Monday, November 12, 2018

Joyful Merry Christmas

     We're back to the alphabet prompts at Beccy's Place 30 Days of Holidays and today's letter is "J."

     What's better than the Joy of Christmas as shown by a Jolly snowman with an ornament hanging from his Jaunty nose?


I followed the color inspiration from the
3rd column at the TicTacToe board at


     I colored with ProMarkers and I'm calling those greens "Jade, Juniper, or Jungle" to add a few more "J"s.  Don't they look great against the glacier blues? 

     I cut the image with a simple, square die from Spellbinders, then used another larger die from that set to cut glittered, white CS for the frame behind it. 

     I had already used an Elizabeth Craft Designs sentiment die to cut out the "Merry Christmas" which I used on another project.  The snowflakes were all cut with various Spellbinders dies.  I used white gel ink to pop them from the blue background, adding some dimension at the same time.

     Challenges:
Cardz TV
Cute Card Thurs.
Double Trouble (all 3)
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Paper Girls
Polkadoodles
Try Stampin' on Tues (1st column)
TTCRD

     This is my second post and that's all I have for today.  I'm going to go and make decisions on the images for the next several Christmas cards for Beccy's Place, just to see if I can work ahead a bit.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

16 comments:

jimlynn said...

J is for Jolly, Jaunty, Joy........ AND JUST perfect in all that blue!! Love it. Cute, cute image too.
Lynn

Vickie Y said...

Adorable image and card! Thank you for sharing with us at The PIP Challenge.

*Vicki* said...

Wow I just love this one Connie!! Fun use of the letter and the frosty blues along with the snowflakes are perfect!! DT hat time: Thanks for sharing your creation with us at Cute Card Thursday Challenges! HUGS, *Vicki* (DT)

Shelly Schmidt said...

I just love this sweet snowman- and I love the interpretation of the challenge!!! Wonderful card!!!

Shirley-Anne said...

Love the use of the negative sentiment and the fabulous colouring of fun image . Thanks for sharing your lovely card with us here at
http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/
Good luck with your entry and look forward to seeing more from you soon .
Shirley-Anne DT

Beccy said...

The first thing that caught my eye were those big, beautiful snowflakes NC, they are fabulous! I like the way you added a little bit of white backing around the parts that were over the blue card stock... great idea to help them stand out. Lovely.
Cheers,
Beccy

Suzanne Reynolds said...

First of all excellent match for the ColorMyHeart Color Dare Challenge, and love that you combined it with our theme at Double Trouble and TSOT, putting so many of the elements together in one card. Again your coloring is outstanding. Thanks again for sharing with us at Color Dare and Double Trouble. Come back soon.

Heather said...

Such a fun snowman - he looks all dressed up, lol. Thanks so much for playing at TSOT!

Gina's Cards said...

This is gorgeous. Love the snowman and beautiful colours. Thank you for sharing with us at Polkadoodles Crafting https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/, good luck and I hope you will join us again.
Hugs
Gina xx

AO Creations said...

Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at TSOT, good luck!!! Amy DT

Michelle said...

Your coloring in the best I've ever seen! Gorgeous! You did a great job with your card. Thanks for sharing at Color My Heart Color Dare.

Ann-Marie said...

Such a gorgeous Christmas card, love the image and your choice of colour palette. Thank you for sharing your beautiful make with us over at Polkadoodles Crafting and I hope you will join us again.
Take care,
Ann-Marie (DT)

creatingandsharingit.blogspot.com said...

Beautiful card. Thank you for play with us at Polkadoodles anything goes challenge, Good luck with your entry.

Melanie R said...


You are a coloring pro, Connie! Your card is fabulous. Thank you for sharing your love of cats on your blog. I need to do the same with mine. And thank you for joining with us at the Double Trouble Challenge Blog and Try Stampin' on Tuesday.

Vandra said...

Joyful card, how fun to have an ornament on his nose :) Thanks for sharing at the Colour My Heart Colour Dare Challenge.

Miss. Carrie's Creations said...

What an adorable card. I love how well the colors go together. Thank you for joining us in this week's Color My Heart Challenge. <3 Miss. Carrie