winter in pink; joyeux noel santa

it is inspiring seeing all the ways in which artists and crafters depict christmas in colors other than red and green, the traditional colors.  at lunagirl moonbeams for the next two weeks our theme is "winter in pink."

since christmas is just a few days away i used a vintage christ child and angels image from lunagirl along with lunagirl vintage angel on a backdrop of pink designer paper designed by lunagirl owner karen. i added a pink flowery die cut and other embellishments.

link up to this challenge for a chance at shopping credit at lunagirl.

now, even though the old st nick challenge at lunagirl moonbeams is now past, i still can't stop using wonderful santa images from lunagirl!

i collaged several different designer papers and added some pom-pom ribbon.
i'm linking these to "anything goes as long as it is christmas" at the glory of christmas challenge blog, and to pile it on challenge blog "anything goes/christmas/holidays, and crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge "anything goes/christmas".

enjoy; love to all.

embossing with rogue redhead...

time to get messy with inks and powders because the challenge for the next two weeks at the cheerful stamp pad is to use embossing powders!  for my DT piece i decided to use a stamp from rogue redhead designs and also to participate in the rogue redhead facebook april sketch.  the embossing technique really gives the stamped image more presence.

the sketch design is a really good one and i like how this came out.  i used coordinating papers and a sentiment from a creative memories "reminisce spring" paper pack.

i'm linking up to 2 other challenge as well:
week #7 scraps of color blogger's challenge "embossing"
and pile it on challenge, "rubber stamping with rogue redhead."

the randomly selected winner of the cheerful stamp pad challenge will get a prize from our challenge sponsor "stamp on it."

have a wonderful week; love to all.