Have a Holly Jolly Christmas

 Hi there and thanks for dropping by today. I have to confess that this is a last minute card as we are in the middle of swarm season and coupled with just getting back from Scotland, I am completely swamped! What more appropriate a header than a photo of my first swarm this year! I had the first one on Friday and then a second on Sunday! The bees are certainly keeping me on my toes!

My card today is for the Holly and Ivy Challenge, which is always an anything goes challenge. I don't know why, but I decided to go with some watercolor pencils on Kraft cardstock for a change of pace and I kind of liked the result!

So I started with inking up the background foliage stamp, which has no name on it, in Versafine Claire Pinecone ink.

Next step was to color it in with colored pencils. These were old Stampin' Up pencils that hadn't seen the light of day in I don't know how long!

The recollections holly stamps and dies were then stamped in the same ink and colored with the same pencils.

.... and then die cut.

The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped in the Versafine Clair Pinecone ink too and then die cut with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Labels.

The sentiment and the holly sprig were then popped up on top of the front panel, which was attached to a white card base to make the mistletoe berries pop?

... and that's it for today's card. Hope I've inspired you to get out something to create a Christmas card and join in over at the anything goes Holly and Ivy Challenge? 

Till next time!

Shona