Lovely Christmas Verse

Happy Sunday folks! 

Today I have made a card for the Art Impressions

Card Contest.  This month's theme is Lovely Lettering.
I have loved this contest for years!!
You can win $30, $20 or $10 to spend at AI in the contest.
Who doesn't love free stamps?!

I don't think there's anything more lovely than 

This Christmas.  It's such a beautiful

verse from Art Impressions.

I framed the beautiful phrase with 

two different Spellbinders dies.  The poinsettia and border

are from Spellbinders as well.

On the inside I used a new border from Marianne's Creatables

and an older snowflake border from Fiskars.  The stamp inside

is called Block Letter Merry.  It killed me when I saw that

I stamped it ever so crooked.  Those things eat away at me but

not enough to trash a whole card.

Here's another card that I made with the same

verse on the front.

 The cross is from Spellbinders, the embossing folder is Sizzix

and the snowflakes are from Memory Box.

 Here's the inside where I've used the verse 

Season's Greetings.(Sku#J1674)

  

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Faux Craxed Porcelain

 This card was supposed to be included in the
Thursday challenge but I was late turning it in. 
My 13 year old son lost a friend unexpectedly
on Wednesday so my plans to edit and upload this
card went out the window.  I thought I'd still share...
better late than never I hope??

This week at Art Impressions challenges we're trying out

new techniques.  We'd like you to try something you've 

NEVER tried before!  After all, it is supposed to be a challenge

right??

  

My new technique is called Faux Crazed Porcelain.

I love the antique look it gave my card.  I found the 

tutorial HERE on Splitcoast.

On my card I used a beautiful verse from

Art Impressions called This Christmas.

Here's a close up of the verse with 

the beautiful, glossy crazing.

You can check out Art Impressions by

clicking on this picture.  I see a lot of my

favorite "friends" in this photo.