Snowbuddy Likes You.....

Hello crafty friends: It's time for a new challenge over at SHOPPING OUR STASH, the theme is SNOW or anything that has to do with it, this is another chance for you to increase your Holiday card stash so, get busy and join my teammates and I in our gallery.

This is the card I made to inspire you to play along.

These cute little characters and the fence are from Purple Onion Designs, Snowy the Winter Owl, Winterberry (Small Snowman) and Snowy Fence, I did a bit of masking to stamp the Snowman in front of the fence, easy peasy.

Colored with Sakura Koi water colors.

I used a Snow Fall stencil to apply Ranger Texture Paste Opaque over my panel and on the fence and ground, I found 4 leftover snowflakes I've cut for another project and added them to the corners with glue dots, I also placed a Rhine Stone in the center of each for a bit of bling.

The sentiment is from a retired SU set called "Snow Much Fun".

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I always finish the inside of my cards, this saves me a lot of time when I need to mail them.

Both the sentiment and the little bird are from the same SU set.

So I hope you hop over the SHOPPING OUR STASH blog to get more inspiration from my teammates and come on and play along.

Thank you for stopping by, I always read every single comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate them more than words can express. 

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.

All Decked Up!!!

Hello everyone: After a frenzy of Halloween cards I'm here today with a Christmas card for the new challenge over at RETRO RUBBER which is a fun sketch full of possibilities. I hope you come along and play with us, we can't wait to see what you create.

I made this card with a super cute and sadly retired Stampin' Up! set called "Snow Much Fun" that was in the 2011-2012 idea book and catalog, love this cute snowman images and sentiments.

I stamped the Christmas Trees on some watercolor paper from Strathmore with Stazon black ink, colored them with SU markers, an aqua painter and added some highlights with Prismacolor pencils then, I fussy cut them and "planted" them in this cute crates from a retired Flourishes set called "Topiaries" , I added some Rhine Stones and a star to each to make them look so festive.
The patter paper is from my stash and the sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Cozy Cupfulls.

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Here is a picture of the inside of my card.

The Sentiment is from another Power Poppy set called Ponsettia, the little mitten is from Merry Littles from Power Poppy too.

I hope you come and join us at RETRO RUBBER and please make sure you use at least one stamp that is OLDER THAN A YEAR.  Stop by the blog to see the awesome inspiration my teammates have for you.

I'm linking this card to the following challenges.

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #81 "Christmas for Kids"

Christmas Card Challenge

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #356 Anything Goes Christmas/Traditional Christmas colors.

Thank you for stopping by, I always read every single comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate them more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.