Happy New Year, dear friends! Are you ready for another year filled with creative inspiration, artistic challenges and plenty of WOYWW desk-hopping?
I’m excited to share my first project of the year and the story behind it!
What Did I Create This Week?
This Christmas, my husband and I watched some of the classic holiday shows from our childhood – things we have not seen in years. Of all the seasonal cartoons I watched, my favorite was Frosty The Snowman. So – when Hazel issued Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge 211 – create a card inspired by a Christmas carol or song – I knew I wanted to create a Frosty The Snowman-inspired card!
I had a lot of fun designing this card. Here’s a peek at some of this week’s challenges!
Crazy 4 Challenges C4C268 asked us to imagine our craft room was empty and to use the first things we thought of on our cards. Well, I love incorporating my scraps into cards, so I took up the Hiding In My Craft Room #182 Super Scraps Saturday Challenge, got out a bag of sparkly glitter and patterned paper scraps, and added tons of luscious layers to the card. Seriously, I think I counted 9 layers in paper scraps alone (Crafting Cafe – Luscious Layers!)
What’s On My Workdesk This Week? Something Old – Something New – Something Sparkly – Something Glittery!
Next, I wanted to break into some new stash for the New Year – and tons of challenge blogs had the same idea! A number of challenge blogs also were in a glittery, wintery mood. I incorporated lots of new embellishments and sparkle into my wonderland scene.
I used Christmas colors instead of icy blues for the card because that’s what I was in the mood for. However, since Christmas is past, I wanted a sentiment that was both seasonal yet universal in nature. I found the perfect sentiment in Close To My Heart’s Snow Friends Stamp Set. You can see other cards I’ve made with this stamp set here:
To complete the card, I added a festive fiber for my ribbon challenges!
What have you created this week? Be sure to share your creations at one of these weekly parties!
- Inspire Me Monday
- Friendship Friday
For more creative inspiration, check out the Creative Art Challenges at the end of this post!
What Are The Crafty Cats Up To This Week?
Time flies when you’re busy living life – and as hard as it is to believe, Magellan has been with us for over a year!
Be sure to drop by this week’s Wordless Wednesday to see how much they’ve grown in the past year – and while you’re there, check out the Cat Resolutions video and share your favorite photos as well!
Creative Art Challenges
Are you ready to jump-start your creativity? Here’s this week’s list of Creative Art Challenges to inspire you (organized by THEME)!
Color Challenges
Supply Challenges
What types of design elements should you incorporate from your stash? This week’s challenges emphasized the use of New Products (I incorporated new embellishments including snowflakes, the paper pieced snowman and the trees!) – the incorporation of bling and glitter – the use of ribbon/ (fiber) – and the use of paper scraps!
- A Gem Of A Challenge – Something New
- All Sorts Challenge 293 – New And Cute
- Art Impressions #150 – What’s New
- Card Mania Challenge 64 – Make It Sparkle
- Connie Can Crop Monthly Challenge 30 – All That Sparkles
- Country View Challenges – January – Use Something New To You
- Crafty Boots Challenges – Out With The Old, In With The New
- Crafty Calendar January Challenge – What’s New?
- Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper January Challenge
- Crazy 4 Challenges C4268 – Bare Craft Room Challenge
- Cute Card Thursday Challenge 355 – What’s New
- Fashionable Stamping Challenges 89 – Something New
- Get Creative Challenges #6 – Celebrate New (New Stash)
- Going Grey With Scrap Creations Challenge – New
- Hambo Challenges – New Year New Stash
- Hiding In My Craft Room #182 – Super Scraps Saturday
- Ike’s World Challenges 29 – Something Old, Something New
- Inky Impressions Challenges 191 – Something New
- Jelly Park January Challenge – Bling And Sparkle
- Jo’s Scrap Shack FFC #70 – It’s A New Year, Bling It On!
- Little Red Wagon 271 – Sparkle And Shine
- Papertake Weekly – It’s All New
- Ruby’s Rainbow 95 – What Did Santa Bring?
- Sentimental Sundays #241 – Winter Sparkle Plus A Sentiment
- Simon Says Wednesday Challenge – Something New
- Stampavie & More #228 – Ribbon
- The Corrosive Challenge Blog #215 – Shiny And New
- The Crafters Café 98 – Something New
- The Paper Girls Challenge 71 – Let’s Sparkle And Shine
- Try It On Tuesdays – My Favorite Things (Snowflakes & Sentiment Stamp)
Technique Challenges
These challenges encourage you to incorporate different techniques into your project!
