Guest Designer at Frilly and Funkie!

Hello, my sweet and sparkly friends! I'm incredibly excited to be guest designing today at Frilly and Funkie! Their DT is a treasure trove of inspiration and it is an honor to be joining them for their current challenge. :o)

Sue chose the theme of "Let there be Light," which inspired wintry Christmas magic for a special family in need of extra love this holiday season. Their story is incorporated within this post. ♥︎

Combining papers from Maja Design's Winter Frost Basics and Vintage Summer Basics, I created a Sugar Plum Fairy amidst a waltz of snowflakes. The sweetest little dancer, who I love with every beat of my heart, lost her battle to a terminal disease in October. Her family is struggling beyond words, so I made them a Christmas card in memory of her beautiful dance of hope.

My design began with the rays of sunshine, which were made with a Tim Holtz Rays stencil and a dabble into texture paste! (Baby steps...) I made a glitter texture paste with a recipe provided by my sweet friend Pamellia. You can find it on THIS post. To retain the coolness of winter, they are crystalline sunbeams with abundant iridescent sparkle that my photos do not capture. These are heavenly rays of light, more radiant than ever because their little daughter is now in Heaven, filling even their darkest days with her light from above.

My love for trims encouraged a snowy horizon of lace that opens to the heavens and tiny poms that release dainty snowflakes below. The sunset is lavender is honor of our Sugar Plum Fairy ballerina, who is dancing upon a pearly snowdrift into sweet Christmas dreams. Their precious girl, who changed us all forever with her bravery and love, is encouraging her parents to keep their gaze upward and to guard their beautiful hearts. She is lifting their strongholds and releasing healing light. The ballerina is a Marianne Design die, which is embellished with a lacy tutu and pearl adornments. The snowdrift is Marianne Design's Fancy Edge, nestled within my favorite shabby ruffle trim.

The Wild Orchid Crafts flowers are dusted with Christmas sparkle. Tucked within is a My Craft Spot sentiment (no longer produced), which is cut with a Spellbinders Nested Lacey Pennant. I pray this is a source of joy for the family... and it truly is extra special that the sun ray design was inspired by this wonderful crafty opportunity! Thank you for having me, Frilly and Funkie girls! :o)

Thank you for pirouetting on by and I wish you a beautiful day. :o)

Lovely challenges entered:
 *52 Christmas Card Throwdown~ Pick a Previous Challenge (Bling it Up)
 *613 Avenue Create~ Anything Goes
 *Aud Sentiments~ Bingo (Patterned Paper-Flowers-Die Cuts)
 *City Crafter~ Getting Ready for Christmas
 *Creative Inspirations~ Sparkle
 *DL.Art Thankful Thursday~ November Linky Party (Anything Goes)
 *Fab 'n' Funky~ Dies and/or Punches (Several dies)
 *Fussy and Fancy~ Flowers
 *Scrapy Land~ Anything Goes (Spellbinders die)
 *Unicorn Challenge~ Christmas is Coming

Christmas Tic-Tac-Toe at Live & Love Crafts!

Happy November, sweet and sparkly friends! I hope you're having a lovely weekend. It's time for a fun new challenge at Live & Love Crafts. The holiday season is officially upon us (*happy dance*) and we are celebrating at LLC with Christmas Tic-Tac-Toe!♥︎

Here's the fun board... everything Sandy makes is beautiful, even Tic-Tac-Toe boards! I chose Heart-Glitter-Vintage. ♥︎

My papers are from Pion Design's newest collection Glistening Season and my card base is Go Kreate's Large Frame Frilly 10.

The lovely church is a favorite Pion image, as you probably noticed! I featured it in my snow globe card and couldn't wait to use it again. The 12x12 sheet comes with three of the scenes, so you'll see it again this winter. ;) This one is layered atop Joy! Crafts Lacey Square. My Wild Orchid Crafts flowers are sprinkled with Glamour Dust for Christmas sparkle. The big snowflake in the corner is from Magnolia.

Tucked within this little bouquet is a sweet Cinnamon Stick, adorned with a Liberty Bell which is secured with Natural Hemp. Isabelle Lace ruffles beneath in a pretty wintry breeze. Half Pearls and Cheery Lynn Designs snowflakes accent the image.

