Thinking of You at Christmas

*** 12/6/15 Winner at 613 Avenue Create! **
** December 2015 Winner at Crafts Galore Encore Challenges! **

Hi everyone! It's time for another fun challenge over at Really Reasonable Ribbon! I'm very proud to share my DT inspiration project for #131 - Shimmer & Sparkle with Ribbon or Trim! Dig into your shimmery and sparkly stash and come play with us! This will be our only challenge this month, so we hope to see you! :)

I created a mega shimmery and sparkly Christmas card using the absolutely gorgeous Light Navy Satin with Grosgrain Edge Ribbon from the December Ribbon Club Assortment. All of the ribbon in this assortment is just beautiful and makes the best bows!

I created this yummy multi-loop bow with my Bow-it-All v2.0. Creating beautiful bows with this awesome tool is really much easier than it looks! Check out Bonnie's awesome bow tutorials on YouTube! 

It's hard to tell in the photos, but the background is white gold cardstock that has a really nice shimmer to it. I created the ornaments with Stampin' Up! dies and glimmer paper which is super sparkly, DCWV blue shimmer cardstock underneath, and silver foil cardstock for the caps. The sentiment is from the SU stamp set that coordinates with the dies, embossed in silver and cut with a stitched die.

Keeping the inside fairly simple, I used a strip of the white gold cardstock along with a very narrow strip of the blue shimmer cardstock, and then stamped the sentiment from the SU set in Navy ink on the layered panel.

Proud to enter this card into the following challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create: #152 - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist of Paper Piecing
• Come and Get It Challenges: Anything Goes with a Sentiment
• Craft Your Passion Challenges: #290 - Always Anything Goes
• Wags 'n Whiskers: #167 - Ribbons and/or Pearls
• Craftin Desert Divas: Christmas Linky Party
• Creatalicious Challenges: #81 - Merry Christmas
• Incy Wincy Designs: Winter Wonderland
• One Stitch At A Time: #251 - Anything Goes with Winter
• Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog: #24 - It's Nearly Quirky Christmas
• The Shabby Tea Room: Week 264 - O' Christmas Tree
• The Crafter's Cafe: #168 - Use Die Cuts and/or Punches
• Natalie & Amy's Challenge: #39 - Christmas
• Emerald Creek Dares Challenge: Bringing bits of Cheer
• Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog: #256 - Anything Goes
• Kitty Bee Designs: Aloha Friday Challenge #62 - Christmas
• Creative Corner Challenges: Sparkle & Shine
• Crafty Gals Corner: #48 - Anything Goes
• Craftytime Challenges: December - Anything Goes
• Crafting Muskateers Challenge Blog: #32 Use A Sentiment
• Crafts Galore Encore Challenges: Merry Christmas and Anything Goes
• Craft-Dee BowZ: December Challenge - Anything Goes and Include a Handmade Bow
• Card Mania Challenges: #75 - Christmas
• Clear It Out Challenges: Theme - Holiday/Christmas, Stash - Glitter
• Addicted To Stamps and More: #173 - Holiday

Recipe:

• Cardstock/Paper: GKD Pure Luxury White cardstock, The Paper Cut White Gold cardstock, Stampin' Up! Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper (#135315), ColorBok Glacier Springs Blue Glitter Paper, DCWV Blue Shimmer cardstock, Marco's Silver Foil cardstock
• Stamps: Stampin' Up! Embellished Ornaments stamp set (#139759)
• Ink: Stampin' Up Night of Navy ink (#126970), Versamark
• Dies/Punches: Stampin' Up! Delicate Ornaments Thinlits dies (#139667), MFT Die-namics Stitched Rectangle STAX die
• Accessories: RRR Light Navy Satin with Grosgrain Edge Ribbon, MISTI, SweetStamps Silver fine detail embossing powder

I hope you've found some inspiration to create a project for our Shimmer & Sparkle challenge this time! You definitely need to check out all the ribbon and crafty goodies and tools at Really Reasonable Ribbon! There's an amazing selection of products, awesome prices, super fast shipping and great customer service! Thanks so much for stopping by today - we'll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Leslie