It’s the 15th of the month, so that means a new challenge over at Sparkles Monthly Challenge.  The winner and Top 3 from our Halloween theme has already been posted, so pop over and see if it was you!

This month we’d like you to simply add an animal to your project.  That should give you a lot of scope, and with Christmas just around the corner (it is you know, no point sticking your head in the sand!), I’d imagine we’ll be seeing a lot of lovely Christmas cards this time round too.

We also have a brilliant sponsor in the shape of Crafty Ribbons, who have a generous voucher for this months winner.

I went the Christmas route with my card this time around, as it’s so close to the big day!! I used the super sweet Milton With Robin from Wild Rose Studios.

I used the wonderful and simple sketch from Christmas Card Challenges and kept it very clean.  The colouring is with Prisma Pencils and I used a lot of Martha Stewart Fine Glitter, you can see it really well in this photo, but I used Crystal Stickles for the falling snow.  The papers are all Papermania and the backing card is The Paper Company, it’s dark green IRL, but is looking a lot darker here.  The sentiment is from Fiskars and was embossed in JoAnn gold EP.

I hope you can join in the fun with us this month, and please pop over to the Sparkles Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations from my talented teamies.

Card Recipe:

  • Card: Blank from Michael’s ~ The Paper Company ~ GinaK Pure Luxury White
  • DP: Papermania
  • Stamps: Wild Rose Studios Milton With Robin ~ Fiskars Season’s Greetings
  • Ink: ColorBoxQ Wicked Black ~ Versamark ~ Distress Ink Antique Linen
  • Embellies: Prisma Pencils ~ Martha Stewart Fine Glitter ~ JoAnn Gold Embossing Powder ~ Crystal Stickles
  • Tools: Heat Gun

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Challenges:

Christmas Card Challenges ~ Sketch

Pixies Snippets Playground ~ Use Up Your Scraps (Green backing card and stamping card)

ABC Christmas Challenge ~ Winter Wishes

Crafty Hazel’s Christmas Extra Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge ~ All Things Christmas

Penny Black & More At Allsorts ~ Anything Goes

Christmas Cards All Year Round~ Winter Wonderland (Snow etc)

Freshly Brewed Challenges ~ Snow/Christmas

Papertake Weekly ~ Snow & Ice

Stamping Sensations ~ Christmas