Before I let you in on the giveaway, I have a card to share with you all...and if you are here to visit the Jane's Doodles blog hop, then please see the post below..I could not be more thrilled at reading all your beautiful comments from that posting, you always know how to bring a smile to my face, thank you!
I have been watching a lot of Kristina Werner videos lately...I have followed her for many years and find her style unique and yet so inspiring....I felt that I wanted to incorporate some of her style in this card that I created.
Trimming some white card stock and stamping the circles from the You Are The Best stamp set with Jenni Bowlin inks, Brown Sugar, Cough Syrup and Weathervane, collaging the images together to form a retro feel card. Adhering this to another piece of white card stock, giving it matting around the stamped image and then adhered this to a trimmed Kraft card stock, corner rounding the corners and adding a white dash line around the edge. Finally, inking up the Hooray sentiment from the Hooray stamp set with Versamark Ink and stamping onto Poppy Cardstock, trimming off the end and adhering this to the front of the card with foam dimensionals.
Okay I no your itching to find out what the giveaway is and well one lucky reader will win this stamp set below....just leave me a comment on this blog post, telling me what you love to do on Christmas Eve... by Wednesday 9th November, 10pm (Australian EST Time).
Well I am off to put the feet up and have a cuppa and watch some TV, time to relax...
Have a wonderful night!
Hugs
58 comments:
I love this Joy! And your inspiration from Kristina shines through. On Christmas Eve we usually play board games, and open up one Christmas gift. Thanks for the chance to win!
Great card ... I love going to my dad's on Christmas eve and kicking off the holiday. It's been a tradition ever since my parents got divorced. It's a very fun time.
That is one fantastic card, bold and graphic yet still intricate. The best thing I ever do on Christmas Eve is sing Happy Birthday to my oldest, he'll be eight this year!
Great card Joy. I can see how you have been inspired by Kristina. here. On Christmas Eve we celebrate my daughter's birthday and try to make it her own special day.
Great card! I really like the pop of the red circles though they still blend in with the rest of it nicely! Christmas Eve has been a moving target for us the past few years. We've been out of town the past 4 Christmases and while this one is SUPPOSED to be at home which I desperately want since our son will be 4, I think we'll be travelling again. I'd LIKE it to be your typical cookies/milk for Santa, finish presents under the tree, hang the stockings kind of night. We'll see.
LOVE your card!!!!!!!!! and how cute are those reindeer in sweaters!! LOL
What a great card! I absolutely love it! In Norway we celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve. Then I'm together with my whole family. I live abroad, so I enjoy this time with my family very much! :-)
Hooray, indeed! I love the graphic style of this card. And the colours are fantastic!
Christmas Eve we try to have a relatively quiet time as a family. My husband brought the tradition of opening one present from his childhood, which my kids think is a great tradition! We put out carrots for the reindeer, and whisky for Santa. And the kids go to bed with their last ditch effort at getting on the "nice" list. :-)
Great card! And you could alter the colors and use it for pretty much any occasion.
Love the bold graphic look of your card Joy. We play with the kids and crack jokes on Christmas eve...fun and laughter time:) Those cute stamps look superb!!
Joy - another true winner! Love the great graphic style and the eye-popping color combo. You are so inspirational! Eve brings a fire in the fireplace, neighbors stopping by and late church service. Mellow and cozy!
Love the graphics and colors! =) I lvoe to hang with my family & friends,eat appetizers, have a cocktail and laugh and chat the night away! (Until it is time to put the kiddos to bed to Santa can come!)
love to watch the kids open Christmas presents!
Love that card - I am going to make something like it! Thanks for the inspiration!! We go to dinner at our son & daughter-in-law's and celebrate Christmas Eve with them, my Mom and her parents. And, this year there will be a very new grandbaby (due 12/5) - we can't wait!!!
Just wanted to say that I love this card, and had never seen this stamp set before. I would not have even known what to do with it, if I had not seen your card! I don't do much on Christmas eve, as we are Jewish!
Thanks for a chance to win! I love to watch the movie A Christmas Story with my fiance on Christmas Eve. I knew he was the one when I found out he watches that movie marathon on TBS too!
