C.R.A.F.T. #699 G.D.T. - Christmas Present

Hi everyone, it’s Thursday so it's time for a new C.R.A.F.T. Challenge  and my fourth GDT card for November. This week's challenge is 

*** Christmas Present ***

This week’s fabulous sponsor for the Challenge is 

The Paper Shelter

The prize is 3 images from their shop.

Here is my GDT card for this week.

When I sat down to make this card I discovered that I don’t own many stamps with images of Christmas presents and some of those I do would be beyond my current confidence level for colouring. I decided to turn to an old LotV stamp of James the Bear .. he is so adorable and always fun to colour, and this also gave me the opportunity to play with some gorgeous old designer papers which rarely see the light of day nowadays.

I stamped the image with Memento ink and coloured with Promarkers, with a little Spectrum Noir sparkle pen on the fur of James’s hat. I die cut my image using a stitched notch square die plus a matching larger die cut in lilac linen card stock and matted them, then cut a panel of pearlescent white card and dry embossed with a snowflake embossing folder. I cut a square of designer paper and matted the embossed panel and image onto it, with sparkly lilac twine wrapped round the centre. I die cut some snowflakes in white pearl and silver mirri card, attached them and added a gem to each centre. Finally I stamped the sentiment in blue using an fab sentiment set I was lucky enough to win over at Snippets Playground, and matted the finished piece onto lilac card stock and my card blank.

Stamps: LotV James Snowman; Woodware Christmas Sparkle (sentiment);

Media: Promarkers, Memento ink (black); Versafine Clair (Medieval Blue); Spectrum Noir sparkle pen (clear); Posca pen (white);

Papers: LotV - Frozen Snowflakes;

Tools: Joy! Crafts "Winter Wishes" dies (snowflakes); Whimsy Stamps "Winter’s Jewel 1" dies (snowflakes); unbranded "Stitched Notch Square" dies; Crafts Too "Snowflakes" embossing folder.

Challenges I would like to enter:

12 Months of Christmas #106  - Cosy Christmas

Allsorts #755 - Christmas Time (2nd entry)

As You Like It - Favourite Christmas Critter (and why) (3rd entry)

(I just love James the bear … he is probably my favourite ever Christmas critter as he is so cute!)

Beccy’s Month of Holiday Cards - Day 23 - CASE Yourself

(Today’s card is pretty similar in layout to this one I made in 2014 and posted here)

Christmas Craft Creations (November) - Add a Hat

Crafty Gals’ Corner #249 - Spots and/or Stripes

Creative Inspirations (November) - Contemporary Christmas Colours (3rd entry)

Double Trouble #154 - Keep Calm and Stitch On

Passion for Markers #717 - Winter

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Make It Sparkle

Try It On Tuesday - Baby It’s Cold Outside (4th entry)

We Love Stamping (November) - Christmas Characters (3rd entry)

We hope you can join in with the challenge this week - please do pop over to the C.RA.F.T. Challenge blog to see the fabulous inspiration from the Design Team and to link up your entry.

Take care and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,