"J" for Joy

      I don't even know how many days out of the 30 Days of Holidays at Beccy's Place are behind us but if my count is correct, I'm actually posting this card on the actual day the letter "J" is being used.  lol   My own "J"s are: Joy (an image from Beccy's), Jade green, & Jungle green.

     I colored with ProMarkers, and added glitter to both words.  The sentiment/image is cut with a Spellbinders die.  The background die cut is also  cut with a die from Spellbinders.  I used two ribbons, one a deep red satin and the top one a sheer ribbon which glittered circles.  The bow is hand-tied using a strip of folded over netting.  I added a few drops of Stickles to the bow for a tiny glint of sparkle.

     Challenges:

Crafter's Cafe

Crafty Hazelnut's

Dies R Us

Digi Doodle Studios

Dragonfly Dreams

Lil Patch of ...

Penny's Paper-Crafty

Stamping Sensations

Word Art Weds

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

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

Color My Heart Color Dare.

     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