ABC Christmas Challenge - Y & Z are for?

We have reached the final ABC Christmas Challenge of the year...Samantha is the host, and the themes for this month are:

'Y is for Yuletide'

&

'Z is for Zig Zags'

There's a little prize from Samantha on offer for the winner of this challenge:

I couldn't find a specific 'Yule' sentiment among my stash of stamps, so used a combination of stamps frm the Happy Little Stampers 'Everyday Messages' set ('Have a') and Paper Smooches 'Graffiti Alphabet' stamps to make my own. I stamped it directly on to my DL card blank, then added an image from the Lili of the Valley 'Penguins' set below. I coloured the penguins using watercolour pencils.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Allsorts - Christmas Gifts
• Christmas with the Cuties - Santa Hats
• Creative Knockouts - Winter Holidays
• Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Shopping Our Stash - Happy Holidays

On my 'Zig Zags' card, I used an old faithful...'Snowy' by Penny Black'...stamping him directly on to my card blank and coloured him using watercolour pencils, then I used snippets of 'zig zag' patterned paper, from the My Mind's Eye 'Chevrons' paper pad, to paper piece his hat and scarf. The sentiment stamp is from the  Sweet Dixie 'Merry Little Robin' stamp set.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Always Fun - Snowmen
• Dream Valley - Christmas
• Moo Mania - Use Your Scraps
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Use Your Stuff - Snow

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