Beneath the larger arrangement is a pretty doily, topped with rose-centered snowflakes. Christmas is all about love so I included a Lace Heart Appliqué. The My Craft Spot sentiment (Tiny Tags Christmas) is attached to a Crown Sphere Vintage Pearl Pin.

Be sure to check out my teamies' inspiring projects and I hope you'll play along with us this month. Thank you for fluttering on by! Have a beautiful day. :o)

Sweet challenges entered:

 *613 Avenue Create~ Anything Goes (Optional: Host Thank You)

 *Allsorts~ Christmas

 *Crafty Gals Corner~ Anything Goes

 *Creative Card Crew~ Off the Edge

 *Fussy and Fancy~ Flowers

 *Lil Patch of Crafty Friends~ Anything Goes

 *Penny's Challenge~ Anything Goes

 *Simon Wednesday Challenge~ Anything Goes

 *Winter Wonderland~ Anything Goes Christmas

Pion Design - Glistening Season 12x12 - Coming home	Pion Design - Glistening Season 12x12 - Peacefulness	ion Design - Glistening Season 6x6 - Peacefulness	Pion Design Palette - Pion Blue III	Lace "Isabelle" (70mm)
Lace Heart Applique	Natural Hemp	WOC Wild Roses, 30mm	WOC Open Roses, 20mm	WOC Open Roses, 15mm
WOC Open Roses, 10mm	WOC Cosmos Daisies	Pomegranate Apples	Flower Sprays	Decoration Berries
Half Pearls (140pcs)	Vintage Pearl Pins �Crown Spheres�	Cinnamon Sticks	Liberty Bells	Round Doilies 4.5"
DecoArt Glamour Dust	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads	Tim Holtz Paper Distresser Tool

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Snow Globe Christmas Card

Happy Friday, sweet friends! I'm posting on the Live & Love Crafts blog today. I'm sharing a creation made with Pion Design's newest collection Glistening Season, which celebrates winter's beauty.

The papers are so gorgeous that I envisioned them as a snow globe card. ♥︎

This Christmas card serves a special purpose, as I am hopeful it will bring peace. On Wednesday of this week, the loveliest little girl I have ever encountered lost her battle to a ruthless fatal disease. She celebrated her 4th birthday in August. I remain shattered, but am trying to help her parents the best I can as our dear Father speaks through me. She will forever inspire. ♥︎

The image within the snow globe cut file is my new favorite church from Pion, titled Coming Home. It was cut out with a Spellbinders standard circle and is encircled with Sunflower Pearl Trim, as it also works beautifully as snowflakes. Each one is snipped from the trim and placed individually. The curve is a bit too steep for it to obey my crafty wishes. ;)

The scene at the base is another magical wonderland from the collection, bordered by a Flatback Pearl String and Pearl Lace with Beads. Cheery Lynn snowflakes and a Die-Namics Flourish wintry breeze are centered with garnet and crystalline rhinestones for Christmas sparkle. Shabby Jingle Bells center my bow and secure the golden heat-embossed My Craft Spot sentiment (no longer produced). It is stamped upon polka dotted vellum for snowiness.

An angled photograph to show the pretty snowfall that I carried inside, which is from Peacefulness. The card base was made with Pion's Palette (Blue III).

Thank you for visiting and I wish you a beautiful weekend.♥︎

Lovely challenges entered:

 *52 Christmas Card Throwdown~ The Wild Woods

 *613 Avenue Create~ Anything Goes (Optional: CYO Autumn)

 *Bunny Zoe's Crafts~ Shabby Chic Christmas

 *Crafty Gals Corner~ Ribbons and/or Flourishes 

 *DL. Art Thankful Thursday~ October Linky Party (Anything Goes)

 *Merry Monday~ Frame It (image framed in pearly snowflakes) 

 *Papertake Weekly~ All About the Base

 *Penny's Challenge~ Anything Goes

 *Scrapy Land~ Embossing (heat-embossed sentiment; Cheery Lynn, Die-Namics, Spellbinders dies)

 *Simon Wednesday Challenge~ Wrap it Up (trims wrapped up and snow globe wrapped in pearl snowflakes)

 *Word Art Wednesday~ Encouraging/Uplifting sentiment

Pion Design - Glistening Season 12x12 - Coming home	ion Design - Glistening Season 6x6 - Peacefulness	Pion Design - Glistening Season 12x12 - Peacefulness	Pion Design Palette - Pion Blue III	Pearl Lace with Beads
Sunflower Pearl Trim (10mm)	Flatback Pearl String (6mm)	10mm Jingle Bells	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads

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Christmas in July at Live & Love Crafts!

