Christmas Cards all Year Round Mid Month

Here we are the middle of November already. Wait. What? Crazy how fast the time goes by except when I'm at work. grin

I have two cards to show you for our Winter Wonderland challenge going on for another 15 days. So join in on the fun at Christmas Cards all Year Round because the prize this month is being donated by ME! See picture of prize below my cards. Keep in mind I've been known to throw in extras to make things a surprise for the recipient. So link up right 

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My first card features an old Stampin Up stamp but I love it. It isn't actually my stamp set. I stamped a bunch of the image while at a friends house last year. This year I pulled them out and made this fun creation. I inked the edges of the white cardstock with Ranger Industries distress ink Iced Spruce. I colored in the couple pieces of the snowman with Ranger's distress markers. Then the rest of my card is a super easy design and I used patterned paper by My Mind's Eye, white cardstock by Neenah which I embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and the snowflake brad is by The Paper Studio. Easy Peasy.

My second card uses an Inkadinkado snowman stamp that I also borrowed from a friend. I stamped and heat embossed a bunch of them out to play with later. For this one I used similar products as the one above. First I inked the white cardstock with Ranger Industries Iced Spruce distress ink. I sprayed the cardstock with water mixed with Perfect Pearls also by Ranger Industries. It really makes that white embossed image stand out and with a beautiful sparkle added to it. The patterned paper is the same as above by My Mind's Eye, the sentiment sticker by American Crafts and the seam binding is ridiculous old. The spool it is on says "Hug Snug" woven edge rayon seam binding a quality product by Lawrence Schiff Silk Mills Inc. 100 yards of it-really? What am I going to do with a 100 yards? You will probably see more of this in future posts.

I'm really am thankful that my Mother and Mother in Law are both sewing pack rats. I get their old hand-me-downs.

Here is a picture of what I have so far.

Thanks for stopping by.

Challenges
http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com/- Anything goes with Christmas
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/- Anything goes
http://www.dreamweaverstencils.blogspot.com/- Holiday Celebrations
http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/- Non traditional Christmas colors
http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com/- Anything goes with a twist of Christmas
http://www.baffies-kreativladen.blogspot.com/-Anything goes
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/- Something snowy
http://www.cardsbyladyanne.com/stamp-challenge.html- Anything goes
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.com/- Snowflakes {Brad and embossing folder on the first card}
http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.com/- Anything goes with ribbon
http://crimbo-crackers.blogspot.com/- Christmas Words
http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/- Anything goes
http://christmasstampin.blogspot.com/- Stripes {1st card}
http://christmasstampin.blogspot.com/- Let it snow
http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.com/- CAS {1st card}
http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.ca/- Christmas traditions {playing in the snow on our white Christmas day}
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/- Anything goes
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/- Anything goes
http://stempelsonne.blogspot.com/- It's snowing
http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/-CAS {1st card}