I have a WINNER!!!

Good Morning Friends, Family and Followers

The time has come to announce the Blog Candy Winner 

from the post you can find HERE.

I used the google random number generator and the Lucky number is 12

The winner is Becca Yahring 

Congratulations Becca please e-mail me your snail mail address

 at harbar@execulink.com and I will get your prize in the mail ASAP

Thanks for commenting on the Christmas in July challenge and just a heads up the new challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Base it on a Book hope you can join us.

Base it on a Book!!!

Hello friend, family and followers I hope you commented last challenge for a chance to win a prize celebrating Christmas in July, my winner will be posted.

A new challenge is up and running at Shopping Our Stash....Inspired by a book, wow so many books to pick from. Of course I'm at the cottage and had forgotten to check the list before I came so I had to use the supplies I had on hand, lucky for me I have 75% of my dies here and managed to come up with something that was inspired by a book....and here it is.

I was inspired by "The Great Gatsby" written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Of course my first inspiration was looking through the box of dies and spotting the lady die and then looking to see what it would fit. I have never used the die and it is probably 1 1/2 years in my possession. The background die is about the age but has been used once. Hello die gets the most use. 

I die cut the fashionista in cream then in black, a few snip, snips and layered them on the cream image. The shoes were coloured with a marker. Added the rhinestone necklace for bling.

I'm really fond of this large Hello die, the set included Thanks and Smile, might be one more but not sure as it isn't with them. 

Finished the inside with a great Stampendous sentiment, I thought it matched the front quite nicely.

Thanks for visiting today and head over to the Main Blog and check out what books the rest of the design team have picked.

White on White Christmas ~~ With a Touch of Gold and Sparkle

Back again with a card for the Jingle Belles Challenge Rustic Glam Christmas.  I decided even though I left all the parts for a similar card at home I really wanted to make it for the challenge. One of my favourite JB challenges is the one where I can made white on white cards and I wasn't going to miss making two. 

I layered the three trees, one gold one shimmer white and the top one glittery white. The frame and background is shimmer white and the embossing folder I used was from Stampin'up the name eludes me at the moment. Two trees and the frame are popped up.

Close up of the elevation of the trees.

Finished the inside with a gold embossed sentiment.

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ A Rustic Glam Christmas

Sparkles Christmas Challenge ~~ 102 Add a Tree.

Thanks for checking out my blog today and as you see I'm making progress with my Holiday Stash.

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Neutrals and Sparkles

Here I am again working on the second week of the challenge, I love using white on white and sometimes with a touch of colour so I wanted to get this finished before "mr. linky" closed.

This is my second choice of a card, the first one which is almost finished is either MIA at the cottage or sitting on my table at home as I planned on finishing it, one day when it appears I'll finish and hope for another challenge using the same theme. I used gold shimmer paper for the background, the Gina Marie wreath and a poinsettia die which is just lovely, The sentimen is from  Stampendous. All layered on an ivory 5 1/4 inch square base.

The poinsettias are popped up and I added some yellow bling for the centers, the sentiment was embossed in gold.

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ Rustic Glam Christmas

Inspiration Picture.

I'm so happy to get one finished for the Jingle Belles Challenge and thanks for visiting  my blog today. 

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!!

Now that you are humming that Christmas classic tune on to the card!! My reason for it is two fold, Christmas in July Week long event at Catch the Bug and July Rudolph Days,  Here is my card for Day 7 of the event, 

I used a bugaboo image coloured and fussy cut and place them on the red panel, since it was a colour challenge I added the green plaid background. The Movie Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer.

I love this week and had many thought to play along but crafting was not on my radar for last week I am happy to at least have gotten one card done.

I'm entering this in:

Catch The Bug Challenge~~ Christmas in July

Rudolph Days ~~ July

Thanks for stopping by today

Happy Birthday "Time"

It's great when you have pieces in a box you can make a card out of without making a lot of cuts, even the base was already folded in the box of scraps.  I made this for my son who's birthday is Sunday, July 28th.

The "time" piece was already cut, although one of the hands couldn't be found so had to cut one again. This is a really nice die but I had to use a "used" dryer sheet between the gold and the die as it made it easier to get out of the die after it was cut. 

Close up to show the detail especially on the hands.

My plan was to use regular gold embossing  powder, it was a new jar and there was not a hope in "heck" I was getting that jar open, lucky for me I brought the Egyptian gold with me to use, it's sparkly. 

I'm entering this in:

Seize the Birthday ~~ no topping

Thanks for visiting today and have an awesome weekend!!!

Christmas in July at Shopping Our Stash!!

Wow it's our 400th challenge at Shopping Our Stash and do you know what that means? I have blog candy for one commenter. The theme for the challenge was my idea, it sounded like a perfect way to feel cool.  Of course I had mega ideas but settled for Olaf for my subject and a different fold too.

This is the 5 1/4 inch square card when it is closed, Olaf is a digital image from Sassy Studio Designs which I have had for a few years The huge snowflake is from Impression Obsession and is cut first in foam core then in silver.  Joy is stamped and I think it is from Hero Arts.

Here is the card set up as a Triangle Easel card. It is a very easy fold. The snowflake on the base is also from IO and the same set as the large one.

As I mentioned I have Blog Candy to celebrate our 400th challenge I chose a favourite stamp company, House Mouse Designs 

This is a favourite stamp of mine it can be used for any occasion, Christmas, Birthday, Anniversary or just if you want to say Hello with Snail Mail. So don't forget to leave a comment to get your name in the draw.

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles ~~ Tic-Tac-Toe 

Top Line ~ Snowman/Glitter/Stamping

Wink of Stella used on Olaf's nose, buttons, eyes and mouth. 

Head over to the main blog and check out the rest of the design team projects and there might be more blog candy from one or two or more of them. Remember to comment here on my blog for a chance to win a cling mount House Mouse Designs stamp.