Christmas tree hangers

I was so struck by a Christmas tree hanger ornament that I received from Lynn that I just had to experiment and make some.. and now I am hooked!



The silver borders are simple peel-offs that I had in a 'give-away' box, because I didn't know how to value them properly. My son Joël had given them as a gift last Christmas - now I wish he had brought some more with him!! Isn't that nice to actually be happy with something you thought you would never use??

I embossed over the hangers about three to four times, this is what gives them that ornamental feel.



Thank you Lynn for sharing a piece of your art with me! It is great to have a close-up to be inspired.

Tag Tuesday #32 - Happy New Year

The challenge on Tag Tuesday this week is Happy New Year and can be found here.



A big thanks to Louise for hosting this challenge this year - I'm hoping it will continue into next year too!

(NB - Sue, I used the stamps you sent me - the clock and the fleur de Lys)

Playing with paper

Puzzling with papers, scraps, etc. wanting to fit papers with images to reduce the scrap baskets and not make new ones!


The oval diecut came from Sue - distressed and all - just needed a little image and a background panel - thanks Sue! The special prima flower came from Louise.


Used just little scraps for this background and stamped over the top.


Here I added some stitching.
The last two images have been graciously given to me by Nancy Kreuger.

No snow here I am afraid, just rain today, but it's lovely and cozy inside.

Happy Christmas!

We celebrated yesterday evening here so time to relax today and probably create a little. There are no church services today, something we have always been sad about, but we celebrate the Saviour as a family.



I have been so blessed to know you all!

Thank you all for your friendship!

Tag Tuesday - A shaped tag

I won't have time to make a shaped tag so I hope you will accept this as a 'different' sort of tag creation, a tag on a card?
I wouldn't want to miss a week but I just can't fit it in anymore to make something new but I am determined to try it when I can breath a bit.



The challenge is on Louise's blog here.



Wishing everybody a very Happy Christmas! I hope to be back before Christmas though.

Lavender and white

Just sharing a card I made with a Hero Arts stamp called Paris Rose. I used it as a background for the image and built the card up from there.



The swirl flourish I used on the background is from the Serenity stamp plate from Artistic Outpost.

We had a little bit of snow yesterday but it didn't stay. I do have a lovely view of the snow covered mountains which are part of the view from our house. And our son Joël arrived home yesterday for the Christmas holiday.
Have a lovely week!
Jacqueline

WINNER of my blog-giveaway

I let my son David pick a paper out of the basket and the name on it was:

PAULA

Congratulations Paula - I will send you a little package this coming Monday.

Huge thanks to everyone who joined in!

Jacqueline