Note regarding the As You Like It Challenge (Favorite Shape Or Fold):
Although fancy shaped cards and folds are fun to experiment with, I really prefer working with the basics. They are easier to store – easier to mail – and I can focus my energies on the creative design of the card rather than the technical elements of the card!
- As You Like It Challenge – Favorite Card Shape Or Fold (explanation above)
- Chocolate Coffee Cards #82 – No Circles Card
Theme & Sentiment Challenges
This week’s challenges emphasizes snowflakes – snowmen – Christmas songs – Christmas foliage – wintery weather – and stamped sentiments!
- Blessings Ink – Amusing Challenge – Winter / Snow
- Completely Christmas 45 – Anything Goes With A Twist / Add Christmas Foliage
- Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge #211 – Inspired By A Christmas Carol or Song
- Crafty Hazelnut’s Extra Christmas Challenge For January 2015
- Crafty Ribbons Challenge – Let’s Get Sentimental
- Deep Ocean Challenge 95 – Winter Dreams
- Digi Designs Winter Challenge – Snow/Snowflakes
- Dream Valley Challenges 97 – Christmas
- Eureka Stamps Challenge 123 – Baby It’s Cold Outside
- Fairytale Challenge 108 – Snow
- Frosted Designs – White As A Snowflake
- Great Impressions January Challenge – Snow Friends
- Love To Scrap Challenge Blog 45 – Initial Challenge Of 2015 (S=Snowman)
- MelonHeadz Friends – Include A Snowflakes Challenge
- Open Minded Crafting Challenge 27 – New Years Resolutions (Connect With Old Friends)
- Pinspirational Challenge 131 – Snowflake
- QKR Stampede 121 – Baby It’s Cold Outside
- Scrap It Girl January Challenge – Snowflakes
- Stamp And Create January Challenge – Winter Wonderland
- Stamps & Fun Creativity Challenge 232 – Winter
- Suzy Bee’s Blooming Challenge 63 – Anything Goes With A Twist – Fun In The Snow
- The Crafting Café – January – Lots Of Layers
Be Creative – Anything Goes Challenges
- 7 Kids Challenge Blog #116 – Anything Goes
- Artistic Inspirations Challenges #122 – Anything Goes With A Twist Of New
- Crafts Galore Encore Challenge – Anything Goes
- Crafty Gals Corner Challenges #1 – Anything Goes
- Crafting By Designs – Anything Goes
- Crafting From The Heart Challenge 42 – Anything Goes
- D.L. Art January Challenge – Anything Goes
- Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge 68 – Anything Goes With A Twist – Use Something Recycled (Paper Scraps)
- Fresh Brewed Challenges – January Favorites (Anything Goes)
- Inky Chicks Challenge 45 – Anything Goes
- Imagination Crafts – January Anything Goes Challenge
- My Craft Creations – 1/5 to 1/17 – Anything Goes
- Not Just Cards Challenges #10 – Anything Goes
- One Stitch At A Time – Challenge #228 – Anything Goes
- Paper Creators Crafts Challenge 34 – Anything Goes
- Party Time Tuesdays 194 – Anything Goes
- Penny’s Challenges 209 – Anything Goes
- Sassy Studio Designs #263 – Anything Goes
- Scribble & Scrap Challenge 35 – Anything Goes
- Seemacrafts January Challenge – Anything Goes
- Sister Act Card Challenge #88 – Anything Goes
- Sweet 7 Designs Challenge #9 – Anything Goes
- Sisters Of Craft January Challenge – Anything Goes
- The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge 1 – Anything Goes
- Through The Craftroom Door – Jan 13-19 – Anything Goes
- Vandicrafts Artistry January Challenge – Anything Goes
- Wags N Whiskers 145 – Anything Goes
- Whoopsi Daisy – Anything Goes January Challenge
- Word Art Wednesday 165 – Anything Goes
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I love your card! The sentiment speaks the truth about friendship. The snowman is super cute. Thanks for sharing it with us. Blessings to you, my friend!
Thanks so much Helen – I love this sentiment too!
I’m glad you like my card.
Have a blessed day! 🙂
Cute card, great layers and accents. Thank you for joining us this week at HIMCR.
Sue – HIMCR DT
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Thanks Sue – look forward to playing along with you gals again real soon!
Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon for our Sparkle and Shine challenge. Cute card.
My pleasure Heather – thanks for hosting!
Such a cute card, that snowman is adorable and I love the sentiment too. Thanks so much for joining us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges this time
Claire xx
My pleasure Claire – hope to join you again son!
