give me an X

Once again a big Xmas. This was an order from a friend, for a friend. :)
Don't think I'll ever get tired of making letters, I looove letters in any shape, and combined with christmas it just can't go wrong. ;)

 A greyish colorscheme, with a hint of red for highlights. I choosed a striped paper for the X, and used quite a lot of stamping over it, to get a softer look.

 I've grown kinda fond of these pine cone-stamps, and they really look great here! A few strokes with a red pen on the ribbon, a bloodred heart (what else?), and a touch of red around the edges and I'm done.

I also matted the "merry"-tag with red paper, and found a punch with a santa-hat in my stash that's just so funny for the silver reindeer.

I've entered in the following blog challenges with this post:

Secret crafter - Anything goes
Charisma cardz - Anything goes
Crafty catz - Santas hat
Top tip tuesday - Anything goes
Aud sentiments - Anything goes
Dream valley - Christmas
Paper play - Christmas
Dutch dare cards - My favorite things
The sisterhood of crafters - Black, white + 1 color
OLLCB - Anything but a card