

Ingredients - All PTI

Card Stock: Rustic White, Spring Moss and Dark Chocolate

Stamps: In the Meadow and Background Basics-Sheet Music

Ink: Spring Moss and VersaFine Vintage Sepia

Felt: Spring Moss

Dies: In the Meadow, Limitless Layers and Layerz Mat Stack 1

Bakers Twine: Dark Chocolate

Another Christmas Card

It has been a busy week and now that Saturday is here I have a littel bit of time to put a few cards together and post to my blog.  I cased this card from No Time To Stamp, Sharon is very creative and I just fell in love with the tree stamp with all of the blue bling floating through the air.  I don't usually buy wood mounted stamps but as you can see, this one was just too beautiful to pass up.  Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek!

Ingredients
Solid Card Stock: PTI - Black and White, CM - Light Blue
Stamps: Penny Black - Snow Dust and PTI - Stylish Sentiments - Holiday
Ribbon: PTI - Fresh Snow
Bling: Kaiser
Brad: MM