Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Are you ready?

For Christmas, that is.... All the boxes that needed to be sent to far away places are either on their way, or have arrived at their destinations. No tree this year for us, no decorating, no baking, nothing big going on. None of the kids are coming to the house this year, and we'll be over in Madison the 29th for baptism/Christmas, so we just didn't see the sense in hauling everything down. My sister and dad will come for dinner on the day, but they don't care if we've decorated or not. I actually have a "tree" of sorts. It's a rosemary bush trimmed to the shape of a tree, and it has a fancy ribbon stuck in it. Smells really nice in the living room! I'm looking forward to the Children's Christmas Eve Service at church too. Small church full of love. This Saturday is our "dress rehearsal" and I always order pizza for the kids with the 'threat' that if they don't sing out or don't know their parts, there'd be no pizza for them. Naturally I wouldn't carry through on that ever, and the funny thing is...they know it! Great group of kids. I teach the youngest kids age 3-kindergarten, and direct the children's choir. It's great fun.

So while our Christmas will be relatively quiet, it will be good. I talked to my dear friend Val in Florida yesterday. Her holiday will be somewhat quiet as well, hmmmm....maybe she and her DH should come up here for Christmas! What do you think, Val??!!! We'd have so much fun!

And now I suppose you'd like to know what this post contains besides my ruminations. Well sweet little Anna's 11th birthday is Friday, and I made a card for her. Rather cute, if I might say so.


It's going into the Lawnscaping Challenge with its lovely "Artic Color" palette.


I love these stamps. They're the Winter Sparrows set, and I used the coordinating dies, both from Lawn Fawn. I stamped the sentiment using two different LF sentiments; Year Three and Winter Sparrows. The two white panels are die cut using MME dies, and MFT flags for the sentiment panel. A bit of MS glitter, a smattering of Copic markers for the birds, a bit of random twine, one white sequin on the bow, but it's not showing well...All the papers are scraps, including the light gray base!!!! And that's about it. I'll shut up now before I bore you all to sleep! Happy dances everyone.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds as though your Christmas will be rather wonderful, Bev ... with those you love ... just perfect! Your card's so sweet ... love how you've used the colours and that looks a good deal like a shaker effect ... awesome! I'm certain Anna will adore it! Great job, my friend! Anita :)

Unknown said...

Such a cute card...I love the purple glitter :)

Ardyth said...

Sounds wonderful - focusing on the people rather than all the trappings! With large families, Christmas tends to last for the whole holiday, anyway, which is so nice!

vic said...

Aww this is so cute love the stamps and your colouring is lovely :)have a lovely day

Vic x

Tracey McNeely said...

Sounds like a wonderful Christmas Bev, no chaos! I love how you created the sentiment for this perfect card for Anna!

cm said...

I'm still sailing on Cloud 9 after the beyond fabulous party you planned and card you made for my birthday yesterday! A thank you post coming soon!! For now: your description of Christmas - quiet, cozy, small - wonderful! My decorating is pretty sparse, too, since we're away at one set of parents or another's. Your Saturday dress rehearsal pizza party: fabulous! Your card for Anna: perfect! She will love x love this! Off to tackle another set of tags..Hugs~c

OH Babs said...

Ours will be a quiet Christmas too. I love it when my whole family is here but that will be next year.
I have this stamp/die set and how terrific to see it done as a birthday card. Merry Christmas

Geri said...

Another cutie patootie card for one of your sweet wee ones! I love the combo of the scalopped border (so dainty) and the stitched edge mat - the look awesome together! The pop of purple looks great too, especially 'side by each' with the tweety birds!

Shannon J said...

Such a sweet card, Bev! No tree or decoration for me either! My husband thinks I'm a Grinch (he's right!), but I see no point in hauling everything out only to put it all away again. We have no kids, and no one coming over again, so I'm honouring my inner Grinch!! ha ha!! Merry Christmas!

wienerhoneymooners said...

Absolutely Cute and love the ruminations parts!!!!!!!

A very happy holiday season to you BEV! This sparrow card is sweet, just as sweet as the big surprise for Carol that was a JOY, thanks for that, she deserves it! ---As you deserve a LARGE hugz!

Darnell said...

I love your sweet tweetings card for Anna, who is no doubt also a sweetie so it's a perfect match! She shares the same born day as the twinks!

Your holiday sounds wonderfully relaxed. After all, with all the family celebrations and birthdays that happen, it's like Christmas all year long with you guys!!

Merry Christmas, Bevie! I'm so appreciative of your online friendship and your encouragement throughout the year!! Holly Hugs! Darnell

Marybeth said...

Hi Bev . I didn't know you did all that at your church. I taught for many years too.,at church. We love going to the children's Christmas Eve mass as well.
Your little birthday card with the birds is adorable too tweet!
I hope you have a very Merry Christmas! Enjoy that lovely family of yours.

Karin Åkesdotter said...

Such an adorable Winter scene! LOVE your glittery snow and take on the colors! Thanks so much for playing with us at Lawnscaping, hugs, Karin

Kim S said...

All the decorations and baking is nice - but I think the quiet and simple Christmases are the best. Your Christmas Eve service will be extra special since they are "your kids"!

Your card is perfect for an 11-year old. So sweet and very cute! And you definitely can't go wrong with some glitter!

Merry Christmas to you, Bev, and a very happy new year!

Christiana said...

Super duper card! Amazing that it's all just scraps. Thanks for playing with us at Lawnscaping!