Happy New Year, Everyone! & Magnolia-licious Highlites January Challenge

Hello and Happy New Year, everyone!

We didn't have a white Christmas, but we had a heavy snowfall a few days before that turned everything white.  It is also brought the traffic in our city to a crawl.  I was walking along our Broadway avenue and I was passing the cars and express buses...LOL.

Anyway, for our first challenge of the 2013 year at the Magnolia-licious Highlites Challenge Blog--the theme is Anything Goes--I've created this card with a much a prettier scene...

I love the shape of this card.  I used my new Go Kreate dies--a Christmas present to myself...LOL.  I've also made this into an easel card.  Views from different angles here...

  

I am featuring this cute image of Tilda in the Woods from Magnolia's A Christmas Story Collection 2012.  The stamp for this image and other Magnolia stamps--full-size and minis--are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store.  If you don't see the stamp that you are looking for, ask Diana if she can bring it in for you. Have a look there also at the selection of cutting dies from Magnolia, Memory Box, PoppyStamps, Marianne Design and Cheery Lynn Designs.  Diana offers discounted prices, excellent service and you get to earn 2% in-store credit with every purchase--sweet!

I hope you'll be able to play along with us in our first challenge of the year.  The  theme can't be any easier than that!  Don't forget to hop over the the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog for more details on the challenge and to check out what my DT teammates have created HERE.

Challenges for this card:
Magnolia Down Under Challenge #178 - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #46 - Blue Christmas/Winter (oops, I thought they wanted simply Winter, but they meant Blue Winter.  Oh well.)
Totally Gorjuss Challenge 164 - New! (using my new Go Kreate dies)
Charisma Cardz Challenge #51 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp! Challenge - Anything Goes
I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge 148 - Anything But Square
Crafts and Me Bumper Christmas Challenge #115 - Winter Wonderland
Dutch Magnolia Chickies Challenge #36 - Anything Goes

And a bit of exciting news here...at least for me! LOL.  I am a new member of the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge Design Team.  Woo-hoo...  So delighted and honoured to have been asked to join the talented ladies there.

And on another note, I just want to thank everyone who visits me and especially those that leave me such sweet and supportive comments here on my blog.  They always put a smile on my face and I'm so thankful for you who take the time to do that.  I appreciate each and everyone of you more than you can know!!
Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!

 

Materials Used:
Sentiment Stamp:  Inkadinkado 'Winter Wonderland'
Cardstocks:  American Crafts white; Recollections white
Dies:  Go Kreate XXL Frames Frilly #10; Marianne Design Christmas Tree LR0136; Tim Holtz Festive Greenery; Memory Box Deer Trio and Country Landscape; Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circles, Venetian Motifs and Petite Ovals
Miscellaneous:  Recollections pearls
Medium:  Letraset Promarkers and Pantone Trias (-T)
- face--blush, coral, soft peach, vanilla, oatmeal, pastel pink
- hair-- raw sienna, mustard, pastel yellow, buttercup
- gloves and boots--umber, burnt sienna, caramel, sandstone
- pants and ax handle--umber, cinnamon, tan
- ax blade--cool greys 1-T to 4-T, warm grey 5-T
- hood and top--pine, forest green, leaf green
- tassle--1797-T, 1788-T, 178-T 169-T