Tag: Twinkling H2Os

Penny Black And More July – Dies And Punches

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it’s the first sunday of july already and time for a new penny black and more challenge theme; this month, we’re challenging you to use those dies and punches. as always, you can use any company’s stamped image as your focal point, just no digis. there are some fabulous prizes on offer from some generous sponsors so i hope to see you join in. visit the blog to view some beautiful creations by my team mates and to find complete details.

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i watercoloured this sweet image from the Penny Black homemade clear set with distress ink pads and twinkling H2Os. i used a couple of die cuts on this card: the Marianne Design button flower, cut with chipboard and white card stock; My Favorite Things Die-namics banners; nestabilities squares for the image and mat and i used an EK Success eyelet punch for the borders. i created the tablecloth with a stencil and a paintbrush.

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
addicted to stamps – #102 make your mark

thanks for popping by.

One Lucky Chick

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you might remember that i recently purchased some from the heart digital birdbrain images and this little cutie was free with a purchase. since i need a birthday card for someone who loves all things irish, it’s perfect. this week’s twist is to not use designer paper/just cardstock. i tried. it’s funny that when i first started making cards about six years ago, almost all of my cards were clean and simple and designer paper intimidated me – so many patterns and colours; and now i’m challenged by CAS.

i {heart} card sketches w/ a tWiSt #no.73:

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i watercoloured the image with twinkling H2Os and literally followed the sketch. thanks for popping by.

Lemonade Mice

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i’m playing along with the “More Than One Score” Scor-pal Challenge #5 and this month’s theme of bright and sunny. I searched for quick and easy cards since i was short on time and i found this cute card by Diane Zechman so i used my Scor-pal and cased the design; i tried to change the pointed edge with a die cut shape, but none would fit.

 

i watercoloured these Penny Black images with Twinkling H2Os, Derwent Inktense Pencils and Distress Ink pads; i cut the lemons out since i used watercolour paper and used a velcro closure on the flap; this was a fun card to make.

EDIT: i was lucky enough to be a top three and last month’s scor-pal challenge winner for this card and my prize arrived just after i posted this today – thanks so much scor-pal for the Scor-Buddy and roll of tape!

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In Loving Memory

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copyright linda @ snailzpace.wordpress.com and made in memory of my son

i made this card in memory of my son who passed away five years ago today. i don’t know where the time went, other than i’ve been lost in a world of papercrafting that has helped me to have something to focus on and feel somewhat productive. my husband used to make up adventurous stories about a snail when our son was young, so i sewed him a snail from blue and white striped flannel that was well loved. as i coloured this image with twinkling H2Os, i recalled the many hours my artist son would colour with coloured pencils, usually colouring his hand drawn comical characters – he had quite an imagination. and, even though he teased me, he was just as picky about colouring his images. thanks for popping by.

Birthday Bird

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i’m playing along with this week’s i {heart} card sketches w/ a tWiSt #no.70. the bird is coloured with distress ink pads and twinkling H2Os and both the image and hearts are popped on foam tape; i coated the candle with glossy accents. i reached a milestone birthday this week and i was kind of dreading it, but someone reminded me that it’s just a number – maybe i feel older than the number. lol. thanks for popping by.

Under The Feather

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Sketch068-387x500 DSC01360 i just bought some of these cute birdbrain chick digi images and i had so much fun watercolouring this poor sick chick with my twinkling H2Os. i followed this week’s from the heart stamps challenge no. 68, (i rotated it) and used one of two sentiments that came with the image. i’d also like to submit this to addicted to stamps challenge 97 make your mark and paper crafting challenges – my favourites are watercolouring cute and whimsical images. thanks for popping by.

Egg-cited For Spring

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even though more snow is predicted, i am trying to shift into spring so i thought an easter card with bright colours might help. i coloured everything with twinkling H2Os, added flower soft to the cuffs and tail and i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
kraftin’ kimmie wonderful wednesday anything goes challenge
my favorite things palette colour challenge for march
stamp and create – ready for spring
as you like it – favourite colouring medium and why: watercolouring, usually with distress ink pads and/or twinkling H2Os, is the easiest medium for me because it requires less pressure on my wrist and hands, which doesn’t aggravate my RA. painting images is so relaxing that i sometimes lose track of time when i’m ‘in the zone.’

