Another "Easy" Challenge at Di's Digis

There's a new challenge starting today over at Di's Digis Challenge Blog... the theme this time around is "Any Winter Holiday"... I've chosen Christmas as my "winter holiday", though for me it's technically not correct as, being Australian, Christmas is slap bang in the middle of summer.  Still it's thought of as a "winter holiday" so Christmas it is... and I still need more Christmas cards so it was never going to be anything else :-))

The image I've used is called Shepherd's Singsong available here.... actually it's not quite the same image; I've had this version in my stash for a few years... the new one is only slightly different and just as cute!!  I coloured with Copics, adding some extra shading with Prismacolor pencils.
I've used cream card for the base and gold foil card for matting.I can't remember the origin of the background paper (those" brown" strips are if fact gold foil!) the horizontal panel is Kaisercraft, I added the pine trees along the top of of it using my Memory Box Fremont Pine Landscape Die... which I've had since January and have only just got around to using, eeek!  I embossed the wood snowflake with Glittering Gold EP and added a self adhesive rhinestone embellie to the middle.  
I finished the inside of the card, well "simply" is probably the kindest description, I added the gold foil border to the bottom and added a stamp (it's stamped in Forest Green Stazon ink) that I've had for years... to be honest I'm so far behind with how many cards I wanted to have ready by this weekend that this is pretty much as complicated as any of my Chrissie are getting finished inside!
Well that's it for this one.  I hope you get a chance to enter the challenge, there's a great prize on offer from Crafty Ribbons and as always if you use one of Di's cute images you go in an extra draw with an extra prize (2 of Di's Digis)  Check out the rest of the team's inspiration, much cuteness to be had :-)
I'll be entering my card in the following challenges

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge	Use Patterned Paper
Crafty Creations	To Die For
Without Words	Christmas, Modern Look
Tuesday Throwdown	Christmas
Papertake Weekly	Christmas
The Crazy Challenge	Christmas
Crafty Hazlenuts Christmas Challenge	STILL Urgently Needed for Christmas
Cuttlebug Mania	Anything  Christmas
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge	Anything Goes (Christmas)
Jingle Belles	Anything Goes (Christmas)
Addicted to  Stamps	Anything Goes @ Christmas
Gem of a Challenge	Anything Goes Christmas
Pile It On	Anything Goes/Christmas
Little Red Wagon	Anything Christmas
Art by Miran	Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door	Anything Goes
Hiding in my Craft Room	Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenge	Anything Goes
Sparkles Monthly Challenge	Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet	Anything Goes
Whimsy Inspirations Challenge	Anything Goes
That Craft Place	Anything Goes
Divas by Design	Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter	Anything Goes
Clear It Out	Theme: Anything Goes Stash: Anything Goes

I'm off to the Orthopedic Surgeon EARLY tomorrow, so hopefully I'll get my clearance... FINALLY; it will be so nice not to have to sleep on my back, and once I can bend more than 90 degrees I'm hoping I'll be able to introduce some exercises that increase my range of motion, as I'm still pretty stiff.  

I'll be back in a day or so, I have my Sister's birthday card to blog and it's going to "queue jump" the ones in my draft because I've followed a slightly unusual sketch and I don't want to miss entering in the challenge.  Until then, Happy Crafting, Donna