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Wednesday, 4 April 2018

ABC Christmas Challenge - H & I are for?

We have a fun new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...Lols is the host, and the themes for this month are:

'H is for Hats'
&
'I is for Ice'

Our sponsor for this challenge is All Dressed Up:
Prize - 2 Digi Stamps of the winner's choice!

There's also an awesome bonus prize for one lucky winner from Lols...a $25/£20 gift certificate to a store of the winner's choice!

Looking through my stamp collection, I discovered that I had quite a lot of Christmas stamps featuring hats...but just had to go with 'Snowy' (by Penny Black). I coloured him using watercolour pencils, then paper pieced his hat and scarf using snippets of paper from the 'Recollections - Prince Charming' pad by Michaels (found at TK Maxx). I used some more of the papers for the background...distressing the edges a little, then adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from a set by Pollycraft for C C Designs.


Challenges for this card:


Coming up with an image for 'Ice' was also fairly easy...I do have a few 'ice skating' images, but thought that little Lili of the Valley penguin on his iceberg (called 'Ice Christmas') would be perfect! I coloured him using watercolour pencils, and added a sentiment (from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous). I simply distressed the edges a little then matted it on to a couple of pieces of co-ordinating card.


Challenges for this card:


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.
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11 comments:

  1. Lorraine A4 April 2018 at 08:21

    Gorgeous cards Helen, both of them are absolutely fabulous! :-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  2. Jackie T4 April 2018 at 15:19

    Hi your Christmas cards are gorgeous. Thank you for joining us at Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog for the current challenge the theme is “Outdoor Fun” and the sponsor is Dr Digi’s House of Stamps. Hugs Jackie (DT)

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  3. Inkyfingers5 April 2018 at 11:39

    What a gorgeous pair of cards Helen! Snowy is my favourite snowman ever and I love him with the paper pieced hat. The faux stitching looks so real! The penguin in the iceberg is so sweet and I love how you coloured it.
    Hugs
    Carol x

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  4. Unknown6 April 2018 at 08:27

    Fab cards, love the paper piecing on the snowman and the sweet penguin on the second card :)
    Hugs Kaz xx

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  5. Hazel6 April 2018 at 09:32

    Thanks for entering your lovely crafting for CHNC challenge 379 - hope to see you again soon x

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  6. Sandra9 April 2018 at 21:42

    Adorable cards, love them!!
    Thank you so much for entering our ATG challenge at Through The Craft Room Door this week. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.

    Hugs,
    Sandra
    TTCRD DT
    Cards and Creativity {My Blog}

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  7. ELE10 April 2018 at 09:15

    Love both od card Helen.
    Thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments Designs this week.
    We look forward to seeing you again next time.
    Good luck!
    Hugs
    creativEle DT

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  8. Joan12 April 2018 at 23:09

    What a sweet little penguin and a lovely card too

    Thanks for joining us at Sparkles Christmas this month

    Joan

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  9. Sharon13 April 2018 at 01:12

    You can never go wrong with the lovely Snowy. Both fabby cards, you always manage to find the best papers!

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  10. Tip Top20 April 2018 at 05:49

    Wonderful card! Thanks so much for joining in with the Crimbo Crackers challenge - hope to see you again next time!

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  11. LOU11 June 2018 at 14:23

    Adorable cards Helen. Love the images and your colouring.
    Thank you so much for joining us at Winter Wonderland. Hope to see you again soon,
    Lou DT xo

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