DS4J Christmas Candle

Over at Digistamps 4 Joy there is a Monthly Progressive Freebie Challenge all about Christmas, my favourite type of cad to make. I managed to make most of my Christmas cards last year all the year through and am already doing the same this year. It made a massive difference not to leave it till the last minute and even though I did very little crafting from July to the end of the year I only had a few to make in a mad dash in December. Therefore any Christmas challenge is a good thing for me and especially if you get some nice free images to play with too.

Admittedly I have had this image Christmas Candle by Mararet Kieser coloured for a few weeks and just have not had chance to make it into a card. I have had a dreadful cold since 3^rd January and not been up to my peak performance in any way shape or form L Hopefully it will not hang around for much longer as I really want to get back to normal and build my strength back up.

However one good thing about waiting until today to make my card was that Laura Davis of 2 Sketches 4 You fame announced on Facebook that she had a sketch on her blog The Paper Poppy. It was January 2011 that she and Kazan did their last sketches and it makes me so happy to see Laura creating again as she has such style.

The image has been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and I added some Stickles glitter glue in red for the berries and crystal for the candle flame. I used a Nestabilities die to cut it out and it is mounted on 3D foam.

The card base is using papers form and old DCWV Christmas Stack and I had added a length of gold lame ribbon to cover the join. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards, mounted on 3d foam and a couple of gems added for decoration.

I am looking forward to taking part in the challenge next month and getting the opportunity to build up my stash of Christmas cards. Thankyou DS4J for running this progressive freebie challenge J

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Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – A6

Digi Image – Christmas Candle by Margaret Keiser

Papers – The Christmas Stack from DCWV

Sentiment – Craftwork Cards

Tools – Nestabilities  Lacy Squares die, Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Embellishments – self adhesive gems, stickles glitter glue

Techniques – diecutting,

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• 12 Months of Christmas – Christmas Cards
• Add A Little Dazzle - #10 Anything Goes
• Christmas Cards All Year Round – Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafter’s Café - #48 Ribbon or Lace
• Crafty Girls Challenge - #10 Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Monthly Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper – January
• Crafty Sentiments – Recipe 1 Images, 2 papers, 3 bellies (glitter, gems, ribbon)
• Created With Love - #74 Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #35 Anything Goes / Add Some Sparkle
• Delicious Doodles - #72 Ribbon
• Die Cut Diva’s – Make It Glitter
• Digistamps 4 Joy – January Christmas Progressive Challenge
• Digistamps 4Joy - #84 Add Real Ribbon
• Digitally Sweet - #72 Anything Goes
• Eureka Stamps  – #74 Anything Goes
• Inklings & Yarns - #42 Anything Goes
• Just Because Linky Party – Anything Goes
• Make It Monday –  #176 Anything Goes
• My Craft Creations – Anything Goes
• My Perfect Life – Festive 48 Week 3
• My Sheri Crafts - #125 Use a Digi
• Party Time Tuesdays  – #157 Anything Goes
• Passion For Promarkers - #232 Anything Goes
• Poppy Sketch – January
• Rhedd & Rosie’s - #25 Anything Goes
• Robyn’s Fetish - #196 Lots of Glitter
• Sister Act Card Challenges - #41 Anything Goes
• The Ribbon Girls – Anything Goes with ribbon
• The Squirrel & the Fox – #62 Use 2 or more embellishments
• Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
• Whoopsi Daisy – Bling & Sparkle