VLVJan2014 Week 5 / CCC14

Hello - welcome!
I have another Christmas card to share today using the last VLV sketch of January and the CCC14 challenge for February of non-traditional Christmas colours.  Again I chose purple shades and gold for my card with Verve stamps.

Thank you for your visit.

Frog in my Boxers

This image from High Hopes always makes me laugh and hopefully will bring a smile to the recipients face too.

I used the challenges from Verve and High Hopes for this card.  High Hopes challenge 202 is to use a little green and the VLVJan week 4 sketch looks like this

Sorry I have been so quiet this week but thanks for dropping by and checking this out

Walk on a Sunny Day

I wanted to make a card for the High Hopes challenge as today was the first sunny day in some time. I walked my Mum's dog Tess without getting wet which was wonderful.  She still got muddy as the grass is really sodden but it was nice to be able to walk around and stop and look without rain dripping down your neck!

My card uses summery colours despite the fact it is only January and lots of butterflies. The image is from High Hopes and the sentiment is an old one from MFP.  The lace circle die is from Cheery Lynn and the butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch.  I have also used corner punches, a Spellbinders die, an embossing folder and lots of tiny gems on the butterfly bodies.

I have combined a few challenges here
Viva La Verve Week 3 sketch
High Hopes - On A Sunny Day
Ribbon Carousel - Love, Birthday's and Chicken Soup
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Use Ribbons

VLVJan2014 Week 1

A quick thank you card using this week's VLV sketch and colours.  I have also used my new Spellbinders butterfly dies that were a present from Dave this Christmas.  I did ask for a couple of other dies but this set was a complete surprise!  I used white pearlescent card and then sponged on the ink to give the colour to the butterfly - the background piece does have brown and red on it but it isn't very clear in the photos.  All the papers are from my scrap trays.

Have a great week and keep warm and dry.