Open-Minded Winners Challenge #26 and Midway Challenge #27

Good morning everyone! What's been going on? We are well on our way in the process of purchasing a home! We will close on the 22nd of January. This weekend our plan is to get the kitchen packed up and only leave the bare medium out for us to use. Other than that, I'm hoping to craft!

Today is Saturday and our winners for Challenge #26 are posted this morning at Open-Minded Crafting Fun! That was our All White Challenge and our sponsors for Challenge #26 were Digital Delights, Jessica Weible Illustrations, Paper Pretties, Sami Stamps and Sassy Studio Designs. Be sure to check out our Winners and DT Favorites!

And we are on a midway post for Challenge #27: New Years Resolutions!! You still have a week to get in our first challenge of 2015!! Our sponsors for Challenge #27 are:



I love our sponsors! And I want to thank our wonderful sponsors for everything they do!!

Here is my project for Challenge #27:







For the Midway Challenge #27 I have created this Cascade Card! I chose to do a Christmas Card for my New Years Resolutions. I have three of them! One is to start shopping for Christmas gifts starting at the beginning of the year! I want to purchase Christmas gifts all through the year so it doesn't hit us all at once at the beginning of the year! So, that is one New Years Resolutions! The second one is to work on Christmas Cards all year long! I think I did okay last year getting a bunch of Christmas cards done through the year and I want to stay on track and do it again this year! So, this is my start! First Christmas card of 2015! And the third one is to use a LOT of my scrap papers this year! I have a ton of scraps and I want to get through a bunch of them! For this card I have used ALL scraps except for the base of the card!  So there you have it... Three New Years Resolutions to work on this year!! :)

For this card I've used Little Present from Zuri Artsy Craftsy Digital Stamps! i colored her with both my Copic Markers and my Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol, with a bit of Copic Opaque White for highlights.. I had a lot of fun making this Cascade card. This is the fist time I've created one of these! I've used a couple of different Spellbinders circles dies. I did a bit of decoupage on her as well. I added the holly swirl from Cheery Lynn. And the green and red gems around the circle. The fabric holly leaves were from a Challenge win! I stamped the Merry Christmas, which is from Paper Smooches, twice and put them on the different layers of the card. And that is it! I hope you join us for our challenge!!

Copic Markers Used:

• Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E13
• Hair: E21, E25, E27, E29

Challenges:

• Circles, Chevrons and Bling @ The Outlawz Greeting Card
• Anything Goes @ Clear It Out Challenge Blog
• Challenge #15: Anything Goes @ Inspiration Destination
• Challenge #133: Anything Goes @ Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog
• Anything Goes @ Papertake Weekly Challenges
• Challenge #200: Anything Goes @ Try Stampin' On Tuesday
• Challenge #226: Favorite Embellishment (die cuts) @ Tuesday Throwdown
• Anything Goes @ Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wednesday Challenge
• Challenge #209: Anything Goes @ Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog
• Challenge #165: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday
• DTBST #263: Anything Goes @ Sassy Studio Designs
• Challenge #62: Anything Goes @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog
• January: Anything Goes @ Your Scrapbook Place
• FFC #70: It's A New Year, Bling It On! @ Jo's Scrap Shack
• Challenge #88: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge
• Tic Tac Toe (Sentiment, Image, Die Cut) @ Polkadoodles
• Challenge #10: Anything Goes @ Not Just Cards Challenge Blog
• A is for Anything Goes w/ Optional Antlers @ ABC Christmas Challenge
• January Challenge #31: Anything Goes @ Creative Craft Cottage
• Challenge #148: Anything With Red @ DL Dot Art
• X for X-Periment (Use A New Technique - Cascade Card) @ Alphabet Challenge Blog
• Challenge #22: Anything Goes @ Art By Miran Challenge Blog
• January: Anything Goes @ Crafting By Designs
• January: Christmas Leftovers @ Creaine Challenges
• January: Anything Christmas @ Christmas Cards All Year 'Round
• January Challenge #63: It's All About Bling @ The Emerald Faeries Challenge Blog
• January: Anything Goes @ Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge
• January: Anything Goes @ Kit and Clowder
• January: Cascade Card @ Scrapbook Blessings Club
• January: Anything Goes @ Vandicrafts Artistry Challenge
• January: Anything Goes @ Whoopsidaisy Challenge
• Challenge #45: Anything Goes w/Twist of Christmas Foliage @ Completely Christmas
• January Challenge #34: Anything Goes @ Paper Creators Crafts
• HIMCR #182: Super Scraps Saturday @ Hiding In My Craft Room