Card is great! On Christmas eve we gather as family for clam chowder, Christmas cookies and to feel the joy of the season.
We have a traditional light supper with clam chowder and salad and go to church.
Thank you for your creativity, sharing your delighful creations. You are a joy!
Love your card! Very Festive feeling. On Christmas Eve we are having Christmas dinner, opening presents and playing games for prizes. Everyone has a great time.
Gorgeous card, Joy! Christmas Eve is called "Nochebuena" in Spain and is the most important part of our Christmas celebrations. Families gather together to have dinner around the table, we sing carols, have yummy food (seafood, turkey, roasted fish or lamb and tipical Christmas sweets like turron are some of the yummy things we eat in Nochebuena) and enjoy the spirit of the night when the Child Jesus was born.
Another stunning card. Christmas Eve is so special as my whole family gets together at my folks home. We have yummy goodies to eat and we all get to open a couple of gifts.
Love your card!
On Christmas Eve, we generally get ready for Santa by leaving out some shortbread biscuits (my favourite) and a beer. We also leave some water and carrots for the reindeer. Dad handles the stocking issue as I struggle to stat up past 8:30, but on the plus side I'm up before DD so I get to see the excitement!
Love the collage of images and the pop of red.
On Christmas Eve I love to relax with family at home after a very busy month at work.
Joy this is so beautiful! Your designs are pure eye candy, just gorgeous! Christmas Eve was always special in our family, but now I enjoy watching my niece (11) and nephew (8) tear open their gifts. So much excitement. Thanks for the chance to win!
love your inspired card. We usually have family gethering.
THanks!
I love this card. My favorite thing is to spend time with my family, enjoying good food and good company.
From the West coast of the U.S. we call family on the East coast and open handmade presents together while on the phone. Then we eat cookies and drink eggnog, enjoying the warmth of family in this wonderful season. Happy Holidays to you, Joy!
wow...great graphic design, Joy! Love what you did with the circle stamps!
Christmas Eve is so much fun! It's an open house so family and friends are encouraged to drop by to visit. We don't really cook dinner but rather have lots of finger foods on hand. The Christmas music is playing and so is It's A Wonderful Life (the original B&W version) for anyone who wants a bit of nostalgia..
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We have a party!! Friends and Family.
LOL I love KW too. I guess we all enjoy visual inspiration and crafty stimulation. even someone as talented as you. I don't know why that surprises me. ;) I love this new HA reindeer set. I want the dies too! Thanks for a chance to win stamps. We are usually opening gifts with some branch of the family, usually our kids and their spouses, since everyone has to divide their holiday time between both sets of parents and family. And we are very flexible, so we all get our time together.
Joy I love your card & I am finally getting some time to visit my fav blogs again (yay). My fav thing at Christmas is spending time with my family, which in our house is a rare thing so I appreciate it when it does happen xoxoxoxoxo
Gorgeous card inspired by Kristina. Love the colour and of course the white stitching lines....
Christmas Eve we always go to Mass as a family.... sometimes the Family Mass at 8.30pm and sometimes the Midnight Mass.... and then of course, I have to load up the stockings.... one for each of us... with the goodies. Always lots of fun.
We have a puzzle that is two puzzles in one that depicts Santa before and after his big night. Now that our kids are older we all participate in putting the two puzzles together.
Love this card! Thank you!
On Christmas Eve we get together with family for a big Italian feast.
me? I love to go looking at Xmas lights! But being a shift worker, this rarely happens... maybe this year.
Your card is absolutely fabulous, LOVE those colours together!
Love your card! The white panel on the kraft card really stands out nicely!
On Christmas Eve I love sitting and looking at the tree all decorated and lit up, and the gifts all wrapped and placed underneath the tree. I usually have last-minute wrapping to finish up and I enjoy that too.
Thanks for a chance at that cute Hero Arts set! Fun!
DeniseB
so generous of you! I can definitely see the kristina in your card :) I like to get ready for our annual christmas potluck that we have for friends who aren't able to get together with their families for the holidays :)
Thanks for the chance to win. Typically on Christmas Eve, I'm helping some friends with last minute preparations for their children's presents. Last year was putting together a doll house, by candlelight!
