Wednesday 1 May 2019

ABC Christmas Challenge - J & K are for?

We have a fun new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...Dorte is the host, and there are two themes this month, which are:

'J is for Jingle'
&
'K is for Kids'

There's a surprise prize from Dorte on offer for one lucky winner!

Image result for surprise gift

For my 'J is for Jingle' card, I took inspiration from the words of the song 'Jingle Bells'...although instead of a 'one horse open sleigh', I have a 'two mouse open sleigh'! The image is from the 'Jolly Follies' set, and is coloured using watercolour pencils. I found a sentiment stamp (from the 'Tattered Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous) with words from the song 'Jingle Bells', so added that to the image panel. I made a simple background using my Simon Says Stamp 'Mod Trees' background stamp, heat embossing it in clear on some plain green card. 


For my 'K is for Kids' card, I picked an old Lili of the Valley image featuring some carol singing kids that came in a set of vintage themed stamps. I stamped it on to a piece of watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolou pencils. I added a sentiment (from the 'Tattered Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous), then distressed the edges a little and added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen before adding it to a kraft 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.

11 comments:

  1. Two absolutely gorgeous Christmas cards Helen.
    Thank you for joining us at Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
    luv
    Debby

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  2. Lovely and cute couple of cards, Helen. :)

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  3. Thank you for joining us at the Alphabet Challenge with these cute cards, love the bright colours you used for the Carol singers

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  4. Lovely cards for the J and K challenge, Helen.Fab colouring.
    Dorte xx

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  5. Both of these cards are so sweet!

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  6. Adorable cards. Great coloring. Thanks for joining us at the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges for our latest challenge.  {Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges}Good luck and join us again soon. Hugs, Barbara

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  7. What a cute pair of cards Helen! Love those sweet mice pulling the sleigh and the faux stitching on the carollers card had me fooled.
    Hugs
    Carol x

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  8. Love love love the Kids singing carols! Fun card! I may have to look at my Christmas stamps to see what I can come up with for J&K, Lovely cards!

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  9. Such wonderful cards! Your carolers are so cute! Thank you for playing with us at the Alphabet Challenge and hope you can join us again soon.

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  10. Wonderful Christmas cards
    Julie T

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  11. Both cards are gorgeous, Helen. I love the mice on the first one. xx

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