Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - December Challenge

Hello and  welcome to the December Crafty Wednesday challenge right here on my blog! I'm so glad you decided to stop by and hope you'll join in too! Many thanks to everyone who shared in last month's challenge. There were some wonderful entries so be sure to scroll down to see if you were one of my top picks! 

This Month's Theme

December is a busy month for everyone, so I am making it easy and it's simply ..............

Anything Goes!

Remember, this is open to any type of crafts and everyone is invited to join in as long as it's handmade and family friendly! I can't wait to see what you'll share this month! 

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Here is what I made: A Christmas card using red, kraft and black with an old Santa image. 

I used another stamp from an old stamp set by Craft UK (sorry, no link, it's a really old set, I purchased it from eBay years ago). This stamp also included a Christmas tree but I decided to fussy cut Santa and his penguin friend without the tree.

To start, I first stamped the branches in the background (Penny Black Winter Ledge) then layered some torn white card stock for snow. The image has been stamped on separate card stock using Versafine Onyx ink and colored with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils, then fussy cut.

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Wink of Stella glitter was added to the fur trims and snow for a little bit of sparkle. The jute twine is from May Arts and the sentiment from Penny Black's set Holiday Snippets. I thought the card needed a little something more so I cut a strip of patterned paper and white card stock to add under the sentiment. 

Stamps: Craft UK set (retired), Penny Black Winter's Ledge, Penny Black Snippets

Inks: Versafine Onyx

Tools: Faber Castell Polychromos, Cutterbee Scissors, Stamp Platform (options)

Embellishments: May Arts Jute Twine, Wink of Stella

Papers: Neenah (white), Stampin Up (dark red), Hero Arts (kraft)

I'm linking up with these challenges: 

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Sentiment // Everybody-Art-Challenge - Black, Red plus one other color (Kraft) // Ike's World - Christmas // Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes // Christmas with the Cuties - Feature a Creature // Double Trouble Challenges - Create Something New and include snow // 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes // A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes // A Perfect Time To Craft - Anything Goes // Craft-Dee BowZ - Add a Bow // Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes // Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Patterned Papers // Creative Craft Cottage Challenges - Christmas // DL.Art Linky Challenge - Anything Goes // LeAnn’s World 101 - Anything Goes // Love to Craft - Anything Goes // Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog - Christmas // Not Just Cards - Anything Goes // A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes // Crafter's Castle - Anything Goes // Sweet Stampin - Spots // Crafty Catz - Anything Goes // Just Add Ink - Just Add "S" (Santa, Snow) // Pattie's Creations - Anything Goes // Cardz 4 Galz - Cute Christmas // C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas // Crimbo Crackers - Christmas // Krafty Chicks - All Occasions // 

Last Month's Top Picks

Thank you all for joining in and sharing your wonderful creations! It's always so hard to select favorites but it's something that needs to be done and here they are in order of entry. 

No. 21 Jenny Martin

No. 40 - Kuni

No. 51 - Carole J.

As always, in order to be in compliance with GDPR I am not able to post links, but I recently decided to create a Pinterest Board where my Top Picks of the month will be pinned with links back to each Top Pick's blogs.

You can see their wonderful creations HERE.

Congratulations! Your Top Pick logo is below, feel free to post it to your own blogs!

To play along this month simply use the linky tool below.

A few things to remember:

• Link up to 3 different entries.

• Backlinking is allowed.
• You may combine with any other challenges.
• You may use any brand of stamps/digis (no company restriction).
• Please do include a link back here to my blog in your blog post.

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