Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Winter love birds

The current challenge at ABC Christmas is "U" for "unused stash."   The DT included photos of their stash, and it was so much fun to see their unused stash "magically" turn into cards.  I thought it would be neat to create a little magic of my own.  Here is my unused stash. (Can you believe that gorgeous Whiff of Joy stamp was un-inked? For shame.)


And here ****waves magic wand**** is my card. 


Doesn't this image make you want to cuddle?!

I used the fabulous sketch at Sketch Saturday to complete my card.  The papers are from a DCWV Christmas stack--a little more unused stash for you :) The stitching around the image looks black, but it's really dark green.  The camera also seems to have washed out the colors in the image--maybe the waxy finish of the colored pencils just doesn't photograph well?

And to make up for the fact that I left that poor little stamp un-inked for so long, I decided to make a second card.   ****waves wand again****


Tadaa! 
This time I used the sketch from Our Craft Lounge.  The papers are from the same DCWV Christmas stack  (it's not unused anymoooooorrrrreeee!). The ribbons and gems are from my stash. 

In addition to the challenges mentioned above, I'd like to enter these cards in the following challenges:
Winter Wonderland-- "Robin Redbreast"
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long--"Seeing Spots"

Thanks so much for looking! 

9 comments:

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous cards Erin :-) the image is adorable and the papers and colours are lovely :-) Very cute :-)

thanks for joining us on the ABC Christmas Challenge :-)
luv
Lols x x x

Unknown said...

Well done, Erin such a cute little image, I have to open mine up too, hopefully I will make two cards also!!

Bente said...

Stunning card, love the image and colors.
Thanks for joining us at Sketch Saturday this week.
Hugs, Bente

debby4000 said...

Oh gorgeous, beautiful card and cute too. Love both colourways.
luv
Debby

Anonymous said...

OOOh you made 2 cards with your Gorgeous WOJ unused stamp! Fabulous picture of your stash too! MAgic! Thanks 4 coming to play with us this week for our U is for Unused Stash @ ABC Christmas Challenge, its so much fun seeing everyone using something they had forgot about or not used yet! we have NO limit on entries, so the more times you play the more chances you have to win! Hugs Samantha

Helen said...

Gorgeous cards - such a cute image!
Thanks for joining us at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
Helen x

Caroljenks said...

Gorgeous cards, both of them - you are so right about that image too...it's so cuddly!

Sorry I'm soooooo late with my comments this time round - tut, tut! Thanks for joining in with us over at ABC Christmas Challenge.

Carol x

Carissa said...

Both cards are wonderful. thanks for joining us on the ABC Christmas challenge. Carissa

Brenda Lee said...

WOJ is one of my favorite companies. These cards (and the image, of course) are adorable!!

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