Ode to Christmas

This is a set of Large Chipboard Tags
I made and are in the current issue of
Australian Paper Crafts
issue 71
the words on the tags read
A song was heard at Christmas
To wake the midnight sky
A saviour's birth and peace on earth
And praise to God on high
The angels sang a Christmas
With all the hosts above
And still we sing
the newborn King
His glory and His love
-Timothy Dudley Smith

Play Time

This week I received an order from Karen Owen for the most delightful Collage Sheets

This is Molly, from one of these sheets

Isn't she Gorgeous!

anway, I loved creating this little ATC with her

I used a 1930 Calendar Page (from Lythan she gave me some delicious Vintage Papers and bits for my B'day and I've been dying to use some of them) I thought it made a cool BG.

I added a collection word & Photo Turn from TSQ

some rubons from American Crafts, a sticker, brads and my sewing machine

I hope you get to have a little 'Play Time' today

DCM weekly dare - Song without words

This week at

Daring Cardmakers
Lythan chose to dare this cool dare

Song without words
I would like you to create a card inspired by a song or a carol - it could be for Christmas or not! (you may have got all your Christmas cards done by now...) BUT there is a twist. the words of the song are NOT to be seen on the front of the card. You could leave it to us to guess! Have fun!

I chose one of my fav Christmas Carols for my card, using some lovely papers that my sweet friend Kim sent me **waves Kim**, she sent me the most lovely collage papers, so I had fun using some of them, along with this image from a vintage 'Golden Book' (I found this image on 'google images') and had to use it.....

So have you guessed my favourite carol yet......

ofcourse you have, it's

We Three Kings

So have you Dared to DARE yet?....Come on I dare you!

Make sure you have a lookie at the DCM blog for more inspiration, the girls have made some SCRUMMY cards :)

Salt - Light

This week at SALT

The theme Ruth has chosen is

LIGHT

It is mentioned so many times in the Bible,

and has many facets of meaning and symbolism.

I am the LIGHT of the World...

The people walking in darkness haveseen a great LIGHT ...

The LIGHT shines in the darkness, but thedarkness has not understood it...In the same way, let your LIGHT shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

Once again I've headed to the Psalms, I'm starting to think it's my favourite book in the bible

So I've made this little 'gothic arch'

and I wanted my 'light' to be symbolised by this 'hanging lamp' the kind that would have had oil in it hanging from a ceiling, filling the room with the warmth and reasurance of light.

Isn't it amazing how a childs fear of the dark, can be eased simply by turning on the light...

Well that's been the same in my life really,

So many fears and hangups, eased simply by

'TURNING ON THE LIGHT'

Santa's Key

This is another little project I have created with some of my

Christmas Stamps I received in my DT pack from

The Stamping Queen

I used this lovely Crafty Individuals Stamp {CI-162}

It has these 4 lovely images on one plate, anyway I stamped it onto some Calico this time for a little change using StazOn ink, I made it into a little quilt using some wadding and patchwork fabric and quilted it on my machine, trimmed and frayed the edges. Then I added some little 'vintage picture frame hangers' also available at TSQ, some chain, vintage glass buttons & vintage lace and a Gorgeous Rusty old key...oh and a little 'jingle bells charm'.......