7,8,9 Pick Up Sticks

So ever onward and here's the next 3 cards  for Beccy Muirs A Month of Holiday Cards Challenge.

Day 7 was to use the letter F.
I chose to use Feathered Friends  and Fancy Flap Fold Card.
The fancy flap wasn't just any old flap oh no, I had the bright idea of using magnets to hold the flap shut. Do I never learn!!!!!! One whole evening later just aligning the magnets up and re doing the card half a dozen times and finally I'm happy with the result.  The digi is by From The Heart Stamp .Com called 'Seven Christmas Birds'. Next time I think I will just cook the goose and be done with it. Lol.
Coloured using my Graph'it pens (that was the easy peesy bit) and cut out using my Xcut Rectangle Parenthesis, largest die, The selction of papers used were all freebie magazine sheets in my stash. The die cut Christmas was a Britannia die. I had cut out Merry too but decided  it looked too much on the image and took the eye  away from the birds who after all were center stage!  You know they say never work with animals? Well,  never work with birds either. I very nearly gave them a magnet each in their grain to keep em still.
This is the inside of the card.

 The outside with the card folded up.  The magnets are beneath the red die cut and then on the folded card underneath so that the card snaps shut which it does.

 Here is the card folded out.

Entering this card into the following challenges:
A Month of  Holiday Cards Challenge #  Day 7 Letter F.
Crafty Card Makers #222 Lots of Layers.
Craft Rocket Challenges #54 Christmas is coming.
Crafting With Friends #75 Anything goes.
Simply Create Too #144 More than one fold.
The Holly And The Ivy #40 Anything goes.
Love to Craft #28 anything goes.
Angie's Digital Stamps #26 Anything goes +optional twist of Christmas. #3.

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Day 8 was to use the letter G.
I chose to use Gifts and Gate Fold Card.

Digi image this time is by Just Inklined called 'Christmas Birds' and coloured using my Graph'it pens. They were much better behaved as they really only had eyes for each other. I did debate whether to give them googly eyes but after the last card decided to stop whilst ahead.  The present dp. is from Making Cards Dec 2016 and the tartan paper is from a First Edition paper pad 'Jingle All The Way.'

I have made my gate fold from cardstock cut to 5" x 10", folded at 2.5 and 7.5 . I do like to give my gate fold cards the addition of a bellly band to close which is what I have done here.
This is the card folded up.

The inside of the card.

 

Showing the card open .

Entering this card into the following challenges:
A Month of  Holiday Cards Challenge #  Day 8 Letter G.
Artistic Inspirations #209 Anything goes.
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #490 Christmas present.
Crafty Catz #437 Anything goes + optional twist Getting ready for Christmas.
Creative Craft Cottage #113 Christmas is coming.
Unicorn Challenge #38 Use a sentiment.
Love To Scrap #115 Anything goes.
Crafter's Castle #11 Anything goes
12 Months Of Christmas #47 All Tied up for Christmas.

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Day 9  was to use the letter H.
I chose to use Ho, Ho, Ho and Heat Embossing.

The digi image is by  Bugaboo called 'Stocking Santa Ho.Ho.Ho. Coloured using my Graph'it pens with the addition of a nuvo glitter pen 'Silver Mist' for the fur trim.
Papers are magazine freebies in my stash. The stamp is from a clear stamp set by Docrafts. I have stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed using 'Wow' gold embossing powder which doesn't show up in the photo but is there IRL. The photo edging is from a paper pad Hot Off The Press 'Forever Christmas Cards. I have edged and filled in with a gold gel pen.

 Inside of card with the embossed panel.

Entering this card into the following challenges:
A Month of  Holiday Cards Challenge #  Day 9 Letter H.
Through The Craft Room Door # Anything goes.
Cute Card Thursday #555 Snowflakes.
Crafting By Designs #Anything goes.
Sheepski Designs Challenges #20 Anything Christmas.
Sparkles Christmas #95 Embossing Heat or dry.
Stamping Sensations # Get Ready for Christmas.