Christmas in August?

Yes! It's that time of year again! The time when we inspire crafters on both sides of the "pond" with a mix of both Dreamweaver and Woodware UK* products for the holidays! Six days, SIX, of beautiful, elegant, merry, cute, artsy, and craftsy projects to have you heading out to your local stores or internet sites to buy these goodies immediately!

Of course, there will be prizes as well. Three prize packages will be given to three commenters during this week's posts on the team's blogs, including five stencils and one nested die set. You can have an opportunity to win these goodies by leaving some holiday sweetness for each team member posting each day, to be one of the three winners for the week. Here are the team members that are inspiring you today:

Dream It Up!

Woodware UK

Laura Drahozal

Pam Hornschu

Kristi Parker Van Doren

Kristine Reynolds 

Lyn Bernatovich

Louise Healy

Gill Wilson

Lea Kimmel (me!)

Crafty Debs

Here's my creation: 

Here's what I used to create my card:

Dreamweaver Stencils© LJ 819 Snowflakes Stencil

Dreamweaver Stencils© Pearlescent Embossing Paste

Woodware With Love At Christmas - Just Words Clear Magic Tiddlers

Woodware - Stampendous® House-Mouse Designs® Santa Mouse

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Miscellaneous Red Cardstock

May Arts Ribbon®

Viva Colour® Pearl Pen™ - Ice White

Beacon Adhesive® Zip Dry™

Spectrum Noir Markers:

• FS1, FS2, FS3, FS4
• CR1, CR7, CR11
• DR3, DR6
• TN2, TN4, TN7
• GB2, GB8
• IG1

Here's what I did to create this card:

Paste emboss snowflakes on red cardstock, set aside to dry

Stamp mouse image twice, cut one out to use as a mask

Masking the other mouse, stamp sentiment so that mouse appears to be standing on top

Color image and trim as shown

Trim a mat in red cs to place behind sentiment

Create card base with a tent fold

Once paste is dry, trim piece to correct size

Trim a white mat for embossed piece and adhere the two

Attach ribbon to matted and embossed pieces

Adhere this to card base

Adhere stamped images to ribbon and card

This makes a relatively quick Christmas card with tons of cuteness!  I thoroughly enjoyed creating this one and hope it gives you just the right inspiration for your own!  Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you again tomorrow with more posts for your viewing pleasure!  I do hope you'll leave me some love in the comments section (pssstt...that's how you win!).  Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Lea

*For a stockist near you contact Woodware Craft Collection in the UK and Notions Marketing in the USA.