40,000 Hits Blog Candy!

Wow I can't believe I have 40,000 hits! Thank you all for reading my blog and supporting me online! So to celebrate I have a little package of blog candy. Since it's getting so close to Christmas I decided to do some fun festive images and paper sampler. To play make a Winter Themed Card using this sketch :D You have until next Tuesday (11/25) at midnight. Wednesday morning I will have one of my girls draw a name for the candy, yay! Here is the sketch to use :

This is my Sample:

I turned the sketch vertically to fit my image and added some scallops to the one side, some ribbon across and a sentiment. I haven't used colored pencils in forever and I have to say it was rather fun to take them out and play with them again. It also reminded me that I still need to find some Gamsol. Last I looked I just couldn't find it when I searched, lol. Does anyone know if it goes by another name? Literally no one knows what I'm talking about when I go to the craft/art stores here. There are only a couple and it seems like the people just cashier there and don't really know anything about the supplies (sigh). Anyway, I wanted a softer look than I get with my markes and I think she came out cute, even without the gamsol ^_~

And here is the blog candy package. A 6x6 sampler of the Basic Grey Fruitcake papers, some Stamping Bella Winter stamps, seasonal ribbon, and of course some of those cutie pie Bitty Bloom images that I just got. And to make it a little more fun for each card that gets made I'll add something more to the candy package. Have fun with the sketch and thanks for all your visits, comments, support, or just lurking ^_~ Hugs to all my readers!