Challenge #120. I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas!

Electra here - I love snow.  When it's all white and fluffy.  In a big city that lasts about, oh, 10 minutes.
But where I live now, when we have a big snowstorm, it becomes magical and stays that way for some time.
I go out into the woods and take photos and that's what prompted this challenge-some photos I've taken of the pretty fluffy stuff we've had lately.
But who wants to look at photos?

I made a PEACE banner for my mantle, using some of my photos for the backgrounds of the letters.
Here's the "P"

Lace around some silver paper, embossed white cardstock on that. A sparkly foil rosette on the bottom with a snowflake and pearl on top of that.  And at the top, one of my photos, edged with Liquid Pearls and a glittery letter.  Oh yeah, it's all hanging from some silver and white twine/ribbon.

To see the E-A-C- and other E, please come on over to my blog.

And Merry Merry Christmas!

Let's see what all the other wonderful poobahs have come up with for this challenge.


Rosemary here - and I would love a white Christmas, lots of beautiful, fluffy white snow on the ground making everything look like a Christmas card.  BUT, I don't want people to have to drive in bad weather and so I'll merely dream of my white Christmas while living vicariously through my projects. 

Deena here - this is one of the first years, in as many as I can remember, that we may not have a white Christmas...WHAT??? Usually it is soooo cold and intolerable here in the winter, and there has never been a shortage of the white stuff...but this year, you can actually drive down our street and go from store to store without having to scrape off your vehicle and curse out old man winter...I say again....WHAT???  If this is global warming, then bring it on, baby, cuz winter like this is fabulous!  We have just enough of the white stuff to make you realize Christmas is around the corner, but there are no 16 foot snowbanks in my neck of the woods this year! But alas, it will come to an end too soon and the bone chilling, window frosting, eyelash sticking together weather will be upon us...

  

Gini here -  Well I thought I would experiment.

Now as you well know, those are really dangerous words for any crafter, because it could all end up in the bin and me in a huff.

Now I could have ducked out of this challenge but this isn't Hollywood this is real life and that includes a day with spinach on your teeth.

So last night at bed time I was in a huff and this project would have ended up in the bin had I had enough time to make something else but alas time is not on my side right now so here is my not quite white or quite right Christmas Scene. So sorry Electra!

Ooops, I was hoping to rescue it with my shiny Cosmic Shimmer watercolours and truly they did help but they cannot perform miracles.

Look through your fingers or out the corner of your eye at this poor poor card and don't click on it, nobody wants to see it bigger. 
But you dear greenhorn reader can make something far better I'm sure!

You have until the end of Saturday 31 December to join in with your fabulous creation celebrating a white Christmas. Add your blog post address to Mr Linky below.
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We look forward to visiting you!

Challenge #119. Gingerbread.

"Run, run, run, as fast as you can...."

It's December and for a lot of people it means running around like crazy to get all of your errands run, presents purchased, wrapped and sent/given. It also means a lot of fun foods that we don't usually have around. Like

GINGERBREAD

men and women. (We are an equal opportunity challenge blog.) So share with us YOUR GINGERBREAD creations. Be they tasty to the mouth or the eyes. We want to see them all.

Jana here - I never developed the taste buds for the food, I DO adore Starbuck's Gingerbread Latte's and I LOVE the little houses. Making them has been a tradition in my family forever. We gather the candies. (I buy the premade houses because I am so not a baker.) For a few years we even bought the frosting pre-made from a local bakery. Now we just get the little boxed kits from the store and mix the frosting ourselves. Crazy, I know. Anyway, these little houses are what inspired this challenge. And I do love those little houses. I wanted to make a little house that wouldn't get eaten throughout the season. (My girls will pick the candy off as they walk by. Also part of the tradition.) I was going to make this little doll house. I did start it, but life got in the way. SO, I made this digi card front instead. 

The Ninjabread Man is from Urban Threads. He is supposed to be an embroidery pattern, and he will be. Soon. I just thought this would make a great card.


Let's see what all the other wonderful poobahs have come up with for this challenge.

Rosemary here - I think I am the odd Poobah out (along with Deena - more for us!)  because I absolutely LOVE gingerbread - either as crispy cookies or as a delicious spicy cake.  Must be my German ancestry showing, but I'm not a gingerbread snob, I'll eat it homemade or from the local bakery (psstt - Panera has them for the Christmas season) YUMMY!!!

So, with that in mind - I loved this challenge and created two items - a card AND an ornament using the delightful image of GINGERBREAD - and without further ado.

  
Gini here -   I don't like gingerbread to eat either, not in any form as a sweet or pudding but I also love looking at the little gingerbread houses, so I made this one out of card, paper and a little bit of shiny. 
How to make it details are on my blog. 
For a visual treat do try an google image search using the term "gingerbread houses" it took my eyeballs a minute or two to stop swirling at all the lovely little houses I saw...

 

Electra here -  I don't like gingerbread.  I know, I know,
Bah Humbug and all that.  I like pink.  So I've made a pink ginger-Victoria-Secret-Model.

Note the wings?  If you want to know the whole story, I've explained it at my blog.

 Deena here - well...it appears that the other (except Rosemary...no wonder we get along!!)poohbahs are gingerbreadman humbugs, but not me....they are one of my favorite all time treats...love the spicy-ness about it or something cuz once I start, I can't stop...there is not a gingerbread person who is safe around me...but unlike the other evil gingerbread eaters in my house (who all start with the head for a quick and painless death), I like to start with the extremities and torture those poor little cookies...then I can see their smiling faces when I take the last bite!  I must warn those faint of heart that the inside of this card says "Oh Bite Me...another Christmas Card"...

You have until the end of Saturday 17 December to join in with your fabulous creation celebrating gingerbread. Add your blog post address to Mr Linky below.
If you would like to join in with a previous challenge we've set (life happens and lateness is absolutely fine, we don't mind a bit) just add your blog post address to Mr Linky below. Please make sure your blog post refers to the previous challenge you are entering so we don't get confused. 
We look forward to visiting you!