Dream Big

Dream Big - I have had a wonderful and long break over Christmas and I hope you had an equally wonderful Christmas and New Year. 

Now it is time to get back to work. lol

Today's card is for Gruffies and Guests! Our challenge is Buttons and Bows, but as always, anything Goes with House Mouse, Hopper or Gruffies image.

Here is my sweet image.

I colored it with Copics, make the clouds with a template from Heather's Hobby Haven and Tumbled Glass distress ink. I finished it off with a sentiment from PTI and some sequins.

My designer paper is Bo Bunny's Surprise! Collection.

Here are my buttons and bows!

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Mice

Mice - Today's challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity is Chocolate! How exciting is that!

I had a lot of help making these. My 5, 4 and 1 year old grandsons were the mice makers.

The ingredients are: Maraschino cherries with stems (for the tails,) Sliced Almonds (for the ears,) and Chocolate kisses (for the faces,) Then melted chocolate for the "glue."

We made a big mess, but the boys loved doing it. I started out doing this with the 2 older boys and the baby keep coming up to me and saying me. I thought he wanted some of the chocolate kisses, so I keep giving them to him, but he was not eating them. Then I tried giving him a cherry, but that still did not make him happy. 

Then it hit me, He wanted to make them too! He was so adorable dipping the cherries in the chocolate.

Here is the nicer looking ones that we made.

While they are not so pretty, they boys had a wonderful time and they are very tasty too!

For You

For You - Time for the last challenge of 2014 at Creative Card Crew.  We will be running this challenge for 3 weeks so that we can have some time with our families while we celebrate the birth of our LORD. 

Our challenge is everyone's favorite- Anything Goes!!

My designer paper is Bo Bunny's Woodland Winter Collection.

We are sponsored by A Day For Daisies and they let us use some of their images to play with. This one is Fashion Present.

I colored her with Copics and distress inked the edges with Iced Spruce.

My border die is MB and I added some gemstones to the center of some of the snowflakes.

Here are a few larger SB snowflakes, again with gemstones.

My sentiment is SU and I used some SNS embossing powder on it.

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Winter Beauty

Winter Beauty - This is our last challenge at Seems a Little Sketchy. Sop, sop. I was one of the first designers so I really wanted to keep it going. 

Enough pouting, on to my card.

Here is our final sketch.

My papers are The Paper Studio's Old World Winter, cut with a SB Grand.

My image is Winter Beauty by Stamping Dragon Designs. I loved coloring this image with my Copics. I added some Stickles to the berries and some Prills for the flower centers.

The little pine branches are PTI stamped with Pine Bough distress ink and then I used 3 tiny red pearls for the berries.

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Pine Branch

Pine Branch - It is Christmas challenge time at Crafts 4 Eternity.  For my card, I did not use any designer paper. I was letting my grandchildren play with my distress inks and this one was my model. I think it looks like the glow of Christmas lights!!!

My pine branch and pine cone dies are Elisabeth Crafts. I added some red gemstones and some clear sequins.

My sentiment is PTI. 

I hope you enjoyed seeing my Christmas card and that you will hop on over to the Crafts 4 Eternity blog and see what my team mates did.

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Ice Skating

Ice Skating - Time for a new challenge at Gruffies and Guests. This month we are looking for Blue and Silver creations using a House Mouse, Hopper or Gruffie image.

I used this adore ice skating image, which I colored with Copics. I added a bit of Tumbles Glass and Squeezed Lemonade distress ink on the edges.

I added this sparkly silver ribbon and bow, with a button

I cut my trees using some mirror paper.

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This card made the top 3 at Moving Along with the Times. Yike!

Angel

Angel - time for a new challenge at Alphabet Challenge Blog. We are up to V and V is for variety.

3 or more papers or embellishments. I went with 3 designer papers.

I colored this image ages ago and I don't remember who made the image. She is really a cute angel. I colored her with Copics and used the Spicia pen to add some sparkle.

My papers are The Paper Studio's Old World Winter, edged with gold acrylic paint. I added some gemstones.

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