It's the most wonderful time of the year??????

Hello Crafty peeps I hope you are well, I bet some of you are getting really excited with the Christmas countdown well under way. Don’t get me wrong I love Christmas day, being with the ones you love the most and not thinking about anything except stuffing your face with turkey. It’s the hustle and bustle in the build up that I hate and the fact that come February we will be starting again (slight exaggeration I know but you get my drift). For us our Christmas day starts with the 3 of us getting up and opening our presents from each other then we head over to Phil’s Mom and Dad’s for the day where we will be joined with his Nan & Grandad. The Gents go to the local Legion for a couple of bevies while us ladies (I use the term lightly haha)chip in and get the Christmas dinner ready. Then later on we have a what is now traditional “Christmas quiz” which is put together by the quiz master himself Bobby D (Daddy in Law who has way too much time on his hands) Phil and myself won the quiz last year so we are going to give it a good go again this year, I mean the prizes are the best Poundland offer so it’s all to play for hahaha.
That is generally our Christmas day but we have a laugh and that’s what it’s all about for me anyway.

I have a Christmas card for you today, I am actually on top of my cards now yes some folk have has shop bought ones (yes I hang my head in shame but needs must) so the one I am showing you today is one I made for my Mom & Dad in Law.

I have done it in the same style as most of my Christmas cards this year and like I’ve said in previous posts I am loving doing this style. The card is my usual 8x8” and the paper is from Far far hill (I think??? /o:) which I distressed and inked with blueprint sketch DI.

I printed the image and sentiment out on the same card and cut and distressed the edges inking in the same colour then I coloured the image using my polychrome pencils. The image is of course from Mo Manning and is called Winter Fairy Halla and I have to say he/ she is my FAVOURITE winter image I just love it so had to use it again this year. I added glitter to the boots head muff and pompoms and also added some sparkle to the frosty flourish.

I die cit my snowflakes from blue pearlised card then frantaged it to give it that Christmassy feel and layered a couple together to add depth.

For the inside I did my usual look using the same paper from the front and added the image to each outer bottom corner but I left these un coloured. Then finished off with a verse and hey presto jobs done.

 

So there you have it I will leave you with another look at the super sweet image and a list of challenges I would like to enter it into

Challenges

http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/  ATG

http://eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk/ Purple team (dies)

http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/  glitter & sparkle

http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ ATG

http://polkadoodle.blogspot.ca/2015/12/week-51-polkadoodles-crafting-challenge.html  ATG 

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/ Christmas

I will see you again very soon with more cards fear not I still have a couple to share so until then

Happy Crafting