Creative Knockouts Challenge - Snowman Frame

Happy Thursday Everyone and I hope you are well.  It's time for another challenge at Creative Knockouts and the theme this challenge is CAS (Clean and Simple).

I've had the pleasure of using the Snowman Frame by Crafty Sentiments Designs who is also the sponsor for this challenge, for my design team project.

Clean and simple is not my normal style so this was a fun project to work on and I did try to make it as CAS as I could but simply couldn't resist not adding some glitter to this adorable snowman image.  The glitter is hard to see in the picture but it's there on the hat band and the light blue stripes of the scarf, also the red berries of the Holly.

I hope you'll pop over to Creative Knockouts for this challenge and join us by entering one of your CAS creations.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:
Cardz TV #70
C.R.A.F.T Challenge
Cute Card Thursday
Little Miss Muffet Challenges #201
Crafting From the Heart #226
Christmas with the Cuties #21

Holiday Poinsettia

Hello and Happy Sunday.  I've been working on Christmas cards for the last few weeks and I finished this card today.  It features a die cut Poinsettia and foliage.   It's a Z-Fold style card measuring 4.25" x 5.5", the designer paper is from last years' stash from the Bo Bunny Tis the Season Collection.  

 

For shimmer, I added clear Wink of Stella to the Poinsettia and added no other embellishments.  I felt the flower was a statement all it's own and no other embellishments were needed.

I'm very pleased with this one and will be creating more cards with this beautiful Poinsettia.  

I hope I've inspired you to create some holiday cards and if you don't have a poinsettia die, use what flower die you have, just cut out of festive paper for a wonderful holiday card.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Card entered in the following challenges:  Crafty Hazelnuts, The Holly and Ivy #33, Christmas Cards All Year 'Round

Crafty Calendar Challenges - August Design Team Project

Hello Everyone - it's August and that means it's time for another Challenge at Crafty Calendar Challenge.  This month the theme is "Dots and/or Stripes" and the prize sponsor is the wonderful A Day for Daisies.

In keeping with the theme of Dots and/or Stripes, I simply couldn't decide which one to use so I decided on both!

The striped paper is designer paper I had in my stash from last years' Christmas card creating and the red paper was dry embossed using a Swiss Dots embossing folder.  The image was provided by A Day for Daisies and it's the Holly Berry Fairy.  Such a sweet little Fairy nestled in a sprig of Holly Berries and leaves.  I colored her using Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers.

Please stop by Crafty Calendar Challenges this month and enter for your chance to win some sweet images from A Day for Daisies.  I hope you were inspired to create something lovely, enjoy your August and until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Card entered in the following challenges:  Aud Sentiments #209, Cardz TV #59, Creative Fingers #150, Cute Card Thursday #541, The House That Stamps Built DCC81 Circles, Pattie's Creations #149, The Paper Shelter ATG, Catch the Bug August ATG