Merry Christmas to ALL!

I've been missing in action since Sunday's blog post about our special Rock Around The Block.  This week has been crazy busy.   I worked Monday & Tuesday and then drove up to Kentucky to get Jeff's mom so she could spend Christmas with us.  We came back Wednesday.  Thursday was a cold rainy day and instead of spending time in my craft room - something I LOVE to do on rainy days - I spent the day in the kitchen baking lots of goodies for Christmas.   Thursday, I took Jeff's mom to see his office, Kirsti's apartment and then met Kayli out at The Avenue for Lunch with the girls and Nana.  It was a good day but I think I wore Nana out!

Today is quiet.  Both girls are working all day and Jeff went hunting this morning.  I was bound and determined to make one more Christmas card.

This is my Christmas card to ALL!  Thank you to those who follow my blog, to those who just like to look occasionally and also to all my fabulous friends and customers that keep me going.   I love you all!  I hope you have a Very Merry Christmas!


I used one of my VERY FAVORITE stamps and paper for this card.  The stamp is from Father Christmas (D1449) and the paper is from the retired Mistletoe pack. I stamped the Santa in Brown StazOn ink (Z1142) and then I used a combination of blending pen and markers to color him in.  I filled in the three ornaments with our Bronze Glitz Glitter Gel (Z1483).   I used the velvet ribbon from the Cocoa Designer Ribbon Collection (Z1316) and embossed "Merry Christmas" with Cocoa Embossing Powder.

 
I used the Mojo Monday Sketch for this card.
I'm also entering this in the H2H Holiday Virtual Christmas Card Exchange!

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS!  I'll be back next week!

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