It seems a little odd to be thinking ahead to Christmas already, since it isn’t even Halloween yet. (Well, unless you work in retail and have been putting out Christmas merchandise since Labor Day, I suppose.) But last weekend for World Cardmaking Day, the girls over at Paper Therapy threw out challenges to make Christmas cards to be donated to Operation Write Home.  Anyone who has been reading my blog for a while knows that I have a hard time resisting a challenge, especially when it’s for such a good cause.  There were three different challenges, so over the next week or so I’ll be presenting a different challenge card in each of three posts.

Here’s the card I made for the first challenge.  It was derived off of a Mojo Monday sketch.  I ended up turning the sketch sideways and interpreting the big oval in the sketch a bit differently.  It felt good to use some of my really old Making Memories metal embellishments!  Can you believe I’ve had them since 2003?  Seriously!

Supplies:
Stamps: Build a Bauble (Lizzie Anne Designs)
Cardstock: Soft Sky, Riding Hood Red (Stampin’ Up); “Berry Branch” and “Spearmint” from Fruitcake collection (Basic Grey)
Ink: Riding Hood Red (SU); silver (ColorBox)
Other: metal embellishments (Making Memories); embroidery floss (DMC)