A Merry Christmas Snowman

This is my last creation as a guest designer for Paper Cupcakes this month.  I have enjoyed designing with Nina May's fabulous images and want to say "thank you"!  This week's challenge, and the last challenge for December is to create a Christmas card in the traditional colors of red and green using "A Merry Christmas Snowman".  This is just the cutest snowman!  

I used Spellbinder's dies for my image and layers.  I added ribbon for trim and a MS Christmas village border  My snowman was colored with Copic markers and I paper pieced his vest.  

Thanks for visiting and be sure to visit the design team's blogs to see their gorgeous ornaments!

Christmas Ornament Keepsake

This month I am thrilled to be a guest designer for Paper Cupcakes!  The first challenge for December is to create a Christmas ornament keepsake in the traditional colors of red and green.  I chose Nina's "Noel Bears" for my ornament, they are just so adorable!

and a larger image

I used a Spellbinder's die for my image, added a MS border and then adhered to a Magnolia Tilda Doily (this is one of the new Doohickey dies).  I added rhinestones and stickles, as well as decorative ribbon and lace.  My bears were colored with Copic markers.  

Thanks for visiting and be sure to visit the design team's blogs to see their gorgeous ornaments!

Paper Cupcakes

Catchy title?  Paper Cupcakes is actually the name of a new stamp company in town.  My card today is for Nina's Magical Monday challenge, which can be found here.  I used the swimming chick which was a freebie image.  The challenge was to create a card with 3 different design papers.

 I am really loving this Cosmo Cricket "DeLovely" collection.  I used my Copic markers to match colors in the DP and added - you guessed it - buttons!  My sentiment is from Verve and seems to capture the "magic".

Thanks for visiting and you can also see more of Paper Cupcakes at Crafter's Digital Art Center.