Christmas Cards

It's Thursday, which means it's time again for another CCEE Stampers challenge.  Cindy Haffner challenged us to use buttons in our design.  I applied three buttons to my Stocking Kitty image (by Rubbernecker).  I paper pieced the stocking with the same Bo Bunny designer paper I used in the background.  I colored the image with a combination of Copic markers and reinkers and watercolor brush.  I used my version of Flower Soft (crushed styrofoam) for the fluffy fur on the kitty's holiday cap and the top of the stocking.  I just rub two styrofoam balls together to get it to flake, and I keep it stored in a small plastic container. 

To play along with us and see the designs my friends Joanne, Shirley, Tosha, Frances and Cindy made, you can check it out at our CCEE Stampers blog.

I had a little extra time to play and use some more of this pretty Bo Bunny designer paper from their Midnight Frost collection (beautiful stuff!!).  For my next card, I used this fun sketch from this week's Mojo sketch challenge (MOJO165).  I used only punches, circle Nestabilities, and some pretty blue pearls in this design.  The snowflake and bird punch are by Stampin' Up.  The snowflake was actually punched twice out of Bordering Blue and Whisper White cardstock for a shadow effect.  I punched the bird using the Bo Bunny designer paper, and I used a smaller blue pearl for his eye.  It's kind of hard to tell in the photo, but I used retired Stampin' Up wine organdy ribbon on the angled panel.