Merry Christmas!

It’s been a little over two weeks since I’ve written a blog post. I’ve been busy creating and getting ready for today in many different ways. I have lots to share and will try to get the holiday projects shared before New Year’s, but I wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas if it’s a holiday you celebrate.

One of my favorite projects this year was a limited edition Christmas card. I suspect I’ll make a few more next year. They were a lot of fun to put together.

I started with The Greetery’s Elegant Entrance Arches die cut from black cardstock. I added door handles with gold paper and mounted it on Simon Say’s Fog cardstock. I was careful not to add any glue to the bottom portion of the door so I could add the Oh, Christmas Tree from The Stamp Market to the inside.

The tree was die cut with Concord & 9th’s Evergreen cardstock, one of my favorite dark greens. I splattered some gold metallic paint on it before adding the garland cut from gold glitter cardstock. The garland has places to add gems (as ornaments) and I used a variety of Pinkfresh drops.

Once again, the Memory Box gold foiled black “Merry Christmas” tabs was the perfect sentiment. (Best seen in the top photo.)

There are still some challenges out there looking for holiday themed projects so I’m sending this on to The Card Concept: Christmas Cheer where the inspiration is the evergreens and the Christmas colors., to Inkspirational: Celebrate (indeed we did!), and to NBUS as this was the first time I used the arched door and the Christmas tree. The Card Concept asks you to select a style for your card. It’s not often I would choose Classy and Elegant, but in this case I think it’s the best fit.

We celebrated with my son and his family yesterday before the Christmas Eve service at church where we were both ushers. That turned out to be more involved than usual since it was the candlelight service. Today Tracy’s local family and in-laws came for an early dinner. Everyone brings a dish so it’s not an overwhelming task to get dinner on the table. Years ago there were 27 of us for dinner (four tables). This year there were nine at one table, and my brother-in-law spoke for all of us when he said he misses all the kids. We are, however, so very grateful to be healthy, happy and to have family nearby. We’re on our way to Wisconsin tomorrow afternoon. We take two half days to drive there. It makes for a much more pleasant trip. We have dinner reservations at a favorite restaurant near Toledo tomorrow night, and will arrive in Racine on Wednesday. I expect to be a much more frequent blogger in the next few weeks.

I hope you’ve had a wonderful weekend and a happy holiday!