Firecracker Designs by Pamela January Blog Hop and Bloggers Challenge

               Reduce, Reuse, Recycle if the Theme of our Blog Hop

The official start time of this Hop is Friday, at 8:00 AM (EST). If you arrived early, please be patient as all the links may not be live yet.

This is a “circular blog hop” where the only beginning is wherever you start!!  You will know you are at the end of your blog hop when you’ve come back to the blog you’ve started from!  (It’s not a huge circle…so it should be easy to remember where you started.)

There will be a winner from posts made to the Design Team blogs, and the winner will be chosen from a mystery blog hostess that we don’t even know who it will be until the hop is over…so that’s why you’ll want to leave a comment on EVERY blog, so you don’t miss out!

**To find out if you’ve won… you will be contacted by Pamela via e-mail (so be sure to leave it with your comment.) and you can also find out on Pamela’s blog after the blog hop ends on Mon, at 8:00 PM (EST).**

I combined my Reuse and Reduce theme with my Bloggers Challenge this week , which is to punch or use die cuts.  I used my Cricut- cartridge Heritage for the trees and the fences.  I challenged myself to make a card and a matching ATC (reusing the image and Reducing it to a smaller size).  Now, over on Papercraft Planet, Firecracker Designs has a challenge to make a Winter Themed card, so I made an additional card in a  winter time theme.    (My Firecracker Designs by Pamela Stamp set is called Pitchin In)

The tree, birds and birdhouse are all colored in Copic Markers. Here is a list of the markers used:
"0", C2, C3, B21, B24, E33, E35, E37, E47, E57, R24, R27, G20, G85, G99 Plus, Su Markers Old Olive and Close to Cocoa.
  I used the haystack in the stamp set for the foilage on the bottom below the fence.  I colored 1/2 the stamp with Old Olive and stamped it repeatedly, then went over it lightly with Close to Cocoa.  I added flowers with Flower Soft in the Floral Bouquet collection from FCD. I dotted the white above the ground with Old Olive marker.
  The background of the card is called Spritzed Stone and is a Technique Junkies technique using Copic markers.  It is soft and pretty IRL.
 The card stock is SU Ballet Blue and Real Red.  The white is Georgia Pacific.

Here is my winter scene. This tree is cut out with the Cricut. I painted the Bg over the Spritzed Stone with Ranger Rock Candy Distress Crackle paint in a thin layer- that gives the bacground a shimmery look. Then I added stickles for a wintery look.

Here are the ATC's I made- if you are a Technique Junkie that does the TJ ATC swaps- the ones on the right are on their way to Juliet's house via USPS now.

Now, to continue the circle, you will need to hop on over to Tesa's Blog 

and keep going until you’ve come back to where you’ve started!  Thanks so much for playing along with us and we hope you have a great time!
This set of cards also fits challenge by Flourishes- Scene It
Roses on Paper-Show up Winter
Artful Inkables- Think Spring
Ooh La La-Create a scene-new challenge blog