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

Freebie Friday at Bugaboo Stamps!

Hi, everyone! It's Friday, and that means the uber-generous Jodie, of Bugaboo Stamps, has another freebie for you! She's drawn this January Sign Word Art image for you, today. I love this image! It can be used for a "Save the Date" card, on a calendar, or a winter card! So many possibilities!

You can pick up this image in the store for free, but only for a limited time!

Here is my card using the freebie for this week:

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Material List

Stampin' Up Card Stock

Spellbinders - Mega Curved Rectangles Die

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Winter Frills

3D Glitter Paint - Crystal

So, you've seen what I've done with the freebie, now it's your turn......so go pick it up at the Bugaboo Stamps Store, and get to it......it's only available free for this week! ;0)

After you stop in at the store, take a peek at the Catch the Bug post for today to check out the rest of the Design Team goodies! These peeps are filled with talent, full of good tips and ideas......and loaded with eye-candy-inspiring ideas! I am so honored to be part of the group!

<=====Their individual blog links can all be found in my left sidebar! :0)

Pick up this cute Bugaboo image, and others, over at the Bugaboo Stamps Store, and make sure you also jump over to the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: it's where you can find out all the lastest "dish" on what challenges are happening and what other challenge sites that Bugaboo is sponsoring (more chances to win some free Bugaboo!). It's also where you can check out all the other fantastic DT projects, including the OBG (Oldie But Goodie) stuff, the ABC (Anything But a Card) items, and the Tuesday New Releases......plus so much more!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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A sweet penguin New Release at Bugaboo Stamps!

It's Tuesday.......time for a Bugaboo Stamps New Release! Jodie's been hard at wrok on some great images, and this Winter Penguin Skiing is just one of them! 

I'll be honest - I'm just not quite "there" with creating wintery scene cards, but when I looked at the calendar I gasped! Yikes - the days of frozen tundra are quickly approaching! Are you ready???

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Materials List

Stampin' Up Card Stock

Memory Box Dies - Pine Tree Border

3D Paint - Shimmering Crystal

Pop-Dots

Sponge Dauber & SU Bashful Blue Ink

Cuttlebug Snowflakes Folder

Fiskars Wavy Paper Crimper

Glittering Gel Pens

Pick up this, and the other new release images, over at the Bugaboo Stamps Store, and make sure you also jump over to the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: it's where you can find out all the lastest "dish" on what challenges are happening and what other challenge sites that Bugaboo is sponsoring (more chances to win some free Bugaboo!). It's also where you can check out all the other fantastic DT projects, including the OBG (Oldie But Goodie) stuff, the ABC (Anything But a Card) items, and the Tuesday New Releases......plus so much more!

If you like what you see, the "Follow" button is over there ====>>

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Happy Crafting!

This card has been entered into the following challenges:
Bearly Mine - #56 Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - #21 Birds
Timeless Tuesday - #191 Winter Inspired

An adventure in CASE study

Hi, everyone!

You may know I've been stalking....I mean "following" (haha) .....Kittie Kraft, and drawing inspiration from her, lately. I tried another of her beautiful creations (see hers here). I have added several dies to my pile, recently, and I wanted to make something wintery. I know, I know.......let's not push it, right?! But, I thought this would be a pretty Christmas card, which I need to get to work on, so......I busted out the dies to give it a whirl!

As it turned out, I was trying to create the CASE'd card from memory, 

and ended up using a white base on my card: I think this was the "fatal error" for me, it just looked so washed out and........."blah".  I also changed up the die placements on my card.

Here's the first attempt:

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I was not happy with the outcome; in fact, I was a bit mopey about the outcome for a few days, and the card was tossed from here to there in my craft room - no photo-taking, no filing in the "finished" box. After a couple days, I pulled it out from a pile of scraps I had on my table and played with my Pearl Pen. I also added a glittery snowflake punch and a rhinestone brad fro some bling. You know what!? I like it much better now! :0) What do you think?

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Materials List

Stampin' Up Whisper White Card Stock

Fiskars Paper Crimper - Wavy

Memory Box Dies - Country Landscape, Pine Trees Border, Snowflake Corner, Frosty Border

Pop-Dots

Pearl Pen - Lt Blue

MS Punch - Snowflake

Rhinestone Brad

Stampin' Up Markers

Cuttlebug Snowflakes Embossing Folder

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Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!