This is so cute! Love the snowman! Thanks so much for playing along with the Something New Challenge on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!
Thanks Jingle – Simon Says rocks!
Thank you for sharing this lovely card with us at As You Like It. Cute snowman and great sentiment. Luv, Wilma
Thanks Wilma – so nice to meet you!
Great card, thanks for joining us at The Crafter’s Cafe this Week
Thanks Cass – my pleasure to join you!
Super card and great sentiment. Thanks for joining our challenge at penny’s Paper Crafty and good luck in the draw. Jennifer DT member
Thanks Jennifer – have a wonderful day!
Fab card, I love all those Christmassy embellishments you have used. Thank you for sharing your work with all of us at Crafty Boots Challenges.
Dionne
Thanks Dionne – I love Crafty Boots!
Thanks for joining us this week at Penny’s Paper Crafty Challenge.
Always a pleasure Kim!
What a darling card! LOVE the colors you used and I adore that sentiment! This is just fabulous! Thanks for joining us at Great Impressions! Hope you join us there again soon! HUGS! 🙂 Mynn xx
Thanks Mynn! Look forward to joining you again soon!
This is such a cute card! Really love that sentiment a lot! Definitely speaks to me. Thank you for joining us this week in Jo’s Funday Friday challenges!
Hugs,
Jo
♥ Jo’s Scrap Shack ♥
My pleasure Jo – you have such a delightful blog! 🙂
This is so sweet. I love it.
Thank you for joining my DL.ART Thankful Thursday #148 “USE RED” challenge, Have a Blessed day, DIANA L.
Thanks Diana – I’ve really enjoyed playing along with your challenges!
Beautiful card. Thank you for playing along with our Challenge at Chocolate, Coffee & Cards. We would love to see you again … Anet DTX
Thanks Anet – I was happy to discover your blog and look forward to joining you again!
Great job! Thanks SO MUCH for sharing your art in our challenge. Please stop by again real soon. God bless your week!
Karen
Word Art Wednesday
I love Word Art Wednesday – thanks for inspiring me each week!
Love those stamps and the card you made with it
Bridget #1
Thanks so much Bridget – and congrats for making it as #1 on the WOYWW list this week! 🙂
Lovely project. Lots of detail. Thank you for joining us at Not Just Cards this week. Hope to see you back here again soon. Judy DT
Thanks Judy! Right now I am really feeling a burst of creative energy so I plan to see you again soon! 🙂
Happy New Year! thanks for listing all the challenges as I might try and join in a few to get me back into papercrafting (have had quite a long break!) – I list a lot of challenges on my blog too but have also been having a blogging break so they are probably out of date now! Have a great week – Sunshine Girl #13
Welcome back Sunshine – hope the challenges will inspire you to blog and create again! 🙂
Super cute card!! I’m a huge fan of anything with snowmen!!
Happy Crafting!
Jeannie #17
So glad you like the card Jeanne – since I live in a warm weather climate, I don’t get to play with snowmen very often anymore!
The card is super and I think the sentiment is so true! Annie x #37
Thanks Anne! This is one of my favorite friendship sentiments!
This is a fabulous card, lovely traditional Christmas colours.
Thank you for joining us at A Gem of a Challenge.
Pauline
x
Thanks Pauline – delighted to join you this week!
Love this card and esp. the sentiment! So very true. Thank you for joining us at Good Luck! Hugz, Colleen
Thanks Colleen – isn’t that sentiment fabulous? It’s perfect for now – but it would be fun to send this in the middle of July just to see the expression on someone’s face!
Hi Joy, happy WOYWW. Lovely card Cheers RobynO#51
Thanks Robyn – Happy WOYWW to you too!
Loveeeeeeeee this! Thanks for playing along with Frosted Designs!!!
Thanks Julie – I was delighted to discover Frosted Designs!
Look forward to spending more time on your site checking out all of the goodies!
Gorgeous Christmas card filled with lots of detail.Thank you for joining us at Ike’s World Challenges good luck Ginny ♥
Thanks for visiting Ginny – what a fun way to kick off the year!
Lots of lovely goodies to play with on show today. That is a great card and a beautiful sentiment. Hope you have a good week. xx Maggie #27
Thank you so much Maggie – I enjoyed my visit to your blog too – pretty purple stamping!
Love your fun snowman, he is too cute. The sentiment you used is too cute. Thank you for joining us at Crafting from the Heart. Amy DT
Thanks for visiting Amy and making me smile with your sweet comments!
