Only 349 Days Left…

Hi crafty people.  I know you don’t want to hear this, let alone believe it, but there are only 349 days left until Christmas.  You know better than anyone how quickly the weeks and months pass by.  Wasn’t it you that just said at Thanksgiving, “wow – wasn’t it just New Years?”.  Yes, the time does fly by, so you see,  there is no better time to work on Christmas cards for 2012 than NOW!

It’s the 10th of the month and that means that the Waltzingmouse Stamps Christmas Card Challenge is up and running for 2012!

If you haven’t heard of the WMS Christmas Card Challenge, I can quickly give you the low-down. 

Each month I will announce the Waltzingmouse Stamps Christmas Card Challenge theme for that month. Create one or more Christmas Cards that fit the theme using WMS images. Then upload them to the Christmas Card Challenge gallery.  There are prizes awarded in June and December for those who completing the challenges each month.  For more details check out the Waltzingmouse Stamps blog or the Waltzingmouse Stamps Forum thread for January.

For the January challenge we are looking skyward.  We are creating cards that highlight either a day or nighttime sky.

I chose to create a nighttime sky filled with starry snowflakes falling on this cute little snowman from the A Cottage Christmas set.  With cardstock layers of navy, light blue and white, I created layered mats for a snowy scene.

The stars were stamped using ColorBox Silver pigment ink onto navy cardstock with a blanket of white cardstock snow hills. I added three light blue brads as embellishments in the top right corner to balance out the sentiment stamped below the image.

I stamped my snowman and quickly colored this friendly fellow with Copic markers and then I trimmed him and and used pop dots to lift him up from the page.

Thanks for looking in.  I hope you decide to get a jump on your Christmas card and join us for the challenge.

 

A Cottage Christmas	Pure Luxury Cardstock	Copic Blending Cardstock by X-Press (pack of 12)	Pure Luxury Little Boy Blue Cardstock	Colorbox Silver Pigment Ink	Memento Paris Dusk Dye Ink Pad
Ornare Paper Piercing Tool	Copic Markers	Foam Dimensional Dots	Making Memories Brads

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