Merry Monday #144 Challenge

Goodmorning!!  

I hope that everyone is staying safe with all this winter weather we are having.  Yesterday in Niagara we had a snow day.  Most stores were closed, the city facilities were close, schools were closed, and so were the banks and such.  It was a PERFECT day for making some cards.  It was also the perfect day to make a card for the Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge.

This week for the challenge the theme:

When I saw this challenge there was automatically an image that came to mind.  It had a bow incorporated into the image, and I generally put a bow on my card somewhere anyways, so I thought that I would do double duty with this challenge.  

The idea of these challenges is to get a head start on making Christmas cards for the next year.  I love this challenge because it is going to eliminate a lot of stress come Christmas time because my cards will already be something thats done.  When making cards for the Merry Monday challenges I've gotten myself into the habit of making 2 cards that way I twice as many cards.

Now without further delay here is the card...

I snapped this photo right after I had finished making the card, and I am glad I did because for some reason I cannot seem to take a picture of the front that doesn't turn out to blurry.  This week I decided not to do to much embellishing and use scraps of paper that I have left over from this years Christmas cards, so all of the paper used is scraps, and so are the ribbon pieces. 

Here's another shot of the front of the card (however its a tad blurry so I apologize)...

Here's a close up of the image itself.  I wish you could see the glitter on his hat and pompom and the shimmer that I have added to just the bow and ribbon on his gift.

Heres a side view of the card.  This card is pretty flat this time, and the bow is the only thing that adds the dimension.

I love how this card turned out and I love that it is all traditional Christmas colours.  

I will attempt to link to the supplies used, but some of the product are scraps and a source may not be able to be located.

Whimsy Stamps - cling stamp used for image

Letraset Promarkers - used for colouring the image

Fishtail Flag Dies - used 3 of the sizes

Pierced Circle Dies - used to cut out the image and the mat for the image

Clear Glitter - on the penguin's hat

Wink of Stella - used on the ribbon and the bow on the penguin's gift

Mono Multi Glue - used for attaching all the pieces together

Happy Holiday - sentiment from a Recollection Wood Mount Set

Ribbon - Offray Kiwi

Paper source is unknown I'm sorry :(

Cannot wait for Merry Monday #145 to see what I get to design next!