Penguins 4 Christmas & coupon alert

I don't know if you are familiar with Stephanie Barnard's The Stamps of Life but if not you should check it out for sure! She has the cutest stamps and a very affordable stamp of the month club, which is a great way to build your stamp collection. I just received her Penguins4Christmas set and it is so stinkin' cute I had to jump right in! I know I am a bit behind everyone else but this is my first Christmas card of the season.

Here is a list of materials:
Solid papers: Papertrey Ink
Patterned paper: DCWV The Christmas Stack
Penguins, gifts, & inside sentiment stamps: The stamps of Life: Penguins4Christmas (colored with Memento Dual Tip markers & stamped with Memento inks)
Front of card sentiment: Papertrey Ink: Stylish Sentiments: Holidays (stamped with Colorbox Frost White ink)

Embellished with Sakura Gelly Roll glitter pens, Sakura white gel pen, corner chomper, ek border punch

COUPON ALERT: I picked up Martha Stewart's Living Magazine December 2011 Make it Magical and there was a coupon inside for 50% off one MS craft item at Michael's. Now maybe they put that in every magazine - I don't know because I don't usually buy it - but I got excited because it is my experience that MS craft items don't go on sale as often as other items and I would love to start getting some of her punches.

So thanks for stopping by, comments are appreciated!

Why am I making Christmas Cards??

I have no idea, but here goes one. I used acetate card stock to make a 'french door with windows' type Christmas card. (I cut the windows and then attached the acetate behind the doors.) I have the cut file for cutting these window panes on a card if anybody is interested, just contact me using my contact form.
UPDATE: I should say what I actually have is the gypsy file for this cut, and the shapes I used for the window panes is from walk in my garden cart. Sorry for any confusion, I was the one who was confused   :)

This Christmas tree cut is from Create A Critter, the snowman is from Winter Woodland and the bird wreath is from MS Seasonal Cakes. I ran the Christmas tree through my cuttlebug using the Herringbone embossing folder, and used stickles on the tree, wreath, and window panes.
Enjoy!

I am linking this card for the Be Inspired Challenge  #96 at cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.

Here is what we were supposed to do.

YOUR CHALLENGE: Use acrylic or acetate, and your Cuttlebug on your card, layout, home decor, altered item, etc. Post your project to LINKZ below by Tuesday, Aug. 17th, and you could be our next winner!

Cardz TV Christmas in July Challenge #4

Well this is the last of Mary's challenges at cardztv.blogspot.com and I am going to miss doing them! This challenge was to use a christmas tree on your card.

I chose to do an easel card because I wanted to put lots of dimension on my card. I used single and double layers of pop dots to put the gifts on a strip of cardstock, then popped that strip up on pop dots in front of the tree, which is also popped up. (Whew! Thatsalotta pops!)

Here are the supplies I used:

Christmas tree was cut from Create A Critter cartridge - I cut 3 of these and then cut the levels with scallop scissors and inked and layered the pieces to give my tree lots of dimension.

All paper is from DCWV - cardstock, Christmas Stack, and the tree was cut from an 8x8 sheet called green stained.

The sentiment is from Lizzie Anne designs Little Bits cling stamp set

Stickles to add lights to the tree, a foam sparkle star and ribbon from my stash, sakura glitter pens and dew drops to embellish.

Nestabilities labels #4 to cut the shapes for the sentiment.

I hope you enjoy, thanks again Mary for another fun challenge!

Cardz TV Christmas in July Challenge #2

Mary over at Cardz TV has issued another Christmas in July challenge. Check it out, the only requirement is that you include a snowman. I cut my snowman from the Doodlecharms Cricut Cartridge. Thanks again Mary for a great challenge, at this rate I might just get my Christmas cards out on time this year!! ;)

Christmas in July Challenge #1 from Cardz TV

Mary at Cardz TV has issued a Christmas in July challenge. This one requires the use of the colors pink, green, red, white and black only. This is my attempt at meeting her challenge. I cut and layered  the birdhouse and backgrounds in pink and green and the bird is layered in red and black, all on a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 white card. I used Cricut cartridges Cindy Loo for the birdhouse and scalloped backgrounds, Straight from the Nest for the bird, and Create a Critter for the Christmas lights on the birdhouse. I added a little stickles for sparkle and the sentiment reads - There's no place like home for the Holidays. Thanks Mary for a great challenge!! This is my first and it was fun!