Sweet Stamps- Christmas

 This week at the Sweet Stamps Challenge we are creating Christmas cards.

 I usually make religious cards to send out, but I have a few friends who they are not appropriate for.... This fun image is a new release from Sweet Stamps. Growing up in a big family, we had our share of snowball fights- Oh...memories!
 The image is colored in Copics and Creative Inspirations Paint. The sentiment is also colored with Copics and has Liquid Applique added to the splat 'O' with Creative Inspirations Paint stirred into it. The Candi Brads are also painted with CI paint. I used a sponging tool that has an open pattern with the Blue Ice CI paint and added shimmer to the image panel. A little more shimmer was added with a Sakura Gelly Roll pen- love this pen- on the snowball and on the girls trim and snowman's scarf.
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I want to show you what you can do if your dies you want to use are too big for your image......  The next smallest die was just too small.....

      So, I line up the top and the sides and cut this out....... (above).

 Next, figure out where you want the bottom to cut out, and place the cardstock in the die where you want it. Now, flip the die and image over and make sure the edges are lined up inside the lines/ridges of the die. Use double sided-removable tape to hold your cardstock just where you want it.

                                                                                  Viola!

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Here are the Sweet Stamps products I used on my card:
Jada's Snowflakes set- image and sentiment HERE
Distress Ink for embossing HERE
Black embossing powder HERE
Copic Markers (Teals, Tea Rose, Orange for nose, Browns for arms, Gray for shadowing and buttons) HERE
Creative Inspirations Paint (Blue Ice and Sea Foam) HERE
Cheery Lynn Coved Rectangle Die Set  HERE
Double Line Tape HERE
Candi Brads HERE
Coordinations cardstock  (Classy Reds-Scarlet) HERE
Gelly Roll Stardust Glitter gel pen (snowflake) HERE

I hope you will join in the challenge!  Every entry qualifies you for a chance to win $20 of items from the store at  Sweet Stamps, and if you use a Sweet Stamps image- you will receive an additional chance to win! Please note- there is a limit of 10 challenges for each entry.The winner is chosen by Random.org- so everyone has a chance to win!

 Stop by the Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog HERE to see what the rest of the DT has created for the Challenge or click on the links below.

Sweet Stamps Design Team:

*   Bonnie  *  Calypso *
 * Dawn B  *   Jacki   *  Joni 

                                     *  Kendra  *  Linda                                             

                                          *  Shelly  (you are here)  *  Tamara  * 

Challenges:
Make it Monday- Anything Goes
Pink Elephant- use your favorite coloring medium ( Copics + CI paint)
Pile it on- Make it Sparkle : )
Quirky Crafts- Layers and Snow
Sentimental Sundays- Dimension
Crafty Calender- Wrap Up Warm for Winter- optional- use Twine

Thanks for stopping by!
 Shelly