a very ps sparks christmas

the latest challenge at paper smooches sparks challenge is christmas themed! yahoo!

boy was i inspired! it also helped that i wrote and sent all my christmas cards and then realized i was 5 short!! hoo boy! needless to say, last night i made a bunch of cards for this challenge! i'll post 2 of the cards here, and then get to another post later with the other cards! :)

so let's see, what could i have called to me from the inspiration photo?

* pops of red

* cute critters

* christmas!

i think i can work with those conditions! :)

so here is my 1st card:

its the owl from the chubby chums set - and i paper pieced him in christmas colors! :) (ps - danielle, i should have made this one for you!! too bad i had already mailed your christmas card! i'm sorry!)

the sentiment was created with the alphadots set and the sentiment sampler!

as you'll start to notice with these cards, i rediscovered my viva pens! so a few of the cards have some snow-bling on them!

on to the 2nd card:

i used the hot concoctions set! i'm starting to like that set more and more! again, the coffee was paper pieced - with nice warm and welcoming paper, in my opinion! :) i used the super groovy snowflakes from the swanky snowdudes set for the background (and even a few on the inside of the card), i used my versamark watermark stamp pad so it would be subtle.

i refrained from adding any 'snow-bling' as i call it...but it was tough! :) i did add some some glossy accents to the whipped cream...apparently whipped cream is glossy to me...can you tell i don't drink a lot of coffee?

so those are two of my cards!

i hope they helped get you into or carry you in the holiday spirit! :)

enjoy!