Sunday, July 18, 2010

Christmas in July

It's Sunday and time for another great challenge over at Sundays with Crissy where we're celebrating 'Christmas in July'Whimsy Stamps is sponsoring us this month with a fabulous prize for one lucky participant.  The DT is also excited to welcome the very talented Michele Spera as our guest designer this month.  Checkout her blog to take a peek at her beautiful creations.

My card features one of uber-talented Crissy Armstrong's beautiful Wags 'n Whiskers digi, 'Zoe and Gemma Snow Fun'.  This is my first attempt at making a shaker card and I'll need to work on the border a bit more for next time.

Christmas in July

I've made a new resolution and am determined to use as much of my crafting supplies already in my stash before I buy any new products.  So the DP is from last year's My Mind's Eye holiday line and the ribbon plus sentiment decal is from my stash.  I used the following Copics:  B60, B95, E000, E00, E11, E25, E30, E31, E33, E50, R20, R22, R24, R27, R29, RV00, R81, R83, R85, W1, W3, W5, W7, W9, YG00, YG03, YG05, YG07 & YG11.  I bought some micro-beads from the Dollar Store and used them for the inside of the shaker and then used the Star Dust Stickles around the outside border.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Hope you get a chance to play along with us and get a head start on your Christmas cards.  You have until Saturday, July 31, to link up your project so be sure to pop on over to Sundays with Crissy to checkout the DTs fabuuuuulous creations for inspiration.  Ooooh and if you're looking for an amazing tutorial on how to colour hair and clothes with Copics, checkout Crissy's latest tutorial .

Christmas in July Close-Up

Hugs,
Maria

17 comments:

Nikki Fairbairn said...

Adorable Maria, I love your colouring and the colours you chose... The Minds Eye papers are gorgeous, Hope your having a wonderful Sunday!
Hugs,
Nikki x

Kelly Schelske said...

Love it Maria! That image is adorable!

Sally Cicada Designs said...

So sweet Maria!! Gorgeous colouring and papers too!!
Hugs,
Sarah ☺

Michele Spera said...

Hi Maria
I love the bright fun colors you used on this card:-) I especially love the coloring of the image and the glisten of the snow!
Thank you for the warm welcome:-) I'm having so much fun !
XMicheleX

Debbie said...

This is just gorgeous Maria,your colouring is just beautiful,Hugs Debbie x

Jodi said...

Maria this is just adorable! I love the image and the way you colored them too!!
Cute!!
Hugs
Jodi =)

Patricia Garcia said...

Fun image, love the papers too!!

Hugs,
Patricia

Anonymous said...

Such a sweet card, lovely colouring. Thanks so much for joining us at For Fun Challenge this week.
Amelia x

Lisa said...

What an awesome Christmas card. Great job on your coloring. Thanks so much for playing along with us at FFC!

Unknown said...

Wonderful Christmas Card, such an adorable card! Love the image too! Thanks for joining us at Stamp Something this week! Hugs Jo xx

Vanja said...

Gorgeous card, Maria! I love the image and the papers. Great colouring.
Thank you for joining us at CCT this week! :)
Hugs, Vanja

Helen Dooley said...

aah, I can feel the cool, thanks for sharing with us at For Fun.

Anonymous said...

Adorable! Thanks for joining the Stamp Something challenge!

Lisa said...

Hi Maria! This is so gorgeous! Your coloring is beautiful! Thanks for playing along at Stamp Something this week!

craftyb said...

aw this is just gorgeous Maria! your colouring is wonderful....love the MME papers of course...have you seen the yummy new collections they're bringing releasing now? They will be hard to resist! bx

Crissy Armstrong said...

Such a pretty way to feature this image. I love the oval and your fantastic colouring! Gorgeous sparkly snow at their feet too. Thanks for the extra link up to my tutorial too, you're so kind! xo

mycardz said...

Hi Maria! See how far behind I am?! Eeeek! I'm so glad I was finally able to take some time to stop by your wonderful blog! Your SwC card is so absolutely adorable! I love your gorgeous coloring and sparkly snow! Fantastic job with this challenge! hugz, Mary