Southern Ridge Trading Company- Altered Ornaments!

Hello! I’m getting super excited about Christmas coming, and even though I still have a ton of things to do, I’m enjoying the holiday season! These pretty ornaments that I made for the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog today were quick and easy, and a wonderful holiday project!

Here’s a look at the video where you can see how I put them all together!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to pop over to the Southern Ridge Trading Company blog  where you can see how the ornaments look hanging on the tree and get a list of supplies. You can check out the Southern Ridge Trading Company Store where you’ll find lots of fun wood veneer, chipboard and even stencils to create even more fun projects!

Linked to:
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Christmas

SpiegelMom Scraps - Hot Chocolate Weather Layout!

Hello! I'm over on the SpiegelMom Scraps blog again today sharing a frosty fun layout using some of the new free cutfiles and sequin mixes this month - Roadtrips & Sunshine and Dreamland! It's been really cold here this week, down to -20's celcius... brr! However, looking at this sweet layout makes it seem like winter is not that bad, lol! I really love  how the diecut snowflakes turned out using pink Distress Oxide ink and Emerald Creek Soft Fallen Snow Embossing Powder!

Be sure to check out all the details at the SpiegelMom Scraps blog and a look at the sketch I'm using as inspiration this week. It's the same sketch as last week, but I've changed it up to look totally different! And don't forget to use the code KARLA15 to save 15% off all your purchases at the SpiegelMom Scraps shop - even these cool Kaisercraft Stitched Circles I used today, which are on sale for an awesome price!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful and warm week 💓

FCCB #293 - Snow!

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #293-Snow
Make a project about Snow!

This Weeks Sponsor 

Pretty Cute Stamps

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

Any project that doesn't use a Cricut element will be deleted.

For this week's challenge I've chosen to use some cool snowflake cuts from the Gypsy Wanderings Cricut cartridge and cut the pretty snowflake border from the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge. It has finally warmed up here a bit, but we still have snow on the ground and there are a few snowman to be seen around the neighborhood. I must say that my favourite snowman are these cute watercoloured ones that I can create in my jammies! 

I stamped the snowman and snowgirl from the Snowmies stamp set from Pretty Cute Stamps (our sponsor this week!) on watercolour paper and used Distress and Tombow Markers to watercolour in my images. I've been loving purple lately and decided to pull some pinks and purples from the Pink Paislee background paper for a pretty winter feeling. I used the snowy background stamp (see image below) included in the set to add white heat embossed snow as a resist in the background before adding some blue watercolour.

I used some snowflake and heart stamps from the Little Llama Pretty Cute Stamps set - there are two sizes of snowflakes in this set and I used Distress Inks to add them to my wintery scene. I added a sentiment stamp from the Snowmies set right below my snowmen.

Inside, I added the outside cut to the negative snowflake I put on the front, some matching paper and a couple more snowflake stamps.

I love the fun, wintery look of this card. These lovely sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps, including these NEW snowflake sequins (so pretty!) add some shiny glimmer as a finishing touch!

Here's a peek at the cute stamp sets I used above:

 Snowmies 

Little Llama 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope your week is fantastic :) Be sure to head over to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog to see what all our other awesome Design Team members have come up with for this challenge - and enter your own Snow project with a Cricut cut for a chance to win a fab prize from our wonderful sponsor Pretty Cute Stamps! You can find the PCS Blog here with lots more inspiration too!

Linked to:

DL Art - January Linky Challenge
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - January Challenge

Little Scrap Pieces - Show It Off Saturday

Cut It Up - Snow Fun #113

Emerald Creek Dares - Bring On The New (new sequins)

Sip Enjoy Relax!

Hi there crafty friends! One more quick hot cocoa card to finish off the weekend!