Thanks for entering your lovely crafting for CHNC challenge 211 and my Patterned Paper January challenge – you could also enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for January – I’d love to see it there too. x
Thanks Hazel for the heads up – consider me entered! 🙂
Love the card and sentiment. Adorable little snowfellow 🙂 Happy WOYWW. Shel#56
Happy WOYWW to you too Shel!
Thanks also for sharing this for our Completely Christmas challenge, Hazel, DT x
My pleasure Hazel – I’m a huge fan of your challenges!
And back again to thank you for entering this for our Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 68, Hazel, DT x
My you’re a busy lady Hazel! Thanks so much for all you do!
Thank you for listing the challenges! Your card is sooo cute. I still adore those childhood Christmas specials. Have a great week! Sandy Leigh #60
It was SO much fun catching up on those Christmas specials from long ago.
The remakes don’t hold a candle to them!
Thanks for stopping by Sandy – have a wonderful week!
Lovely card and such a true sentiment.
Thank you for sharing at Allsorts ‘New & Cute’ challenge and good luck x Susan x
Thanks Susan – so happy to join you this week!
Lovely card 😀
Thank you so much for joining us at Fairy Tale Challenge this fortnight.
Milka GD
My pleasure – thanks for hosting!
What a fabulous snowman card – gorgeous colours and die cuts 🙂 Thank you for playing along at IKEsWORLD CHALLENGES 🙂
IKE x
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Thank you so much! This was my first visit to IKE and I really appreciate the warm welcome from all of your DT members! 🙂
Very sweet sentiment with that cute snowman. Love the layers. Thank you for sharing with us at Eureka! Stamps Challenge.
Thanks Lisa – I had tons of fun adding all of those layers to this card!
This is such a sweet card! Absolutely love the sentiments as well ! Thanks for joining us at Party Time Tuesdays Challenge! -Esther
Thanks Esther – I love the sentiment too! And Party Time Tuesdays is a fabulous challenge blog!
What a fun snowman and your papers are delightful. I’m so happy to see you playing along in our QKR Stampede challenge “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Good luck and hope to see you next week, too.
NanaConnie DT
Thanks Nana – every time I see your challenge the title makes me smile!
A fab, fun card, very creative…thanks for joining us at A Gem Of A Challenge!
Helen x
My pleasure Helen – thanks for hosting!
What a cute card – love that saying!!! Thanks for joining us at Frosted Designs!!
Thanks Lori – I am heads over heels in love with your blog!
What a wonderfull card! It´s so pritty and really elegant like a snowflake! Thank you for joining our “Snow” challenge at Fairy Tales. Bianca XX
Thanks Bianca – you gals rock!
Very cute snowman, lovely card with a nice sentiment!
Cheers
Gabriele 32
Thanks Gabrielle – this was a great way to kick off the year!
This is just the sweetest card! Love the little snowman and his details. Thanks for joining us at Great Impressions.
Thanks Leah – appreciated the chance to share it with you at Great Impressions!
Very cute and the sentiment is so true! 🙂
Thanks for joining in the fun at Hiding in My Craft Room.
Hugs,
Lena – DT
Lena’s Creations
My pleasure Lena – I really enjoy the challenges you host! 🙂
Wow, there sure are a lot of crafty challenges.
I like your cards.
Have a great weekend!
Thanks so much Michelle – I love to create and have fun visiting all of the challenge blogs each week – I hope you have a wonderful week!
Thank you for sharing this project with us at Allsorts, good luck in the challenge and I hope to see you again!
Thanks Helene – I’ll definitely be joining you this year – Allsorts rocks!
Wonderful card and beautiful layering! I love your stash-busting! (I really need to do this! LOL) Thanks for joining us at {PIN}Spirational Challenges!
Thanks Debb for visiting – I LOVE your challenge blog and looking forward to a year of creativity and stash busting! 🙂
Such a beautiful card. All of the layers are so festive. Thanks for joining us at Ruby’s Rainbow Challenges.
Thanks Jennifer for hosting such a fun challenge this week!
Hi, I just popped back to say thank you for joining us at CHNC Challenge Extra this month.
Pauline
x
I have candy on my blog if you would like to take a look – http://craftingwithcotnob.blogspot.co.uk/
Thanks Pauline – what great candy you’re offering – thanks for the invite! 🙂
How fun to sit down and play with those papers, embellies, and stamps. Very jealous and what a great turnout. All friends rock as does your card. Thank You for entering in this Ike’s World Challenge. S – DT
Thanks Matney – 1st time joining you at Ike’s World – look forward to more fun in the New Year!