{YNS} You Warm My Heart

Hey there! Just popping in to show you a sweet card that I made for a friend this week....it's going to be her Christmas card;)
I used the famous Ellie from Your Next Stamp! This kid gets around and she loves alot of things- which I think is great:) Shows she has a zest for living life;) She reminds of a non-annoying version of little Emily Yeung from Treehouse! lol! You Canadian moms are probably all too familiar with Treehouse Network and all their ear-grating shows...Remember Daniel Cook? Thank the Lord he finally grew up.  I don't know if I could stand putting another child through that;) There were more times than not, that I wanted to give him a swift kick in the arse;) Oh he was a sassy one! Probably made his parents rich though;)  Hahaha!!
Back on topic: The card!
I used Ellie Loves Hot Cocoa (who doesn't??)

I coloured her up with Copics (I wanted to give some really rosy cheeks from sitting out in the cold;) and I added some white dimples for fun:)

I cut a circle from an lacey circle nestie, left the cream CS in the die, and used my airbrush to 'colour' in the circle (E 42,43). I added some chocolate stitching and espresso ribbon (totally not the plan, but I royally screwed up and had a BAD sewing machine foul up under that strip of ribbon you see- it was supposed to go where the bow is), but, you do what you gotta do! So I put the ribbon on the top and left to bow on the bottom- hopefully it doesn't look to unbalanced;) I hotglued a MFT button tied with a SU linen thread double bow on the bow. Behind the bow, I hung a mini heart cookie cutter charm with linen thread.  The paper is my new FAVE! I just got it and it's by Pebbles I think...so far, I have only seen it in 12x12 sheets, but it's a small enough print that it's great for cards too! I think you'll be seeing alot more of it in the next few weeks!

Here is a close-up of Miss Ellie, sipping on her cocoa!

And the inside, that I finished but left loads of room for a personal message..This set comes with a sentiment, I just chose to leave it off this time.

Don't forget about the current YNS challenge: Die Cuts! You must use a YNS stamp/die to be elidgeable for the giveaway- and there are some sweet stamps for dirt cheap, so check out the store!See my post here on the YNS blog for more details! Our next challenge will be next Wednesday, where the DT has a BIG SURPRISE to reveal to you!!!