Wednesday, 11 February 2026

ABC Christmas Challenge - C & D are for?

It's the second Wednesday of a new month, so that means it's time for a new ABC Christmas Challenge...Lynda is the host, and the themes are:

'C is for Crimson' (Red)
&
'D is for Ding Dong' (Bells)

The prize for the lucky winner is this stamp and coordinating die set:



For my 'C is for Crimson' card, I picked a cute Penny Black stamp called 'Jolly Xmas Kitty'. I stamped him directly onto a white card, along with a sentiment (also by Penny Black), then coloured him using watercolour pencils...giving him a 'Crimson' hat.


For my 'D is for Ding Dong' card, I used stamps from a Sheena Douglas stamp set called 'A Little Bit Festive Silver Bells'. I stamped the image and sentiment onto a panel on navy blue card using Versamark ink, then heat embossed it using 'Metallic Silver' embossing powder from WOW, before adding it to a DL white card blank.


I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.

9 comments:

  1. I love this twosome, Helen. The kitty is so cute on your first CAS design, and the bells look so elegant in silver embossing.
    Hope you are well,
    Hugs,
    Carol x

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  2. Christmas? Well of course! Anything goes, so why not?! Perfect card, love it! Thank you for joining us at CAS on Friday.

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  3. Beautiful cards, nice to get a jump on Christmas. Thanks for sharing the cute Penny Black cat card with us at Allsorts!

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  4. A lovely set of Christmas cards Helen :) xxx

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  5. The PB image is a real sweetie and the silver embossing looks so striking on dark, many thanks for sharing the first with us at Allsorts challenge.

    B x

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  6. oh la la que c'est adorable et charmant Helen...biz

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  7. Thanks for sharing your sweet and CAS design PB card with us at Allsorts. Your silver embossing on the navy looks wonderful.

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  8. They're both great Helen!

    Thank you for playing along with us at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- Good luck!!

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  9. A very cute take on our "anything goes" challenge over at CAS on Friday!! A perfectly clean and simple card with that Merry little kitty. Thanks for play along with us!!
    Deb Horst, DT #327

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x