CCAYR ~ March Christmas Challenge

  Hello crafting friends and welcome to this month's 

Christmas Cake Challenge at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

March Christmas Cake Inspiration

Holly & Berries &/or Stars, with Brown as the main colour!

Brown is not a colour I typically associate with Christmas, so this really was a challenge for me, but I think I managed. What do you all think?

I started by looking through my Christmas papers, and chose this patterned paper from the Woodland Winter Paper Pad by Studio Light.  Next I cut out the brown paper mats and Petra's Botanical Star, from Marianne Designs, both in brown and in white. I decided to use the white for the front with the brown inlay in order to make my little squirrel multi layered image stand out a little more.  The squirrel is from the Holly Jolly Christmas cutting sheet by Yvonne Creations.   I used pop dots in between each layer to add dimension. The stamped greeting is from the Vintage Christmas stamp set by Whimsy Stamps and was stamped using Brilliance's Coffee Bean ink.

On the inside, I the brown star with the white inlay so that I could stamp my sentiment.  This  sentiment is from Great Impression Stamps, and was also stamped using the Brilliance Coffee Bean ink.  I added my favourite little holly stamp, from Stampabilities, and coloured it using copic markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project that falls within our challenge theme, and come play along with us.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Crafty hugs,