Lovely Wreath Twisted Easel

Note: November 17, 2015

ABC Christmas Challenge DT Call (ends Nov 30, 2015)

Hi, Blogging Friends! A warm welcome to new followers Vicky, Angelique, Shalu, Carrie, Kren, Carol Crafty-Stamper, Catherine. Thank you for following me, and I look forward to seeing your blogs, too!

November's Path of Positivity Challenge is about Thankfulness:

Apologies for not leaving comments as much as I used to, and for not even posting many cards. 

My hands have been very uncooperative, and the dexterity and neurologic issues are becoming extensive. And in all honesty - my brain is not functioning well, either, 

but

  Slow is better than Stop 

- right?

And maybe Contentment and Peace are by products of Gratitude?
Being content in the midst of Life regardless of what it brings?
So that we may grow in ways we might otherwise have never grown?
And be exposed to ideas and thoughts we otherwise would never have known?

I do want you to know how blessed I am to have you in my little life,

 and to share in your artwork and photos of your homes and loved ones.

Hopefully you all know how appreciated and valued you are. Since I am home-bound, it is my highlight to visit your blogs and see what you are up to.

I couldn't resist!


Having fallen deeply in love with this wonderfully detailed Christmas Wreath image by Kim Gwin of Scrapbook Stamp Society, I was delighted when sweet DTC Sher sent it to me.


It was remarkably easy to color because the image reveals the places to lighten and darken.

If you enjoy "Pretty", but prefer something easy to color, then this beautiful wreath would make a lovely addition to your digi Christmas items.  It's perfect for vintage or contemporary paper crafting, and it can be cut apart to use pieces of it, too.

I decided to try a Twisted Easel style card, and though Christina Griffiths' video tutorial was very simple, and contained wonderful tips about placement of images both top and bottom, I had trouble with the placement of the sentiment on the bottom portion of the card, so if you try this fold, you might want to use longer, thinner sentiments, or something extremely small, rather than a squarish size sentiment.

When closed, this is what the top looks like:

Except for the printed paper, all of the green is vellum. I'm ashamed to say that vellum has been in my stash at least 10 years, and this is the first time it  has been used!

While it worked with MS punch around the page, it did not play well with the Deep Edge MS Trim punches which cut both sides.

The pink pearls are from my mom's crafting stash (that means I have had them over 21 years - no telling how long she had them!) {smile}

The bottom looks like this when closed:

A computer-generated sentiment with a variety of fonts was fun to create.

Here is a close up of the bottom when opened:

My girl friend will be surprised when she receives this, especially knowing Fumble Fingers here made it (giggle).

thanks for stopping by!

Fondly submitted to the following wonderful challenges:

1. Created With Love Challenges - #67 Anything Goes (11-25)
2. Path of Positivity - #8 Gratitude (please see my little comment above) (12-2)
3. City Crafter Challenge Blog - #186 Card Using a Wreath (11-26)
4. Incy Wincy Designs - Easel Card (11-25)
5. Addicted to Stamps - #69 Dies and Punches (9 dies, MS punch around page) (11-25)
6. Crafty Calendar Challenge - Anything Christmas (12-3)
7. Tok Bobok Challenge - TBC#6 Christmas (11-29)
8. Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #10 Make it fancy SQUARE (Square top, square bottom) (11-26)
9. Party Time Tuesdays - #147 Color Challenge (bright pink, green, purple with deep teal) (11-26)
10. Sweet Stamps - #144 Anything Goes! (11-25)

Sweet hugs for you always,