Little Brown Dress-Christmas Stampin All Year Long

It's Friday and it's time for another challenge at Christmas Stampin All Year Round are you ready?

We had a great response last week with so many wonderful participants. We're excited to see who will join in for this weeks challenge.

          Today's challenge is sponsored by                   

Deedee has generously donated a $10 credit to her online store to one lucky winner!

To get your creative juices flowing McKenzie has selected this adorable dress to inspire us.  Let's get started!

 

The little brown dress inspired me to create this card.

I chose to work with this cute image of the penguins all tangled up in lights.  It's called Merry & Bright and isn't it fun?!  Just like Christmas at my house.

I  colored the image using copic markers and then paper pieced it on the kraft circle.  To give the lights a "real" look I covered them with glossy accents.  I drew inspiration from the color and form of the dress so I pulled out some of my Daisy D paper I had been hoarding and I threw in some scallops.  The dress has a vintage look to me so I also added some sponging to all the layers.  I finished it off with some ribbon and twine. 

That's my card for this weeks challenge.  I can't wait to see how you're inspired!

Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Paper Roses

What a great way to start a Sunday morning post! I love this scripture don't you?!!! There is such power in it!

I can't believe how early I'm up this morning! I haven't been up this early all summer! All well, since I'm the only one up and the house is so quiet, what better time to post a new card?!!

I was checking out this cool tutorial paper roses on Tim Holtz' site and couldn't wait to try them myself. While mine are not as good as his, they're still really nice!

Here's a closeup of them.

For the big rose in the center, I started with blush cardstock and sponged on chocolate. The smaller roses coming down the side were blush also but I sponged cranberry on them. The smaller buds started out white and I sponged cranberry on them as well.

I paired them with this cool sentiment that was a free digi download from Deedee's digis.

The ribbon I used was a cream color but I dyed it cranberry to match the rest of the card.

That's all the crafty stuff I have for today. Now for a movie recommendation.

We went to see "Dispicable Me" yesterday and loved it! It was a little slow going at first but once the laughs started they never stopped! That's all I'm gonna say. No spoilers!!!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hug, Becky