Are you ready for Christmas...I'm getting there, but still have quite a bit to finish up...I still have a few decorations to put out, Christmas Cards need to be written and mailed, and my dining room table is full of presents waiting to be wrapped...and then, my house is in desperate need of a cleaning...gotta get things ready for my daughter and her family to join us for Christmas dinner. This year I plan to begin a new family tradition...It is an idea I found on an Internet crafting website... I bought a new cream colored linen table cloth and plan to have everyone who joins us for dinner write a message with their name and the date onto the table cloth using a fabric coloring pen. I 'hope' to embroidery all of the messages, but if I don't, the fabric color pens are permanent ink, so the messages should remain even after washing. My plan is to continue using this same table cloth each year adding new messages from each person joining us that year....isn't this a fun idea! And, while at the dentist last week, my dentist's assistant and I were talking about Christmas traditions and she mentioned using this same tradition with her family for almost 20 years...she said they were already working on their 3rd tablecloth because the others had no more room for messages...what a wonderful way to preserve the memories of these special times with family and friends!
So....what about you...do you have special family traditions for Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays....I would love to hear about your traditions, if you would care to share them with us by commenting on this post.
Well...today I've posted my card for The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge with a Spin....The spin: you have to include a 'pocket' somewhere in the design of the card. It can be a pocket on the inside or front side...anywhere you desire to add a pocket on the card. I decided to put the pocket on the card front and included a Tag as part of the sketch design.
The Candle/Rose Image is a digital image from 'Fred She Said Designs'.....I purchased the colored version and all I had to do was print it out and then I added just a little more sparkle by coloring areas of the image with my Copic Spica Glitter Pens and then adding just a little Crystal Effects on the candle area. This was a major 'time-savor' for me! The website also offers the image in outline form so that you can color it yourself, if you wish to go that route. This purchase included a couple of different images and a few sentiments,they were all very good and worth the price of $3.37. I used one of the verse sentiments on the back of the tag...it is pictured at the end of this post.
The "Merry Christmas" sentiment is from one of my Paper Pretties Stamp Sets...I had it out on my table and decided to use it for this card...I love the font used for this sentiment and find myself going to this stamp quite often.
You will find the Sketch Challenge at 'The Sweet Stop Blog'...just click on the Badge located on my sidebar and it will take you directly to the blog. And of course I would encourage you to visit the blogs of all the Sugar Babies...they have posted some fabulous cards for this sketch challenge! These ladies have fantastic talent and if you are in need of some sweet inspiration...you HAVE to go check out their blogs....you will not be disappointed!
As we celebrate with family and friends, take time to remember the Birth of Jesus--who is after all....the reason for the season!
Merry Christmas to all...
Barbg(WV)
Barbg(WV)
Back View of Candle Light Tag with Scripture Verse Sentiment.
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