Monday 5 November 2012

Only 50 Days Till Christmas with the HM&F'sMC Design Team and my Candy Winner

Wow that was a mouthful of a header wasn't it, and good morning to you all in the land of blog
Today sees the next challenge at the 


where the theme has been chosen by the very talented Sue Dress, she chose

Only 50 Days Till Christmas
So Getting ready for Xmas, sort of baking, cooking, wrapping, shopping and trimming if you get the idea.

We have two fabulous sponsors this time around which you would not want to miss, 

a $25 Gift Cert to Simon Says Stamp

and 

a $10 Gift Cert to Sweet Stamp Store

but before I move on I need to let you know who the winner was of my House Mouse Candy, linked to our last challenge (by the way one of the images here is perfect for this week's theme)
I used Mr Random who made his choice, I then checked that this person had met all of the requirements for the hop, and she did, so here is who Mr Random drew
and that is
Congratulations hun, if you would like to e mail me your snail mail address, I will get your candy in the post for you.

So back to this weeks challenge, here is my design team inspirational piece, but don't forget to hop on over to the main challenge site to see the rest of the gorgeous creations by the team .
This is always one of the images I use at Christmas, it does make me laugh you see my son hates carrots :)
The base layer is a green pearlescent card as is the contrast, the papers are I believe from an old Prima stack.  The corners have been decorated with the MS corner section of the punch around the page set.  All the edges have been distressed and a little platinum stickles added.  I have used small red pearls from the Hobby House for holly berries and a lovely spray of red berries all glittery to sit with the ribbon and bow, that has been twirled around the image.

Here are some close ups
The berry spray

and as always the copic coloured image, I have used Atyou Glitter pens on the red base
Well what are you waiting for - off you squeak and get creating and enter this super challenge, will see you over there!!!!!

I would like to thank all of my wonderful visitors and followers for the lovely and inspirational comments you leave, which allows me to hop on over in return to see your own lovely work.

I would like to enter this creation into the following challenge

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
CMC - Anything with a twist of orange
Sweet Stampin - All that glitters
Clearly Inspired - Critters
Crafty Ann's - Christmas
Stampin for the Weekend - Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons - Christmas
My Heart Pieces Digital - Use Ribbon
Paper Crafting Journey - Ribbon or twine
Southern Girl - Animal Crackers

hugs
xx

53 comments:

Misty's said...

Hi Kate
Gorgeous and super sweet card! Love the paper you used, the image is adorable and the rest of your embellies are beautiful too.
Carrot anyone? (LOL)
Michaela and Bonfirooky Pooky xx

Carol Willis said...

Fabulous card Kate, love the image and fab details, especially the berries.
Hugs
Caz x

Jacqui's little piece of England said...

What a lovely card Kate your colouring is absolutely superb

jacqui x

Doreen said...

Love this gorgeous card...lovely design and details.xxx

Caroline said...

This is gorgeous love the image. Caroline xx

Hanna said...

I'm totally in love with this adorable christmas card, Kate! It's magnificent! Every inch of it is perfect, the details are gorgeous!

hugs,
Hanna

Sue said...

This is gorgeous Kate, I love the cute image and beautiful detailing

Hugs Sue

KandA said...

Fantastic card. Love everything about it.... papers, embellies and of course the super image xx

petra,s cards said...

whow kate this is a beautiful chrismas card i love little bunnies!! this image is gorgeous and love your details!
xxpetra

Catherine said...

This is so so sweet Kate ! I love the cute image and the gorgeous berries ! Hugs, blessings and love from Catherine

NancyD said...

This is a very cute card! Love those corners and mouse hanging carrots on the tree is priceless. NancyD

KarinsArtScrap said...

what a cute and wonderful card Kate and congratualtions to the winner.

greetings karin

Unknown said...

what a sweet image and beautiful card simply gorgeous hug sassyxxxx

Chrissy said...

Fabulous card Kate, love the image and love carrots..gorgeous berry spray, and love your holly corners..

luv CHRISSYxx

Sue said...

Katie, I love the little bunnies decorating their tree, and what else would a bunny decorate with other than carrots! Such a fun card and so detailed. Love the berry spray, beautiful.

Hugs
Sue

Pia S said...

Love how you've arranged the ribbon on this card! Haven't seen a card with this kind of ribbon decoration before, so I find this both original and beautiful!

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous card Kate :-) one of my all time fave Xmas images and as I LOVE carrots this is perfect for ME !! lol :-) I love the christmas sprig you made too, so pretty :-)

luv
Lols x x x

susiestacey said...

