It's Snowy!

Well, it is! (Snowy) I haven't used Snowy for ages, and he is my favourite Penny Black Christmas Stamp. (which came all the way from America!)
Here he's been paper pieced using the same polka dot paper as the card, but printed out smaller. All the paper is from Pink Petticoat's Vintage Rose.
Yes, I know, I keep using it, but it's very pretty and easy to use for any occasion, so it appears! The little snow flakes fixed over the glitter snowflakes are actually buttons, with the backs snipped off, they were from the States too.

I took a few pictures as I made this card, just in case someone might want to know!
I printed out a small square of the polka dots and stamped over it. Then cut out the scarf and a bit of Snowy's hat and fixed

them over him. I coloured Snowy with Promakers (mainly blue!) Cut out the scalloped circle using Nesties, run it through the Bigshot in a cuttlebug Christmasy folder, then stamped it.
It doesn't matter if the stamp doesn't work too well (as all you want are the fiddly bits you've cut off.
I then fixed Snowy on the die cut using Pin-Flare glue, but any silicone glue or 3D foam pads will do the job and then added a bit of Stickles glitter.
The white ribbon I got from a local store. (none left now, the last scrap!!) That was put through one of those X shaped sticker makers. I always put another strip of ribbon through at the same time, so not to waste any of it. Meanwhile, I'd added a bit of paper frill, using my MS Punch and made some small tags as the other paper I've used has words on it. (especially for you) I also punched out, Snow Flakes, tiny flowers and ovals using Woodward punches.
The little stamped sentiment I bought over in USA last year as well, it was part of a set of 6 tiny clear stamps and cost $1 in Ben Franklin Crafts. (wish we had a craft shop like that!)
I've never used it til now and didn't want it to look too black, so just 'touched' the paper with it.
There is a few Challenges I spied while making this so I'm off to find my note book! Yes, I wrote them down,!
OSAAT's Challenge is to use Punches this week and this would fit, if I wasn't on the DT team. I did blog about it on Sunday, but it's still in draft (oops!) I might put it on later!! Meanwhile, opusgluei. has a blog hop... and that's linked here at the bottom too...so come and join in!!

Challenges
Allsortschallenge.-paper-piercing/paper-piecing
Penny Black AllSortschallenge- Glitter and Glitz
ABC Challenge-B is For Blue
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Christmas in August
The Paper Variety - Merry Christmas
Passion For ProMarkers-Winter Blue
Sweet Stampin' (must stamp) - favourite stamp or image (Snowy!)
Ooh La La (every other week) - spots and dots
Christmas card challenges- use Border Punch
Alphabet Challenge - P is for punches. (mostly Woodware)
opusgluei.- you've got to move it move it! (I'm moving it! It's on my ironing board!!
Stamping Vacation - No! No! No Eyelets or Brads (The snowflake are buttons)
Craft Your Days Away - Favourite things (Penny Black's Snowy!)
Challenge Up Your Life - Celebrations (Christmas)
Verona's Saturday Challenge - polka dots
Simple Doodles - celebrate
Stampavieandmore- Christmas in Summer
Creative Cottage - Christmas

Anything Goes - 3 Layers (3 layers papers on card)

Dog Rose Dog

Mum asked me to make another card for another one of her friends who will be 80 in September~yes, I can't believe I've actually made a card weeks before it was needed instead of hours! I usually just forget, so there's hope for me yet! I wanted to enter it into two challenges, but for the life of me, I can't remember where or who. (oh well, that didn't last long) The card had to have roses for one challenge and buttons for the other. I'll just go on a blog hop be back in a minute...
Found one! but I think I'm too late. It was over on Penny's Challenges (I have her blog Candy on my side bar!) It's the first challenge and was 'Buttons' The second challenge has already started. And the other challenge is over on One Stop Craft Challenge and has to be Roses! Right, where was I?? Oh yes, I knew just how I wanted the card and what paper to use. K & Company 'Life's Journey Old Rose'. I've had it for ages~just wasn't brave enough to cut into it, as unlike downloads, once it's gone, it's gone! I finished the card but couldn't decide what to put on the front. No way I thought, could I put a Penny Black Stickeroo or a Tilda on here, so in the end, very reluctantly I added a 3D decoupage by Christine Haworth I love her detail and have a few of her collectables. But it just didn't look right and I didn't really want to give away this lovely decoupage, well, to a stranger. (I feel sooo mean) I took the finished card round to mum saying 'I'm not sure you'll like it as I've none something a little different from the Forever Friends, I've done for your last three or four cards.' As soon as mum saw it she said,'Oh, she doesn't want children, she has a dog, she likes dogs...' so, (secretly pleased) I nipped home, carefully peeled off the decoupage children with their umbrellas and little baby duck, (luckily only stuck down with photo glue) then searched my stash for a dog...the cat helped. (Actually she didn't, she just tried to get into the boxes as I took them out) I remembered I'd had a few stamped images in a swap, and one of them was a little Penny Black dog, with a rose... He was a bit small so I papered up an extra square to sit him on, and coloured him in using my ProMarkers. So after thinking I couldn't go with a cartoony type image, the card ended up with one anyway! I still think some kind of decoupaged rose would've been better. Which one do you like best? Before I go (nealy forgot!!!) I'd love to welcome a new follower!! A big hello and a ((((wave))) to Penny over on 'A Work of Heart' (Good name! ) She has some lovely Works of Art over on her blog and a shop too and Penny's Challenges!! So loads going on, pop over and have a lookie see! The second Challenge is 'Photo Hangers...'
Don't forget this weeks blog candy, I'm adding names to the 'big bag' daily and will let you know the second winner on Sunday, as we're dog sitting this weekend..(don't worry, we don't actually sit on the dogs) woof!