Countdown to Christmas

Yup, you heard right….Digistamps4Joy is having a Countdown to Christmas! And whenever I think of Christmas, I think of this wonderful song and show. Don't you just love Bing singing this?  It also reminds me of how many times I've said to myself "I really need to start doing up my Christmas cards early", and then I don't lol. Well if you're like me, here’s your chance to get a jumpstart on the season!

I was lucky enough to get the cutest image to work with. It’s called Giraffe – Christmas hat and you can find it here. The challenge is to make a Christmas card or project and have lots of snow and ice.

Now I’m not sure what the name of the fold of this card is, but I found the instructions for it here at my wonderful friend Karen's blog. She came up with this fold herself and I am so grateful that she did cause it was perfect for what I wanted to do. 

This is what it looks like from the front. To make this card I used a piece each of Red and Blue spot embossed paper by Bazzil. I colored my image and the sky behind it using Prisma Scholar pencil crayons and oms. I stamped and embossed two trees from SU and cut them out. I also embossed my Merry Christmas sentiment and the snow in behind my giraffe image. The embossing powder that I used for everything is called Christmas Tinsel and not only is it white, but it has glitter in it so that when the light hits it, it flashes a bunch of different colors....just like when the sun hits snow.

I punched the snowflakes out of glitter paper from my stash. The icicles I got from Public Domain Clip Art and can be found here. The snowflake "ribbon" is from my stash.

The rules for the challenge are simple, make a card or project with a Christmas theme to it. Be sure to have lots of ice and snow. There will be a random winner and then a DT choice. You don't have to use a Digistamps4Joy image to win the random win, but you must use one to win the DT choice. For full contest rules and to join in, just click here. And while you're checking out the rules and fab prizes, check out the incredible creations that my fellow DT members have made!

This is such a fun challenge and I hope to see you all there!

Supplies used:

Embossed cs - Red and Blue by Bazzil

Uncolored image by Digistamps4Joy

Icicle image - Public Domain Clip Art

Trees and Sentiment from SU

Embossing Powder - Christmas Tinsel

Glitter paper used for snowflakes - from my stash

Snowflake "ribbon" - from my stash

Image colored with Prisma Scholar pencil crayons and oms

Challenges Entered:

Digital Tuesday - #119 - Spellbinders or other die's
All Sorts - #111 - Free and Easy July
GL - #22 - Make it Sparkle
Stampin with the Dragon - Xmas in July
The Crafty Pad - #129 - Lots of Texture
Kaboodle Doodles - #75 - Use those scissors
Shelly's Images - TTT Celebrate - 3 in any combo - Punches, bling, ribbon, embossing, digital images, homemade embellies