Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Inspiration and Challenge Blog - December Challenge - Christmas/New Year

Well the second challenge over at the Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Inspiration and Challenge Blog has ended.

If you entered the challenge and want to find out if you are a winner you need to pop on over to the blog and see.

You will also see that the topic for December's challenge is "Christmas/New Year".

Normally you would only get a sneaky peek at my card/creation and you'd have to come back on the Monday for all the details of how I made my item but as the start of the month is a Monday you can read my whole post today!!

I decided to make a gift bag.  These are so expensive to buy in the shops so I do try to make my own.

For my decorated bag I have used one of the newer Ching-Chou Kuik digital stamps available in her Etsy Store called "Christmas Tree".  She's a gorgeous little girl with a tree, present, some candy cane and a gorgeous little teddy bear.

I have coloured my image in with my Graph'it pens and highlighted the white fur on the little girl's hat and the teddy's hat with Stickles glitter glue.  I have used a gold metallic Pan Pastel and a piece of blending mat cut with decorative scissors to make the border around the image.

The backing papers that I used as a backdrop for the image and for flowers are Bearly Mine Designs Christmas Traditions 2.

I have finished the decorated bag off with some stamped sentiments, brads, flowers, burgundy Veletta 25mm textured ribbon and a gorgeous Cheery Lynn Victorian Romance Flourish die-cut.

It would be lovely if you could play along with the challenge this month.

I am entering this decorated gift bag into the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments - Use die-cuts

Digi Choosday - Christmas celebrations

Simon Says Challenge - Anything goes

Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes

Nutcrafters - All that glitters

Crafting for all Seasons - Tis the season

Fab n Funky - Anything with die-cuts

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything goes

The Stamping Chef - Anything goes

CRAFT - Christmas present

4 Crafty Chicks - Die-cuts

Aud Sentiments - Use a Christmas sentiment

The Stamping Boutique - Sparkle

Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything goes

QKR Stampede - Anything but a card

Creative Fingers - Anything goes

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Fussy and Fancy Friday - Happy holidays

Creative Inspirations - Season's greetings!

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with optional twist to make a calendar

Pan Pastel - Colouring
Robyn's Fetish - Anything goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes or add doodles
Card Mania - Favourite colour combo - for Christmas I like lots of different colours on my card but my favourite is still the traditional Christmas colours of red and green
Craft Your Passion - Christmas presents
CCC Digi Creations - Digi/Christmas
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper December Challenge - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything goes
Emerald Fairies - Christmas Red and green

The Pink Elephant - Photo inspiration