Guest Designer

I have exciting news today!  A month or so ago, I was asked to be a guest designer for CAS(E) This Sketch challenge and today is the day!  I almost always start my cards with a sketch and their's are always great starting points.  Here is the awesome sketch for this week's challenge:

At first it looked like a very basic sketch, but then I started to see that it would be really fun with a clear window through to the inside.  So, this is what I came up with:

I created my background using various sizes of snowflake stamps.  At first I was only going to use red and aqua, but I needed to fill in some areas without adding any more color, so I stamped a few more snowflakes with a very light gray.  It takes away the blank spaces without overwhelming the card with color.  I die cut the "Jesus" word out of red glitter paper and stamped the rest of the sentiment underneath with black ink.  For a little more sparkly, I added tiny clear rhinestones to the center of the colored snowflakes.
Thanks so much to the CAS(E) This Sketch design team for allowing me to design alongside them this week.  Make sure you go check out what they have created.

Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink "Fab Flakes" and "Inspired: Jesus"
Dies: Papertrey Ink "Inspired: Jesus"

Challenges:
Papertrey Ink Make It Monday #344--Deck your die cuts (cut mine out of glitter paper)
A Gem of a Challenge #232--anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks #431--anything goes
Fussy and Fancy #226--Christmas/winter
Cardz TV #76--anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #95--anything goes
Incy Wincy--Create your own background
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
Christmas @ Sweet Stampin--anything goes
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--anything goes
Card Mania #111--Christmas
Love To Craft Challenge #29--anything goes
Crafty Calendar--It's Christmas Time
Dies R' Us #110--snowflakes
Merry Little Christmas Challenge #5--anything goes