This week we have the quote from Dyan which reads "Christmas Calories Don't Count" - something we perhaps would all like to think but something which most of us know is not true. Maybe there are one or two out there who can get away with eating exactly what they want in the sweet line and maybe some who can shed the pounds they do put on quite quickly.
"Here we have Mitzi surrounded by lots of sweet things such as Christmas cakes, Christmas puddings and gingerbreads. By the look of her she has put on a pound or two from eating all these rich foods, including the majority of the turkey with lashings of apple and of cranberry sauce. Her two young friends are quite shocked, particularly Carol who is expecting her first baby in February and so has had to watch what she consumes over and up to the festive period.
Holly, agog at what Mitzi is eating is holding her hands out in despair and berating her friend for everything she is eating. Holly is a sensible girl and attends keep fit classes at the local school to keep her sylph-like figure. In fact that is where the three girls actually met two years ago when they became good friends. Holly thinks she is quite right in saying what she thinks to Mitzi but Mitzi firmly believes, as she says "Christmas Calories don't Count!" She might just change her mind in the new year."
For my page I swiped Peeled Paint Distress Ink across the page both vertically and horizontally following it with Broken China in exactly the same way. This was a technique we had used on a workshop I attended (virtual) last week. I then used some white paint through a stencil (AALL & Create Superbly Square Stencil by Abs) before stamping a border with one of Dyan's stamps - holly and some stars and Christmas trees, again by Dyan. The figures are, as usual, all by Dylusions and Mitzi is the largest figure I could find along with some legs from a much taller figure to emphasise the weight she has gained.
I guess I am highlighting the problem of over-eating at Christmas, something which is quite easy to do when faced with all those goodies that people tend to bring to you which fits in with Tracey's theme over at Art Journal Journey this month. So I am linking this page, once more, to AJJ and will be linking it again next week which will be New Year's Eve and the last possible time to enter in with this theme.
All I am left with now is to wish you all a Very Happy Christmas and the hope that you all stay safe and well in these turbulent times. Here is our tree.
