Even though it made its way back up to 80 degrees today, here is a snowy Christmas card! I am so in love with this Hero Arts set. Little animals with scarves are so cute! I actually made this card for the Hero Arts challenge this week which is to create a holiday card with an accessory. I used a gem and glitter!
I made this snowy hill my cutting a slope, then running it through my Xyron and then adding glitter to the whole thing. I couldn’t capture how fun and glittery it is in real life with the camera though.
I used the red gem to make this reindeer into Rudolph. I also paper pieced his head, body and scarf. It takes forever, but it definitely adds dimension. I just love this sentiment. What more could anyone want but peace and love, right?

This card is for two challenges. I brought out a bunch of stuff that I’ve had for a while and really wanted to use, but just haven’t for some reason. I had so much fun! This card is based off of CPS137, but I turned it 90 degrees. I tend to do that. Do I have problems following rules or something? 😉
I created this background with techniques from the 2Peas Fall Stamp Camp. You need to go check out the video by Jennifer McGuire. It is awesome! I did this technique by adding different colors of distress inks to my card base. Then I stamped a background and clear embossed it. Then I added more of the orange color above that and then wiped off the embossed part. This way the color shows through the embossing that I added at the beginning, but the non-embossed parts get darker orange. The look is really cool and shiny. Woo! Fun!
I brought out my upper crest punch, Amy Butler Stamps, and Ever After paper. All stuff I had been hoarding or waiting to use in some way. This is definitely a different card for me. It’s fun to step out of my comfort zone! And I have inky fingers now. I love inky fingers :).

Hello! I got my Corner Chomper today, so I decided to use it for the first time on video like I did with the American Crafts stamp markers. Well, my chomper does not chomp well. I am so disappointed! I am not going to post the video because it’s sad and filled with uneven and jagged edges. Haha! They are sending me a replacement one. I will let you know how it goes with that one! Have any of you had poorly working chompers? I seem to be the only one out there!
This card was a quick little card. It was the first card I sewed on too! I love this adorable sticker. I just had to pair it with this rub-on, also from the Blue Skies collection. I took some of the stickiness off of the sticker by pressing it to my pants and then used foam adhesive to adhere it to give the card more dimension.

Thanks for visiting today! I am hoping to participate in a few challenges tomorrow. I feel like I haven’t done any in forever!