Christmas Hope

This entry for Beccy's Place Sixth Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge inspired by the letter "Y" is Yankee Blue [night sky.] The patterned paper is from my scrapbook paper stash and the digi image is a freebie from Beccy's Place named "Mums Coat." [find it here- beccysplace.blogspot.com/2011/11/mums-coat.html] I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and white gel pen, fussy cut the image, added Polar White Flowersoft to the stargazers hood and then adhered her to the card front.  I added a pink vellum heart on the Christmas star then layered the word Hope die cut from black cardstock. [The hope mini-die is just $3.99 and 50% of the price is donated to breast cancer research. You can find it here- cas-ualfridaysstamps.com/products/hope-fri-die] The inside greeting is from a Beccy's Place digi set named "The Nativity."

 

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Beccy’s Place Challenge- Month of Holiday Cards Letter Y      (beccysplace.blogspot.com)

The Cutie Pie Challenge #129 Winter Layers                               (cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.com)

Kitty Bee Designs- #132- All Wrapped Up                                    (alohafridaychallenges.blogspot.com)

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge                              (craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com)

Word Art Wed Challenge- #362-#363 Anything Goes              (wordartwednesday.blogspot.com)

I needed a birthday card for a little friend and when I found this image from Time For Tea Designs I knew it would be perfect. [It is a freebie for members of the Time for Tea Designs Community Page on Facebook.] The princess is colored with Spectrum Noir markers, white gel pen and gold gel pen [to add golden pattern on her gown.] The stars in assorted sizes area made with glitter gold paper, a star die cut and star stencils. The inside sentiment is from Birds Cards [www.birdscards.com]

 

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CAS-ual Fridays- #213 Shades of Gold (Logo)                               (CAS-ualfridays.blogspot.com)

Time for Tea Challenge- Anything Goes  [FB or web]                  (etsy.com/uk/shop/TimeForTeaDesigns)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes                      (simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge)

Artistic Inspirations Challenge-Challenge #210                            (artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.com.au)
Outlawz Challenges- Twisted Thursday- Anything Goes             (Outlawzchallenges.ning.com)

This week's Monday challenge at wecraftcards is to create a card with letters as the focal point. I dug through my stickers and didn't find anything that thrilled me. Then remembered that I had lots of letter tiles in my scrapbook stash... and hit payday! Love these elegant lettering tiles which create Christmas cards in a flash. Was so quick and easy that I made two cards with a few differences, the color of the layering paper and straight edge vs. decorative scissors. Which do you like best?

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We Craft Cards Monday Challenge-Christmas Letters                (wecraftcards.com/forum)

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #413 Anything Goes   (craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk)