Hello! Hope you are having a good Thanksgiving Week! We have been very busy at our house decorating for Christmas. What?! Yes, that is correct. My husband is a Christmas Decor FREAK!! Having a December birthday has decidedly shaped his seasonal urge to go loony for lights, bulbs, santa, and anything red, green, or sparkly! He took the Christmas boxes out of the attic before I could get the Halloween decorations put away! By last weekend, our front yard was a spectacle to be seen in the neighborhood and soon to become a blip on Google Maps! We now have 3 trees up and decorated inside our home. After this weekend, there will be at least one more....a Hello Kitty tree for my ScrapLoft. (That one is ALL ME!)
I have had the good fortune to spend several days making Christmas cards. Christmas has always been about family in my household. It's always also been about Love and Peace and Kindness. My family does not celebrate Christmas as Jesus' Birthday. We know that many other Christians do. We know that the bible does say, "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." -Isaiah 9:6. In the spirit of "Peace on Earth", I give you this card that I made to send tidings of Love and Peace and Good Will. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. xoxoxo Sherry
When you start doing some serious scrapbooking or cardmaking, you see quickly that the possibilities are endless. I had the pleasure of purchasing a new machine this week that cuts and embosses shapes. It is called the Spellbinders Grand Calibur. In the card above, you see the shapes that the snowflake is on? That is three separate cuts of three papers that nest together; each one a little larger than the last. This is my first project that I completed with the new machine. Another new to me product is the super fine sparkle glitter that I added to the snowflake after I stamped it. I used Close To My Heart's Liquid Glass (Z679, $6.95) to add the glitter. It dries completely clear and is easy to use in the space and thickness you desire. I cut my 5 x 7 card from CTMH White Daisy cardstock, then embossed another white rectangle panel with my CuttleBug machine using the snowflake embossing folder. I added white satin ribbon taped to the back of the rectangle and then adhered it to the card. Then I cut the three shapes at one time on the Grand Calibur using the "Labels One" dies. I used foam tape to "pop-up" the three labels from each other. I used two stamp sets for the front of the card. The large snowflake is from New Fallen Snow (D1171) and the "Merry Christmas" and circle is from Tag The Occasion (B1362).
