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I am in love with these elves. They make me smile! I colored this cutie with copics, added some "twinkling clouds" flocking from Sparkle n Sprinkle and a little glitter from the same company. I paper pieced the tree with some papers from MFT Stamps. I love how they turned out. Did you know that they have a chart which allows me to match my papers to copic colors. Makes me really look good!

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My new elves arrived from MFT Stamps yesterday and I just couldn't wait to cut the out, stamp and color. I colored him with copics and used "Twinkling Clouds" flocking from Sparkle n Sprinkle on his hat to make it look like fur! I just love this look. Christmas card making is underway!

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This card was definitely inspired by one of the design team. Since moving to FL, I like my Christmas cards to have a "warm" feel. I used the greeting from on of last year's sets. I think a toast to "Christmas Cheer" is most appropriate, don't you?

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I'm really growing to love the tall and skinny sketches. They challenge me to really choose my elements carefully. I looked at my sentiments for one I had not used, and this one spoke to me. We have had a lot of rain here in FL lately and I have had friends who have had a lot of problems, so I thought this would be the perfect sentiment. I looked through my patterned paper and thought this Authentique  collection really fit. Hope whoever is the recipient enjoys a Sunshiny Day!

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I was looking for something other than a circle to use, when I discovered that I needed 3 birthday cards this week. I was looking through my stax and came across the balloons. Perfect! I pulled out the plaid builder for the background using the color challenge and the card was born. I stamped the confetti background on the main card for interest. Great sketch to work with this week!

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My Favorite Things has a new contest on their blog. My take on it is to think outside my comfort zone for card creations.

 

My card began by coating a piece of Smooth White cardstock with Gesso. I sponged some die based ink on for the background. Then I pulled out some background stamps, stencils and other stamps and went to work. Since the paper was coated, I was not limited to only one type of ink. I used a little darker and brighter inks for this layer. When it was dry, I added some silver and gold touches. After seeing how intense the raindrops appeared, I pulled out the Pure Innocence stamp, paper pieced her umbrella and colored her with Copic markers.  I trimmed the background piece with a frame from Blueprints 20, mounted it on a piece of Blueberry cardstock cut from another frame from Blueprints 20 and mounted this on my card base. I popped the little girl up with foam tape, added a rhinestone on top of her umbrella and gave her boots some shine with glossy accents and she is ready to steal your heart!

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I have been inspired to use the "Tall & Skinny" card challenge each month to make a Christmas Card. This one was really fun. Taylored Expressions has these die cuts each month called "Little Bits" and the Christmas ones are so cute. When I saw the circles, I knew the would be perfect. I chose to cut my circles out and it really gives it some depth.