A Christmas Candle

Well it is still very cold here in our complex the street and our driveways were all ice this morning.  But, by the time I was ready to go curling this morning some sand and salt had been put down, so it was melting.
Had a great game to-day even though we only had three on our team, we managed to win the game -  that meant we bought drinks for our opponents (Coffee).  A good morning!

This image is a freebie from Digi Stamps 4 Joy for their first Christmas Challenge.  I stamped the image twice, once on white cardstock and then on the beige DP.  I coloured the candle with Yasutomo metalic paint and then cut it out and glued it to the beige.  I cut out stars and coloured them with copics and attached them to the candle.  The base was coloured with copics.  The sentiment is a die cut.  The DP and cardstock are from my stash.

I if you stop by, I do hope you have time to leave a comment, they are very much appreciated.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Digi Stamps 4 Joy Christmas - Use free image 

Christmas Cards All Year Round

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Upscale, Repurpose or Freebie

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Extra  Anything Christmas

Jingle Bells Rock - Something new (Freebie Image) Old -(DP)

The Skaters

Wow first post for 2014 and it is nice to be inside as it is freezing outside.  We have not had a winter as cold as this for quite a few years.  We were so lucky that we didn't lose our power in the ice storm.  Many of our friends were without power for several days, not very pleasant with no heat or water.  Because it is so cold my next card is a reminder that it is still winter here!

I have created this card using a sketch from Mojo Monday I did a bit of flipping of the original and this is what I came up with:

Original -                                                          

My Version - 

I chose the square card -

I coloured the image from Sassy Cheryl's with copics.  adding some silver glitter from Recollections to the falling snow, the ice and around the edge of the oval.  The pink DP is from Recollections and so are the Dimensional Sticker snowflakes.  The grey\blue DP is from Cardmaking and Papercrafting Magazine.

I was able to pick up some of the shine from the glitter on the oval and from the snowflakes.

I am entering this winter card into the following challenges:

Mojo Monday - Sketch

Christmas Cards all Year Around  Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Sister Act

Stampin For the Weekend - Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper             Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Extra

Favourites from 2013

Debby has asked us to show our favourite creations for 2013

These are the ones I chose which all seem to be of females, even though I did make quite a few cards for males during the year.

These are mine:  

Image and sentiment from TLC

Misteri image from Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Jen Lee

Image from Sassy Studio Designs

Image from Stamp & Doodle

Image from  Mo's Digital Pencil.

Wishing everyone the very best for 2014 !