Ceremony of Lights

Vintage Children Celebrate

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And enjoy the various inspiration that the talented DT's have provided for you.

Here is my choice for

PICK OF THE WEEK

I absolutely LOVE the clean and simple appeal of this card and yet it's also very elegant!

The perfect combination of fun and beauty for a completely festive Christmas Card!

Thank you SO much for your beautiful entry, Peggy!

If you'd like to see this card up close,

visit her blog...

The Wired Angel

Here is my card

I'm using a new image from the Nicecrane Designs 

Fascinating Betsy Hill collection.

They are colored in golden and cream hues of Copics and highlighted with some white glitter.

Nicecrane Designs is also have a HUGE sale!

50% OFF Entire Order

Be sure to grab this promo code!

 Tree Lighting Ceremony

The tree was stamped in Versamark and then gold embossed.

Copics were then used to highlight the trees colors, keeping with gold, cream and white.

White dimensional glue was added for snow and Buttercup Liquid Pearls for the baubles.

The embellishments are flowers made from golden tulle wrapped around a thin wire and twisted and the leaves are embellished with white dimensional writer as well.

I added the ticket, which came in a vintage Visions of Sugarplums blog candy that I recently won from

 Lori Hairston (Thank you, LORI!)

 and it worked perfectly as their pass to the tree lighting celebration!  

Well, that' it for me on this card.

I hope everyone is doing well and getting all ready for the holiday season.

I was freaking out a bit with the preparations, but I'm pleased to say that within 3 days, I was able to start and finish all my shopping (even stocking stuffers), made 11 gift card holders, wrapped all the presents, mailed out all the cards and finished the baking and caught a lovely cold from my daughter!

I'm so ready for a holiday break!

Here's a few pictures of the gift card holders and presents that I wrapped. 

I recycled this year and used brown grocery bags and tore apart 2 bundles of tree ornaments from the Dollar Tree.  

I went with a country-cozy theme this year.

Stocking Gift Card Holders

 Gift Cards and Advent Milk Cartons

Paper lunch sack gift bag..lol

Thanks so much for stopping in...

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Hugs n' Happy stamping...

Lisa xx

Challenges I would REALLY love to enter are:

The Outlawz - Copic/Promarker Challenge (Celebration)

Color Me Creative - #33 Holiday Joy (Gold, Cream & White Copics)

Delicious Doodles - #8 Extravagant Christmas (Embellishments galore)

Prairie Fairy Fridays - #68 Holly Jolly Christmas (No Red or Green)