I heavily relied on Poppystamps Cabin Snowglobe Easel Card dies for this, along with a Polaroid die from Craft Fancy. Papers are Stampin' Up! Delightful Dijon, Pretty Peacock (both retired), and Early Espresso and a Recollections glitter paper for the trees and Memory Box glitter paper for the snow.  I splattered the Peacock paper with Kuretake Starry Colors Watercolors #906. Background papers were a retired DSP from Stampin' Up! (Baja Breeze maybe) and a yellow piece from Parklane Paperie Timeless Texture pad. Snowflake die is from Poppystamps Snowflake Corner Frame. Stamped sentiment in Early Espresso is from Stampin' Up! retired set White Christmas. Bird dies are also from Poppystamps. 

Here are the challenges I am entering:

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The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #121

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #175 

I am using the diagonal of Square, Die Cuts, and Turquoise.

I created a 2" square watercolor background using a Stampin' Up! Crushed Curry ink refill as the paint. I had a nice watercolor texture, but them covered it up with Wild Honey Distress Oxide ink through the Tim Holtz Ringer stencil. I had a precut film strip from my Silhouette and used Stampin' Up! Island Indigo and Broken China Distress Ink to color it. The color was a little bright and competed with the butterfly, so I knocked it down a bit by using a Bo Bunny Terrific Textures stamp in black ink on top of it. I wanted a little more black and chose a circle-pattern stamp from one of my favorite Stampin' Up! sets, Kinda Eclectic to stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black at the top of the square. 

Yep, it still needed more. I added two pieces of greenery die cut from the Tim Holtz Sizzix set Garden Greens (just got this the other day and I love it). I used a piece of Kiwi Metallic Cover stock from the Paper Company that I've had in my stash for a long time. I finished off my little square by adhering three clear Fairy Drops by Poppystamps with Nuvo Crystal Drops. I mounted the square on Gina K's 110lb Pure Luxury white cardstock embossed with one of my favorite embossing folders, Tim Holtz Texture Fades Blueprint. Finally, to follow the sketch, I added my sentiment. For You was cut (2 cuts stacked for each word) with Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix and Match Sentiments. 

Frankly, I'm amazed at all the products I used. I've been in a bit of a creative rut lately and entering challenges is a great way to get out of them. Sometimes, throwing everything you have at something is just the ticket.

I am entering this at Freshly Made Sketches #524, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, and Passion For Markers Week 629 (Things with Wings), Hero Arts Challenge

I haven't made a spinner card in years, but I want to send one to a family with young kids for Christmas. No time like the present. 

I love watercolor a lot, but sometimes it intimidates me. So when I had the idea to simply combine 3 colors (red, orange, purple) in a messy way, I knew it wouldn't be too hard. I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers in a couple of orange, a couple of red, and a couple of purple shades. Then I used a large Pentel waterbrush, I simply spread the color over some watercolor paper, making sure to avoid mixing blue-purple with orange as I knew that would not blend too well (they are too close to opposites on the color wheel). I kept red in the middle of the other colors. I literally painted with one color a little with the marker, then spread it with the waterbrush. I kept going until I had covered an area about 8" x 3". Then I sent the watercolor paper through my Silhouette and cut the word "wish." Then I cut BIG out and painted it with one shade of purple after it was cut. I overlapped the letters and added pop dots to the w and the s. I added several sequins and called it a day. 

CS: Background is Gina K Pure Luxury Heavyweight 110lb, Watercolor cardstock is Canson XL Cold press

Watercolor markers: Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers in Red, Geranium Red, Wine Red, Carmine Red, Deep Red, Scarlet Red, Orange, Purple, Violet, and Deep Violet

Pentel Waterbrush, largest size

Fonts used in Silhouette: Tondu and Bebas Neue found on DaFont.com.

Sequins from Amazon.com. 

Challenges: CAS Mixup September Watercolour Challenge, Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with a Die, Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Anything Goes, Color Throwdown 659, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Sparkle & Shine

I just love the MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses stamps and dies, and when I found a sketch challenge from MFT and a color challenge on Color Throwdown, I had my plan. Putting the star together was a challenge. I used my Silhouette to cut the star. I used Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide to ink the sky, with a few well placed water droplets for stars. Next I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders dies to cut the hills. If I had thought it through, I simply would have used precut stars with the hillside borders, so everything would stack neatly. Instead I just used some scrap cardstock and glued it down, then trimmed the edges to fit the star shape base. That was not easy. I used light blue cardstock sprayed with pearl glimmer mist for the ice. I did precut this in a star shape, so that made fitting the lower half onto the star very easy. The sweet doggy and penguin are colored with alcohol ink markers. The sentiment is printed from my laser printer and backed with a slip of SU's Night of Navy. 

Ingredients:

CS: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb, Gina K Pure Luxury 110lb, Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake, Night of Navy (under sentiment), Seaside Spray (ice)

Stamps: MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses 

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin' Up! Smoky Slate (ice patch)

Dies: MFT Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses, Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders

Alcohol Ink markers: Copic B41, B45, Dick Blick cool grays

Glimmer effects: Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Pearl, Clear Wink of Stella on trees

Embellishments: Stampin' Up! Elegant Faceted Gems

Challenges: MFT Sketch Challenge 557, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Kat Scrappiness September Challenge, Clever Dexter Challenge 21, Color Throwdown 658

I was so excited to get MFT's Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses in the mail. I have ideas coming out my ears. I wanted to enter the MFT Slimline Challenge to make an autumn-themed slimline. I started by using a blend of 4 Distress Oxide inks on my Gina K cardstock. Then I used my alcohol ink markers to color in these sweet, tiny penguins (all the while dreaming of sweater weather). I die cut them, and cut the hills and trees on my Silhouette Cameo. The hardest part of this card was cutting small enough pieces of my foam adhesive to fit the back of the trees.

Inspired by a Toni Maddox (@frankiehelpscraft) card using this Bubbles of Joy stamp set from Lawn Fawn, I gave my mice a cute house complete with door, chimney and a very nice lawn. I limited myself to 3 colors: pink, gray and mint green in order to stick with a color challenge theme. That color restrictions made for a lot of fun. I am still in love with slimline cards.