Christmas?! What?! Yes, the ABC Challenge Blog has branched out and has created a new challenge blog just for Christmas cards...it's called ABC Christmas Challenge. My store Stamp and Create will be sponsoring a few of the their challenges in the future.
I really love the idea...I need to get started on my Christmas cards NOW so that I have enough by the end of the year. Their challenges are every 2 weeks, so if I participate in every challenge, I should have 26 cards done by the end of the year!! Unfortunately, I missed the first 2 challenges, so I am already behind...oh well!
They are also having a Design Team call. So if you would like to play along, here are the details!
This week's challenge is C for Candy with an added challenge of "Pink".
This is also for the Stamp Something Challenge - Delightfully Delicious
And SCS SC265 Sketch.
I went through my stash of usable stamps (I have a ton of stamps for the store, but I can't open all of them now, can I?!) and I found this cute one from The Greeting Farm. Although it's not designed specifically for Christmas, I still think it works fine.
This is Lolli Anya from the Greeting Farm. I used some Cosmo Cricket DP for the "pink" element, plus it had more "candy" in it! I wanted to add in some green, so I went with a SU Always Artichoke mat and a Black card base.
I added a ribbon with a bow created using the AWESOME Bow Easy and a button (from my stash, I don't know where I got it).
Lolli Anya was embossed in black and watercolored with Twinkling H2Os....
I stamped around the image with one of the Whiff of Joy Christmas Swirls - which I just noticed that I never added to the store!! HA! That's why they weren't selling!! Doh!! Anyway, they are on there now. I love the look of the swirls around an image. And although this set was designed for the Holidays, it really is a versatile set - there's even an awesome hanging heart which would be perfect for Valentine's Day images!!
Well, I have to run...so much to do this week!! Wags 'n Whiskers will have a new release next friday, so have a lot of work to do to get ready. Plus Scrap and Stamp Saturday is having a blog hop this weekend!!
Oh, don't foget about my LOVE sale!!
Thanks for stopping by!! Happy Stamping!
~Lacey
I love this card Lacey! It's fabulous!
Posted by: Tracey | February 02, 2010 at 07:24 PM
What a great card, Lacey! She looks very cute all dressed up for Christmas :) Love that pink DP. I'd be in trouble if I had a store, I'd always want to be playing with something new! Good luck with the Christmas cards, I'm trying to do one a week but this week may get skipped!
Posted by: ChrisR aka blankiefinder | February 02, 2010 at 07:27 PM
awe...this is an awesome card...so cute and perfect for the challenge! great job in the coloring! gonna get a move on for your product spotlight...LOVE! thanks for the inspiration! have a great week!
Posted by: Joy Uyehara | February 02, 2010 at 09:20 PM
Gorgeous card Lacey - tht image is so sweet!
Thanks for joining us at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
Helen x
PS - Good luck with the DT call!
Posted by: Helen | February 03, 2010 at 01:54 AM
Gorgeous card lacey and I love the swirls around the image.
TYhank you for taking part in the ABC Christmas Challenge this time.
Hugs
Cathy xx
Posted by: Cathy | February 03, 2010 at 02:48 AM
Oh wow what a beautiful and delightfully card and image. Love the colors and your coloring is just perfect.
Thank you so much for joining the fun at Stamp Something.
Dorte aka dot-scrap
Posted by: Dorte aka dot-scrap | February 03, 2010 at 05:19 AM
Oh I love that image soo cute! love the colours, the swirls are a great idea too!
Thanks for joining us at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
Samantha :0) Good luck with the DT call too :0)
Posted by: samantha | February 03, 2010 at 08:14 AM
Lacey, this is so adorable! I love the layered sentiment, the colors, papers, everything!
Posted by: Niki Estes | February 03, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Hi! Great card. Thanks for joining us at Stamp Something this week.
hugs,Tanja
Posted by: Tanja | February 03, 2010 at 01:18 PM
Great Card Lacey!!!! Perfect little image and papers! Thanks for sharing with us at Stamp Something!
Posted by: erin... | February 03, 2010 at 03:31 PM
fabulous card Lacey :-) I love this image and your colouring is fabulous ! I love her hair and the swirly border! :-) gorgeous papers too :-)
Oohh it must be difficult having a store and trying not to use all your stock ! :-)
thanks for joining the ABC Christmas Challenge :-)
Luv
Lols x x
Posted by: Lorraine A | February 04, 2010 at 04:29 AM