Circles & Snowflakes Joyful Christmas Wishes Card - 52 {C}CT March Sketch Challenge

It's sketch time at 52 {C}CT and here's the layout we'd like you to use for your Christmas cards this week.  It's an intriguing one!

As soon as I saw this sketch I thought of my Circles Decorative Strip die so I got that out and cut two shapes, one from Real Red CS and another from Old Olive CS.  I trimmed the two shapes to size, laid them onto my white panel and drew inside the 5 larger circles with a pencil.  Then I punched Real Red and Old Olive 3/4" circles, glued those over my pencil marks and glued the die cut shapes over the top.  I stamped the sentiment and then got busy punching out 15 white snowflakes.  I stacked 3 snowflakes together to make them a bit more chunky and then I adhered them inside the circles.  I put large gems in the snowflake centres and added more gems to the smaller circles.

I had enough of the two Circles die cut shapes left over to decorate the inside of the card and the envelope.  I'm quite happy how this turned out, quite a bright and contemporary Christmas card I think!

I hope you'll take the opportunity to add a Christmas card to your stash by playing along with us at 52 {C}CT this week.  I'd love to come and take a peek at your creations!

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! 'Joyful Christmas' set
CS: SU! Real Red, Old Olive & Whisper White
Ink: SU! Real Red & Old Olive
Tools: Sizzix 'Circles' Decorative Strip die, X Cut snowflake punch, 3/4" circle punch, 1/8" circle handheld punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Embellishments & accessories:  SU! rhinestone jewels