This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Bearly Mine - Pearls & Swirls

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes #39

Tuesday Alchemy - Anything Goes #35

Victorine Originals #44 - Lots of Layers

Challenges 4 Everybody - #4 Anything Goes

Craft A Scene - Majestic Mountains

Cuttin' Up with Class Challenge day!

Hi, everyone! This is my second post this morning, so if you are here for my Bugaboo New Release post, please scroll down! :0)

It's Tuesday, and you know what that means......today starts a new challenge at the SVG Challenge Blog, Cuttin' Up with Class! Thanks to all of the participants of last week's challenge, and for leaving some love on the projects that the DT created!  We loved seeing your blogs, and hope that you'll join us again this week! If you entered something into the challenge, please visit the Cuttin' Up with Class Blog on Thursday to see if you're a winner! :0) (Jani will also be contacting the winner by email). In the meantime, though, stop by to pick up this week's FREE SVG, or you may choose the file as a DIGI, and enter the current challenge! We'd love to see what you come up with! :0)

The Cuttin' Up with Class Blog is designed for crafters that want to participate in regularly scheduled challenges that are geared toward SVG files. New challenges are on Tuesday, each week.  A free SVG cut file is provided for  you to use on a project of your choice.  It can be combined with any other challenge. The SVG cut does not have to be the focal point, as long as it is included on your project. You are free to use it along with other SVG's from individuals or other companies. Visit the Challenge Blog for your FREE SVG or Digi! Today's file is all about SNOW! Jani has some fantastic snowflake files - a ton of them, actually! I only have used three of them here on my card, but the possibilities for these are endless! They cut wonderfully!

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My image is a Bugaboo Stamps image, Snowman Skates. My base layer paper and the penguin border paper are also by Bugaboo Stamps, called Purple Blue Winter. I've used an MS Snowflake border punch, EK Success Large Label punch, Stickles glitter glue and the Print2Cut feature on my Sizzix eClips. 

The rest of the Cuttin' Up With Class Design Team has put together some great eye candy and inspiration for this weeks challenge, so be sure to check out what the talented ladies have drummed up for you! Their blogs are all linked in my side bar for you.

Don't forget to pick up the freebie so you can join in to win additional free SVG's and other goodies! :0)

Thanks so much for stopping by! I do hope you will join us each and every Tuesday for some great fun, fab SVG's and super prizes!

This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft - Bling!

Heartsong Inspirations - Snowflakes and/or Doilies

Paper Creations Ink - Bling It Up!

The Pink Elephant - Snowflakes & Sparkles

Paper Cupcakes - Winter Fun with Bling

Crafting When We Can - Friendship

Today's Bugaboo Mini-Challenge....2nd Post today - SVGCuts Buggies are below this post

....is to create Something with Snow. Well....couldn't we all use a little chilling off this week!? It's been hot! I created this card using Wednesday's Sketch Challenge, and used one of the Bugaboo Stamps Snowman images. I love snowmen, and I love Jodie's images....perfect!
These challenges are part of the Bugaboo Christmas in July Events, so be sure to hop over and check them out, if you haven't already! There is still time to enter, and Jodie and the team have some incredible prizes up for grabs!

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I'm sure others may take this challenge and run more with snowflakes and puffy, glittery snowy embellishes, but.........I'm being a minimalist this morning! lol! I used some snowflake charms that I have had for so long, I have zero clue where they came from! The papers are Debbie Mumm. I used my snowflake edger punch on the red, and colored in my snowman (adding the letters to the snowballs, as well) in PSE.

Thanks for stopping by! If you love this snowman, make sure to check out the entire collection over at Bugaboo Stamps! Jodie has something for everyone's taste there!

The First Snow for us in WV

The other day, I had posted about the flooded basement we were cleaning up. The day we started doing the majority of the work, it began to snow here for the first time since we've been in WV. Now, being from MI, snow is certainly nothing new to me; however, as my wonderful friend, Cely, put it.....it was like "Christmas card snow" that was falling!  Large snowflakes were floating down, and they looked so soft. I know that sounds crazy, but it was really nice to see during such a messy day for us!
Next to the outside stairs that lead to the basement (there are so many ways in and out of this house, and we have stairs inside the house, plus a doorway from the basement that leads to the back porch area of the house), at the corner of the house, this beautiful sight caught my eye, so I went in to grab my camera.

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Anyhow, I just thought I would share. I abhor spiders, but think their webs are each a piece of artwork, much like all of our paper creations! :)