Sunday, November 17, 2013

Oh Christmas Tree

Today's going to be a day of rest for me, and I'll be putting my feet up.  Yesterday, I made dinner for my daughters and their families (11 of us)....a first for me since my husband passed away.  Everything went well, and it was a fine family get-together.  My timing was a bit off though, as I had to do a major deep clean of the house first, after the mess created with the renovations I was doing.  Phew, thank goodness that's done, for now anyway!

So how about a card, with one of the beautiful Just Inklined Christmas images from last year, titled Fir Balls.


The ornaments have been coloured with copics and trimmed with some gold stickles, and then I used green sparkle pen for the fir branch.  It's been cut out with the Spellbinder's Labels Twenty Two die, but trimmed down so that only one edge is shaped.  Lots of distress ink for a cool nighttime effect, and then some pretty papers from MME.  The sentiments are from Hero Arts - Holiday Sayings.

So that's one more ready to go, and I guess I should get busy at that soon....I'll have to try not to leave it to the last minute!  Thanks for stopping by, here's hoping you're having a wonderful weekend.

Some challenges for my card:

Penny's Challenges - #153 Add a sentiment
Totally Papercrafts - #193 CAS - Clean & Simple
Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - CAS Christmas
Creatalicious Challenges - #57 Christmas Time
Crimbo Crackers - #54 Christmas Words
Christmas Stampin' - #42 Stripes
ABC Christmas Challenge - W for Winter Wishes 
A Creative Romance - Winter Blue's
Crafty Calendar Challenge - All Things Christmas
613 Avenue Create - #46 Anything Goes w/option World Peace Day

11 comments:

  1. What a beautiful card! That must have been an emotional and bittersweet day yesterday. Hope you will give yourself a breather now,

    Lucy x

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  2. This time of year can be very difficult at times Joyce. Glad you enjoyed your family day. Fabulous Christmas card Joyce.
    Laine
    xx

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  3. You absolutely deserve a day of rest or two for that matter! Glad it went well and you enjoyed the day. Your card is beautiful! Love the gorgeous background and I especially like how you used the sentiment!

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  4. Oh wow Joyce this is an awesome card really like your baubles and the gold trim you have added nice to know your meal went well too that's a lot of cook for now take that good and well earned rest xx

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  5. A beautiful festive card Joyce, love the pretty tree branch and the way you have layered it up. I am sure your house looked lovely after all the work you've been doing on it and the girls and families must have enjoyed all being together with you. Bruce would be very proud of you.
    Have a good week.
    hugs {brenda} x0x

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  6. This is very pretty! What a great idea to use only one side of die. It adds a really pretty edge without overwhelming the whole thing. Love that snowflake paper. Thanks for playing with CSAYL.

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  7. This is just so beautiful Joyce and thanks for joining our challenge at Totally Papercrafts this week
    x catherine

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  8. What a beautiful card! I love the shape of the die cut, great combination of papers and love the ornament digi too! Thanks for the inspiration and thanks for playing in our neighborhood at 613 Avenue Create!

    Kathi
    Co-Owner

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  9. Really wonderful card and great image.
    Thank’s a lot for joining us at our W for Winter wishes Challenge by ABC Christmas Challenge
    Hope to see you again
    Hugs and greetings
    Angela DT

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  10. Deine Karte sieht toll aus. Mir gefallen die Farben und die Gestaltung sehr. Danke für deine Teilnahme bei CSAYL. LG Jenny

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  11. Fabulous card! Thanks of much for playing along with the ABC Christmas Challenge. We will have another one tomorrow and hope you will play along again soon!
    ~Lacey
    www.stampandcreate.com
    ABC Christmas Challenge DT

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