Anna's Handmade Cards: Floppy Latte

This is gonna be a busy week! So quick, quick, onto next challenge at

The theme is simply

CHRISTMAS

but there's a twist

YOU MUST USE A PUNCH!

A good old punch.

Our sponsor for this month is

and I used their digi for my card.

Here's the card:

I decided to go red & grey (silver) this time and make the card sparkle a little.

I've done some paper piecing with the digi for the first time EVER and I like it!

The digi is a 'Red hat snow lady' and you can find it HERE.

I added a little flower from a little punch and a red gem to make the snow lady even more elegant and classy. The other snowman is on the charm and it has a 'JOY' word below, hope you can see it.

All the snowflakes come from the punch I bought last year, when I thought 'Oh, it would be funny to make some X-mas gift tags for my family'. It's the first punch bought by me EVER.

The sentiment says 'Merry X-mas' and it's a sticker.

The card is also for the following challenges:
http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/2012/12/challenge-161-oh-no-snow.html
http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/challenge-121-snowflakes.html
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/dies-punches.html
http://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.com/2012/12/challenge-190.html

http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/2012/12/challenge-149-use-color-red.html
http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-with-snowflakes.html
http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/12/pinspirational-challenge-37.html

http://gofishchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/12/go-fish-challenge-30.html
http://lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/12/happy-holidays-challenge-95.html
http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/12/cupcake-222-merry-christmas.html

Remember last week, when I wrote about 'Polish Golden Autumn'? Well... 'Polish Golden Autumn' become 'Polish Unexpected Winter'! Just look at the pics I took yesterday walking home from school!

Doesn't it feel like Christmas?

Anyway, it's still an autumn, and this is the theme of our new fantastic challenge at

FALL

Everything that is related to fall: atmosphere, colors, leaves, weather. Just fall.

Our sponsor for October's challenges is

My DT card is a little vintage, because this is what the fall brings to me: a vintage mood. All those colors, especially in a rainy day, makes me a little sentimental.

I used the sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges for this card.

I've chosen a sponsor's image and you can find it HERE. There are lots of silhouette digis there and I love them, it was hard to decide which one should I choose. The image is inked and distressed all around. The sentiment says: 'For your B'day - this is your day!'.

The flowers are made by me, as well as the bow. There are also some real stitches all around the card, hope you can see them. The faux stitches are behind the image.

You probably recognize those two hearts - they are the Marianne Design's dies. I have to admit that I have a problem using those dies with my Big Shot machine, it doesn't cut very well (especially small pieces), and there is no embossing, either. The other dies cut perfectly, only MD makes me wanna scream trying to tease out the paper from a die... Do you know any tips & tricks to improve it?