Guest Designer - I Spy with My Little Eye...

Today, I'm delighted to be sharing a Guest Designer card for Ellie's 'I Spy with My Little Eye' challenge, where this month the theme is:

'Christmas'

Any regular visitors to my blog will know I love making Christmas cards (I make them all year round), so this theme is right up my street! I picked a cute Penny Black image to use (from the 'Wintertime Cheer' set)...stamped it on to watercolour paper, coloured it using watercolour pencils, then carefully cut it out. For the background, I heat embossed my Simon Says Stamp 'Falling Snow' background stamp on a kraft card blank using white embossing powder. I trimmed a snippet of white card to the width of the card blank, tore the top edge to give a soft 'snow' effect, then added a sentiment using a stamp from the 'Christmas Hats' set by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company. I placed that along the bottom edge of the card, then added the critters on top using 3D foam pads.

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

• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - Christmas
• Peace on Earth - Anything Christmas
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Embossing
• We Love Stamping - Anything Goes (Optional 'Christmas')

For more inspiration from Ellie & Pauline, please pop over to the 'I Spy with My Little Eye' Challenge - thanks for having me ladies!