Dare to Get Dirty Challenge Cards - Post 4 (Ode to Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)

Hello Friends & Followers!  I cannot tell you how good it feels be to crafting again!  I made three cards and one treat box today, but I just don't have the energy to post them all, so I will post two tonight and two tomorrow, along with whatever else I create then.  Here is a card I made which satisfied four different DTGD challenges at SCS with Cocoa's Christmas and A Cocoa Kind of Christmas:

(please click on the photo for clearer resolution)  I had so much fun coloring little Cocoa mouse, though separating the snowflake bling (it came packages on a long chain I had to separate with a craft knife)... not so much.  I am also entering this card in the following additional challenges:

• Stamp and Create July Challenge - Christmas in July,
• Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge - Christmas in July, 
• Totally Papercrafts Challenge - Inspired by a Song (when I was considering the layout of this card and saw the sentiment I ended up using, I kept hearing 'We wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year, good tidings we bring to you and your kin...' ... you have that song in your head now too, don't you?),
• MilkCoffee Challenge - Show off those coloring skills,
• Whimsical Designs Challenge - use a bug or an animal (I'm pretty sure little Cocoa Mouse counts),
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes (why not right?), and 
• Crafts and Me - Anything Goes.  

     And this is my other SNSS card that I made today using Love from Rhubarb and this week's SNSS Sweet Stop sketch 221:

I colored him red because it reminds me of my first teddy bear that I had since I was little that used to sit on my dresser, it was red and I loved how unique it was.  I know it doesn't show up well in the picture, but I used some Studio G glitter glue (which is just as nice as Stickles if anyone was curious, and might even come out in a finer line...) on his wings to make them sparkly - it's really pretty, sort of a red holographic glitter.  I am also entering this card in the following additional challenges:

• Crafty Creations Challenge - use an arrow, 
• Ready Teddy Go Challenge - teddy bear w/die cuts and punches, and 
• Papercrafting Journey Challenge - use punches +/or die cuts (here I used a Big Scalloped Square Nestabilities die and a scalloped heart punch by Marvy Uchida).

     Thanks so much for stopping by to see my creations and read my ramblings.  Have a great night!  I will be back tomorrow with more!
~ Crafty Math Chick