Lots of Letters

Good Morning you lovely bloggers. I'm up far too early on this bitterly cold day! Thank you so much for all your comments I really do look forward to reading them. Welcome to my new followers as well as those of you who have followed me for a while too. Today's post is my last Christmas card for this year. (I think!!)

I used the gorgeous LOTV stamp called Lots of Letters, it has lots of detail and I found it quite fiddly to colour, it's amazing how such a small image can take so long to colour! I coloured it with my new Copics and used my Prismacolor pencils to add some definition.

I used my lovely Marianne poinsettia die on some shimmer paper for the flower and added a crystal brad to the centre, I added some leaves behind the flower using my Magnolia leaf die and my Memory Box Frostyville Border die along the bottom, I love all the detail on this die, it's so pretty. The papers I used were from my stash (I'm not buying any more papers, until I've used some of the mountain that I already have!! - well that's what I'm saying today anyway - lol) Here's a close up of the coloured image:

I finished off with lots of Stickles star dust for my obligatory sparkle and a pre-cut sentiment that I think is from Little Clare. I usually struggle with what to put where on my cards, but once I had finished my colouring, this card seemed to come together easily, which is a first for me!

I finally managed to put my Christmas tree up this week and have bought and wrapped some presents, so I feel a bit more on top of things now. I still have to write out all my cards, that's a job for this week. I've been to a Christmas carol service today, the choir was fabulous and I came away feeling more festive than I did when I went in!

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ - Tis the Season
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Snowflakes and Sparkle
http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/ #35 - Christmas
http://craftyannschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ #55 - Glitter, Snow, Red
http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/ - Wrap Up
http://mamidoodles.blogspot.com/search/label/challenge - Make it Shine, Glitter
http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ #69 - Christmas
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ #68 - Merry Christmas
http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ #194 - Anything Goes
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes
http://just-hanna-stamps.blogspot.com/ #123 - Winter Card
http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ #64 - Snow & Snowflakes
http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ #127 - Last Minute Christmas
http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/ - Yipee
http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.com/ - Snowflakes
http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.com/ - It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas
http://basicgreychallenges.blogspot.com/ #59 - Anything Goes
http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.com/ #7 - Christmas
http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/ - December Challenge - Anything Goes
http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/ #99 - Anything Christmas
http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Roses are Red
http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/ #65 - A Traditional Christmas
http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-8.html - Traditional Colours for Christmas
http://letsinkitup.blogspot.com/ #18 - Christmas Projects
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/ #22 - Christmas
http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ #110 - Let it Snow
http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com/ #2 - Doodling
http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com December - Let it Snow
http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/ #85 - Red, White & Green
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ #147 - A Card with a Sentiment
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Snowflakes and Sparkle
http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/ - Glitter
http://raisethebarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - It's Beginning to look alot like Christmas
http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.com/ - Bling
http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Traditional Colours
http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ - All Creatures Great and Small
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/ #51 - Photo Inspiration (2nd Entry)
http://bizzybecsstore.blogspot.com - December Challenge - Christmas
http://pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com #120 - Christmas Fun (4 week long challenge)
http://pictureandscrap.blogspot.com - Christmas
http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ #72 - Don't Look at the Light

Many thanks for stopping by. Please leave me a comment to let me know you've been and then I can visit you too. Have a great week and don't get too stressed out by all the Christmas organising!!

Hugs,
-Vicki x