It's a Christmas Card...well I never!

I'm a little bit late with Christmas Cards. I wasn't going to make so many this year and as I'm not on any forum or Christmas card swap lists, I thought I'd made enough. But when I opened my crafty cardboard box, which once held 'Our Finest Chocolate fudge fingers' there was only a few Christmas Cards in there. Far fewer than I thought I'd made. So, where are they? Who knows! Last year I made loads and carefully put a few away somewhere 'safe' so I could find them and send them off nice and early... but I've never found them! No, I lie, I found one, but have since lost it again. So. I've made a few more and this is the first of the new batch. (When is Christmas Day this year??) This one has already gone off to my Aunty. (I think, or one very similar) She doesn't look in here very often, as she tells me it won't always open for her. Unlike my mum's very slow computer, which runs on stream, my Auntie's is jet propelled via a long line attached to the hamster wheel I think!

I've done a bit of embossing, (heat and also 'squashing' it with a cuttle bug embossing folder) I've also added loads of glitter (stickles and micro) and of course, coloured Snowy with my Promakers, well, only his nose and the shading, as I've also done a spot of paper piecing too. The top corners of the card, look like they've been embossed as well because I've used the same colour paper, a square die cut, chopped it in half to made a decorative corner. The sentiment is a clear stamp, which came free last Christmas with some fairies from a Papercraft magazine, and the tiny snow flakes punch came free from the same Papercaft magazine this year. The blue dotty backing paper is from Forever Friends. Had a 'few' challenges lined up for this card, (I hope I'm not too late for some of them as this has been in 'daft' I mean, draft, and I forgot all about it!) one challenge being The Craftypad as I won a prize in their 100th Competition!! (wooohoo!)

New Follower. Hi and welcome (((big wave)) To Melody's Mama over on Craftarrific. Lovely cards and scrap pages over there!

Challenges
Fresh Brewed Challenges- Merry Christmas
December Card Making Challenge -A Christmas Song/Hymn
('Frosty The Snowman')So go vote/Comment!!
The Craftypad Embossing Heat or dry)

Allsorts - Last Minute Christmas
Simon says stamps challenge-silver blue white
Hodgepodgeshop challenge-blue and silver

Lil Red Wagon - Use a Diecut
(Two Nesties and the CuttleBug Folder for the corner)

Penny's Paper Crafty - Christmas

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes (I'm 533!)

Stamp with Fun - Christmas (198)

A Spoonfull of Sugar - Christmas

OSAAT - Anything Goes

Pear Tree Designs - Christmas

Tiffany Doodles - Christmas

Stamping Vacation - Family Holiday
Craft your days away-Punch it out (I'm #154)
Take-time-for-you - Christmas (I'm #50)