CAS christmas trees!

I made my first christmas cards this week. For this card I used the trees from the Sizzix framelits and clear stamp set "mittens and snow globe" and colored them with my copics. I used an embossing folder with dots and added an embossing diffuser to place the rub-on sentiment clearly legible. I love this clean and simple card!

I enter this card in the following competitions:

• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #120: Use a sentiment for any December Holiday
• Delicious Doodles Challenge #111: Traditional Christmas
• Love to create challenge blog #142: Make it for Christmas

The Zoo Babies wish Happy Birthday!

On of my favourite stamp set is Stampin'Up "Zoo Babies". 

For this card I was inspired by a card from Michele Reynolds which I found on Pinterest.

I saw this card and it reminded me on the fairy tale "the town musicians of Bremen".

I enter this card in the following competitions:

• CASology #122: Flags
• Sister Act Card Challenge #84: Anything Goes
• TTCRD, Nov 18-24: Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper-Crafty challenge blog #204: Anything Goes

Birthday Lion!

I made a clean and simple birthday card for my young cousin just using the birthday embossing folder, a lion sticker made of foamed rubber and a yellow ribbon, voilà:

I enter this card in the following competitions:

• CAS on Sunday #47: children's card
• Sweet Stampin', November 22: It's our Birthday
• Paula Holifield Crafts, Nov 2: clean and simple

A cloudy Thank You!

My latest purchase for my scrapbooking collection was the Lawn Fawn clear stamp set "Blue Skies".

For this card I was inspired by a card from Grisel I found on Pinterest.

I enter this card in the following competitions:

• Open-Minded Crafting Challenges #24: Grateful
• Sentimental Sundays, #234: Heartfelt Thanks
• The Sisterhood of Crafters, Nov 12: Thank-ful
• The Shabby Tea Room #240: Grateful
• Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog #122: Make your Mark

Please, let it snow!

In the US they have tons of snow. Here, in Austria we are miles away from seeing any snow soon they say.
I recently bought the SIZZIX framelits and clear stamp set "mittens and snow globe". The snowflake stamp is from DEPOT. I used the heat embossing technique for them and added some pearls in the middle.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Simply create too, challenge #75: snow, snow, snow
• Crafty Catz Challenge #256: winter theme
• Creative Knockouts, Challenge #64: Bling is the thing-crafty sentiments
• Cards and More Challenge Blog #119: Snowflakes
• Divas by Design, Nov 19: Let it snow