Gorgeous card Kate, love the stamp and the flowers and berries are beautiful. Thank you for the yummy candy - l have mailed you x Susan x

scrappymo! said...

Such a cute image...you did a gorgeous job on the colouring...bet that tree stand sparkles!

McCrafty's Cards said...

Gorgeous card Kate, the image is adorable.
Kevin xx

Stacy Morgan said...

Now look at them decorating that tree with carrots. It is just the sweetest thing! Kate this is simply adorable, beautiful coloring and wonderful jeweled pins.

Lorraine said...

Gorgeous card Kate. I love the little house mice, carrots and all! They're so cute!
Lorraine x

Pink Dandelion said...

Fabulous card Kate. This image always makes me giggle too. Debs xx

Debbie said...

Super card and perfect for our challenge at Sweet Stampin'. Debbiex

The Little Stamper said...

This is gorgeous. I love House Mouse and just started getting the daily squeak recently. It makes me smile every day!

I really love the holly corners on your card too.

Sharon x

Gail said...

Congratulations Susan!
Oh I love this!
Those hoppers are so creative!

Sandra H said...

Many congratulations to Susan and Kate what a fabulous card so creative! x

rachel said...

such a fabulous card Kate - those meeces are too cute xx

Dorte said...

Fabulous card, Kate, super sweet Christmas image. So many lovely details.
I do remember you telling that your son hates carrots
;)
Hugs Dorte

sam21ski said...

What a fab image, hanging carrots on the tree - love it!!

Sam xxx

Sonia said...

Just Wonderful card dearest Kate:) Sweet image and fabulous berry spray:)
Big hug my friend,
Sonia

Sue said...

Hi Kate, sorry it's me again!
Just having another look at you cute card and to say thank you for taking part in the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge
Hugs Sue

Donna Hanley said...

Kte, outstanding job with this one, I love it all from the punches corners, the ribbon and berry spray and the way you colored the tree. It really gave it dimension that way. a winner in my book.

Tami G said...

This is one of my FAV images too.. my future DIL has a bunny and I always look for bunny Christmas images.. gorgeous layout...

Tammy said...

Sweet card, love how you twisted the ribbon!

Sue from Oregon said...

Kate-this is super...the perfect bunny Christmas tree for sure!!!

shaz earl said...

Gorgeous card Kate! coloured beautifully as always, love the berries,great image another 1 i don't have :(
mousey hugs Shaz xx

coops said...

so gorgeous kate.your details are stunning and i love the sweet image :D

xx coops xx

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is so darn cute Kate. I adore your layout, those berries are awesome.

Hugs
Cathy
xxxxx

cebelica said...

This is sooooooo cute! I love the image you used. Thanks for playing with us at Crafty ribbons! :) Hugs! xx

Marlene Atkinson said...

gorgeous card. Thank you for joining My Heart pieces challenge this fortnight. Marlene DT

Anonymous said...

Oh my goodness Kate!! What cuteness!! Love the twisted ribbons along with your gorgeous coloring!! HUGS :)

Whimcees said...

Hello!

What a wonderful card! Your coloring is lovely! You have been creating beautiful projects! I can't believe that Christmas is almost here! We had SNOW today in this part of WI - Whoa, I am NOT ready! Wishing you a great day!

Hugs,

Barbara Diane

Whisper said...

Aaah what a gorgeous image, great layout too, Luv Sam x

Maire Gamber said...

Love your wonderful card! The image is just super adorable. Thank you so much for joining us at CMC!
Hugs,
Marie XX

Christine said...

Hi Kate awwww these cute bunnies are having so much fun..defo on my wish list this stamp..gorgeous design & embellies. love it.

smiles Christine x

Anke said...

Beautiful. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Ribbons
xx

Joy said...

this is fabulous, thanks for playing with Bugaboo! JOY DT

xxxtglxxx said...

Wonderful Kate! :) Love the sweet image and it looks fab with your Memory box papers - lol ;) I have that pad and used it just last week :D

Those berries look magnificent!

Thanks so much for joining us at Sweet Stampin this week,

hugs

xxalisonxx

Tracy said...

Hi Kate
Gorgeous creation, I love the image and design. Really cute.
Happy crafting
Mousey hugs
Tracy x

ladyjanet_56 said...

Such a sweet card & little rabbits too, those raspberries look good enough to eat. Janet

Jen Leeflang said...

How sweet! Thanks so very much for joining us for our Anything Goes Challenge this week. Good luck in the draw. I really hope you joining us for the next exciting challenge.
Luv 'n huggz
Jen Leeflang
BUGABOO DT

Ann Whitfield said...

Fabulous creation, thank you for sharing it with us at Crafty Ann's
Ann x

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