Mini Die-o-rama

Hi, everyone!

Happy weekend!

I had a little bit of time on my hands this week. t has been quiet, with my son at "home" in MI for the holidays, and hubby having to work almost every day (he had Christmas Day off, thankfully).

I pulled out more of my dies that have been neglected: heck, everything in my craft space has been neglected for a couple months! This is another card that was heavily inspired by KittieKraft. 

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I did not have the snowflake die that she used on her card, so I made my card front by cutting out a snowflake shape with my Silhouette machine. It is on pop-dots, and behind it are my layers that were made with the Impression Obsession Fir Tree Border die. My "snow" and trees are crimped with my Fiskars crimper and wavy crimper. The snow edge was cut with my Fiskars deckled edge scissors.

I cut the sledding boy from a die that is part of the pack by Papertrey Ink. It comes from the 

In the Meadow die set.  My snowflakes were cut from a Cheery Lynn 4x4 die: C146 Snowflakes. I love this die! One pass through the Big Shot creates lots of small, assorted snowflakes that are perfect for cards!

Well, that's it for me, today. Crafting has been sporadic: I've had some major shoulder pain and am in month three of physical therapy, so PT days are rough. I'm waiting on MRI results (hopefully next week I'll know specifics of what is going on), and in the meantime, I am just trying to come up with a few things here and there to stay a little bit active on the blogging!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed your visit!

Happy Crafting!

Challenges Entered:

A Creative Romance - Sparkle at Christmas

Alphabet Challenge - W for Whatever you Wish

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - Winter

Craftitude - AG/Christmas Sparkle

Crafty Hands Challenge Blog - Season's Greetings/Winter

Fun with Shapes - Bling Bling

Shelly's Images - Winter Theme: Snowflakes

Winter Wonderland

Hi, everyone!

I'm taking a break from my Bugaboo Birthday Week cards today, but please scroll through the week's posts to visit the cards I have made and the wonderful games and challenges that are going on over at Catch the Bug! We'd be so honored to have you playing along with us this week to celebrate Bugaboo's 3rd Birthday! :0)

I recently purchased some Cottage Cutz dies; these are my first CC dies, ever and I fell in love with them when I saw a card that Kittie Kraft posted a while ago. The dies are Mountain Lodge and Trees & Rustic Sign. I have to say, I had a booger of a time with some of the tiny cut-puts on the Mountain Lodge die! I was 'losing my religion' for several hours, and through six different cut attempts! I did manage, though, and have put together this card for todays post:

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There are tons and tons of layers on this. I used a stair fold card base, and lots of pop dots! I added some 3D Glittering Paint for my "snow" on the trees, roof, chimney, steps, and on the torn top of my snowy, crimped layers.

Here are some additional images, some different angles and close-ups. And, as always, clicking the image will enlarge it for better detail views. :0)

Here's a front view, at a higher angle than the first photo.

This view shows the card base folds, and you can see many of the layers from this view.

A close-up of the lodge and trees. The lodge die puts some pretty embossed details into the pieces: cobblestone for the chimney, lines for logs on the home, some pretty dimension on the trees.

I can only ream of a white winter this year, it seems. SC has had incredibly warm temperatures, so far (as have many areas in the country). The days of Michigan winters, where I grew up, are behind me, but I think that's okay: I can always make cards like this and not have to deal with the frigid temperatures that go along with the pretty snow. lol! It is nice to think that some day I will head to a mountain lodge to stay for my holidays, but for right now.....I'm happy right here. :0)

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you've enjoyed my card, and that you choose to browse some of my other posts! If you like my work, please follow me, and leave a comment with your website info so I can return the favor! :0)

Happy Crafting!

This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Always Something Creative - Winter

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Cold & Frosty

Crafting for All Seasons - Something New(dies)

Crafts And Me - Something New (dies)

Crafty Sentiments - Winter Fun

Creative Card Crew - Snow & Ice

Creative Moments - Monochrome

Eureka Stamps - Layer It Up & Let It Snow

Freshly Brewed - Anything Goes

Make My Monday - Die Cuts/Punches

Papercraft Star - White on White

Papertake Weekly - Baby It's Cold Outside

Sisterhood of Crafters - Winter

Squigglefly - Winter Theme

The Crazy Challenge - No Designer Paper

Tuesday Alchemy - Winter Wonder Photo Inspiration

Whoopsidaisy - Monochromatic