Soft Pencil Thursday

Wow, it's already Thursday again ~ I can't believe how fast the days go by this time of year ~ and it is time for our weekly Soft Pencil challenge.  This week we were given the image "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" to use (and I can't tell you how excited I was when I saw this adorable image) ~ is it not the cutest?!?  Then we had to pair it with our favorite Christmas color combo.  Well, I am loving the non-traditional color schemes lately, so I chose a pale blue and pale pink combo and the Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses pack worked perfectly with that.   

I colored the image in with copics and then added lots of stickles to it ~ after all, you have to have glistening snow right?  The image was then cut out with my nesties, since I used the largest size to cut the image I had to free cut the outer layer, but in the end it all worked out ok.   The edge of the sentiment was colored with RV00 to add a little contrast and then the pearls were colored to match.  The snowflakes were covered in stickles and then a little rhinestone was placed in the centers.

Be sure to visit the rest of the Design Team (links on the left hand side of my blog), and see what they came up with.

Well, Winter is officially here ~ on Tuesday it started snowing, and we ended up with a lot of snow, so the kids got their first snow day yesterday and were they excited!  They had a blast playing in the snow and sledding.  I guess we should have put up the Christmas tree since we haven't gotten around to that yet, but there is always this weekend....Today we woke up to below zero temps and a wind chill of -25, which is expected to last most of the day.....

I would also like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Clearly Inspired - Winter Theme 
Crafty Calendar - Winter Sparkle 
Crafty Cardmakers - "Alternative Christmas"  (non traditional colors)
Creative Inspirations - Non-traditional Christmas Colors 
Creatalicious - Something for Christmas with snowflakes and lots of sparkle
Cute Daisy May - "Twinkle" (stars, glitter or anything twinkly)
Digital Tuesday - Christmas Song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" 
Friday Sketchers - sketch
Gingersnap Creations - GC33 Chestnut - Winter Wonderland 
Kaboodle Doodles - Snowflakes
Papertake - Red and Green must not be seen (although I hope my lime green Christmas tree is ok since it isn't the traditional green) 
Paper Cutz - use a hand stamped or digi Christmas image
Pile it On - "Tinsel Town" - use glitter
Simon Says Stamp - "Let it Snow" 
Stamp Something - Glitzy Somethings 
The Pink Elephant - Use your favorite Christmas Colors
Whimsy Stamps - Use Die Cuts

Thanks for looking and I hope you stay warm where you are!




Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:  We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Soft Pencil (digi image); sentiment - CC Designs (Winter kit)
Ink/Coloring: Copics (E00, E01, R20, RV000, RV00, RV10, R32, R35, R37, B000, B00, B01, YG03, YG05, Y06, E31, E33, E35, E51, E53, E55, E57, N01, N1, N3, 0); Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Bashful Blue, Pink Pirouette; Gina K Pure Luxury White; DP - Basic Grey (Eskimo Kisses)
Embellishments:  Ribbon (Light Pink); Self Adhesive Pearls (Michael's) - colored with RV00; Stickles (Stardust)
Tools:  Snowflake Punch (EK Success); Nesties Labels 3