Christmas in July

I'm not a huge fan of Christmas in July. I'm not sure why, but I think it has to do with the fact that it serves as a reminder that Christmas is on the way... and that reminds me of all the stress that surrounds the holidays, so yeah, not a great time of year for me. That doesn't stop me from liking the below card I made for this week's One Layer Wednesday challenge though!

The challenge this week is to make a one layer card with a Christmas theme. So here it is:



I went digital again for this one, as even though I have brand new Hero Arts Christmas stamps just sitting there waiting to be inked up, I thought these ornaments from Doodle Beans were too cute to pass up! Plus I'm enjoying colouring with coloured pencils at the moment.

Here's a close-up...



...which shows that I have a ways to go with my shading technique. You can't see it in either of the photos but the coloured pencils I used are metallic and have a sparkle to them, very Christmassy. :)

Size of card: A5 folded in half

Supplies:
Card/paper - Quill white cardstock
Stamp - Christmas Tree Ornaments by Doodle Beans
Ink - Printer
Extra - Faber Castell metallic pencils
Tools - Fiskars paper trimmer, Canon Pixma

Challenges: OLW13