Crafts Galore Encore November 2023

Following a shocking family bereavement in the summer I haven't been in the mood to do much crafting. But, we are creeping close to Christmas and I need to get a move on making my cards. What better way to start than with the cute image and lovely paper from our sponsor? This is my official first Christmas card of 2023 and I've made it to hopefully inspire you for the new challenge starting today at ....

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

The Paper Shelter

who are offering a prize of 3 digi images to our lucky winner.

I've made an acetate fronted Christmas card. The acetate wraps around the card front and is fixed in place with strong double sided tape on the left hand side at the back.

The card base is 6"x 6" (15 x 15cms). I used a pink card from Papermania for the mats, border and sentiment.

The team was kindly given the For Santa stamp set to use. The set includes a pretty backing paper, a pre-coloured image and a black and white image. I used the pre-coloured image and die-cut it in a circle. I fixed the image onto the front of the piece of acetate. I glued a pink circle onto the reverse side of the acetate behind the image to create a mat.

I enlarged the pretty paper on the computer and trimmed it down to size before matting it onto pink card and fixing it to the card front. I added the die-cut sentiment.

I used an X-Cut punch to create the border and attached it with double sided tape. I finished the card with some pink gems.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using The Paper Shelter images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/10/classic-design-challenge-october-10_01315010832.html x

https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2023/11/november-challenge-59-anything-goes.html winner

https://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/10/challenge-151-anything-christmas-goes.html x

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/11/morgans-artworld-challenge-11.html x