Rejoice! CHNC #169 and CHNC Extra

For this week Craftyhazelnut Christmas Card Challenge #169, & for CHNC Extra The theme this week is "All wrapped up":

Isn't this a beautiful christmas image of Mary wrapping up the baby Jesus? I found the gold embossed paper at the thrift store! I think it was an "at home invitation project" gone bad, so I got paper and envelopes for next to nothing.  I cut around the gold frame and mounted it on a card that I embossed with a Stampin Up Sizzix folder to create a double frame.  I embossed the image and the word "rejoice" in gold embossing powder.

Less is More #14 White on White

Wow! I never would have tried this, but today's Challenge on Less is More is to make a card using white on white and it worked!.  I used stampin Up's embossing folder first then added lace to the side of the card.  I started stacking flowers (punched from Marvy and Stampin Up) together then added the heart (Marvy punch) and found this wedding sentiment in my stash and called the card complete.  I love the elegant feel of an all white card.   Thanks for looking!

Pink Elephant Challenge: Spring Theme

I'm sooooo ready for Spring! I love using flowers and rhinestones for bling!  The rick rack is fun, and helped to balance the other side of the card.  I finally used my new embossing folder from stampin up too.  This will be a nice "Thinking of you" card to send to a friend next week.