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Twinkling Hydrangea

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the impression obsession challenge is ‘favourite technique’ and mine is watercolouring. i used twinkling H2Os to create a wash on some watercolour paper to die cut the petals with the IO hydrangea die (DIE044-Y); i painted the leaves and using the same twinks, i painted the edges of watercolour paper to create the mat and had fun splattering the leftovers on cardstock. finally, i added blue stickles to the petal centres.

i’m also submitting this card to these other challenges:
stamp and create – ready for spring
little red wagon – #226 yearning for spring!
virginia’s vew challenge #1 – watercolouring
loves rubberstamps – anything goes

thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More – So Sweet

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it’s the first sunday of march so it’s time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge; this month we’d like to see something ‘so sweet’ like a sweet image or sweet food. i coloured this penny black sweet dreams image (4245H) with twinkling H2Os, added stickles to the blanket and stamped the sentiment from penny black betsy bluebell (30-053). visit the blog for some very creative inspiration from my team mates and to take a peek at all the fabulous prizes and remember, you can use any company’s stamped image for your focal point, just no digis please. i hope you’ll come and play along! thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More Mid February Card

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i made another DT card for the penny black and more february challenge theme of ‘make it sparkle.’ with a record amount of snow here, i thought i’d use these sledding hedgies – i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and distress inks and added stickles on their hats, flowers soft for snow and some green gems. to play along for some fabulous prizes, remember you can use any company’s stamped image for your focal point (just no digis please); check out what my talented team mates have done and read all the rules at the challenge blog here.

i’d like to submit this card to your next stamp challenge; i rotated their sketch.

thanks for popping by.

Time Flies

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before i get to my card for today, i want to thank laura love, loves rubberstamps store owner and design team member of crafty sentiments designs for featuring my ‘all bundled up’ card on the crafty sentiments designs inspirational blog today; it was my final card as january’s guest designer at loves rubberstamps challenge and i used a crafty sentiments digi – cold christmas.

today’s card features ‘senior-ita dolores’ from stamping bella by illustrator christine grove; i love her sense of humour and when i get my scooter, i think i might just have to decorate it. i watercoloured the image with twinkling H2Os using the inspiration colours from this week’s stamping bella challenge:

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i’d also like to submit this to these challenges:
loves rubberstamps – anything goes #89
try it on tuesday – travel
simply create too – mother’s day or for a female
papertake weekly – anything goes
as you like it – showcase and explain your favourite style (my favourite style is cute and fun with few embellishments as i want the focus to be on the image, which is watercoloured 99% of the time).

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Penny Black And More Make It Sparkle

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we’re into february already and that means a new challenge theme at penny black and more; this month we’d like to see some sparkle. for my DT card, i chose to watercolour this cute penny black penguin from the ‘cold nose warm heart’ clear set with twinkling H2Os and i painted the sky with distress ink pads. the glitter on the snowballs is stampendous flocking mixed with stampendous ultra fine glitter.

there are some fabulous prizes on offer from our generous sponsors, so come and play along! remember, you can use any company’s stamped image as your focal point (just no digis please) and if you’d like to be considered as a guest designer, use a penny black stamp. for all the rules and some more inspiration from my talented teamies, visit the challenge blog.

thanks for popping by.

A Tiny Christmas Greeting

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when i saw the jingle belles prompt to make cards featuring inchies or twinchies, i realized just how challenging this was and it has taken me almost two weeks to come up with something and the deadline is only hours away. the penny black chick was die cut into an inchie, matted and framed with a twinchie and watercoloured with twinkling H2Os. i added stickles to the hat, embossed and sanded the border and lines and added a hand-tied bow; silly me, i thought it would be faster than my bow tool. thanks for popping by.

Bundled Up

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it’s tuesday and time for a new theme at the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge – use lace and it’s sponsored by Crafty Sentiments Designs. this is my last GDT card and i’d like to thank laura love, owner of Loves Rubberstamps, for inviting me and holly flores for being a great DT Coordinator; it was a lot of fun, i was challenged and it was a great learning experience.

