Krafty Chicks challenge #759 - 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 this week we are on Week 2. As always the theme is 'Christmas' and I am your hostess. We want you to see all your festive creations this week and we hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I bought an old (but new to me) stamp set which I thought was fun and playful and I had to use it for today's card.  There are lots of cute chick images and a fantastic large merry Christmas sentiment included in the set but I only used 3 of the chicks on my card.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A close up of the fab chicks:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by die cutting the circles cover plate from smooth white card.  I then took a piece of alcohol marker friendly card placed it underneath and lightly traced around the circle openings with pencil.  This allowed me to stamp the chicks in the perfect position.  I coloured them with Promarkers and added some white gelly roll highlights.  I went back to the cover plate and stamped over top with my favourite snowy background stamp using sea glass ink.  Before adding my two panels together I erased the pencil lines and then used liquid glue to adhere them.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink and used the coordinating die to cut it out; I also cut an extra 3 from white card so that I could have some dimension without using foam squares.  I added it between the images with liquid glue.  I added the panel onto a red mat layer with double sided tape and then used some scrap white card behind for dimension.  This was then added to my card base with double sided tape.  I finished off with a few red pearls.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1'4", used the background stamp and stamped a small border at the bottom of the panel with sea glass ink.  I used one of the leftover circles (from die cutting the cover plate), stamped another chick, coloured him with Promarkers and added some white highlights.  I adhered the circle over the border with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre of the panel with black ink.  The panel was then added to my card base with double sided tape.  A really fun card and I've still got loads of images left to try.  

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

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up challenge - anything goes Christmas optional twist owls

As You Like It challenge - monochrome or colourful (I love colourful cards and they make me happy)

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Crafty Catz challenge - ATG optional twist add a sentiment

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Daisy Chain challenge - animals 

Die Cut Divas challenge - critters

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or wings or tails

Make My Monday challenge - use a die or punch

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Sparkles Christmas challenge - Christmas critters

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies optional mood board

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:

Your Next Stamp - Merry Christmas chickie clear stamp - retired

Gina K Designs - circle windows cover plate die

Gina K Designs - snowy BG clear stamp

Gina K Designs - Christmas cheer clear stamp & die bundle (for sentiment)

Gina K Designs - sea glass ink pad

Spellbinders - Santa's sippin' says clear stamp (for inside sentiment)

Spellbinders - fashion poppy color essential pearl dots

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Verafine - onyx black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently not available

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

red card from stash