Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Hello Once again..



I got it all done. I took me a couple of weeks but all the decorations
are up.  I kinda like doing it nice and slow one box at 
time. 



I even put out my Christmas village this year. 
I haven't put it out the last couple of years. I don't know why.
I am guessing because it takes so long to put together.
But I sure am glad I took the time this year. 


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On to this weeks City Crafters Challenge.
Our Hostess this week is the sweet Charlene.
And below is the cute inspiration photo.



The challenge this week is pretty fun.  Use a snowman
in your project.  That's not the all.  
Also you have to use nontraditional colors. 




I had colored two different snow men before I gave up and
went looking for an image.  You would think coloring snowmen
should be easy right.  Not a lot of color just WHITE.
Leave it to me to mess is up. Twice.. Hee Hee.



I found lots of Snowmen images but they all had Traditional
colors in them..  Till I cam across this image.  I got it for a Google search.
Just look at that image. I am thinking that is not even a real snowman.
But a pretty bad costume of a snowman. Kinda made me smile. 
But those girls are so sweet.  



So here is my card.  I had a tough time getting a good photo of this
one.. As you can see I embossed the background and used a little seam
binding.  But no stitching this time..  Can you believe it..

To get all the details on this challenge you know 
what to do. 


I have lots to do today..  I am meeting up with
some girlfriends. And then I need to get busy and
get the rest of my Christmas cards done.. 

Life is Good!

Hugs~

35 comments:

  1. The card is lovely, that snowman looks rather jaunty! Your decorations look really good, worth taking the trouble! Hugs, Valerie

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  2. so beautiful post!
    I love Christmas decor!

    Have a great week!

    xoxo, Juliana | PJ’ Happies :) | PJ’ Ecoproject

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  3. your snowman is rather scary! (sorry, the last blog i read was about horror movies...)

    love the little balls of snowman heads!

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  4. Wonderful snowman card ,,,the flower shot if fab and I love the vase full of snowman HEADS!!!

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  5. Wonderful card, Linda. Love the image and the colours you've used.

    We have now bought and dressed our tree. We have a real one every year as we love the aroma of the pine.

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  6. Those snowmen in the jar made me smile as well as your sweet card. I think I have finally finished my decorating...now to put everything back together (boxes stored). Enjoy your decorations!!

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  7. Gorgeous card, such a beautiful vintage image. Wow, love the Christmas village, very festive. X

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  8. Beautiful photos and card Linda! Love the embossed background and vintage image! Happy Holidays!

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  9. Loving your pretty village Linda, well worth the time and effort.
    Great card and he sure is a jaunty snowman.........cool. xx

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  10. So pretty, Linda! LOVE that gorgeous, vintage image and your yummy bow! My Mom used to put out a little, Christmas village. It was magical!

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  11. Hi Linda, I have taken a stroll down your blog and once again you have some beautiful things to see - left a comment on your beautiful vintage style Christmas card, hope you see it!

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  12. Pretty card Linda! I like the colors you used. Your snow village is so cute...glad you got to put it up this year! I do hope you'll be taking it with you too. Well...we just got an email...I'm afraid to get too excited just yet, but looks like we will be released from the ball and chain by Christmas! (ha, ha...sounds like I'm getting rid of a guy or something) Lol

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  13. Your decor looks wonderful!! And I love love love love your card!! LOVING the snowman image!!!

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  14. What a beautiful card Linda! Love the colors you used and the image made me smile. The flower pic and one of your village are so pretty:)
    Looks like you are all ready for Christmas my friend!

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  15. Your Christmas village is so cute Linda! Well worth the time I am sure. I like your vintage style card ~ nice!
    xo Catherine

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  16. What a fabulous image this is ... I just adore it .. your card is beautiful! And just think ... when I do get to go home I still have all the tree etc., to do ... maybe I'll just stay here and forget about it!

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  17. how ♥FAB♥ is that gorgeous vintage photo and then you've made it into such an amazingly glorious card, as usual! absolutely LOVE your decor photos, too, especially the closeup xmas village one, soooooo totally AWESOME, missus!!! ♥♥♥

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  18. Really lovely card Linda! Such a sweet image with the snowman! Hugs xx

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  19. Great take on the inspiration photo, your card looks fabulous.

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  20. What a beautiful card Linda... and your photo shots... are simply beautiful too .. take care my friend... hugs...xoxo

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  21. What a cute image... adorable! Love your color scheme!
    Your photo of your village is fantastic... you have a talent for close ups! I wasn't going to put out ours this year but decorated the mantel with some of them. So glad I did!

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  22. LOL I agree...bad snowman costume, but an awfully cute card Linda. Have a great week! Hugs!

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  23. This is a cute and sweet one, and I sure love your christmas village!

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  24. I am with you, Linda....been taking the holiday decorating nice and slow this year. I've got a few tiny finishing touches to do still, but other than that, I think I'm finally done. Really love that glimpse of your Christmas village. I have a few pieces, too, so that really caught my eye. Looks gorgeous. And so does your card! Love that fun image you found and love your non-traditional color usage. All that brown is soooo up my alley!

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  25. What wonderful details in this delightful card. You gave it just the perfect touches with the button, the trim, the embossing and the Merry tag. :)

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  26. That first photograph, I could see as a wall mural...amazing. Love your Christmas village, its gorgeous and its wonderful you did get the time to put it up. Makes life a little more 'christmassy' (is that a word, no?) lol
    Love your card too Linda, the sweet embossed background, lightly coloured on the bottom. The vintage image is adorable, and your bow, perfect!

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  27. Hi Linda...beautiful card as always...he's kind of a quirky snowman. I really loved the photo of the clouds in your rear view mirror in the last post...amazing capture!!

    Enjoy all your pretty Christmas!!

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  28. Oh how pretty- I love your scene. I gave away all my buildings.

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  29. Pretty village and oh do I love that snowman! What a great card! I have not set up my villages for some time and I had wanted to do that this year, but with going to Portland and being behind, don't see it happening! Enjoy the weekend! Hugs!

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  30. What a cute card! I've seen that vintage photo somewhere before. It's just precious. :)

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  31. Sweet card! Love that vintage image. The photos are gorgeous!

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