"Candy Cane Lane"

Good Afternoon Everyone! It's FRIDAY!!! It sure has been a long week! How has yours been? I am so excited to share a bit of news with you today and a new creation! Aren't y'all lucky? LOL! Well, let's start with the news! Paper Creations Ink will be having our first ever Blog Hop this weekend! It's theme is "Enjoying Summer", isn't that what we are all doing? (Well, except for the high, HOT temperatures! LOL) The hop will start at 12:01am CST Saturday, July 23, 2011 and end at 7pm CST Sunday, July 24, 2011! And of course, we will be giving away some awesome Candy Goodies!!! So be sure to pop over to the Paper Creations Ink Blog to get all the details tomorrow!!! 

Okay, now for my creation... I am a bit late getting this posted, as I was a bit late getting it completed; but hey... better late than never right? LOL! This creation was created for The Latte Lounge July Monthly Challenge; "Christmas In July"! Since this is for Week 3, the twist is for the creations to include... Christmas/Holiday Theme - Add Die Cuts or Punches - Add Snow (ex. Cotton, Flower Soft, Glitter, Puffy Paint, etc.) As you can see, I have used an image from The Stamping Boutique called "Sledding Snowman". I will wait for you find out the other goodies from my material list!

Material List

Stamp ~ The Stamping Boutique - Sledding Snowman

Designer Paper ~ Oriental Trading

Card Stock ~ Wausau Paper 60# (?), Stampin' Up (Bravo Burgundy, Brushed Silver, Handsome Hunter, & Mellow Moss)

Nestibilities by Spellbinders ~ Classic Squares - Small & Large

Zig 2-Way Glue Pen

Stampin' Up Glitter ~ Dazzling Diamonds

Ribbon ~ Stampin' Up (Burgundy) & American Crafts Premium Ribbon (Candy Cane)

3M Foam Tape (To Pop Up Image)

Embellishments ~ Out Of My Stash

Stickles by Ranger ~ Star Dust

Prisma Colored Pencil Numbers

923, 924, 925, 911, 912, 913, 941, 943, 932, 933, 934, 1023, 1024, 1101, 1102, 1103, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 935, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1072, 1074, & 1076

I will be entering this creation into  different challenges...

• The Stamping Boutique Monthly Challenge ~ Use Any TSB Image ~ Deadline Date & Time: Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 11pm CST
• Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge #111 ~ See Sketch Below ~ Deadline Date & Time: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 8pm CST

• Craft Us Crazy Challenge ~ Anything Goes ~ Deadline Date & Time: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 11pm CST
• ABC Christmas Challenge ~ Old Image ~ Deadline Date & Time: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 4pm CST
• Creative Belli Challenge ~ Christmas In July ~ Deadline Date & Time: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 11:59pm CST

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave me a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Creating!

Sara