Bringing home the holly

This is my second card for the mid-month inspiration for Christmas cards all year round challenge for October 'getting ready for Christmas'. Please click on the link and see the lovely festive crafting of the rest of the team and, hopefully, join in the challenge - you still have plenty of time.

And don't forget:

'This can be anything associated with the preparations for Christmas - presents, baking, Christmas lights, trimming the tree etc.

For something a little different this month we will have two challenges running at the same time.
The first challenge will be a single card challenge and we will be drawing a random prize winner and our top three from here.

The second challenge will be for those who make a set of five cards.

You may make five cards the same or five different ones, you just need to upload a photo clearly showing five.
Now you can enter both challenges but you cannot enter one of your five cards in the single entry challenge. '

For my card I've used a shaped card blank which I distressed with fired brick distress ink, adding another of those glittery oval images (I have a lot of these - can't remember where I got them from), with the addition of a Craftwork cards sentiment circle and layered Docrafts flowers.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Facebook Sunday's with Santa week 41: shades of red
There she goes 229: be prepared - Christmas
Deep ocean 62: Christmas
Cards galore October: flowers
Whimsy 64: shabby chic/vintage
Anything goes 101: out with the girls
A little bit crafty October: a little bit shabby
Bearly mine 108: anything goes
Creative craft challenges 21: anything goes
Delightful: distressed
Scrap-cards 52: flowers 4 you
Joanna Sheen: so sweet (cute girl)
One stitch at a time 185: winter wonderland
613 avenue create 41: anything goes (option: pile it on)
Challenges 4 everybody 31: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 3: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 63: anything goes
Ladybug: anything goes
Pinspirational 79: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
2 sisters 165: anything goes
DL.ART Thursday October linky: anything goess
Sister act 28
Make it Monday 162
Inspire me Fridays 124

Bringing home the Christmas greenery

This is my first card for the mid-month inspiration for Christmas cards all year round challenge for October 'getting ready for Christmas'. Please click on the link and see the lovely festive crafting of the rest of the team and, hopefully, join in the challenge - you still have plenty of time.

And don't forget:

'This can be anything associated with the preparations for Christmas - presents, baking, Christmas lights, trimming the tree etc.

For something a little different this month we will have two challenges running at the same time.
The first challenge will be a single card challenge and we will be drawing a random prize winner and our top three from here.

The second challenge will be for those who make a set of five cards.

You may make five cards the same or five different ones, you just need to upload a photo clearly showing five.
Now you can enter both challenges but you cannot enter one of your five cards in the single entry challenge. '

For my card I've used an offcut of Hunkydory card with the tartan border on to which I mounted an oval image of children bringing home some Christmas greenery. The tied ribbon is a piece from a lot that I bought some years ago now (sadly, not much of it left). Flowers are prima and the sentiment circle is Craftwork cards.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets playground week 94
Use it Tuesday 65: scraps, pieces, odds and ends
Hiding in my craft room 119: super scraps Saturday
There she goes 229: be prepared - Christmas
Deep ocean 62: Christmas
Crafting by designs: anything goes with ribbon or lace
Quirky crafts 21: favourite things - making Christmas cards, ribbon, flowers
Cards galore October: flowers
Whimsy 64: shabby chic/vintage
Everybody art 249: ribbon
Bunny Zoe October: ribbon
Shopping our stash 123: oldest ribbon (have had this for years)