Great job on the card ~ it's fab!
On Christmas Eve the hubby and I usually enjoy a cheese fondue and a movie with our 2 pups.
I love christmas eve - we do last minute cooking (spiced beef and honey roast ham) and then visit my hubby's family. We go to my family on Christmas morning after church and then come home to take the turkey from the oven and cook dinner! I so adore creating new family traditions with my own children. Thanks for the chance to win.
So glad you have 3 days off. Enjoy! Love this card! (no need to enter me in the drawing -- just stopping by to say hi)
wow my pointer finger is aching from having to scroll past so many comments!
Ok the ard: LOVE it! Very graphic. I'm happy to see the faux stitching that KW does so frequently--ADORABLLLLEEE :) lol
The christmas eve thing. Well, it's changed since I met hubs. He always watches Scrooge. Some weird 80s movie wtih Bill Murray, so I have to too. It's funny but bizzarre.
I however, like to quietly sneak outside and stare at the sky, JUST IN CASE I manage to see something one night:) Yes I'm over 30, but hey, you never know!!!
What a GORGEOUS card. I LOVE all those spots of red! And the embossed sentiment on the red... Fantabulous!!! And what an adorable set from HA! I would love to get my hands on that!!! On Christmas Eve, my family and parents pile into our car and visit one specific neighborhood to look at Christmas lights! We have been doing that since I was a kid so we are carrying on that tradition with my son and them! I love it....... :)
I can see some KWerner inspiration in there - I always think of Kristina's style whenever I see white faux stitching :)
I am in the Channel 9 Carols by Candlelight choir, so every Christmas Eve, you will find me on stage at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne singing my heart out ;)
What a great card Joy. On Christmas Eve we spend time with family. First we go to Christmas sauna. After that we have a Christmas dinner.
I'm new to your blog and so glad I found it! Your cards are amazing!!!!
What fun! We always go over to my Aunt's home and Santa visits.
It's a good life!
Terri E.
I'm new to your blog and I'm so glad I found it!! Your cards are amazing!!!! For Christmas Eve we prefer to stay in and have a quiet evening... maybe some special holiday snacks and we open our gifts on Christmas Eve.
Great card! Christmas Eve is time to snuggle into new PJs after midnight mass and maybe watch an old holiday movie like It's a Wonderful Life or A Miracle on 34th Street for the upteenth time. ;-)
I love your work Joy! Christmas Eve we celebrate enjoying a traditional Christmas Dinner whilst listening to Christmas Carols. We stay up until midnight & open all our presents. Now that I have a little boy I don't think we'll be staying up that late so this year maybe a little different.
This is so beautiful, Joy! I love the design and color combo. On Christmas Eve, we usually have a small get-together with my cousins and close friends - exchanging gifts and playing games with the kids :)
Great Card!
Love your card - I can see you nailed that classy style of Kristina's ;)
Thanks for the giveaway chance... our Christmas Eve is for family time, as we usually spend the 23rd travelling to be with our parents - either mine or hubby's. Then we can spend the Eve and Day enjoying the season together!
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We always go to church.There will be a play with and for children.
Joy this is just STUNNING!!! WOW! On Christmas Eve I host a very large party for my mother's side of the family. Aunt's, Uncle's cousins of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation all come. It's a grand time and I my kids absolutely LOVE it. We eat lots of good food, drink a bit of champagne and then have a Yankee Swap. When every one departs the kids and I leave milk and cookies for Santa, read the Night before Christmas and go to bed! :)
SHUT UP!!! ............This is nothing short of FAN-STAMP-MAGORICAL!!! OH MYLAAANTA DO I LOVE IT!!!
Wowzers - what a gorgeous card :)
On Xmas eve we celebrate with family, good food and seriously good pudding. Boney M playing in the background and the dogs eagerly awaiting any scraps that conveniently find their way to the floow. Jip - Xmas is an event in our house. Wouldn;t want it any other way :)
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