Challenge #12 Christmas is Coming or Winter is Here- Patricia's Turn

Good Morning it's my turn to post here on Sundays With Crissy, this month Crissy is giving us the choice of choosing from two topics: Christmas is Coming or Winter is here!



I went with this most adorable image "Touched By Love" By Crissy Armstrong available at Whimsy Stamps. I colored my image with Copic Markers, I left my card rather simple, sometimes a little is a lot!!



There's still a few days left so you can submitt your card/project, All cards/project should be submitted HERE on Crissys post, Crissy has changed a few things up this month in regards to prizes..here's what she had to say:

I'm going to do something a little different for blog candy with this month's challenge! In the spirit of Christmas and giving, I am going to give away one digital image to the first 12 players! AND I am opening up the contest to include EVERYONE (not just for those using one of my images)!! So if you are one of the first twelve players to link up your Christmas/winter card on here, you will get your choice of one of my digital images from either Whimsy or Squigglefly! How fun is that! Now to keep it fair, you must make a card specifically for this challenge. Any cards that are "back-linked" will not qualify. And, if you don't make it in the race for top twelve, you can still have a chance to win at the end of this month. I'll still draw a name (using Random.org) from the participants, and that lucky person will get to choose 2 images of their choice from my collection. So what are you waiting for!! Ready, set, get crafting!!

Being later in the month, we have of course far exceeded the first twelve entries, so the "earlybird" prize is no longer up for grabs. However, Crissy will still be giving away two digi images to one lucky participant at the end of the month, plus, our lovely Crissy's Crew member Zoe, owner of Make It Crafty, has added an additional prize for the winner! She will be contributing her brand new digital image "Stairway to Heaven"...it is a gorgeous background digital stamp that would work beautifully with many of Crissy's images!

I would like to wish everyone a Happy New year and the Best for 2011!!
Blessings,
Patricia

Challenge #12--Christmas is Coming! or Winter is Here!--Sarah's Turn

Happy Boxing Day Everyone!!! I trust you are still full from turkey dinners and fun & fellowship with friends & family!!

Now on to the challenge!! This month at Sundays With Crissy the challenge is two-pronged. You can either choose the theme "Christmas is Coming" or "Winter is Here". Since Christmas is a thing of the past for 2010 and we are now looking forward to the New Year, I thought a wintery card would do well.

Here's my version of Crissy's Wags 'n Whiskers image "Zoe & Gemma's Snow Fun"!! I was going to put a "Let It Snow" sentiment on this card but just couldn't bring myself to do it. My city saw Old Man Winter come with full force in early December bringing with him about 3 feet of snow in a 48-hour period!! My daughter had 3 snow days off of school and much of the world around us stood still for a week!! It was very nice to have a slow pace for a change. I didn't have anywhere to be so for me is was also a holiday--a time to hunker down and relax...between snow shoveling sessions that is.

Now for my card...


And the inside, complete with gift card holder pocket...

Now it's not to late to join in the fun--you've got 6 whole days to upload your card following this month's themes!! To upload your card go HERE for instructions.

I am in awe to see that we've broken 100 entries already!! There is a great prize up for grabs this month & here's what Crissy has to say about it...

I'm going to do something a little different for blog candy with this month's challenge! In the spirit of Christmas and giving, I am going to give away one digital image to the first 12 players! AND I am opening up the contest to include EVERYONE (not just for those using one of my images)!! So if you are one of the first twelve players to link up your Christmas/winter card on here, you will get your choice of one of my digital images from either Whimsy or Squigglefly! How fun is that!
Now to keep it fair, you must make a card specifically for this challenge. Any cards that are "back-linked" will not qualify.
And, if you don't make it in the race for top twelve, you can still have a chance to win at the end of this month. I'll still draw a name (using Random.org) from the participants, and that lucky person will get to choose 2 images of their choice from my collection.
So what are you waiting for!! Ready, set, get crafting!!

It's too late to be one of the first twelve players, but it isn't too late to get in on the final draw for two free digis! Zoe, owner of Make It Crafty, has also added an additional surprize for the winner! She is contributing her brand new digital image "Stairway to Heaven". It is a background digital stamp that would compliment Crissy's images beautifully!

Here's what it looks like!! Well that's it for me for another month!! Thanks for stopping by Sundays With Crissy!! Have a wonderful, warm, and restful day!!

Hugs,

Sarah :o)

#12 Christmas is Coming! or Winter is Here! with Mary Lou

It is Christmas Eve--are you all ready??? and how exciting it is to know tomorrow is CHRISTMAS!!  Jesus is the Reason!!!!


