Krafty Chicks challenge #737 - Christmas

Good morning lovely friends.  I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week so far.  It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and we are on Week 2 which means I am our hostess, and our theme as always is 'Christmas'.  We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us. 

I had been itching to use my new Gina K Designs Christmas kit and this was the opportunity I needed to pull it out.  The stamp set I used today works perfectly with her previously released postage dies/stencils so I decided to combine them.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A close look at the images:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the images onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured them with Promarkers.  I had a really tough time choosing which images to use but I was inspired by a card I saw by Karen Hightower over on the Gina K FaceBook page so used the same ones she did.  I used the matching dies to cut them out.  I also stamped and die cut one of the sentiments from the stamp set.  I used the postage die to cut a white panel but didn't want the whole panel so cut all the postage squares apart.  I used the matching stencil to lightly colour the squares with sea glass ink.  I found a confetti layering stencil and the one layer reminded me of snow so after cutting a white panel I used that to create my background again using sea glass ink.  I matted the white panel onto a black mat layer with double sided tape.  I used foam squares behind the images and sentiment and added them to the postage squares.  I also cut teeny tiny foam squares to go behind the string of lights!  I arranged the images in a similar fashion to Karen's card and added them with double sided tape.  I finished off with a few silver smooth disc sequins.  For the inside I cut another set of white and black panels and adhered them with double sided tape.  I stencilled the bottom of the white panel with the confetti stencil and sea glass ink.  I had stamped, coloured and die cut an extra tree image and also used another of the postage squares so added them into the bottom right corner with double sided tape.  I stamped a sentiment along the edge of the stencilling with black ink.  A fun card and with so many cute images in the stamp set you could create a bunch of these cards.   

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Cut It Up challenge - inspired by a song ('driving home for Christmas')

Girlz Creative Christmas challenge - Christmas trees

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG/witchy

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

My Time To Craft Christmas challenge - Christmas trees

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed

Sparkles Christmas challenge - use the word Christmas on your projects

Stencil Fun challenge - anything stencil goes optional Halloween

Sweet Stampin' challenge - transport

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Christmas' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky.  Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.  

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments. 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - Christmas cheer stamp & die bundle (kit is sold out but this bundle will be available next week)

Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 14 & co-ordinating postage grid stencil

Gina K Designs - sea glass ink pad

Gina K Designs - layered confetti stencil

Promarkers

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently not available but they have 240gsm in stock here

Hobbycraft - A4 black card

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed 

Spellbinders - silver smooth discs color essential sequins 

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad