Happy Winter Card

It's been snowing hard these past few days, so we can definitely feel that it's winter.  I'm not a winter person, because I get cold easily, but it doesn't stop me from watching all of the fun winter activities from inside our house.

I made this card for the Crafty Cardmakers challenge this week, which is to create a "winter fun" card, but it should not be a Christmas or New Year card.  I think it's a great challenge, and I really had to think to come up with this:

I'm not sure if you can tell from the photo, but I used shimmering white paper for my base.

This is how the card looks when it's opened (it opens at the slope):

I cut the sledding boy using my Cricut (I love his facial expression -- doesn't that say "winter fun?").  I popped him on some Stampin' Dimensionals and stuck him on the slope, so he looks like he's sledding down from it.

I cut the slope using a die from Papertrey Ink.  The sentiment is stamped in Bahama Blue ink on two layers of square cardstock (punched with two nesting Stampin' Up square punches).

The "snow" on the background is made from Stampin' Up's Dazzling Diamonds.

Here is a list of products I used:

White shimmer cardstock (JoAnn's -- I don't think they carry this anymore)

Blue, red, kraft, ecru, and black cardstock (The Paper Studio)

Cricut cartridge (Winter Frolic)

Papertrey Ink die (In the Meadow -- for the slope)

Memento Bahama Blue ink

Stampin' Up Happy Winter stamp set (for the sentiment)

Stampin' Up Dazzling Diamonds

Stampin' Dimensionals

I hope everyone has a happy and safe winter!  Thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Crafty Cardmakers Top 5!!!

Oh, my goodness.

Quick post today, everyone.  I just checked out the Crafty Cardmakers blog, and just found out that I made the Clean and Simple Challenge Top 5!!!   Whooo-hooo!  What an awfully nice way to be welcomed to the challenge (it was my first time to join). :)  Here is my entry again.

Thank you to the challenge host, Viv, and to everyone at Crafty Cardmakers.  Thank you to everyone else who joined the challenge.  I think all the cards were so inspiring.  Congratulations to the winners and the Top 5.  I'm so honored that my card is displayed with yours at the Crafty Cardmakers blog.

Now I can add another badge to my sidebar! :) :) :)

Christmas Sparkle Card

Hi, everyone!  I hope you all had a great holiday.

This week's theme at the Less is More blog is "Sparkle."

Here is my interpretation of the challenge:

The sparkle elements are the Christmas trees, which I embossed in gold glitter.

The sentiment "Merry Christmas" is stamped in red ink, and then stamped offset in Versamark.  I then used clear embossing powder for that shadow effect.

Here is a list of the materials that I used for this card:
Kraft card base (Recollections)
Very Vanilla card stock (Stampin' Up)
Tree (Happy Winter, Stampin' Up)
Merry Christmas sentiment (Greetings 4 U, Stampin Up)
Versamark ink
Riding Hood Red ink (Stampin' Up)
Clear embossing powder (Stampin' Up)
Gold embossing glitter (Stampendous)

I'm entering this card to the Less is More Week 148 challenge.  The rest of the entries are here.

Edited to add:
I'm also entering this card to the Crafty Cardmakers challenge, at the suggestion of Viv, the challenge host. :) (Thanks, Viv!).  Check out the other awesome clean and simple cards here.

Thanks for looking, and have a great, and sparkling, day!