A Beary Merry Christmas!

My big brother loves bears.  I took the Cuttlebug Mania Frame It challenge and the jingle belles Oh Holey Night challenge to make him a Christmas card.  The front:

Inside:

The bear is a cute button with the shank cut off and set inside the window.  The plaid paper is from the DCWV Project Stack and distressed with Crumb Cake ink. 

Is COFFEE a hobby?!?

The Cuttlebug Mania challenge to create something that reflects a hobby.  My friend Diana is quite the coffee maven, does that count as a hobby?!?!?!?!

Sizzix Alterations embossing folder inked with Memento Rich Cocoa ink, Momenta patterned paper, Spellbinder oval die.  

Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our Change challenge!!

Embossing Two Ways

I never seem to have the right color embossing powder to go with my projects, so I tried different combinations of ink color and powder to give me a different color.  Nailed it!!! 

 

Core'dinations Pearls paper embossed with Darice and Cuttlebug folders, Sweet Stamps sentiment stamped in Megan Elizabeth Limelight ink and heat embossed with Stampendous Pearlized Amethyst.  I didn't have a snowflake punch large enough the mat the sentiment, so I improvised and used a Moroccan Motifs die cut.  I am linking this up with Fusion {Blue Christmas},  Simply Create - Snow/Mostly White and Cuttlebug Mania's Embossing challenge.  Check back on December 1 for the Words to Scrap By December challenge!

Wheels!

I have a bazillion brads - and I am on a quest to use some of them!  This is for the Cuttlebug Mania Wheels challenge. 

The Eyelet Outlet dump trucks are on hills of kraft paper I embossed with an old Sizzix alligator texture plate, tore the hills, and inked, with an SU! sentiment.  Just a few more days to play along with the Ahoy Matey challenge at Words 2 Scrap By - join us!