Friday, December 27, 2013

Merry Christmas

Did you get what you wanted for Christmas?
For me, the question is:  Did you GIVE what you wanted to for Christmas? 

I fell a bit short this year.  Didn't finish as many doll dresses for my niece, Anne, as I had meant to.  Didn't get as many cards or envelopes made for my mother's stash as I meant to.  But there are twelve days of Christmas, after all.

Here are a couple of my favorite cards that went into Mother's box.

At the Gate


Cardstock:  Songbird Duet (Momenta)

Patterned Paper:  Kellerkurtz Company (The Paper Studio)

Stamps:  Garden Girls set (Crafty Secrets)

Dye ink:  Espresso (Ranger)

Colored pencils:  blue, red, orange, olive green (Prismacolor)

Gold Foil Pen (Krylon)

Deckle Scissors (Fiskars)

3-D Flower:  TC Cottage Garden Warm set (K and Company)
 
 
 
Moonlight Skyline
 
Black pre-folded 5 ¼-inch card (American Crafts)
Patterned paper:  Blue Texture (My Mind’s Eye)
Stamps:  International Skyline (Hero Arts); Chelsea Sentiments set (Inkadinkado)
Chalk Ink:  black (Clearsnap)
White pastel pencils (General’s)
Deckle Scissors (Fiskars)
2-inch circle template, made with a Cricket machine or Fiskars Shapecutter