ABC Christmas Challenge - C & D are for?

We have a fun new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today, our last of the year...Lynda is the host, and the themes are:

'C is for Cute'

&

'D is for Die Cuts'

The prize for the lucky winner is these adorable stamps:

I have an abundance of 'Cute' Christmas stamps...but had to use this one that I just got by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company called 'Furry Christmas'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, along with one of the sentiments from the set, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. As it's such a large image, I decided to leave it at that, and simply distressed the edges a little before adding it to a kraft card blank.

For my 'Die Cuts' card, I used another new to me item...this fabulous 'Joy' die by Penny Black. I cut it from gold mirror card, added it to a piece of watercolour paper, then stamped a sentiment in the centre of the 'O', using one of the stamps from the 'Winter Blessings' set by Crafter's Companion. I used my Tim Holtz 'Holiday Greens,Mini' dies to cut some foliage from snippets of green card, then placed them around the 'O' shape to turn it into a wreath. I distressed the edges, then added the panel to a kraft card blank.

Challenges for these cards:

• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes (Second card only)
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional 'Use a Die') (Second card only)
• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes (First card only)
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes (Second card only)
• Creative Moments - Cute (First card only)
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes (First card only)

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