Holiday Havoc 2011

First off...a little note from our sponsor--Craft Your Passion:

Welcome to Craft Your Passion Challenges "Holiday Havoc 2011" Blog Hop!!

We are very excited about holidays and wanted to add to the chaos and havoc. 

What better way to do that, than to have a BLOG HOP!!!

If you have hopped over from Joanny's blog, then you are in the right place. If you just happened to stop by and would like to join our hop from the beginning, please go to Craft Your Passion Challenges and follow along for a chance to win some AMAZING blog candy along the way and PRIZES at the end!!!

All Craft Your Passion DT members are going to be playing along in the hop with some very special guest designers (gee, that would be ME).

Each designer along the way is featuring a project that showcases a digital image from at least one of our amazing Blog Hop Sponsors.

What’s more exciting is you can participate too by creating a project and linking it up over at Craft Your Passion Challenges for a chance to win one of several prizes.

But, there’s a twist. Be sure to visit all the stops and leave a comment (we will be checking). Once you have finished the hop, we would like you to create a HOLIDAY project using at least one digital stamp and enter it with our Linky tool.

While you are hopping, be sure to check out the blog candy the designer's have to offer you. You don't want to miss out on any of it!

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Ok...that was the spiel I was supposed to post. Somehow, I feel very unoriginal knowing that 40 other artists are going to be posting the same thing on their blogs! It goes against the maverick writer in me...but it is what it is.

So, without further ado...here are my two projects for the hop! The first is a card using a SUPER CUTE stamp from Stretch n Bubbles. I just ADORED this snowman decked out with all his feathered friends! It just makes me smile!

**ENABLER ALERT** 

Fellow crafty peeps...just FYI ...Stretch n Bubbles is discontinuing their digital stamp line. AACK. BUT, don't panic...they are selling their ENTIRE collection of digital stamps for only $32.50 !! INSANE! You read that right...32 bucks for like 560+ images (that's just pennies a piece). SUCH A DEAL...but hurry, scurry...their sale ends Dec. 31, 2011.  

I bought 'em...so who else is with me?

  Ingredients:

Digital stamp - Stretch n Bubbles
Merry Christmas stamp - Stampabilities

Scalloped edge punch - EK Success for Martha Stewart

Prismacolor colored pencils

glitter pen - Sakura

Designer paper

Kraft colored cardstock

stamping ink

buttons

embroidery floss

My next project is a fun card using an image from Crafty Sentiments. I am SUCH A SUCKER for SNOWMEN...and SNOWGLOBES...so when I saw this stamp I jumped all over it! This card is actually a "functioning" snowglobe! I turned the stamp into a shaker box chock-full of crystal glitter. I love interactive cards, don't you???

   Ingredients:

Snowglobe stamp - Crafty Sentiments (Snowman Snowglobe)

Ribbon - Michaels

Prismacolor colored pencils

crystal glitter - Glitterex

glitter pen - Sakura

transparency

foam tape

black and white cardstock

tag

Next stop by Jenny's blog, to see what she has in store for you today.

Remember, once you have hopped to ALL the stops and left your comments (we will be checking), it's your turn to show us your "Holiday Havoc" project.

Make sure to include a digital stamp somewhere on your project, and link up your project over at Craft Your Passion Challenges by Midnight CST December 23 to be eligible for the prizes. Winners will be announced on
our Monday, December 26th Challenge post.

There are a LOT of blogs to hop...so HOP TO IT!! 


Here is a list of ALL the blogs in case you get lost, or just want to visit them again!

1. Craft Your Passion Challenges  (Start here)
2. Jenn 
3. Shannin
4. Christine 
5. Cathy 
6. Amy 
7. Christy 
8. Joanny
9. Torrey <--------You are here!
10. Jenny 
11. Doreen
12. Jodi 
13. Lisa 
14. Joyleen
15. Melissa
16. Emma
17. Joanne 
18. Gemma
19. Lizy
    
20. Joanna L
    
21. Helen N 
22. Natali
    
23. Julie
24. Helen W
    
25. Alethea
    
26. Arielle
    
27. Lisa G
    
28. Jan
    
29. Karen
    
30. Mandy
    
31. Jennifer
    
32. Jacqui 
    
33.  Dawn
    
34.  Roro
    
35. Allison
    
36.  Zahreen
37.  Sarah
38.  Sue
39. Tracey
40. Julia
41. Craft Your Passion Challenges (End here)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tag, You're It!

It's challenge time again over at Chocolate, Coffee & Cards!! We had SPECTACULAR turn out for our inaugural challenge! So many fun cards...so many good ideas...so much eye candy I think I've developed visual diabetes! A big ole Texas thank you to everyone that played along with us!

This week's challenge is sponsored by the loverly folks at Crafty Sentiments! The theme is "Tag You're IT"...in other words...use a tag somewhere on your card. Pretty self-explanatory, really.

When I saw this image, it reminded me of a scrapbook layout I did of my nephew when he was about 4 (he's 21 now). He was all bundled up in a snowsuit with the cutest rosy-cheeked grin on his face. I titled it "Buttons Keep My Coat On, You Keep Me Warm". This cute snowman stamp reminded me of that layout.

I wanted the only color on this card to be the stamped image, but I didn't want to use a white background for the rest. Enter my dear bosom friend, Kraft paper. I wanted to create a warm and inviting scene...like you're  looking out a window at these two snowy people from inside a cozy holiday home. I designed and paper-pieced the entire card by hand. Anywho...here it is!

 

Ingredients:

Snowmen stamp - Crafty Sentiments

Embossing folders - Provo Craft, Sizzix

Prismacolor colored pencils

star brads - Creative Impressions

Kraft Paper