Cocoa Gurlee Girl by the Cozy Fireplace

Good Morning everyone!  I want to share with you a card that I made with Chelsea's Gurlee Girl image.  I had wanted to do this with my MMSC card, but to my dismay, the images did not fit into the sketch, so I just had to create this idea on a card somehow.  I just love the warm, cozy look of the fireplace and the Gurlee enjoying her hot cocoa with fluffy marshmallow cream on a comfy carpet.

We are having a rainy day here today, so the lighting wasn't so cooperative for picture taking, but I thought I would share nonetheless.  I wanted to do a couple of little touches that I didn't get to do on the card, because our bees are still giving us some trouble, and I am a little nervous rooting through my supplies to find things, but I am still really pleased with how this turned out. I would not have been happy until I created this card that has been brewing in my mind for some time now. 

I will be posting another card with this image on it next week for the challenge, and you will see how different that the settings are between the two.  It gives a wonderful idea of how differently that one image can be used for many different styles.

Thanks for dropping by for a visit today.  I appreciate if you could leave me a comment and let me know what you think.  I could use the support to get me through my bad week.  I hope that you are all enjoying a good week, and I will see you soon for the MMSC Blog Hop. 

Challenge for this card:
Stamp Something:  Brown and something
Whimsy Stamps: Get Punchy
Secret Crafter: Autumn colors

MMSC23 Gurlee Girl Pretty Ribbons Christmas Card

Good Morning everyone!  After another terrible week with my bees, I would like to try to put that behind me and share my card with you for MMSC23.  I flipped the sketch this week to suit my card.  This image is another Gurlee Girl image that was so generously provided to us by our lovely sponsor this month Chelsea who creates these irresistable little girls.  If you can't resist these either, drop by her site and you can get some for yourself to create with.  I want to thank our weekly sponsor this week Innovative Stamp Creations.  They are offering a $50 voucher worth of sheets (your choice) to our lucky winner this week. 

The poinsettia that I used for this card is a digi image from McMahon5 Designs .  I really love that image.  I am sure that I am going to have to use that again.  So pretty.  Thank you Sue!!

I am so unpredictable with how I decorate the insides of my cards.  I can do very simple to very extravagant.  In this case, I liked this dp so much that I really did not want to take away from it's beauty by covering it up with alot of other decor, so I added a touch of pretty ribbon and a single sparkly snowflake to give it what I thought was the perfect touch.  Not too much, not too little : )

This picture shows the box envelope that I made to go along with this card.  It is lined with pretty dp covered in holiday packages.  A perfect finish to complete this project. 

Here is our sketch for this week.  I hope that you will be inspired in some way by my sample card to create a wonderful piece of your own to share.  I look forward to visiting you this week to see what you come up with.  Stop by the MMSC blog to get all the newest updates and news.  There are so many fun and exciting things going on.  You don't want to miss a thing.

Congrats to our MMM Gold Star Award winner this week:  Karen Lynn...Enjoy your award!  Another congrats to the Midnight Madness Remarkables:  Liz Williams, Sue Drees, and Craftypagan.  All wonderful cards and well deserved recognition!

Don't forget about our FABULOUS BLOG HOP coming up beginning October 16th and ending October 20th.  There are tons of prizes and just as much fun.  Lots of projects to showcase for inspiration to your Fall/Halloween crafting.  Don't miss it.  We can't wait to have you drop by!

Have a wonderful week, and I appreciate your thoughts and comments as always.  They encourage me to persevere with my crafting. 

Challenge entered for this card:

Caardvarks: Using ribbon in a wonderful way