Candy Canes

Over at The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up it is the midway point of our challenge. That means it is the turn of the Merry Maidens to share some more fabulous Christmas cards.

The challenge theme is any Any Christmas Card or other December holiday with an optional twist of Candy Canes. The lucky winner's prize is any 2 Winter or Christmas paper packs from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles

If you link up 2 or more cards to our challenge you will get the free Candy Cane Duo digital paper sent to you that our intrepid leader Lisa of Decosse's Dynamite Doodles has designed. 

My card is as sweet as can be with so many candy canes. I have used this old freebie sentiment from Platypus Creek Digitals many times and thought it would be quite fun to try and make a heart shape from 2 Candy Canes. I had a play in my digital program and made a motif from the Candy Cane from Festive Fare Sweet Treats by Kate Hadfield Designs. 

So that being my starting point I used the candy cane paper from the Holiday Hoopla Patterned Papers set 2 by Decosse's Dynamite Doodles as my background paper. This was then matted onto red card to frame it against the white card blank.

I followed a sketch for the layout from Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers. 

I added a striped paper from a magazine freebie again matting on red card as it made it stand out better. The candy canes have been coloured with a Promarker and then fussy cut. The crossover striped section did not look right underneath so I found a scrap of pink and white heart card which I think is a happy accident as it follows through with the love/heart theme. This heart was then raised up with thin foam pads.

 Finally the sentiment was matted onto red card and also mounted with foam pads.

I do hope you will take part in our challenge and look forward to seeing your creations.

Card Details -

Size - A5

Digital Image - Fest Fare Sweet Treats Stamps (Kate Hadfield Designs)

Digital Paper - Holiday Hoopla Patterned Papers 2 (Decosse’s Dynamite Doodles)

Striped Paper - Magazine Freebie

Digital Sentiment - Old Freebie (Platypus Creek Digitals) RETIRED

Colouring Medium - Promarkers

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

• 613 Avenue Create - #202208 Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #08-2022 Anything Goes
• A Place to Start - #082022 Anything Goes
• Ally's Angels - #61 Anything Goes
• CD Sunday Plus - #91 - Anything Goes with a Digital Item
• Classic Design Challenge - #8 Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge - #31 Anything Goes with Colouring
• Corrosive Challenge - #8 Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore - #102 Anything Goes
• Crafty Calendar Challenge - Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge - #607 Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
• Creatalicious Challenges - #241 Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #237 Anything Goes
• Cute As A Button - #83 Anything Goes
• Dragonfly Dreams - Food and/or Drink
• Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday - Anything Goes
• Gem of A Challenge - #17 Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Incy Wincy Designs - Food or Drink / Monochrome
• International Art & Soul - #140 The Colours of Fruit
• Jan’s Digi Stamps - Anything Goes
• LeAnn’s World 101 - #52 Anything Goes
• Let’s Craft & Create - #186 Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #187 Anything Goes
• Make My Monday - #181 Christmas in August
• Morgan’s Art World - #8 Anything Goes
• Moving Along With The Times - #145 Anything Goes
• Outlawz Festive Friday - Christmas
• Outlawz Sunday Songs & Rhymes - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
• Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge - #197 Anything Goes
• Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge - #21 Anything Christmas Goes
• Pearly Sparkles - #78 Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - #32 Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede - #450 Anything Goes
• Sheepski Designs - #65 Anything Goes
• The Creative Crafters - #55 Anything Goes
• The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge - #121 Anything Christmas Goes
• We Love 2 Create - #8 Anything Creative or Mixed Media Goes
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - #8 Anything Goes
• Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes