Christmas in July at TLL

Good morning!!  I'm hosting another challenge at The Latte Lounge.  The theme of this challenge is Christmas in July.  I thought we could all probably use a little head start on those Christmas cards.  The challenge runs for 2 weeks so you'll have until July 29th to enter.

Here are a couple of samples I came up with for inspiration.

For this one I used Snowman Laundry Line from The Stamping Boutique for this card.  I colored the image with Marvy markers.  I went over all the "sparkles" in the back ground and the design in the gloves with my clear stardust gel pen.  The snow at the bottom is Flower Soft.  I embossed the blue cs with my snowflake Cuttlebug folder.  I used my MS snowflake punch to make a couple of snowflakes and colored them with the stardust pen.

Here a different view to help show the Flower Soft at the bottom.

For this one I used Poinsettia Fairy from Michelle Perkett.  Isn't she lovely?  I colored the image with Marvy markers.  I then colored the wings and outlined the flowers with the stardust gel pen.  The trimmings and hand warmer are covered with Flower Soft.  The gems and DP are from my stash.

I am also entering this one in this weeks Flutterby Wednesday Challenge which is to use at least 3 layers.

Thanks for taking a look.  I hope you'll also join us for the other challenges happening at The Latte Lounge.  Melissa is hosting a bookmark challenge that ends Sunday.  Jo is hosting a color challenge that ends July 20 and Noreen is hosting a girly challenge.  Hop over and check them out.  There's also a monthly challenge.

~Rhonda