Christmas Card Challenges #6 and ABC Christmas Card Challenges "A"

Hi Again!  I know that I missed posting the first week of January but I am making up for it now in posting 3 times this week as well as creating 2 cards to enter for 2 challenges.  I had said as one of my crafty resolutions that I wanted to post atleast once a week if possible.  I know that that isnt always ideal or reasonable as life sometimes gets in your way and prevents it, but Im going to do my very best.  The first week of January I have spent battling Strep Throat so I am trying to get back into the swing of things and make up for the one I missed this first week.  

Christmas Card Challenge #6 this week is:

 

and

ABC Christmas Challenge this week is:

'A is for Anything Goes'

(Just don't forget the Christmas theme!)

I know that you may or may not have seen my other post, but I did create a card to enter these 2 challenges already, but I was on a roll so decided that I was going to create a second card for each of these challenges and enter them.  Im really trying to build a stock of cards for this coming Christmas so I might as well get started early.

This card started as me trying to use up some of my scraps (I have a ton of extra snowflakes in my scrap box) so this card started out with some white snowflakes and then me deciding to make my own background with some distress inks, and it came together so perfectly.
I absolutely love this card and the way that it turned out and it was so easy to put together it might end up being something I can mass produce and it could possibly become my card for next Christmas that I hand out to most people.  Only time will tell...

Here's part of my card...

Here's another look at another part of my card...

Here's a look at the side view of my card...

and last but certainly not least...

Here's the front view of my card...

Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - Used to cut the card base and the background paper

White Paper - used for the card base

Water Colour Paper - used to create the background on

Shimmer Cardstock - used to cut all the snowflakes out of

Scissors - used to cut the string behind the snowflake

Double Sided Adhesive - Used to attach the background to the card base

Ranger Multi Medium Matte - used to adhere the snowflakes to the background

Precision tips - used for really precise placement of glue on the snowflakes

Cuttle Bug - used to die cut snowflakes

MFT Snowflake Dies - used to cut out the largest snowflake

Paper Smooches Dies - Used to cut out the little snowflakes

Heat Tool - used to dry the inks in between water droplets

Distress Inks - used to create the background

Distress Ink Blending tools - Used to blend the ink pad colours together to create background

Shimmer Mist - Used to add shimmer to the background

Silver Thread - used behind the snowflakes to add a touch of metallic to the card

Water - from your own tap and with your hand

Klennex - used to soak up the water droplets

I was unfortunately not able to find a source for the "Merry Christmas" Wording however it is a sticker, and I was also not able to find a source for the Gems that I used for the centres of the snowflakes - any gems would work fine for recreation of this card.