ABC Christmas Challenge - N & O 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:

'N is for New'

&

'O is for Old'

There are a couple of little prizes on offer from Lynda:

My 'New' is some snowflake covered foiled paper from the 'Glittering Snowflakes' pad by Crafter's Companion...I bought them quite a while ago, but couldn't bring myself to use them until now! I used the edge of one of the sheets, tearing around the cascade of snowflakes, along the edge of my card blank, to make a background for a glittery snowflake (cut using my Cuttlebug 'Ice Crystal' die. The sentiment stamp is also by Crafter's Companion, from the 'Winter Blessings' set).

My 'Old' is a Penny Black woodmounted stamp called 'Ice Dance' that was one of the first Penny Blacks I bought, many moons ago...long before I had a blog! I stamped him on to watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then used one of my Nesties to cut the circle shape. I paired him with papers from a pad called simply 'Christmas' by Craft Sensations. I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:

• Christmas Cards All Year Round - Snowflakes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts - Die Cuts or Punches (Just the first card)
• Happy Little Stampers (Dies) - Anything Goes (Just the first card)
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampers - Christmas in July (Just the second card)
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

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