Let it Snow!

Today I went to the Sterling Inc. Holiday warehouse sale ... you know the kind of place ... imagine a huge warehouse filled with ornaments, Santas and snowmen with holiday music blasting on the overhead speakers.  It was like a winter wonderland dream!  I was truly in the holiday spirit after being in there for 2 hours.  And once I got home, I spent some much needed crafty time in my new craft room.  What a way to spend a Saturday afternoon!   

I thought it would be fun to tackle a couple of challenges I found on the Cupcakes Craft Challenges and Diecuts R Us blogs (DCRU).  I've only recently discovered their blogs and let me tell you ... I'm hooked!  Here are the two challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenge 64 - Sketch -- Update:  Awarded Top 3 Badge
BTW ... I love, love, LOVE this sketch!!!! 

DCRU Challenge 14 - Nest Something

Here's what I came up with:

Ingredients:
Paper:  Basic Grey (Figgy Pudding); Archivers (Sky); CTMH (Chocolate, Colonial White)
Die-Cuts:  Nestibilities
Stamps:  Penny Black (Warm & Cold); Paper Studio (Let it Snow from Snowflakes)
Ink:  Stazon Black
Embellishment:  CTMH (Heartfelt Wonder Die-cuts)
Other:  Prisma Pencils and Gamsol

On the nestibilities challenge, notice I used 3 die-cuts and turned them different directions to create a different look.  Also, this is the first time I ever really experimented with the Gamsol and Prisma pencils and I simply had a blast!  I was actually surprised as by the end of the project I used 21 colors on this card! 

What a fun Saturday afternoon project ... creating a card for my favorite season with my favorite colors, blue and brown.

Happy crafting!