A Big Thank You....

I want to send out a big thank you to everyone who reads and/or follows my blog. I have been getting some lovely comments recently, as well as some down right hilarious ones! And I want to take the time to thank everyone who stops by! I created this blog as a way to teach and inspire others, as well as to have a venue to make friends and enjoy my paper crafting obsession! So THANKS folks! For visiting and making time to comment! I treasure EVERY comment! And I treasure every friend I have made through this crazy hobby!

Now, enough mushy stuff! On to the card! Today I have the 365 Cards Sketchy Sunday card. (Day 274). We have a sponsor this week! KLM Digital Designs! They have some very cute digital stamps. Each DT member got two stamps to play with for the week. For today I used the Christmas wreath stamp.

I made a 5.5 inch square card today. This is my favorite size to work with. I guess it's the same shape as a scrapbook page, only a smaller canvas, so I can feel like I'm scrapbooking without worrying about those pesky photos! I used some ScrapWorks printed paper (from last season) and embossed with my new Cuttlebug holly ribbons folder. This is one of the new 5x7 folders.

I printed the digi image on my Epson photo printer and then colored it with Stampin' Up markers. I added some glitter pen to the berries and the Christmas balls. I've been reading a lot of tutorials on how to color and shade images. I do not have any Copics, nor am I likely to get any, so I am trying to learn better ways of using my markers and pencils so I can fake like I am a superstar at coloring! My 9 year old son told me I did a great job on this one. So, there ya go! He said he "loved the shading and the sparkle".

I then used my nesties label dies to cut out the image and a mat. I love these dies, but do wish they had more sizes so that you could have a thinner border. I tied some floss to these great Buttons Galore red buttons. They are sort of sparkly.

In honor of my friend Melody, I also decorated the INSIDE of my card. I never do this, but Melody does every card and she's an amazing card maker, so I wanted to be like her! She's just made two fabbie DT spots, so go check out her blog!

I really enjoyed working with the KLM stamps and will have cards all week. They are also having a DT Call until December 8th, so if you think you can color, go check that out.