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Two Timing

Happy Saturday! Today I have two cards for you. The first is for this week's Our Creative Corner Challenge. The challenge is to make snowmen or snowflake cards. Be sure to check out the Our Creative Corner blog for gorgeous creations from our guest designers, and my fellow OCC friends.

I pulled out Snow Wonderful and had Baja Breeze and Pink Pirouette on the brain, after drooling over Laura's Snow Wonderful card this week. I decided to take it shabby chic and add a little Kraft paper, some distressed edges, and use that SU! rope that I just HAD to have, and haven't figured out what to do with yet. :) I stamped the snowflake background in Whisper White Craft on Kraft and embossed with White Diamond embossing powder. The Baja Breeze and Pirouette Pink layers are stamped with the same background in the same color ink. I used some of my new Styled Vanilla Hodgepodge - isn't it scrumptious?, and then I took a Heidi Swapp acrylic snowflake, ran it through my Xyron, and then chunked it up with Prisma glitter. I added some Liquid Applique to the snowman's hats, then some Stardust Stickles accents and some Baja Breeze with one of the coordinating snowflakes from Snowflake Splendor.

The second card is a two-timer challenge card. The layout is this week's TCP Tuesday challenge, and it also falls in the Paper Craft Planet Two Turtle Doves Challenge sponsored by The Cat's Pajamas. The challenge was to make a card with a turtle, dove, or amphibians on it. Upload a card using keyword 12DAY2 to Paper Craft Planet today and you might win the Elegant Christmas set I've been going gaga for lately! I chose my frog royalty from the Loving Mew and Puppy Love sets and colored with Spica Glitter pens and Copics. The sentimen is from the Kitty Christmas set and I used the Labels 2 for the shape and mat. The background is Soft Sky, with the snow dots cuttlebug folder, and the strip of green is from the Memory Box Frost collection.

28 comments

Dizzie Noodle said...

I love the little froggies. They are just too cute! Really wonderful cards!

Lynda Benden said...

Both cards are darling Julee! The frogs are hilarious and I love that you incorporated pink in to your OCC card ~ it looks great!

Stef H said...

These are gorgeous - tho' I am partial to the snowman. Love the colors you chose!

Stef H

Dawn Easton said...

Awesome cards Julee! Your snowman card is fabulous with all the distressing!!
Love the frogs on your second card...cute!

Marja Sch said...

Wow this is very very Cool. I love the rope and the snow cristal. The froggy card is so cute. Husg Marja

Amy Sheffer said...

Both cards are awesome, Julee!! I love the shabby chic feel of the OCC one - just gorgeous! And the frogs are too, too, too cute!!

Jessica Diedrich said...

That snowman card is really adorable, Julee! Love the color combos and the shabby/chic feel. That vanilla hodgepodge is cool-Its the first time i've seen it used! Beautiful!

Bastelfrosch's Kreativseite said...

Ohhhh froggies. They are for me!!!
Annett

Unknown said...

Beautiful christmas card! Such unique colors!

Jennifer Meyer said...

Hi Julee :) Both cards are wonderful! LOVE your OCC card, the colors are beautiful and so fun along with the darling design! The second card is adorable, LOVE the fun design and adorable images.

Have a wonderful weekend, hugs... Jennifer :)

Cindy Haffner said...

Oh Julee I love your card, so adorable.

Kelly Schelske said...

Oh my gosh the frogs are so cute, but I LOVE the snowman card, beautiful!!

Unknown said...

that snowman card just takes my breath away!!!

Sonia said...

Stunning cards, i do love your cards always so classy.
I am truely honoured that you visited my blog and left me a comment, thank you :)
Hugs Sonia x

Anonymous said...

Your snowman card is fabulous. It is goooooooorgeous!

Denise said...

Two stunning cards Julee~ WOW!! :)

Denise said...

Two stunning cards Julee~ WOW!! :)

Anonymous said...

OMG!! our froggies are just too stinkin' cute!! I HAVE to get them now! lol.. thanks for sharing :)

Leigh OBrien said...

Excellent, Julee, like I said before that embossing really makes it go right over the top!! Thanks for playing this week!

Rhonda Kelly said...

I really like both of your cards but the snowman one is my favorite! So cute, love those colors and all the details! Fabulous job. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

I love the shabby feel of the first card. Those colors work awesome with kraft and I wouldn't have thought of it. Thanks!!!

Michelle said...

WOW love both these cards! I just love your style!

Myrt said...

....oh my word, you are one talented lady, Julee - that snowman card is "out of this world".

Miss Boo (a.k.a. jen70) said...

Here's my 2nd card. This time I embraced the white space... well actually vanilla... but the same concept. :) I'm going to try and use this with all my new Verve stamps. I just love them and can't believe I waited so long because they're not rubber... but these are fabulous quality. Excellent!!!!

Miss Boo (a.k.a. jen70) said...

Good grief! I forgot to link the card again. ROFL!

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1148169?cat=14801

Deborah said...

Adorable cards! Love the rope like tie around the snowman! Your froggies are precious! Deb

Shirley said...

How totally precious!!! Love these two and how your desing makes them so eloquently cute!!!

Shirley said...

oooops! I forgot that toooo cute Snowman! How fun and how pretty too!