ABC Christmas Challenge - S & T are for?

We have a fun new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...I'm is the host, and the themes are:

'S is for Stockings'

&

'T is for Trees'

The prize for the lucky winner is a set of Christmas tree dies, and a set of sentiment stamps:

For my 'S is for Stockings' card, I used a cute Anita Jeram stamp called 'Getting Ready'. I stamped it, along with one of the sentiments from the set, directly onto a kraft card blank then coloured the image using watercolour pencils.

For my 'T is for Trees' card, I decided to use my Penny Black 'Immense Joy' die, to create an aperture for a Christmas tree. I cut the 'Joy' sentiment a few times from snippets of white card, then layered them all up. I cut the centre of the 'O' in Joy from a snippet of watercolour effect card to create a wintery sky, added it to the centre of the die cut sentiment, then added a tree (cut using a Happer Little Stampers die) and a tiny snippet of white card for the snowy ground. I embossed another snippet of white card using a Crafter's Companion 3D embossing folder called 'Glittering Snowflakes', then layered it all up on a white card blank. 

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

• As You Like It - Flat or Layered Cards (First card only - flat cards for me...especially Christmas cards so that the postage is cheaper!)
• Creative Inspirations - Christmas in September (Second card only)
• Just Us Girls - Dies (Second card only)
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Stamp It! (First card only)
• Stamping Sensations - CAS (First card only)
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes (Second card only)
• We Love Stamping - Make It Cute (First card only)

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