ABC Christmas Challenge - H & I are for?

We have a fun new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...Carol is the host, and the themes are:

'H is for Ho Ho Ho!'

(Santa)

&

'I is for Ice'

This is the prize for the lucky winner:

For my 'Ho Ho Ho!' card, I used stamps from the 'St. Nick' set by Jane's Doodles. I stamped them onto watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Santa's Delivery' set from the 'Christmas in Moonbeam Meadow' collection by Crafter's Companion, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. For the background, I used papers from the 'Christmas Multistack' by DCWV...I distressed the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

For my 'I is for Ice' card, I selected an ice skating bear stamp from the 'Beary Merry Christmas' set by Funky Fossil. I stamped him onto watercolour paper, along with one of the sentiments from the set, drew a line for icy ground using a black gel pen, then coloured him using watercolour pencils. I stamped my 'Falling Snow' background stamp by Simon Says Stamp onto a kraft card blank using Versamark Ink, then heat embossed it using white embossing powder. I carefully trimmed around the top of the bear image, then added it over the top of the stamped background.

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:

• Alphabet Challenge - Z is for Zoom (Second card only)
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (First card only)
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes (First card only)
• Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes (First card only)
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes (Second card only)
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes (Second card only)

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.

St. Nick & Rudolph

Today's card features a couple of the stamps from the 'St. Nick' set by Jane's Doodles. I stamped them on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment made using stamps from the same set, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. I doodled a simple border using a black gel pen, then matted it on to some red card before adding it to a white card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• AAA Cards - Anything CAS (Optional 'Christmas/Winter')
• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Christmas Kickstart - Anything Christmas
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Moving Along with the Times - Christmas Characters
• Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

St. Nick

I have a couple of Christmas cards to share today, made using stamps from the 'St. Nick' set by Jane's Doodles that I got for my birthday recently. I stamped the images on to snippets of watercolour paper, coloured them using watercolour pencils, then carefully cut them out. I made a simple background by heat embossing my Simon Says Stamp 'Magical Stars' background stamp in white on a snippet of red card. I added strips of that accross the card blanks, then popped the images on top using 3D foam pads. The sentiment stamps are from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous.

Some close-ups of the cards:

Challenges for these cards:

• Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Add a Sentiment