Fiber Bubble: Winter's Bouquet

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Winter's Bouquet

Had so much fun, yesterday, making the floral pop up thought I'd combine my need to fulfill sister Gail's request for twenty Christmas cards with a wintry mix. After all - snowflakes are just winter's blossoms - right?

Blizzard
~Base card - white cardstock
Card front:
~Recycled Christmas card - oval cut using die for sentiment placement
~Sentiment stamped using Stampin' Up Warm Words
Card inside:
~Layer of glitter cardstock
~Lots of punched and Cricut snowflakes, plus some pre-cut foam stamps with Stickles added
~Inside sentiment die cut with SU Apothecary Accents
Challenges
Amusing Challenges - glitter
Glitter n' Sparkle - anything goes
Broken Box Stock - winter/snowflakes
Card Crafter's Circle - no business like snow business
Simply Create Too - snow
Mark's Finest Papers - recycle a Christmas card

Thank you for clicking by.
Nancy in Iowa

15 comments:

MarjoJanuary 6, 2013 at 7:27 PM
Great card, wonderful snowflakes! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Simply Create Too

hugz Marjo
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MarjoJanuary 6, 2013 at 7:28 PM
Great card, wonderful snowflakes! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Simply Create Too

hugz Marjo
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Donna EllisJanuary 6, 2013 at 11:10 PM
Wow! What a beautifully glittered card - inside and out. It's amazing! Love the papers you've utilized and how pretty the colors are with the glitter.
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UnknownJanuary 7, 2013 at 1:01 AM
What a clever card, so beautiful, I love snowflakes, as long as they don't lie on the ground to long, LOL...thank you for sharing with us at Glitter N Sparkle this week, good luck hun xxxx
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KateJanuary 7, 2013 at 11:31 AM
Beautiful card! Love all of the snowflakes. Thanks for joining us at Speedy Fox & Friends.
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JenéeJanuary 7, 2013 at 1:53 PM
This is a STUNNING card -- from the sparkle on the front to the snowflake pop-up in the middle! You've shown great skill and creativity with your wonderful work. Thank you for sharing it with us this week at Card Crafter's Circle.
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Winnie and PattyJanuary 7, 2013 at 2:10 PM
Wonderful card! Love all the snowflakes! Thanks for playing along with us this week at Speedy Fox & Friends blog challenge.
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Pat January 8, 2013 at 8:18 AM
Great pop up snowflakes. Thanks for joining Speedy Fox and Friends.
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Lena95469January 8, 2013 at 2:33 PM
Great job with the snowflakes! This is awesome! Thank you for joining Speedy Fox and Friends this week and we hope to see you again!
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craftygrannyJanuary 9, 2013 at 1:36 PM
These are lovely thanks for sharing with us at glitternsparkle hugs trisha x
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Pinkies Sparkly CreationsJanuary 9, 2013 at 6:20 PM
stunning thanks for joining us at glitter n sparkle and good luck emma xx
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wannabcre8tiveJanuary 10, 2013 at 6:09 PM
So pretty and creative. Thanks, for joining us in the Speedy Fox and Friends challenge.
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DianeMoneyGoolsbyJanuary 10, 2013 at 7:52 PM
Nancy: Such a pretty card! Thank you for joining us at Simply Create Too for our first 2013 challenge - "Let it Snow"! Can't wait to see what you create next challenge!

Diane
Simply Create Too Design Team Member
http://DianesDigitalDesigns.blogspot.com
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MerryJanuary 11, 2013 at 10:29 PM
What a clever Christmas card....terrific snowflake pop up.
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stampingbowdJanuary 11, 2013 at 11:48 PM
Love the inside with all those wonderful snowflakes!!! Great recycling! Thank you for joining Speedy Fox and Friends this week
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