Happy Friday!  I just can’t believe that today is the last day of the Hero Arts and Lawn Fawn blog swap.  Where has the week gone?  We’ve got a great post lined up for you that’s jam packed with lotsa felt goodness, a giveaway, much, much MORE!

So let the fun begin with Kelly Marie’s card for today: a heart-FELT winter wonderland!

Card by Kelly Marie Alvarez.  Click to see the full materials and instructions.

Kelly Marie stamped one of her favorite stamps, the Cling Music Background (CG222), with VersaMark ink and then brushed it with Perfect Pearls to create that wonderfully subtle shimmer.  I just love it!  Don’t you love the felt snowbank and trees, too?  I sure do!  What a clever card.

And!  Today is Kelly Marie’s birthday, but YOU get a chance to win a present! Yay! I asked her to pick out her favorite Hero Arts stamp, but she couldn’t pick just one!  So we are giving away these three stamps to one lucky winner:

The Cling Music Background (CG222), which covers the whole front of a card in one swoop, the super adorable Young Deer (D5234), which you’ve seen in the blog banner all week, and last but not least, the Clouds (S5215), which also covers a card in one swoop!  These are some of my favorites, too!  Woo hoo!

To enter to win, just leave a comment on this post wishing Kelly Marie a happy birthday. The lucky random winner will be announced on Monday.

And speaking of birthdays — our Virtual Cardmaking Party in celebration of Operation Write Home’s birthday will be kicking off this morning in the Hero Arts Flickr group! Challenges will begin being posted between 8:00-10:00 am Eastern time. The fun continues throughout the weekend! We hope you can come join in, create some cards for this wonderful cause, and maybe even win a prize! See you over at Flickr!

Now it’s time for some Idea Friday inspiration! Take a look at these five fabulous cards that feature new stamps from our Jingle All The Way Holiday 2010 Catalog…and some of our fun FELT embellishments! Shop the Holiday catalog here for felt and more!

Clockwise from top to bottom: Special Wishes, Peace on Earth, Enjoy the Season, Joy to All, and Merry Christmas.  Click the link for the full materials and instructions.

Kelly Marie, hope you have a birthday that’s as sweet as you are!  Big HUGE mega HUGS! Check out a little card I made for her over on the Lawn Fawn blog.

Thanks very much for joining us this week, we hope you had as much felty fun as we did!

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