Please let me introduce myself~~I am Mary Lou from Mary Lou's Corner-- I have been given the honor of joining Crissy's DT for alittle while~~OOooooo I AM ECSTATIC!!!!!  Some of you may remember me from a few weeks ago when Crissy had asked me to be a guest after being the lucky blog winner :D
Without delay I began creating~~a friend asked me to make a card for her Boss from the staff.   I used Crissy's Whimsy Classic Santa Digi

This is my first Criss Cross card and I am very satisfied:)  The pull tag was made with a few new products I treated myself with-- SB beaded circle nesties and the Epiphany Crafts Tool.  Can find out more details about the card and products on My Blog  :)

A note from Crissy:

 I'm going to do something a little different for blog candy with this month's challenge!  In the spirit of Christmas and giving, I am going to give away one digital image to the first 12 players!  AND I am opening up the contest to include EVERYONE (not just for those using one of my images)!! So if you are one of the first twelve players to link up your Christmas/winter card on here, you will get your choice of  one of my digital images from either Whimsy or Squigglefly!  How fun is that!
Now to keep it fair, you must make a card specifically for this challenge.  Any cards that are "back-linked" will not qualify.
And, if you don't make it in the race for top twelve, you can still have a chance to win at the end of this month.  I'll still draw a name (using Random.org) from the participants, and that lucky person will get to choose 2 images of their choice from my collection.
So what are you waiting for!! Ready, set, get crafting!!

It's too late to be one of the first twelve players, but it isn't too late to get in on the final draw for two free digis! However, Zoe owner of Make It Crafty, has added an additional surprize for the winner! She is contributing her brand new digital image "Stairway to Heaven". It is a background digital stamp that would compliment Crissy's images Beautifully! 
 So why not play along, you have a week to link up your creation at Crissy's Post Here!!
Happy crafting!

Holiday Blessings!!  May Jesus Fill your Hearts with Joy and Love

Challenge #12 Christmas is Coming/Winter is Here...with Melanie

Good morning friends! Today is my turn to post here at Sundays With Crissy. This month, Crissy is giving us the choice of two challenge topics...Christmas is Coming or Winter is Here!!

I thought I would sneak in one final Christmas Card this year. I chose to work with one of Crissy's images that she drew for Wags 'n Whiskers Stamps...this is "Steal a Kiss". I adore this cute image, and have been waiting for a chance to use it. It would obviously be perfect for Valentine's Day, but I thought it would also make a cute Christmas card with the addition of a little hand-drawn sprig of Mistletoe! You have to watch out for that stuff you know...people can be pretty sneaky hanging it throughout the house in order to sneak a little kiss! lol The design papers are from Bo Bunny. The "Meet Me Under The Mistletoe" tag is something I found in my stash while I was hunting for an embellishment to fill the upper corner of my layout...how perfect is it for this image?? I love it when that happens! I added some little jingle bells I recently picked up at the dollar store to the bow tied with my Bow-Easy. I thought the little snippets of red ribbon would be just right to tie in the red bow on the mistletoe I drew, as well as the lettering on the tag...now I'm second guessing that colour choice a bit. Red is not a colour I would normally put with purple. Hmmm. Probably won't put them together again. I'm now suffering a bit from that "hindsight is 20/20" syndrome. :) Anybody else ever afflicted with that?? lol


I printed the digital image "Steal a Kiss" on Neenah Smooth Cardstock and coloured it with Copic makers. I also did a little experimenting shading with some old Prismacolour pencils I've had kicking around since my high school years...and no, I'm not going to clarify how long that's been, lol. ;) I used some baby oil and a paper blending stump after I was finished using my markers...it's really important to colour with your markers first, as you will ruin the nibs if you try colouring over pencil crayon. (However, don't fret if you should happen to ruin a nib, as they are replaceable. It's just an extra expense that is nice to avoid if possible.) I sponged around the image with Bundled Sage and Walnut Stain Distress Inks. I also added some additional shading with a brown Prismacolour pencil, and blended it out with the baby oil.



We'd love to have you join in with our challenge this month! All projects can be submitted on Crissy' Post ...just look for the Blue Inlinkz frog at the bottom of her post. Crissy has changed a few things up this month in regards to prizes....here's what she had to say:

I'm going to do something a little different for blog candy with this month's challenge! In the spirit of Christmas and giving, I am going to give away one digital image to the first 12 players! AND I am opening up the contest to include EVERYONE (not just for those using one of my images)!! So if you are one of the first twelve players to link up your Christmas/winter card on here, you will get your choice of one of my digital images from either Whimsy or Squigglefly! How fun is that! Now to keep it fair, you must make a card specifically for this challenge. Any cards that are "back-linked" will not qualify. And, if you don't make it in the race for top twelve, you can still have a chance to win at the end of this month. I'll still draw a name (using Random.org) from the participants, and that lucky person will get to choose 2 images of their choice from my collection. So what are you waiting for!! Ready, set, get crafting!!

