Holiday Cards Blog Hop for Joy's Life!

Happy Friday, everybody!! Today, Joy's Life is hosting a blog hop with her Fall/Winter Design Team and featuring her brand new Wintery Puns stamp set! Each designer has created a holiday card using the new stamps and just wait until you see them! This set is so cute and is perfect for use on Christmas/Winter cards, layouts and other winter-themed projects. After having had a chance to use stamps from several of the sets Joy has available for purchase on her blog, I have to tell you that they are very high quality and the images they produce are crisp, detailed and excellent for all stamping applications.  

If you arrived here from Amanda's blog, you're in the right place. If you stumbled upon my blog by accident or just stopped in for a visit, you'll definitely want to start at Joy's Life so you don't miss any of the awesome projects created especially for this event by all of the Joy's Life designers. You'll also have a chance to win some cool blog candy along the way! And who doesn't love winning prizes?

My card features a rural homestead blanketed in the fluffy white stuff that makes wintertime so picturesque. I love this image from Delicious Doodles and it was so much fun to color with my Copics.  It doesn't show up very well in the photographs but I used a pearl glaze to give the snow that glistening appearance it gets when the surface gets just warm enough to melt ever so slightly and then refreezes.   

I don't know if you can tell from the pictures but the greeting is heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

Here's how the inside looks. I used a different patterned paper to add more visual interest.  

Now for the really fun part! I have a little candy for one of my visitors during this hop so please leave a comment to be to be included in the draw. If you like what you have seen here, I would love to have you as a follower but it's not necessary to be eligible for my giveaway. I don't have a photo of my candy but it will include some stamps, ribbon, embellishments and whatever else I find to add to the mix before I let Random.org select the winner on Sunday. I'll leave the giveaway open until noon Central Standard Time and I'll post the winner's name on my blog. If you'll include your email address in safe Blogger format, I will contact you personally. The winner will have until December 9th to claim their prize.  If it hasn't been claimed by then, I will draw an alternate name.

The complete lineup is included below for your convenience. If you somehow get lost along the way, you can return here and follow the links to each designer's personal blog and pick up where you left off. I hope that you have enjoyed my little project and that it has inspired you to create your own holiday cards. Don't forget to check out all of Joy's awesome stamp sets on her blog at some point before the end of the hop.  Your next stop is the very talented Annette.

Joy: http://joyslife.com 
Amanda: http://www.whiteruffles.blogspot.com
Anne: http://anniebeescraftroom.blogspot.com (You are here)
Annette: http://www.aspoonfullofsugarcrafts.blogspot.com
Christine: http://www.stampynwifesspace.blogspot.com
Jennie: http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com
Maria: http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com
Martha: http://pattisscrapingtime.blogspot.com
Melisa: http://melisascraftycreations.blogspot.com
Stacey: http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Susie: http://www.thedieshaveit.com
Tracy: http://www.thepickledowl.blogspot.com

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Until next time...

Happy Holidays!

Anniebee

A Paper a la Mode Christmas Challenge!

It's Saturday and time for a new Paper a la Mode challenge at The Outlawz.  It was my turn to post the challenge which means I got to choose the theme too.  As I needed to start on my Christmas cards, I decided to use Christmas/Winter Holiday as the challenge theme.  I have already made a few cards using the free images I was given for participating in the progressive challenge at CDAC for them.  This card, however, features one of the 4 images I won from Delicious Doodles in a challenge a couple of weeks ago.  I really love some of the digi stamps she sells.  This one is a snowy scene and in the foreground is a lovely old postbox as seen in Great Britain.  Because I'm of English descent I thought it was fitting.  It's very difficult to see in the photos but I used iridescent Stickles to give the snow that glistening quality it has when the the sunlight or moonlight shines down on it.

The image is, of course, colored with Copics.  The dp is DCWV's Holiday stack from last year or year before.  I can't really remember.  The ribbon is from my stash.  The sentiment stamp is by Stampibilities.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:  TBD

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  Until next time...

Happy crafting!
Anniebee

Another Halloween card

Good day, crafty friends!  I don't have anything spectacular to post today as I'll have projects for JustWordz and The Outlawz coming up on Friday and Saturday respectively.  So I thought I would show you a variation on a Halloween card that I posted a few days ago.  If you happened to miss that one then this one will be all new to you! This image was one that I received as a freebie for the CDAC Progressive Freebies Challenge going on right now.  That reminds me that I haven't yet started on the newest images they sent us!  I had better get moving or I won't get my cards finished before the deadline.  Anyway, this is my favorite of all the images we have received so far.  I think it's called Dragonlets and Me and it's by Delicious Doodles.  I loved coloring the first one so much that I had to color a second one!  It's an awesome image for Halloween because it's full of mood and drama, which if you know me, you already know that I adore in the images I color.  

It is, of course, colored with Copics.  This card is similar in design to the first one I made but the papers I used give it a bit of a different appearance.  There are a few other subtle variations too but they are insignificant.  Thanks for visiting me today.  I hope you'll drop by this weekend for the projects I mentioned at the beginning of this post.  Until then...

Happy crafting!
Anniebee


I am entering this card in the following challenges:

CMC Copic Challenge #29 - Halloween Fun
One Stop Craft Challenge #153 - Halloween
Card Makin' Mamas #31 - Halloween
Crafting For All Seasons - #12 - Halloween or color (lack, lime green, purple, orange)
Divas by Design #13 - Something Spooky
I Brake For Challenges IBFCC#12 - Halloween
More Than Favors by Paula Wacky Wednesday #56 - Halloween
Through The Craft Room Door #12 - Happy Halloween with the color orange

My third entry in the CDAC Progressive Freebies Challenge # 4 (cdacpc4)

Okie dokey, folks! I'm back with the last post for today. I'll have 3 more postings tomorrow which will encompass all six of my CDAC entries for this round. If you like what you see today, you'll definitely want to check back tomorrow for more Tricks and Treats. Okay, not really any tricks; just treats! The image on this last card is my favorite of the Halloween images we were given to play with this round. It is from Delicious Doodles Digital Stamps. If you look closely at all the details you'll understand why I say it's my favorite. All of the images are outstanding in my opinion and I enjoyed coloring every one of them but this particular design is right up my alley! Full of light and shadow, drama and artistry. I just squeal with delight when I get images like this to color! LOL

See what I mean? The character in the original digi stamp had spikey bangs but I took the artistic liberty of coloring them in. It was one of those happy accidents, really, but I liked it so much better that I have colored a second version the same way that I will post another time. Again, the sentiment stamp on the inside is from the Totally Witchin stamps set by Crafty Sprouts. I love this stamp set!!

In addition to the CDAC Progressive Challenge, I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Repeat Impressions DCC1012 Designer’s Choice Challenge - Halloween of Fall
Paper Pretties PWC175 - Halloween
The Paper Shelter #35 - Animals
Pixie Cottage #91 - Sketch or Dark and Spooky
Scrapalicious - Color (Black, orange and purple)
Simon Says Stamp - Halloween or Goth
House of Gilli - any 3 of these colors (orange, black, white, green, purple)



You made it! Congratulations for sitting through all 3 of my posts and don't forget that there will be 3 more tomorrow, 2 of which are cute Halloween designs. The third one is really beautiful so you won't want to miss it, especially if you're not a big fan of Halloween. Thanks so much for stopping by today. As always, your comments are welcome and appreciated. I truly enjoy reading your thoughts about my work. Have a wonderful Wednesday, folks! Until tomorrow...

Happy crafting!
Anniebee