After Christmas Christmas Card - Beary Big Hugs!

Hello friends and followers.

Once again I found myself scrambling in December 

to get enough Christmas cards done to send out. 

I LOVE making Christmas cards - but I also love

making cards for every other reasons (LOL) which puts

me behind when I need them.  

So...this year I'm going to try to make at least one Christmas

card a month. Hey 12 by December is better than 0 don't you agree?!

This is my first one using an adorable stamp set called 

BEARY BIG HUGS! by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Here's a little bit more about how I made this card:

The background is the negative (or reverse) side of 

a stencil that I had swirled a bunch of Nuevo glimmer

paste on.  I misted the panel as well as the paper

and pressed down the stencil as firmly and evenly 

as I could.  If you zoom in you can see the snowflakes.

I think a thinner paper (this is watercolor paper) might  have

shown details of the snowflakes better.

It wasn't quite what I was expecting by I really like it. 

The stencil is Sparkling Snowflakes (also by Kraftin' Kimmie). 

The blue tag is actually a recycled Christmas tag from

one of my packages.  I used it as a template to cut the 

second tag and then sponged all over it with Sparkling Sapphire

(KKS hybrid ink).  I pressed a bit hard a couple times 

to get more of a smudged look to match the background.

I forgot to tie on a piece of twine before I glued down the

white tag (shucks!) so I covered the hole with an enamel dot. 

Stamped a few extra snowflakes from the Snowflake Kisses 

(after sponging) and fussy cut the copic colored bear.  

I'm sharing this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use A Stencil

Little Red Wagon - Challenge #532 "After Christmas is Before Christmas"

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - Challenge #133 (photo prompt)

The Holly and Ivy Challenge - Challenge #63 Anything Goes

Fun Friday #130 - Shades of Blue

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Little Friends

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #372 Make Your Mark

Cards 4 Galz - Challenge #113 White and Blue

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!  Hugs! D