Being later in the month, we have of course far exceeded the first twelve entries, so the "earlybird" prize is no longer up for grabs. However, Crissy will still be giving away two digi images to one lucky participant at the end of the month, plus, our lovely Crissy's Crew member Zoe, owner of Make It Crafty, has added an additional prize for the winner! She will be contributing her brand new digital image "Stairway to Heaven"...it is a gorgeous background digital stamp that would work beautifully with many of Crissy's images!

You can find Crissy's digital images at Wags 'n Whiskers Stamps, Squigglefly or Whimsy Stamps.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!! May you enjoy this time with loved ones, and create memories to treasure in the years to come as we celebrate this wonderful season...the day that we remember the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. As we remember His humble arrival in that stable so many years ago, may you experience the peace, hope and love this season brings.

God Bless!

Melanie


Stamps: "Steal a Kiss" digital stamp by Crissy Armstrong for Wags 'n Whiskers
Ink: Copics, Distress Ink
Paper: Neenah, Bo Bunny, Bazzill
Embellishments: Chipboard tag, ribbon, bells, machine stitching
Tools: Bow Easy

Christmas is coming or Winter is here with Zoe again!

Hi Everyone,

I'm filling in for the marvelous Mary this month however I am sorry to say I have not filled her shoes as well as I would have hoped. This was one of those projects where all the awesome ideas were there though unfortunatey, what I had pictured didn't quite happen.

I had set out to make a PINK mini Christmas card for a baby girl experiencing her first Christmas, although I am not sure if it is festive enough though it does show the versatility of the gorgeous 'Touched by Love' image available from Whimsy Stamps. I can see this image also being used for new baby cards.

A message from Crissy:

I'm going to do something a little different for blog candy with this month's challenge! In the spirit of Christmas and giving, I am going to give away one digital image to the first 12 players! AND I am opening up the contest to include EVERYONE (not just for those using one of my images)!! So if you are one of the first twelve players to link up your Christmas/winter card on here, you will get your choice of one of my digital images from either Whimsy or Squigglefly! How fun is that!
Now to keep it fair, you must make a card specifically for this challenge. Any cards that are "back-linked" will not qualify.
And, if you don't make it in the race for top twelve, you can still have a chance to win at the end of this month. I'll still draw a name (using Random.org) from the participants, and that lucky person will get to choose 2 images of their choice from my collection.
So what are you waiting for!! Ready, set, get crafting!!

Unfortunately you have missed out on Crissy's Christmas generosity where she offered the first 12 entries a free digi! BUT you do still have time to get your Christmas or Winter challenge in to win yourself TWO digi's of your choice from Crissy.

PLUS!! You may have missed it in my last post but in the spirit of Christmas I am also offering the lucky winner one of my new iamges from my collection. I couldn't show you the image in my last post but now it is released...

'Stairway to Heaven' which is a perfect setting for so many of Crissy's gorgeous images.

So what are you waiting for?? Jump on over to Crissy's post where you can add your NEW creation to our challenge this month!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Hugs and take care xxooo

Zoe

#12 Christmas is Coming! or Winter is Here! with Debbie

#12 Christmas is Coming! or Winter is Here!

Today I'm sharing with you a little snow globe I have created for this month's challenge, I have used one of Crissy's NEW Pre coloured digital images called Teddy's First Christmas!!

Crissy is going to do something a little different for blog candy with this month's challenge! this is what she has to say
In the spirit of Christmas and giving, I am going to give away one digital image to the first 12 players! AND I am opening up the contest to include EVERYONE (not just for those using one of my images)!! So if you are one of the first twelve players to link up your Christmas/winter card on here, you will get your choice of one of my digital images from either Whimsy or Squigglefly! How fun is that!
Now to keep it fair, you must make a card specifically for this challenge. Any cards that are "back-linked" will not qualify.
And, if you don't make it in the race for top twelve, you can still have a chance to win at the end of this month. I'll still draw a name (using Random.org) from the participants, and that lucky person will get to choose 2 images of their choice from my collection.
So what are you waiting for!! Ready, set, get crafting!!It's too late to be one of the first twelve players, but it isn't too late to get in on the final draw for two free digis! So why not play along, and link up your creation using the Inlinkz option on my first post found HERE.
Happy crafting!

#12 Christmas is Coming! or Winter is Here! With Mary Lou

Hi Peeps! Crissy here, posting for Mary Lou Schroeder.  She was the winner of last month's blog candy draw.  I asked her to be our guest this month and she graciously agreed!  She used one of her prize images, "Touched by Love" to create this beauty of a card.  I was really impressed with her creation! 

In other news, our Michele who has been our guest for the past few months has agreed to become a full time member of the Crew!  Yay Michele! So glad to have you on board full time!

I'm going to do something a little different for blog candy with this month's challenge!  In the spirit of Christmas and giving, I am going to give away one digital image to the first 12 players!  AND I am opening up the contest to include EVERYONE (not just for those using one of my images)!! So if you are one of the first twelve players to link up your Christmas/winter card on here, you will get your choice of  one of my digital images from either Whimsy or Squigglefly!  How fun is that!
Now to keep it fair, you must make a card specifically for this challenge.  Any cards that are "back-linked" will not qualify.
And, if you don't make it in the race for top twelve, you can still have a chance to win at the end of this month.  I'll still draw a name (using Random.org) from the participants, and that lucky person will get to choose 2 images of their choice from my collection.
So what are you waiting for!! Ready, set, get crafting!!

It's too late to be one of the first twelve players, but it isn't too late to get in on the final draw for two free digis!  So why not play along, and link up your creation using the Inlinkz option on my first post found HERE.
Happy crafting!

Chistmas or Winter with Zoe

Hi Everyone,

Well the time has come where I can share my card I have made for Sundays with Crissy this month. The challenge is 'Christmas is Coming or Winter is Here' which of course is a perfect time to come play and make those last minute Christmas cards!

Some of you may have seen a little preview of the image, 'Little Christmas Angel' I coloured for this challenge when I posted a video of me colouring from start to end the other day. If you missed it click here!

Here is a close up of the image

A message from Crissy:

I'm going to do something a little different for blog candy with this month's challenge! In the spirit of Christmas and giving, I am going to give away one digital image to the first 12 players! AND I am opening up the contest to include EVERYONE (not just for those using one of my images)!! So if you are one of the first twelve players to link up your Christmas/winter card on here, you will get your choice of one of my digital images from either Whimsy or Squigglefly! How fun is that!
Now to keep it fair, you must make a card specifically for this challenge. Any cards that are "back-linked" will not qualify.
And, if you don't make it in the race for top twelve, you can still have a chance to win at the end of this month. I'll still draw a name (using Random.org) from the participants, and that lucky person will get to choose 2 images of their choice from my collection.
So what are you waiting for!! Ready, set, get crafting!!

Unfortunately you have missed out on Crissy's Christmas generosity where she offered the first 12 entries a free digi! BUT you do still have time to get your Christmas or Winter challenge in to win yourself TWO digi's of your choice from Crissy.

And Crissy doesn't know it and I didn't either until I started writing this line, but because I know a little secret of what I have coming up in my collection I am going to throw in a special digi image from my new release that I know will work beautifully with the gorgeous angels Crissy illustrates. (ok so I had to confirm with Crissy before posting. heehee)

So what are you waiting for?? Jump on over to Crissy's post where you can add your NEW creation to our challenge this month!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Hugs and take care xxooo

Zoe

Christmas Is Coming or Winter Is Here!!

Today I'm sharing with you a card I created for this month's challenge for Sunday's With Crissy!

This month the theme is Christmas Is Coming or Winter Is Here!!

Crissy is going to do something a little different for blog candy with this month's challenge! In the spirit of Christmas and giving, she is going to give away one digital image to the first 12 players! AND she will be opening up the contest to include EVERYONE (not just for those using one of her images)!! So if you are one of the first twelve players to link up your Christmas/winter card on here, you will get your choice of one of Crissy's digital images from either Whimsy or Squigglefly! How fun is that!
Now to keep it fair, you must make a card specifically for this challenge. Any cards that are "back-linked" will not qualify.
And, if you don't make it in the race for top twelve, you can still have a chance to win at the end of this month. Crissy will still draw a name (using Random.org) from the participants, and that lucky person will get to choose 2 images of their choice from her collection.

Here's the card I created for the challenge using one of Crissy's NEW digital images called Teddy's First Christmas!! I just fell in love with his adorable face!! Lately I felt like I was making to many cards with non traditional Christmas colors so I went with the traditional red and green. One of the embellishments I hardly have a chance to use is flower soft, so during the holidays I bring out the white one to use for snow.

