Card Design: DS4J Progressive Christmas Card Challenge...May

Thank you for your continued well wishes.  One one hand my throat is not quite so raw.  On the other hand, my chest is a bit worse.  Given that over the course of most viruses, my symptoms morph around a bit, I'm taking it in stride.  Also, even though I've crawled out of bed a lot later than I would have liked, at least I crawled out of bed.  I'l mark that in the win column for today.  I am also thankful that I have FINALLY finished all my cards for all the different progressive challenges I take part in.

Right now, it is time to submit my card for this month's Progressive Christmas Challenge taking place over at DigiStamps4Joy.  Now while it is one more card to add to the Christmas Card Pot to help me avoid the yearly Christmas Card Panic, sadly it looks like I'm not going to achieve my goal of two cards this month.

Christmas Card Count to date: 10

I'm going to need to be getting some extra holiday cards made and soon!  Here is the DS4J image we get to use this month:

...and here is my card, I hope that I haven't forgotten any details: 

FRONT

Digital Image Details:

• King 1-Time to Go:  If you aren't part of the progressive challenge and would like to purchase it so that you can join in, click HERE or on the watermark above to find it in the DS4J store.
• This image has been coloured in with Copic Markers.  I used chalk to create some ground.

Embellishments: 

• The little half pearls are Crafts brand from Dollarama.

 

INSIDE 

OVERALL
Digital Sentiments: 

• Both the sentiment on the front and the one on the inside are from the fabulous Create With TLC.    Click HERE to go to Paulette's blog and HERE to go to the store.  Seriously, what would I do without the incredible generosity of this woman?!
• I used chalk to highlight the one on the front. 

Paper Products: 

• Card base: Michael's Recollection's cardstock, cream.

• Designer Paper:  From my scrap collection.  Once again I just don't have the energy to go find out what book it was from.  Sorry!
• The yellowish textured sheet (also from my stash but at least I remember this one) used on the front and the dark brown cardstock (matting for front and inside) is Michael's open stock scrapbook paper. 

Challenges I hope to enter...

• http://digistamps4joy-sa.blogspot.ca/2014/05/monthly-christmas-challenge-may-2014.html -- Progressive Christmas Challenge
• http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Anything Goes:  Christmas
• http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes:  Patterned Paper
• http://www.myperfectlifeuk.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Christmas 
• http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.ca/-- Anything Goes:  Christmas
• http://52cct.blogspot.ca/ -- Old, New, Borrowed, Blue (Christmas) (my designer papers and half pearls are from stash, I have used blue in my images and there is blue in my background paper, the paper that serves as my base is new as is the image, sorry but no one around here to use something borrowed from)
• http://suzysmarty1.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Anything Goes:  Christmas
• http://christmasstampin.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes:  Christmas
• http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.ca/ -- Peace (okay so while I don't have the word or a symbol for peace, the sentiment I have used on the inside of this card evokes peace for me.  Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus.  This is my favourite Christmas carol and when I hear it, a true sense of peace washes over me.)

If you are interested in joining the DS4J progressive Christmas card challenge you will need to contact Desíre (her details are at the bottom of the post).  I've linked the badge above to take you to that post. 

Well, one more card is finally done. Soon it will be time to reveal the list of people who earned the paper for May in the 12 Months of Christmas link up. Don't forget you can jump in and add your own holiday cards to it as well. Click HERE for all the details. You still have a little over six days to link up your two cards for May in order to get your free paper for the month.

No rest for the sick as I've not got several projects and posts for upcoming DT assignments due in the next few days.  Plus I need to be working on putting together a kit for an upcoming challenge I am sponsoring, plus, plus, plus...God, give me strength...

Until next time,