Guest Designer at ABC Christmas Challenge - Let's get Krafty for Kids!

Over at ABC Christmas Challenge they have a new challenge and are being sponsored by Digital Delights. They kindly asked me to make a card for them to which I gladly accepted :)
The challenge is "K is for Kids and Kraft" and it was a challenge for me as I'm not a huge Kraft fan, even though it is very popular right now.

Challenges:
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
I Did It - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Let's Get Krafty
Digi Doodle Shop - Embossing
Christmas Card Challenges - Christmas with the option of
Christmas Inspirations - Christmas Card for a Child
Basic Grey Challenges - Mix It Up (I used BG papers and BG embossing folder)
Phindys Place - Christmas in May
Winter Wonderland - P is for...Punches (anything beginning with P)
Christmas Stampin - Very Vintage (although the image is not Vintage the style of papers, Kraft paper and inking are)
2 Sisters - Use a Digi
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Scallops
Digital Tuesday - Texture
Ladybug Crafts - Animals
My Time To Craft - Use a Die Cut

Card Recipe:
Image - Tango The Skating Bird
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Basic Grey Fruitcake (discontinued)
Gloss - Liquid Embossing by All Night Media
Embossing Folder - Basic Grey Diamonds by Sizzix
Die Cut - Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Seventeen Die Templatesand Spellbinders Nestabilities Eyelet Squares Die Templates
Border Punch - Snowflake Border by Martha Stewart

I thought this little guy was so sweet and to make him just a little sweeter I added Liquid Embossing to his skates for some extra shine!
It was nice to make a Christmas card for a change and I highly recommend you visiting and adding ABC Christmas Challenge to your blog roll!
Katie

Time for a Cool Down - Winter Wonderland Card

It is still getting into the 90's here in Texas and I could really do with a cool down. As the weather channel don't seem to be sending me one I thought I may make my own with a Christmas Card! LOL
This is my 1st Christmas card this year and I really like how it turned out.
The April stamp was actually a Valentines stamp but with a little careful cutting and a Winter color theme I think she works well for this card too.

Challenges:
365 Cards Day 206 - Winter Wonderland Scene
Raise the Bar - Bundle Up
ABC Christmas - T is for Tree
2 Sisters - Christmas
Sew Many Challenges - Christmas
Aimees - Christmas Wishes
Creative Inspirations - 2 of More Stamped Images
Fresh Brewed - Paper Piecing
Sketch and Stash - Sketch
Christmas Card Challenge - Distressing
ABC - D for Distressing
Let's Ink It Up - Favorite Stamp and a Charm
Belli - B themed embellishments, Bow and Brads
The Pink Elephant - Aqua, DP and any Embellishment
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Charisma - Anything Goes
Moving Along with the Times - To Do List: 2 dps, glitter (in the paper), embossing (I heat embossed the puffy paint)

Card Recipe:
Images - Winter Window and April With Hearts
Paper - My Minds Eye and Basic Grey
Medium - Copic Markers and Airbrush System
Snowflake charms - Making Memories
Puffy Paint - Tulip

I managed to get it to work this morning :)
You can see that I paper pieced Aprils bow and dress and colored the rest of her and the image with Copic's. I airbrushed with W3 and E40 to give a (hopefully) dusk feeling to the image. Then finally I added Puffy Paint to certain areas of the the snow and heated it to pop it up.
I don't know whether April is peeking in at Santa's workshop, going to start caroling but whatever she is doing I think she looks cute and hope you do too.