Winter Wonderland Layout

We never get snow in Los Angeles, but we are fortunate enough to have mountains within a short drive, so we occasionally are able to take the kids sledding. I loved being able to pull out a bunch of my winter themed stamps - that I can't resist purchasing but seldom get to use - and put them to work creating this layout!

Recipe:
Snowflakes, Flakey Friends, All Decked Out & Take Note stamp sets
Snowhaven & White Pines papers
Cranberry, Glacier, Pewter & White Daisy cardstock
Cranberry, Glacier, Pewter, Almond & Black ink
Black marker
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Jingle All the Way puffy stickers (Simple Stories)
Red & White pearls
Cranberry grosgrain ribbon
Cricut Artistry cartridge: title shape, snowflake
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: notebook paper
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: postage stamp frame
Pattern: Stick It Down January 2023 double page sketch

Challenges: Use Your Stuff #475 Inspired by a Book - my son's kindergarten teacher gave him this book many years ago, and even though we didn't build a snowman on this trip, I added a couple to my layout anyway!

Snow Much Fun Layout

Back in fall of 2017, I started scrapping photos from a Frozen birthday party my kids attended, but I kinda ran out of steam after also scrapbooking my daughter in her Elsa costume riding in a princess carriage and enjoying several Halloween events. I put the remaining pictures on hold until now, when I was inspired to pull them out so I could play along with Bitten By the Bug's Magical Winter Snowflakes challenge. This page will face another layout I previously created, so I used some of the same supplies and dug through my box of Cricut cuts to find the snowflakes. This page is rather photo heavy, but I couldn't bear to create yet another Frozen layout, so they all had to fit on this one!

Recipe:
Flakey Friends stamp set
Glitter & Watercolor papers (Recollections)
Crystal Blue & White Daisy cardstock
Lagoon ink
Enamel & Glitter Duos blue dots
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: snowflakes
Mini snowflake punch (EK Success)
Challenges: Use Your Stuff #414 Out With the Old (I used a leftover piece of glitter paper plus snowflakes I had die-cut but not used for a previous project)

Big Hugs Card

I haven't done a card workshop in months because I've been so overwhelmed with being a foster mom, but I finally decided to take the plunge and do another workshop. Since I have soooo many paper packs that are only half used, I thought it would be fun to do a hodgepodge workshop to use up some old paper. Here's my first card, using patterned paper from Wonderland. I paired it up with some new {to me} stamp sets that I purchased during CTMH's Deal of the Decade sale in December. The snowmen from Flakey Friends stamp set have been calling out to me since they first appeared in a CTMH idea book, but I couldn't justify purchasing them since I live in a snow-free zone. I finally broke down and got the set, and I'm so glad I did because the cuteness level is off the charts!

Recipe:
Big Hugs & Flakey Friends stamp sets
Wonderland Level 2 papers
Crystal Blue & White Daisy cardstock
Crystal Blue & Chocolate ink
Crystal Blue & Autumn Terracotta markers
Coffee marker (Zig)
Bronze Shimmer Trim
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: snowflakes
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap Card Sketch #41
Challenges: Heart 2 Heart Old is New challenge; Little Red Wagon Winter Blues challenge; Scrap It Girl Snowflakes challenge; Stuck on U Sketches Warm and Cozy challenge