Steaming Ahead for Christmas

Hi there.  I've made this Christmas card just in time for this month's Rudolph Day which runs until the end of the month, and I think it will fit one or two other challenges as well.

I used this Stampendous stamp called Train Postcard and coloured it using my Spectrum Noir Pencils.  I cut it out and backed it with a snippet of red card.  I then adhered it to a white square card which I embossed using a Penny Black Mistletoe Stencil called Alluring.  I then stamped a Creative Expressions stamp Pinstriped Poinsettia using Versafine Smokey Gray ink on to red card using two different sizes of stamp with two layers for each of the flowers, and after I had cut them out I sprayed them with Crafter's Companion Spray & Sparkle Pearl Diamond to give them a pretty sheen.  I don't have any Christmas foliage so I used my Sue Wilson die from the Finishing Touches range called Trailing Ivy.  I die cut two of these but in the event I snipped them and just used some bits.

I finished by die cutting a sentiment from a snippet of red card using a Britannia word die.

Well this is all for now and thank you for stopping here today, and I thank you all for taking an interest in my card making corner. 

Pat  x

I am also entering the following challenges:

Pixie's Crafty Workshop - Week 183 where we use up our snippets.
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Two Words.
Craft Hazelnuts Christmas Extra Challenge - Anything Goes.
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.