I stamped my cup and sentiment from the Pretty Cute Stamps set Sip Enjoy Relax directly on a diecut circle from the Cricut Shapes and coloured my image with Prismacolor Markers, adding a face from the PCS Coffee Faces stamp set. I cut a strip of red cardstock and diecut the border with an AC heart border punch. I used some of the mini hearts around my card, as well as a diecut heart from the negative portion of a border cut with the Elegant Edges cartridge.

I embossed my white background with a snowflake embossing folder from Carta Bella after adding some blue Distress Ink directly to the folder.

Inside:

We had a fun Sunday and we actually took the girls skating. It's only the second time we've had them out on the ice, and they did well. I even ventured out on skates and did better than I thought I would!

I hope your Sunday was great!

Linked to- 

Tuesday Morning Sketches-

Die Cuttin Divas - Brrr, Hot Cocoa

A Cup Of Cheer!

This week's challenge over at the Die Cuttin' Divas blog - Brrr, Hot Cocoa is perfectly coordinated with my new snowflake embossing folder from Carta Bella. I couldn't stop at just one card, so I used the Print & Cut feature on my Cricut Explore to cut some wintery accents from the Hello Winter Echo Park collection. I found these on Snap, Click, Supply as a digital file. They coordinate perfectly with the Hello Winter paper pack I already had and were very easy to upload to Design Space.

I also cut the scalloped border from The First Few Years Cricut Cartrige and the scalloped circle from Elegant Edges. After I attached my large circle snowflake, the Cup Of Cheer banner and the Hot Cocoa cup I added some stickers from the paper pack and some rhinestones.

I dry embossed the white panel on the front of the card and then rubbed Versamark Ink over the top before adding Crystal embossing powder. You can see the shimmer in the snowflake in the background after I heat set it!

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I stamped inside with a sentiment from the Pretty Cute Stamps set Sip Enjoy Relax and cut my panel into 3 parts, embossing the top and bottom with the snowflake embossing folder.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Keep warm and have a lovely weekend!

Word Art Wednesday - AG

Die Cuttin Divas - Brrr, Hot Cocoa
Mojo Monday Sketch - #431

DL Art - Thankful Thursday January Linky Challenge

PDE Linky Party - AG!

Elf Brand Cocoa!

I've been playing around with the Print Then Cut feature on my Cricut Explore recently and found this cute Cocoa Sign (Santa's Village cartridge) along with the cup of Hot Cocoa (Yummy cartridge). They were perfect for this week's challenge over at the Die Cuttin' Divas blog - Brrr, Hot Cocoa! The pretty heart border and scalloped circle were both diecut from the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge. I used Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink to ink the edges of the circle and colour the heart border. For my snowflake circles I used a circle punch in two different sizes and used Distress Stain on my craft mat to add a watercolour look to the white cardstock. After I got the look I wanted and dried them I stamped on snowflakes from the Warm Fuzzies stamp set by Pretty Cute Stamps.

I used a new snowflake embossing folder from Carta Bella that I recently picked up, and since I've been following along with the Embossing Folder Fun class by Amy Kunkle over at Big Picture Classes I thought it would coordinate wonderfully with the Hot Cocoa theme! For the front of my card I glued on the heart border and the snowflake circles before running the card front through the embossing folder. This was a good tip from Amy to create 'embedded embossing'. After I embossed I splattered on some Dylusions Spray Mist for a little inky detail.

Inside, I debossed the snowflakes again, using the 'backside' of the embossing folder. I only partially embossed my cardstock, leaving the center opening plain and embossing each end. I added a strip of washi tape at the point where the embossing folder ended. I stamped inside with a sentiment from the Pretty Cute Stamps set Sip Enjoy Relax and used some of the hearts from the negative of my diecut border to add a punch of red to my card by colouring them with a marker.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you are staying warm and enjoying your weekend!

Linked to:
Word Art Wednesday - AG

Die Cuttin Divas - Brrr, Hot Cocoa
Mojo Monday Sketch - #431

DL Art - Thankful Thursday January Linky Challenge

PDE Linky Party - AG!