Happy Birthday to You Easel Birthday cake card

I saw this template some time ago and so wanted to make it, however, i wanted to make it using my cricut/gypsy, sooo.  I spent some time figuring it out and ended up with a hexagon box instead of a circle.  This is for my friend's granddaughter who is adorable and LOVES to craft.  She is turning 8 this week and i wanted her to have it.  I had to make some adjustments from the original online because of the height of the birthday cake.  I think it turned out ok.  I've used this adorable Bugaboo image and colored the little girl's hair the color of the "birthday girl".  Now, i am hoping that if i send it out on Monday she will still get it in time for her birthday. :)

Challenges:

Glitter Fairies Challenge blog- Easel

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas Day 1- Greeting Farm Style

I am working on Tim Holtz's Christmas tags and i've added a TGF image to my tag for their Monday/Funday challenge using 3 items.  i've used 3 pearl gems for Monday/Funday challenge.  I totally used my cricut to make this tag and will have a video loaded to Youtube showing how i made my tag.  I've taken a picture before the stamped image and after.  It was super fun to make this card, but it did take me awhile. :)  If you want to play along with Tim's tags you can go to here.

Challenges;
TGF Monday/Funday- 3 of a kind
2 Sisters challenge- Diecuts/punches
Our Craft Lounge- Tag your it!
Wags 'n Whiskers Stamps challenge- Angels (or fairies)

Warm Wishes

Digi My World's Upcoming challenge for Wednesday, Dec. 7 is "Winter Wonderland"  I've chosen to use
"Winter Kids - Girl w/snowballs" found here.
I am also using this fantastic sketch at the "Christmas Challenges Blog":

 

Here is my card:

Challenges:
Christmas Challenge Blog- Sketch
One Stop Craft Challenge- Let it Snow
Send a Smile 4 Kids- Winter fun for kids
Sweet Stampin' Challenge- Snowing

Want a Cup of Cocoa?

This is the last day of the month and i have spent most of it making "container" gifts and when i saw the example on Saturated Canary i decided to give it a try.  This is my version of the "Mug gift" that was shown on the blog.

 

What i did:
You can't really see it, but i made a band around the cup..now mind you the cup is tapered so the band had to reflect that...not so fun.  I also morphed two images...i wanted my girl to have some feet.  I used the images "hot cocoa" and "snowman".  I wished i had made the oval a bit smaller, but i am happy with this.

 Challenges:
Saturated Canary- Anything Goes
Stampin' Royalty- Anything but a card
Whimsy Stamps challenge- Anything but a card

Cheeky Santa with a Present

This is #10 of my 10 different cards..woo hoo!  I am finished with my personal challenge to get these done! For this card i used an image from Digital Stamp Boutique here and "Sketch N Stash" challenge sketch shown below:

This is the card i created using the sketch:

Challenges:
Sketch N Stash- Sketch
Everybody Art challenge- Santa

A little bit of Hot Cocoa, please.

I have also finished #9 in my 10 different cards to make...one more to go!  This is also an adorable image i found online at Whimsie Doodles here...i love it!  I used the sketch from "Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge" shown below:

I wanted to do one of each shape, and i still might, just haven't gotten to the round one yet. :)

This is my card i created:

Again, i used my new favorite embossing folder from Sizzix.  Doesn't it look like little snowballs?  Snowflake is a Martha Stewart large punch, and i would say i have more than gotten my money's worth out of this stamp...i use it  A LOT.

Challenges:
Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge-Sketch
Simon Says Stamp challenge- Anything Goes

Cheeky Santa and Snowman Card

This is number #8 in my countdown to making 10 different cards.  I've used this cute cheeky Santa and Snowman from Digital Stamp Boutique here and the sketch from Papertake Weekly Challenge below:

This is the card that i created:

What i did:
Can you tell i got a new embossing folder?  It is made by Sizzix and i LOVE it.  I used it on the kraft and vellum paper.

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly Challenge- Sketch
City Crafter Challenge blog- Santa is coming to town