Wishes and Wonder

Happy Wednesday!

I have a card to share with you tonight that I made the last time I was in my craft cave, which, just happens to be over a week  ago!  I can't believe that I haven't been in my craft room in that long.  The only time I have been in there was to put my newly arrived Paper Pumpkin kit on my craft desk yesterday!  Last weekend I didn't get into my craft cave.  I was so busy doing other things, including some genealogy research that I just didn't find the time.  This week I have started taking an online art class and that's also taking up time, but I am thoroughly enjoying it!

I bought this set to use for Christmas cards this year as I love the traditional feel of it. The card I'm sharing tonight is the first card I have made with this set and I really want to play around with it some more as it is such a pretty set.  I mixed it in with some of the new DSP - Wonder of the Season. 

You've seen me use this layout before and it's fast becoming one of my favorites!  Here's my card:

The base specialty paper has a wonderful gold foil font on it, so I went with that theme and stamped the sleigh with gold versamark and heat set it with gold embossing powder.  I colored the sleigh with Copics and die cut the reindeer from a piece of old gold mirror card stock.  It has some knicks in it, but I decided I was OK with that :-)  I die cut a couple of leaves from the matching die set and used the same die set to cut out the "North Pole" stamp.  It really is such a sweet set and can't wait to see what else I can make with it.

On a personal note:

Well, I don't know about you all... but as much as I am enjoying the cooler, less humid, weather, I am not looking forward to winter and the prospect of not being able to go away for Christmas, and missing our anniversary trip in a couple of weeks, is really starting to make me feel a little stir crazy!  We had a wonderful trip to the UK planned and Lou had used up some of his frequent flyer points to book me into first class on Virgin Atlantic.  Now that was a wonderful anniversary present and I was looking forward to THAT experience as well as our trip.  However, because of the restrictions in UK, Virgin cancelled our tickets and we cancelled our hotels.  We had a Christmas cruise set up, but have cancelled that.  So, we will be spending a nice quiet night at home for our 25th anniversary and will snuggle up at home and enjoy a Christmas at home.  I think I might have to go a little overboard on decorations this year!

I hope you and your loved ones are all staying safe.  I'll be back tomorrow with another Christmas card and some photographs.  In the meantime, warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.

Hugs

Jaydee

Card recipe:

• Stamps:  Wishes and Wonder - Stampin' Up!
• Specialty Paper:  Wonder of the Season
• Dies: North Pole Wonder Dies - also part of the Wishes and Wonder Bundle
• Card stock:  Neenah Solar White 110#.  Schoolhouse Red - Simon Says Stamp

Comments

[jaydee]

Barbara, so glad you like the card. I also thought I could put the deer and sleigh together but couldn't get them to work in the traditional manner - even on a longer card, it just didn't seem to look right! Here are the dimensions
card is a standard A2 (4 1/4 by 5 1/2). The font panel is 3 5/8 x 5 1/4. The offset panels are 2 1/4 x 4 and the circle is a 2 3/4 scallop. Hope those help you.
As for the genealogy..... I can disappear down a rabbit hole of analysis for days! I try to double check and triple check all my facts and want multiple sources to prove or disprove a theory, which becomes very time consuming. It's wonderful though when you can finally break through a barrier and DNA testing has helped me do a couple of those - with some very surprising results!
hugs
jaydee

[Joanne James]

Love your traditional Christmas card Jaydee - very festive and quite layered for you too! Gold, red and green make for a classic combination and your foil deer adds a real touch of elegance. I think many of your readers will be able to identify with your disappointment about cancelled travel plans, it really is rubbish and there are no signs of light at the end of the tunnel yet. I too have started to think about things that make make a Christmas at home with no visitors more gifts and decorations already - we will all make the best of it! Hugs xx

[Marina . . . from far Africa!!!]

Too bad Jaydee, but you will have other opportunities. The important thing is your protecting yourself and Lou. You had beautiful plans, but I am sure you will replace them with even more beautiful ones.

[Barbara Taylor]

Love this card, I also bought this bundle to make Christmas cards. Wanted to use the deer with the sleigh but somehow couldn't get it to look right. Thank you for the inspiration. If you don't mind could you give me the measurements you used. Also I read you do genealogy, that absorbs a lot of my time. Again thanks for the inspiration. Barb.