Snail Mail

Happy Sunday! I hope you are staying warm in your neck of the woods. We are supposed to be below zero here for the next 48 hours so I wish you warmth and safety if you are in the midwest during this cold snap. We have a new challenge beginning today at The Outlawz CAS challenge. This week we are looking for sparkle on your card. How about some glitz: glitter, gems, shimmer paper, etc. Here's my card for the design team.

Our sponsor this month is The Cutting Cafe and this image is from their Valentine Animals and Bugs printables. It's a pre-colored image but I added the distressed ink blue background. The red strip is embossed with the Morocco Screen embossing folder (hard to see in the photo, sorry) and I cut the image with MFT stitched inside and out rounded square stax. A friend gave me a unch that creates these little envelopes and I haven't used it often but I thought it would be cute to add and I made a small note to tuck in with an MFT sentiment from a retired set. And to add my sparkle I used several colors of Stickles. I used the Tuesday Morning sketch for inspiration.

I am entering these challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: sketch above
• Hiding in my Craft Room: embossing (the red strip)
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: anything goes
• Creative Knockout challenge: card for a child

How do you add sparkle to your cards? Show us this week and join in the Outlawz CAS challenge. Looking forward to seeing your project! Have a wonderful Sunday. Stay warm and safe!

Donna