Friends Make Christmas Very Merry

I made Christmas card using a stamped image that I had from a forum swap. I think it may be an Elzybels image but I'm not 100% sure. I found it in my Christmas stuff and had coloured it a long while ago using Twinkling H20's. It's quite bright and bold as I just cannot shade at all with those paints. I love the shimmer they give but I'm not subtle with them at all so I think I am much better with my Promarkers.

Reminds me of an art project at school. I did this gorgeous A4 pencil portrait of the pop star Morten Haarket from A-ha. I was sooooo in love with him at the time, I was convinced I was going to marry him (I'm sure all 13 year olds go through something similar LOL) Anyhoo, the pencil drawing was really good but then we had to blow it up to a much bigger size and then paint it. I did such an awful job of the painting I completely ruined it, I was so gutted. I'm not very good at drawing but I have got an eye for detail and can copy an image really well and shade with lead pencil but as soon as colour gets introduced I bugger it up big time. I'll never be an artist I'm afraid.......

Anyway, back to the card. I used the current Sketch at CPS for the layout,can you believe they are at sketch #200. Woohoo CPS, you and Di Hickman's sketches are what got me into them big time when I started making lots more cards when I got into blogging. My husband would say you have a lot to answer for LOL.

ll materials used are old except the ribbon which came from a prize I won from the Cards For Men blog hop just before Christmas. The papers are DCVW and I have used a Martha Stewart punch on the text strip with a bit of gold pen the edge it. The sentiment is a clear sticker from a Brenda Pinnick kit from QVC which I have had for about 4 years. To finish off I have added a few buttons, the small ones are Papermania, no idea where the larger one came from. I added a little big of stickles to the snow and as Gordon Ramsey says DONE!! Better than that, it puts my

Crimble card count upto 3 already. Yay :)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges :-

• CPS #200 - Sketch for layout
• ABC Christmas - Anything Goes Christmas
• ABC DT Challenge - Baby It's Cold Outside
• A Day For Daisies #9 - Colour image with paint (H20's)
• AI Factory #64 - Anything Goes
• Card Ideas - Use old and New Stash (New ribbon, old everything else)
• Christmas Cards All Year Round - Any Christmas card
• Craft Your Days Away #11 - Anything Goes
• Creative Belli Challenge #108 - Snow
• Creative Cottage #30 - Use Something new (ribbon)
• Creative Cowgirls #4 - Use something new (Ribbon)
• Creative Inspirations #50 - Use something new on card (ribbon)
• Creative Stamp Friends #16 - Winter
• Cupake Craft Challenges #124 - Use something new (ribbon)
• Delicious Doodles #7 - Use something new (ribbon)
• Digi's by Phooka #1 - Anything Goes
• Digi's With Attitude - New Years Resolution (use old stash & make Christmas cards through year)
• Fashionista Friday #61 - Ribbons & Bows
• Hanna & Friends #77 - Snow
• Incy Wincy Designs #76 - Lots of Dots
• Inky Impressions - Winter Wonderland
• Let's Ink It Up#8 - Anything goes with a Stamped Image
• Meljens Designs #41 - make a square or round card
• Paper Issues - Use Something New (Digi stamp)
• Paperplay#2 - Cute Image
• Pollycraft #75 - Use something new (ribbon)
• Quirky Crafts #1 - New Stash (digi)
• Really Reasonable Ribbon #15 - Use something New (Ribbon)
• Stampavie & More #124 - Glitter
• StampFairy - Layers & Buttons
• Stamp With Fun #93 - Snow
• Top Tip Tuesday #17 - Anything Goes
• Winter Wonderland - Going Dotty