Supplies i used on this card:

My Favorite Things Die-Namics Dainty Lace Border Die
My Favorite Things Die-Namics Let It Snowflake Die
Polar White Diamond Range Flower Soft
Stampendous Frantage Embossing Kit Vintage
Distress Ink pads
Twinkling H2Os (coming soon!)
Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool & Foam
Tombow MONO MULTI LIQUID GLUE
Crafty Sentiments Designs
Kaisercraft paper

i watercoloured this cute Crafty Sentiments Designs image with distress ink pads and twinkling H2Os and lightly sponged the green dotted paper with distress inks. i added flower soft, frantage and my favorite things die-namics dainty lace border and let it snowflake dies. there are some fabulous prizes on offer, plus a chance to be a guest designer for a month – just put GDT if you’re interested. you can read all the rules and find some amazing inspiration by the DT at the challenge blog – i hope you’ll play along! thanks for popping by.

Hugs

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it’s tuesday, so it’s time for a new challenge at Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog; this week’s theme is to CASE yourself or a design team member and it’s being sponsored by Aurora Wings. i cased one of my clean and simple hedgie cards:

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but i used this sweet critter image from the Penny Black Hugs Clear Stamp Set available from Loves Rubberstamps and i watercoloured with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads and twinkling H2Os (coming soon!). i love pink and green together and i love the pretty patterns in the Wild Rose Studio – ANNABELLE’S MEADOW PAPER PACK 6×6 Patterned Paper. i used Tombow MONO MULTI LIQUID GLUE to attach the Memory Box Alphabet Die letters

check out the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog for the fabulous DT creations and remember – you can use any stamps and products that you would like, you can enter as many times as you want and just add GDT after your name if you’d like to be considered for a guest designer position – i’d love for you to play along too!

i’d like to submit this to these challenges:
CAS on Sunday – challenge #25 lovely dovey
great impressions – something new (new papers)
graph’it marker – anything goes

thanks for popping by.

Snow Friends

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i couldn’t resist the kraftin’ kimmie stamps boxing week sale where i found this cute snowman image and i’d like to enter this card into the wonderful wednesday challenge where anything goes and the krafty guest contest that has a sparkle theme. i painted the sky with distress ink pads and watercoloured everything else with twinkling H2Os, added stickles to the hat, falling snow and snow on the ground, black stickles to the buttons, flower soft on the bunny’s tail and glitter paper for the dark blue mat and memory box die ribbon slide – finally, i added sequins to the snowflakes and used a beige shimmer paper for the base and second image mat. thanks for popping by.

Loves Rubberstamps Guest Designer

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I’m very excited to have the opportunity to be a Guest Designer for the weekly Loves Rubberstamps Challenge for January; Laura, the owner, and everyone on the design team has made me feel very welcome.

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Items Used:
Wild Rose Studio – BELLA’S BIRTHDAY Clear Stamp 
Wild Rose Studio – ANNABELLE’S MEADOW PAPER PACK 6×6 Patterned Paper
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads
Tombow MONO MULTI LIQUID GLUE
Penny Black sweet wishes 30-104
Memory Box Simple Banner
Ranger Archival Black Ink
Ranger Diamond Stickles
Twinkling H2Os

this week’s theme is anything goes, so i chose to make a side-step birthday card with bella that i coloured with distress ink pads and twinkling H2Os. click here to the distress ink pads page and you’ll find a distress ink colour swatch chart to download. tip: i attach one inch squares of watercolour paper to the chart to make my colour swatches.

the challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want – how easy is that? there are some fabulous prizes to be won – vouchers to the loves rubberstamps store and a prize from this week’s sponsor the cutting cafe, plus a chance to be a guest designer – just put GDT after your name. i hope you’ll play along! thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More – January Love And Romance

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it’s the first sunday of the month so it’s time for a new penny black and more challenge; this month we’d like to see what love and romance means to you. i water coloured this penny black ‘love tail’ image with twinkling H2Os and distress ink pads and i used the sentiments from the papers. to play along for some fabulous prizes, remember you can use any company’s image, just no digis please. visit the challenge blog for some beautiful projects by my team mates and for the full rules – i look forward to seeing what you come up with. thanks for popping by.

Visions Of Sugarplums

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i have another christmas card to share; i coloured this penny black mouse with distress ink pads and twinkling H2Os, added stickles to the stocking trim and added a sentiment and bow.

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
christmas cards all year round – christmas stockings
one crazy stamper – winter/holiday
loves rubber stamps – #83 holiday blitz anything goes
heck of a challenge – colourful christmas
natalie and amy’s – cute and cuddly
jingle belles – linkfest

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Snow Day

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i created this card for the final papercraft star challenge; i was inspired to use the gorgeous colours in the inspiration photo and watercoloured this cute molly blooms stamp with twinkling H2Os. i got brave and tried the stampendous embossing enamel for the first time – fun stuff, but next time i’ll use a bit less.

i’m also submitting this card to christmas at sweet stampin‘s snow theme and the jingle belles linkfest. thanks for popping by.

A Christmas Robin

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i’m still making christmas cards; i read on someone’s blog that as long as they’re postmarked before the 25th it’s ok so i feel better now. this cute little bird is a molly blooms stamp that i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and distress ink pads. i added snow after i painted the sky, added stickles to the hat and made some poinsettias.

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
my time to craft – christmas birds
cute card thursday – christmas catch up
papercrafting journey – it’s christmas time
loves rubber stamps – # 82 anything goes christmas
papertake weekly – christmas creatures
Bunny Zoe’s Crafts Monthly Challenge – wings
stamp and create – anything goes
the artistic stamper – anything goes
ladybug crafts – christmas/winter
christmas cards all year round – christmas stockings thanks to gail’s suggestion
jingle belles – linkfest

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Waiting For Christmas

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i won a guest designer spot for the crafter’s companion challenge blog for october to december, but there were a few hiccups with the blog; this is my november card for the christmas/winter theme. i watercoloured this makey bakey mouse with distress inks and twinkling H2Os, added red glass beads to the holly, flower soft on the coat and stickles around the edge of the image rectangle. the red star was die cut from glitter paper and the december 25 star sentiment was stamped from the makey bakey mouse festive fun & frolics set and cut out by hand. the papers are doodlebug’s home for the holidays. thanks for popping by.

Twinkling Christmas Wreath – Penny Black And More

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this is my DT card for this month’s penny black and more challenge, which is anything goes! i enjoy making christmas cards year round, but i’m making more lately because they’ll have to be mailed off in a month already. i watercoloured this image with twinkling H2Os and the tiniest of paintbrushes. i stamped the sentiment, created the corners by die cutting four times,  and then i matted everything. there are some fabulous prizes to be won and remember, you can use any company’s image for your focal point, just no digis. my team mates have made some gorgeous creations which you’ll find at the challenge blog. thanks for popping by.

Walking For A Cause

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i’d never be able to walk a 5K with my RA, but my daughter just participated in her first walk-a-thon so i made this card for her. i coloured the stamping bella shoes with twinkling H2Os, added the 5K stickers from my stash and followed last week’s SB sketch theme. thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More Mid October Post

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COPYRIGHT LINDA @ SNAIL'S SPACE AND DESCRIBED SOLELY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; a halloween card with a cat in a pumpkin, dark night sky and six bats flying overhead

this is my mid month DT card for the penny black and more challenge theme of anything goes! i coloured the penny black ‘be very scared’ image with distress inks, twinkling H2Os and coloured pencils and stamped some cobwebs from the ‘trick or treat’ clear stamp set. there are some fabulous prizes to be won and remember, you can use any company’s image for your focal point, just no digis; i hope you’ll play along.

i’d like to submit my card to these challenges:
papercraft star: inspiration photo
simply create too #48 – halloween
crafty calendar – halloween

thanks for popping by.

Autumn Colours

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we’re starting to see the leaves changing colours and they’re just so pretty, vivid and inspiring; perfect for the colours of fall impression obsession challenge theme. i stamped the I.O. quote, D5529, onto white cardstock and sponged it and the patterned paper with distress inks. all the leaves, DIE030-S and DIE095-D were die cut from leftover watercolour paper that was already coloured with twinkling H2Os for another fall card i made; i just sponged the edges.

i was lucky enough to be the random winner of the $25.00 gift certificate from impression obsession just by playing along with their challenge last month so i chose something for spring because i saw some very cute cards by the design team…

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something for fall because i love the larger leaves die i already have and i’m impressed with how deeply they emboss, even the tiniest…
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and something for winter because i love snowmen and this snowman on the ground has been on my wish list for some time.

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Christmas Robins

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this month’s magenta challenge is anything goes so i decided to make a christmas card; i watercoloured the robins and sky with twinkling H2Os, added a ribbon and i have another CAS card for my stash. i’m also submitting this card to these challenges:

rudolph day – to make christmas cards on the 25th of every month
emma’s crafty challenge – birds
one crazy stamper – christmas
addicted to stamps and more – CAS
get inky! – song about the birds and the bees

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Pink Calla Lilies

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COPYRIGHT LINDA @ SNAIL'S SPACE AND DESCRIBED HERE SOLELY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; card with green background, debossed on the bottom portion with a focal point of pink calla lilies in a gold vase
i created this card for the september crafter’s companion challenge theme of embossing. i watercoloured the calla lilies from the Stamp-It-Australia Floral Fancies stamp set (available in the US) with twinkling H2Os; i used the same twinks to create some matching mats with watercolour paper. i embossed a portion of the green paper, sanded the debossed side and added the memory box die cut ribbon slide. i decided not to put a sentiment on the front so i can use it for any occasion. thanks for popping by.

Thanks

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COPYRIGHT LINDA @ SNAIL'S SPACE AND DESCRIBED HERE SOLELY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; a card with fall colours and leaves in the background with one die cute maple leaf in the centre and black die cut letters on the bottom spelling thanks
welcome to a new follower! thank you for taking an interest in what i create.

i haven’t had much time lately to create or comment: DH has been on vacation and we’ve had day trips, out of town visits to family, i’ve had volunteer work, commissions, taking classes, and prepping a class to teach. there are never enough hours in the day and since fatigue is a big part of my RA, i can’t always accomplish as much as i’d like.

anyway, this is my DT card for papercraft cafe; i used the same impression obsession die cut stencil i made for a recent card, but i added the memory box die cut letters instead of stamping on this one and the colours are a bit different. thanks for popping by; i hope to find time soon to pop by all those bloggers who inspire me, make me smile, and take time to comment.

A Happy Twirl

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COPYRIGHT LINDA @ SNAIL'S SPACE AND DESCRIBED HERE SOLELY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: a card with a twirling koala in a pink and green leotard with pink slippers, pink dots on white background, a strip of pink paper at the bottom and a green bow

i’m playing along with the ‘circles’ challenge theme at stamping bella this week; i used circle dies, the dots embossing folder and coloured with distress ink pads and twinkling H2Os.

this happy koala is one of  two stamps i bought when stamping bella introduced illustrator christine grove’s characters in june; i was lucky enough to recently win a $20.00 gift certificate, so i bought a third character that i still have to colour and some general use stamps. thanks for popping by.

Make Lemonade

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the less is more challenge this week is to use a rubber stamp and watercolour (my favourite technique) so i used three different watercolour media to colour this penny black image: watercolour crayons, twinkling H2Os and distress ink pads. i cut out one lemon, added stickles to the edge and popped it on foam tape. thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More September

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Penny Black Sunflower
i don’t know where the time goes, but it’s the first sunday of the month and time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge; this month we’d like to see fall colours or a sketch by the talented Brenda or both, so you have several options. i stamped this ‘sunny’ penny black cling stamp with twinkling H20s, added some splatters and used permanent markers to colour the peel off corners to match the distress ink i used to sponge the background paper.

there are some fabulous prizes to be won, along with a chance to be a guest designer so i hope you’ll play along. thanks for popping by.

Winter’s Butterfly

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copyright linda @ snail's space and described here solely for people with disabilities; christmas card with bright red, green and blue papers with a snowman wearing a jacket, hat and scarf and a tiny green butterfly nearby
this was a fun christmas card to make; i coloured the image with letraset aquamarkers, painted the sky with twinkling H2Os, added flowersoft to her hat and coat trim and stickles to the snow drifts i created. i’m submitting this to a couple of challenges: i used the layout at the sweet sketch wednesday, played bingo with the jingle belles (snowman/woman, stamping, red or green) and this is my august rudolph day card.

thanks for popping by.