Hello, sweet friends! I hope you're having a beautiful week. A new month means a fun new challenge at Live & Love Crafts and I'm very excited... we're celebrating Christmas in July! Most of you know Christmas is my favorite everything. :o) I hope you join us!

This will soon be on its way to a magical location. Are you familiar with Give Kids the World? It is the resort village where most Make-A-Wish families stay for their week-long Disney World adventure. This village is filled with such joy and love that it is often declared the favorite part of wish trips.

Christmas is celebrated weekly at GKTW. Every Thursday the magic of the season fills the village and hearts of all visitors. Why do they do this? For many of the wish children, it will be their last Christmas. GKTW gives families one more opportunity to make Christmas memories.

I am honored to be creating cards for the parents and children as part of their magical celebrations, Christmas and otherwise. I have been anxious to begin and am thrilled my volunteer opportunity was accepted. :o) My first card is for the parents of a wish kid, with a hope to engulf them in beauty. 

My card features lovely papers from Maja Design's Vintage Frost Basics. 3rd of December is one of my favorite snowfall patterns of any company... it's so beautifully done, in design and color. To create a wintry wonderland, Madeleine lace flutters around the sides and top of my Cheery Lynn Designs Horizon Square Boutique base, while the new Shabby Chiffon Ruffle trim serves as blanket of snow. Sunflower Pearl trim lines the ruffles, as they remind me of pristine snowflakes.

For such a lovely recipient, the Christmas tree needed to be special. Since it's outdoors, I used the snowflake paper. Each layer is trimmed with Madeleine lace and graduating pearls. The top is adorned with Shabby White Jingle Bells and a jute triple bow, while the tree trunk is made with Double Row Pearl Trim. It rests atop a Joy! Crafts Oval Frame, encircled with Pearl String. For extra softness, I layered them atop a doily.

The Cheery Lynn Snowflakes (my favorite snowflake set!) are centered with Wild Orchid Crafts roses and covered in Glamour Dust, which is also sprinkled throughout the card. Memory Box Deer Trio was used for the animal friends, which are frolicking in the snow and in front of a Joy! Crafts Fence.

The My Craft Spot sentiment (no longer produced) is from Tiny Tags Christmas, which seemed ideal for the card's destination. It is cut out with a Spellbinders Nested Lacey Pennant. It is an honor to be a small part of these extraordinary Christmas celebrations. Love heals and every card I create will be filled with an abundance.

Thank you for fluttering on by and I wish you a wonderful day!

Lovely challenges entered:

 *613 Avenue Create~ Anything Goes (Optional: Use a Pearls and/or Rose)

 *Cheery Lynn Designs~ Christmas in July

 *Christmas Card Challenges~ Anything Goes

 *Creative Inspirations~ Anything Goes (Optional: Sketch)

 *Glitter n Sparkle~ Use a Sentiment

 *Papertake Weekly~ Take Your Pick (Product: Pearl)

 *Penny's Challenge~ Anything Goes

 *Scrapy Land~ Anything Goes w/brands carried by store (I used Cheery Lynn, Memory Box, and Spellbinders dies)

 *Sparkles Christmas~ Use Ribbon, Lace, or Twine

Maja Design - Vintage Frost Basics - 1st of December	Maja Design - Vintage Frost Basics - 3rd of December	Shabby Chiffon Ruffle Trim (40mm)	Lace "Madeleine" (25mm)	Double Row Pearl Trim (10mm)
Sunflower Pearl Trim (10mm)	Pearl String, 2mm pearls	WOC Open Roses, 15mm	WOC Open Roses, 10mm	6mm Jingle Bells
Round Doilies 4.5"	DecoArt Glamour Dust	Tim Holtz Paper Distresser Tool

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