ODBDSLC131... Celebrating the Holidays!

Hello friends!!   It is Tuesday and that means time for a brand new Shining the Light challenge!!  This week the challenge team is asking you to make a holiday project, Christmas or Thanksgivings, the choice is yours or you could make a card for both!!  I decided to make a Christmas card using the recently release ODBD set Perfect Gift.



Inside of Card

The layout for my card is based on this month's Sketch for You To Try.   The papers are from My Mind's Eye (of course!!)... the Winter Wonderland collection.  I stamped the tree using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored it with Copic markers and then trimmed it out.  It is hard to see, but some of the ornaments were not colored, but filled in using Diamond Stickles... looks really pretty in real life.  I also stamped the two little images of Christmas packages in Tuxedo Black, colored them and trimmed them out.  I added some texture to the light blue piece of paper by embossing it with my Swiss Dot embossing folder.  The die cut is a Spellbinders Lacy Circles.   The interior of the card was finished off with the sentiment die cut using a Spellbinders plain circle die.  It was then matted with an additional plain circle and another Lacy Circle die cut.   I like to finish off the interior of the card and provide a photo, but for some reason lots of people don't seem to understand that it is the INSIDE OF THE CARD because I get comments on how pretty the second card is!  Anywhoo... the above photo is of the INSIDE of the card and not a separate card.

As always, we will be giving out a prize, a $15.00 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Sunday, November 25th at 8:00 pm EST. One random winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday. While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Design images and sentiments on your projects, we would definitely love to see them if you have them!! As a way of recognizing those who do use ODBD stamps we will be choosing three or more of our participants for the Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award or join the challenge, you must use ODBD stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by Sunday, November 25th at 8:00 pm EST. If you upload to Splitcoaststampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword: ODBDSLC131. When creating your post on your blog, please include a direct link to the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by... please take some time to check out the beautiful projects created by my fellow "sticks" Lori, Jan Marie, Jan, Kathy, Chris, and this month's guest designer, Barbara! To join in the fun, please click here.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI cream & red; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  ODBD; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copic Markers; Dies:  Spellbinders; Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug; Ribbon:  PTI; Diamond Stickles