Sparkle and Shine Underwear

Join me for our new challenge over at Christmas with the Cuties!  Sparkle and Shine is the theme for our MONTH challenge - don't forget, your creation must be Christmas themed and feature a cute image.  

We are a JUST FOR FUN challenge and I hope you will continue to play along for your chance to proudly display our Winners or Top 3 Badge.

Back in the day, I purchased a digital stamp from Whimsie Doodles (so sad they are no longer in business) with a similar sentiment and pairs of underwear.  I recently came across a stamp set I Believe by Miss Ink Stamps and had to purchase it!

After stamping and coloring the pieces of under garments with Copic markers I fussy cut each image and applied foam squares to the back.  The sentiment was cut out using Circle die cut and framed using red metallic paper.  

I created the background using Floral Wave stencil also by Miss Ink Stamps along with Sparkle Stencil paste and Black Soot Distress Ink.  For some extra sparkle, I sprinkled some extra glitter on top while still wet and to finish it off, I added some sequins.

Now it's your turn to show us your Christmas project and make sure you check out the Design Team's creations for some inspiration and remember - projects must be Christmassy and have to be Cute!

Challenges:

Aud Sentiments - Glitter and/or Christmas  + Sentiment #319 (Nov 30) .

Daring Cardmakers - Sparkle (Nov 329) .

Underwear for Christmas?!

Well hellooooo! Today is a new challenge over at Christmas with the Cuties!  Our theme for this challenge is Anything Cute and Christmas with Optional Ribbons & Bows.

Our lovely sponsor for this challenge are our friends over at Crafty Ribbons!  Crafty Ribbons has an amazing selection and it's so much fun going through their collection of goodies!

I pulled out an old fave image of mine from Whimsie Doodles (so sad they are no longer) appropriately called "Underwear for Christmas".

I used Copic markers to color the undies and used my new Stitched Collage Frame Diecut to put the card all together.  It's the first time I used the diecut and have to admit it took me a while to play with it to figure out how I wanted to use it.  Now that I have the hang of it I've made quite a few cards with the template.

I hope my card gives you a chuckle!  Thanks for stopping in and I look forward to seeing your cute creations!

Challenges:

International Art & Soul - Humorous #84

Crafty Catz - Spots and/or Stripes #507

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Christmas/First #556

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Add Ribbon, Lace or Twine #112

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Goes #22

Cards for Men Pairs Challenge and Blog Hop

Cards for Men is two years old and we're celebrating! We have organized a bloghop running as well as our usual challenge. The theme for our challenge is the number '2'. Interpret it how you will, two cards, two images, pairs, twinsets (card & gift), etc. We'll draw a random winner and top 3 as usual. You can get all the details and lots more ideas from the Design Team over at the main site.

Here's what I made:

The image is Christmas Undies by Whimsie Doodles. I colored the image with Copic markers and the papers are from the White Christmas collection by We R Memory Keepers.

If you arrived here from Mandy then you're on the right track. If not, hop over to Cards for Men to start at the beginning.

At each stop there'll be a word to collect and a candy draw. I've got a £10 gift voucher from One Stop Card Shop.

At One Stop Card Crafts we have a big range of ever changing discount card making and cardmaking craft supplies.We are always adding to our range of craft supplies which are ideal for making handmade greeting cards, do-it-yourself invitations scrapbook pages, altered items and much more.

Our card making craft supplies include free UK postage* and our popular discount scheme and quick service means our customers keep coming back for more.Our prices are very competitive and this makes us an ideal place to buy your cardmaking supplies online.

To be in with a chance of winning this you just need to leave a comment at the end of this post. A random winner will be drawn on December 19, 2011.

Each stop will have a word which you should collect to make a festive phrase. My word is 'best'. At the end of the blog hop you should have 9 words, work out the phrase and leave it in the comments back at Cards for Men. The blog hop will run until midnight on December 18, 2011 and a winner will be chosen on December 19, 2011.

Since I'm your last stop head back over to Cards for Men to enter your answer.Good luck!

Challenges:

Lexi's Creations - One for the Lads
Here Come the Boys - For the man in your life
The Paper Players - Non-Holiday stamps or colors

Christmas Undies

Oh my gosh, my first Christmas card of the year! I love this image and sentiment from Whimsie Doodles. Just for the record, I never get undies 'cause I sooo Believe!
For something new, I finally tried out my Smooch Spritz by SU on the sentiment and undies, it was really easy to use and I really like the effect. I also used "Funky Little Christmas " digital paper from Funky Hand.
I will be entering this card in the following challenges:
Bah Humbug "Something New"
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long "Non traditional colors"
Delightful Inspiration "Anything Goes"
Totally Papercrafts "Christmas in August"