Joyeux Noel

Hello everyone!  Happy weekend!  What are you all doing this weekend?  Our 14 YO has a Winter Ball dance tonight at her high school, and she is taking her boyfriend.  I can't wait to snap some pix of them all dressed up.  :-)  My daughter chose a dress that reminds both of us of the singer, Taylor Swift.  It's lovely and feminine without being too, well, you know, skimpy.  I just can't believe some of the dresses that girls wear now.  Yikes.  What ever happened to leaving a little something to the imagination?  Sigh.

Anyway, I made a Christmas card yesterday (yes, I know, I'm either late or early for it, depending on how you look at it!) out of some pieces lying about in the cast-off box.  The sentiment flag is one of those pieces.

It's a little hodge-podgey, I know.  I threw on some embossed bits that have ragged edges on them.  Just trying something different, just because.  ;-)  The damask background is by Purple Onion...this enables me to enter Moxie Fab World's 'Make Your Own Background Paper' challenge. The Eiffel Tower is a Technique Tuesday stamp, and the sentiment is Verve.

I'm also playing at In The Pink:  they want to see LACE and lots of PINK.  Got it covered.  :-)

I know I nearly always say 'thank you' at the end of every blog post for your visit and comment.  But can I just say so EMPHATICALLY this time?  There is a lot of stress going on in my life right now from various things, and that has rather forced me to look at my blessings and count them.  My dear blogging friends are among my many blessings.  I am all the better for knowing each of you!  May God bless you all.



Dimensions: 4.25" x 5.5"
Stamps: Vintage Damask - Purple Onion; Mon Ami Paris - Technique Tuesday; Glad Tidings - Verve
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Blush Blossom, Whisper White, damask pattern behind oval die cut - SU
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Wheat Chalk Ink - Tsukineko; Frayed Burlap - Ranger
Fibers: lace
Other:  Kassie's Brocade embossing folder - Cuttlebug; Postage Stamp border punch - EK Success; pearl/gem tape - Recollections; oval die - Spellbinders; Scallop Dot border punch - Martha Stewart

Play Date Cafe 129 - Damask

Dusk, Magenta and Seedling -- these are the new Play Date Cafe colors this week!

Though I think all the colors look fabulous together, I had trouble matching up the top and middle colors to things I already had in my stash.  I found some Creative Inspirations Paints (have I told you lately how much I love them??)  that fit the bill (listed in supplies at the end of this post).

The damask stamp is Purple Onion (my very first PO stamp!), which I heat-embossed on white cardstock.  Then I painted Denium shimmer paint over it.  See how dark the color looks in the jar below?  These paints are more sheer than they first appear.  You can layer the paint to build up your color, though.

The purple petals are from old SU chipboard pieces I have, and the rose is Anna Griffin (bought dirt cheap at a Tuesday Morning shop).

Our sponsor this week is DeNami Design, so one lucky winner gets to shop with them!




Before I go, a big HELLO to the new Followers I see on my sidebar!  It means a lot that you like my stuff enough to put your picture there.  :-)

Thanks so much for joining me today!



Dimensions: 4.25" x 5"
Stamps: Vintage Damask - Purple Onion Designs; Everyday Sayings - Hero Arts
Paper: white - PTI
Ink: VersaMark, Versafine Onyx Black - Tsukineko
Fibers: lace (eBay); white braided trim - Waverly
Other: heat tool; White embossing powder, Plum and Denium paints - Creative Inspirations Paints; oval punch - SU; molded flower - Carolina Collection - Anna Griffin; chipboard leaves - SU
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