Visions of Sugar Plums

Good Afternoon Bloggers and Friends!!!

I was so inspired by Robyn at My Pink Stamper that I had to start creating IMMEDIATELY.  If you hadn't heard yet, today is DAY 1 of the fabulous 12 Days of Christmas.  Each day their will be a Video (with awesome tutorials and fun ideas), a Giveaway, and a Challenge to inspire you.

Today's challenge (copied from MPS blog)

CHALLENGE:  Make a Christmas or Winter project from a Cricut Cartridge that is NOT for the Holidays!  Think outside the box.  

I looked quickly at my few cartridges and was flooded with ideas.  I thought about cutting a globe from Graphically Speaking to mark Santa's travels in one night.  I also thought about cutting out the pouting and praying characters from the Playtime cartridge and adding a sentiment "better not pout, better not cry" .   But ultimately, I chose to use my Preserves cartridge and pay tribute to Twas' the Night Before Christmas and to the sugar plum fairies from the Nutcracker. 

The layout of my card was created using the sketch for this week at The Outlawz - SC1214

The colors of my card were created using the color challenge at SPCC- #130

 Other challenges that I wish to enter:
Craft Your Passion - #88 TAG You're It
**Cooking with Cricut** - #64 Cards, Gifts, and Tags
The Paper Variety - AG
Crafts and Me - #66 Christmas

 RECIPE FOR MY CARD:

Papers: Pearls core'dinations  card stock for my base

Green Recollections card stock

Other papers from my stash

Twine from the Twinery

Stamped sentiment Merry Christmas ($1 stamp)

Plums cut at 2 1/2", covered with glitter for 'candied" affect and raised up with 3D foam

Tag Visions of Sugar Plums created by ME and printed on Vellum

Other tools used: Tim Holtz paper Distresser, and paper crimper

Ink by Studio G (burgundy and antique brown)

Pearls from stash

I hope this post this finds you doing well and crafting away!!!
:O)
Jessica