Snow Anya

Happy Friday the 13th to yah all!  Are you superstitious?  Not me!   Friday the 13th is a great day for our family--my DH and eldest son were both born on that day, so I consider it to be a lucky day!

As I was surfing the web yesterday, I came across Flourishes "Favorite Things" Challenge.  The challenge is "to be inspired in some way by the words of the decades old Christmas favorite from the Sound of Music".  So, here are a few of the lines that inspired me to make this card...

Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens...

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes

Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes

Silver white winters that melt into springs

These are a few of my favorite things

I can just see Julie Andrews singing this song.  Wasn't that a great movie!

What also inspired me were the cards made by Jodi Lee and Becca Feeken and I cased their ideas in making my card.  They are such talented ladies, you must visit their blogs if you haven't already.  I used the Snow Anya stamp from the set "Rain Snow Shine", colored her with copic markers, put Fun Flock on her hand warmer and snow boots, and added glitters to the bottom of her dress.  I glued the Silver Bells Dew Drops on the poinsettias (I seem to be using dew drops on all of my cards lately, love this stuff) and embossed all the papers.  You can find both the stamp and the Dew Drops at Little C's.  I also lined the top part of her earmuffs, her eyes, her buttons and her shoe laces with the black atyou Spica pen.  You can't see it in the picture too well but it gives it a hint of glitter.  Thanks again, Sue, for your great Spica pens candy!

Luckily there were several other challenges that also fit this card perfectly.  Here's my list of challenges for Snow Anya:

1.  Flourishes - Favorite Things Challenge

2.  By the Cute and Girly - Winter Wonderland

3.  Colour Create - Blue, Silver, and White

4.  Die Cuts R Us - Emboss Something!!!

5.  La-La-Land Crafts - Getting Punchy!

6.  Cupcake Craft Challenges - Snow Much Fun!

After making the easel card, I thought of making a stand for this card in a more simplified way, using only a rectagular piece of paper and two buttons, to keep my card from falling.  Here are some pics to show you what I mean...

Card recipe:

Paper:  Chatterbox and Bazzill CS

Stamp:  The Greeting Farm, Rain Snow Shine set

Ink:  Copic markers

Accessories:  Spellbinders Nestabilities Oval Die and Borderabilities Grand 12" Poinsettia; Dew Drops; Stampendous Snow Flock; Glitter; Atyou Spica black pen and Offray ribbon

Thanks for sharing this day with me.  Have a great Friday the 13th!

P.S.

I wrote this blog last night and I saved it at midnite to review today before publishing.  Well first thing this morning I went blog hopping and what did I tell you about Friday the 13th being a lucky day?  This is what I saw...

I was the winner of Brenda's Birthday Blog Candy!    Besides all the goodies she added, the greatest part of all was winning the beautiful organizer and recipe book that she made!  Yup, today is my lucky day!  Thanks so much, Brenda, and Happy Birthday!!!    You are certainly Sweet as a Gumdrop!