Glitter n Sparkle DT - Anything Goes

Hi, everyone!  It's Sunday, and that means there's a new challenge starting today over at Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog! This week our theme is everyone's favourite - Anything Goes!  I hope you can join us! I chose this beautiful wreath from Pattie's Creations called Christmas Wreath 2014. I coloured it with my Prismacolor pencils and fussy-cut all around, including the middle.

I was inspired by the style of Kittie Caracciolo and created a scene with die cuts to show off my Christmas wreath.  I love how it turned out!  I always use my leftover snippets to make my die cuts - it's a great way to use up scraps.

The background panel was embossed with Tim Holtz Alterations Bricked.  The door, fence, icicle border, and kitty are from Impression Obsession.  The trees are from Your Next Stamp, and I crimped them with my Fiskars wavy crimper and added white Flower Soft to simulate snow.  I hand-cut the snowy landscape in front and crimped it as well.  I added loose white glitter to the icicle border.  For the door knob, I used a clear gem.  I added a few tabby stripes on the kitty - this is the first time I've tried this.  I wanted him to look like one of my boys, although they don't go outdoors LOL.

Please come over and join us at Glitter n Sparkle for our Anything Goes challenge. We have some fabulous prizes up for grabs again this week, so I hope you'll play along!

I would like to support these fun challenges:
Completely Christmas AG Square or Rectangular Card UE
Craft Your Passion AG 2/3
Crafty Gals Corner Try Something New (added tabby stripes to die-cut cat) 1/2
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Beginning with B - brick background UE
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra February AG UE
Creative Fingers AG 1/3
DL.ART February Linky AG UE 1/day
HIMCR Freestyle 1/3
TOP PICK Holly Jolly Christmas Lots of Sparkle (glittery icicle border and gem door knob)
Little Scrap Pieces Show it Off Saturday 1E

Not Just Cards AG UE

WINNER Pattie's Creations Fun in the Snow 1/2
Penny's Paper Crafty AG 1/3
{PIN}spirational Inspiration Photo (I was inspired by the winter theme) 2/5
Pixie's Snippet Playground All die cuts made from leftover snippets 1/3
TOP SCRIBBLER Scribbles Designs Winter Wonderland 1/3
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 1/5
Sister Act (Cards Only) AG UE
HONOURABLE MENTION Sparkle N Sprinkle AG with Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or Flocking UE
The 12 Months of Christmas Link-up February AG Optional UE
The Pink Elephant AG UE
Top Tip Tuesday Something New (new items are embossing folder, trees, and digi image) (TIP) 2/3 
Tuesday Throwdown Facets for Crafting (used gem for door knob) 1/3
Winter Wonderland Lots of Layers 1/3

Here's my tip for Top Tip Tuesday:  When fussy-cutting a stamped image directly on the black outline, use a black marker around the edges to hide the white edge of the cardstock, resulting in a more finished look.  

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!