You will have the entire month of December to submit your creation to Crissy's post where you will find the inlinkz option.  Thanks for taking the time to visit, hope your weekend is going great!!

Challenge # 12 Christmas is coming! or Winter is Here! ( With Michele)

Welcome Everyone,

December is here and that means a new challenge for all! It's My turn to show my card and a new image from Crissy! The theme this month is Chritmas is coming! or Winter is here! Either one will be fine, When you have your card done, you need to pop back to Crissy's post to link to the linkz in blue under her post

Here are a few things from Crissy's post the other day I'm adding again for anyone that may have missed this:

Crissy is going to do something a little different for blog candy with this month's challenge! In the spirit of Christmas and giving, she is going to give away one digital image to the first 12 players! AND she will be opening up the contest to include EVERYONE (not just for those using one of her images)!! So if you are one of the first twelve players to link up your Christmas/winter card on here, you will get your choice of one of Crissy's digital images from either Whimsy or Squigglefly! How fun is that!
Now to keep it fair, you must make a card specifically for this challenge. Any cards that are "back-linked" will not qualify.
And, if you don't make it in the race for top twelve, you can still have a chance to win at the end of this month. Crissy will still draw a name (using Random.org) from the participants, and that lucky person will get to choose 2 images of their choice from her collection.
So what are you waiting for!! Ready, set, get crafting!!

O.K. Now for my card:-) I used Crissy's new Angel called "Touched by love" found at Whimsy stamps HERE. I used Graphic 45 Papers, colored my image with Copic Markers, I have all the details over at my blog if you want to know more about how I put my card together which is 6x6.

Don't forget you have till end of December to get your card up! I have Crissy's first post linked in her name at the top of my post in Large print just click on that and it will take you back to the original post, this is where you will find the blue Linkz button. Enjoy and have fun:-) The rest of the team will be taking turns throughout the month here so come back often to see their fabulous work. Remember you can use any image to be in the candy drawing:-)

Hugs to All

XMicheleX

Challenge #12-Chrismas is Coming! or Winter is Here!

Hi fellow challenge junkies! heh-heh, admit it, if you're anything like me, you're an addict.  snort!
I'm trying for that last push to get my Christmas cards done on time this year (you too?) so this theme will help us all do that.  If you're done your Christmas stash (or if you don't do Christmas cards) then a winter card will be fine for this challenge.
I've got the inlinkz option at the bottom of this post where you can link up your card.
 I'm going to do something a little different for blog candy with this month's challenge!  In the spirit of Christmas and giving, I am going to give away one digital image to the first 12 players!  AND I am opening up the contest to include EVERYONE (not just for those using one of my images)!! So if you are one of the first twelve players to link up your Christmas/winter card on here, you will get your choice of  one of my digital images from either Whimsy or Squigglefly!  How fun is that!
Now to keep it fair, you must make a card specifically for this challenge.  Any cards that are "back-linked" will not qualify.
And, if you don't make it in the race for top twelve, you can still have a chance to win at the end of this month.  I'll still draw a name (using Random.org) from the participants, and that lucky person will get to choose 2 images of their choice from my collection.
So what are you waiting for!! Ready, set, get crafting!!

I've made both these computer generated cards using my new pre-coloured digi's for Whimsy Stamps in combination with some beautiful digital frames by Raindrop Echo Designs.   The deer card uses Ann's Winter Curvy Frame and the angel card uses Curvy Frame Small Dots.  This is taking digital images to the max (my opinion!) because everything was done on computer.  It takes awhile to get the template made, but once you do, they are a cinch to print off.  To me, this is the perfect solution to making large quantities of cards.  If you want more details, visit my personal blog.
The deer image is "Leap of Joy" and the angel image is "Touched by Love".  Both images are also sold as un-coloured digi's, as usual.  Here they are Leap of Joy   Touched by Love
Now here are the cards f rom challenge that I think qualified for my Artist's Choice Award!  I hope you pick up your trophy (on the right side bar) to display on your own blogs ladies! Congratulations to the following outstanding artists (in no particular order:

17. Ellie 

23. Mary Lou 

18. True :D 

 14. Tina 

 5. Annika 

Now here is the winner of the blog candy from challenge 11:
Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

7

Timestamp: 2010-12-01 16:12:18 UTC

Congratulations to Mary Lou, who was the 7th person to use one of my digi images in this challenge!  Contact me with your mailing address Mary Lou, and I'll send your fabby blog candy to you!

Thanks for playing my challenge!

Now here is the inlinkz where you can join in this challenge.  You have til the end of Dec: