Dashing Through the Snow

I came across a Christmas card that I haven't blogged, so thought I would sneak it in before the big day.  This is using Eskimo Kisses from Sugar Pea Designs:

The papers are Echo Park, and the snowy tree die is from Dee's Distinctively.  I am also entering this into the December Mix It Up Challenge #50 on the Sugar Pea Designs blog.

Sugar Pea November Challenge

I made a sweet card today that I'm really happy with for the November Sugar Pea Designs Mix-It-Up challenge.

I used the sketch portion of the challenge, and picked the polka dot paper, because it made me think of falling snow.  I added a couple of stitched banner die cuts and snowflakes in the top corner, and secured them with some silver staples.  I rounded two of the corners like the sketch, and mounted the whole panel with 3D adhesive onto a white card base. 

I hope to play along again this month... and will try to incorporate the yarn/colours next time!

Stamp set is Eskimo Kisses by Sugar Pea Designs; Patterned paper is A Perfect Winter by Echo Park; Copic Markers.

Freshly Made Sketches #362

I am YET AGAIN bringing out these Echo Park papers to make some Christmas cards... I still have a whole pile of it, so you'll be seeing it often.  Today I paired up the current Freshly Made Sketch with the Eskimo Kisses stamp set from Sugar Pea Designs:

I added a red and a white snowflake to each of them, and used a sentiment from an older CTMH set.

More Eskimo Kisses

Two more sweet cards are in my stash today... here again is Eskimo Kisses from Sugar Pea Designs, and some I Love Winter paper from Echo Park:

Keeping it brief... Trick or Treaters arriving any minute now.  Happy Halloween!

Mix It Up Challenge #48

I am playing along with the Sugar Pea Designs October Mix It Up Challenge #48 today.  I got this sweet "Eskimo Kisses" stamp set this summer, and already have a whole whack of images stamped and coloured!  So you'll be seeing more than a few of these little penguins over the coming weeks.  I went with the sketch side of the inspiration, and just tweeked the sentiment position a little, as I liked it better centered:

Patterned papers are I Love Winter by Echo Park; Stamp set is Eskimo Kisses by Sugar Pea Design; Stitched Alpine Snowflake dies are Poppy Stamps; Copic Markers.

Dashing Through the Snow!

I got another Christmas card made last night... using this sweet penguin from Sugar Pea Designs 'Eskimo Kisses'.  You're going to see a lot from this set, as I think I coloured up 16 images this weekend - now they're all ready to be made up into cards.  I've used I Love Winter papers from Echo Park:

Patterned papers are I Love Winter by Echo Park; Stamp set is Eskimo Kisses, by Sugar Pea Designs; Alpine Stitched Snowflake dies, Poppy Stamps; Stitched Circle & Fishtail dies, My Favorit Things;  Coloured with Copic markers.

Sugar Pea Mix It Up challenge

I've had a quiet month so far here on my blog, but I have been doing a lot of creating!  Just making things that I can't share for a few months... I did have a little while this evening to make a card for the August Mix-It-Up challenge on the Sugar Pea Designs blog, though.  It's my first time breaking into the sweet Eskimo Kisses stamp set:

If you know my style at all - this is seriously CAS for me!  Patterned paper is my usual go-to thing... but this sketch really had me thinking differently.  I blended two colours of Distress Oxide ink in the top corner to put under the sentiment, and blended a little soft aqua on the lower left to look like an icy pond.  You can't see it too well in the photo, but I added some swooshes of blue with a Copic marker as skate marks.  A little stitching and some sequins, and that was it.

Stamp set is Eskimo Kisses by Sugar Pea Designs;  Cracked Pistachio, Twisted Citron & Broken China Distress Oxide Inks;  Tuxedo Black Ink by Memento & Onyx Black Versafine ink for the sentiment; Copic Markers.