Hey there!! Christmas shopping is done right? Not!! Just checking, lol!!. I have a card to share today before I need to get some pressing Christmas business done. In the meantime, squeeeeezing in another Christmas card using the new Christmas sets from Our Daily Bread Designs. This one is called Christmas Blessings. I made a peek-a-boo window for the sentiment and used Spellbinders Labels Seventeen as my focal panel. After I had the card pieces ready to go, I decided I wanted to add a third color – black. Instead of having to rework the entire card, I added a panel in black to the back of the card to give it a little bit of accent color. I’ve never done that before and I like it!!
I added a row of scallops in my accent color using Spellbinders Classic Scallop Borderabilities Petite and more accent on the inside of my window using Spellbinders Lotus Borderabilities Petite. I had to go with the green button just to keep it in the Christmas mold. By the way, I found the funnest thread at Michaels. It’s luscious embroidery thread that has wire in it. Go figure!! I threaded it through my button and then was able to do those crazy squiggles. I’m saving up for the other colors!!
| CARD RECIPE |
| Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs – Christmas Blessings Paper : The Paper Studio – Mirabella, Bazzill Ink : Versafine Onyx Black Accessories : Spellbinders Classic Scallop Borderabilities Petite, Spellbinders Labels Seventeen, Spellbinders Lotus Borderabilities Petite, Ribbon, gems, button, wired embroidery floss |
Big hugs friends, I’ll check in with you later!
Nice new website……..I have to get use to getting around on the site. Looks good!!! Beautiful card too! You always out do yourself. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thanks for taking the time to show us all your creations during this busy time.
I just read the previous post and feel so bad that I can’t see the different website! Oh the joy of poor eyesight. I’ve been looking and looking ever since you mentioned you’d be changing things! LOL!! I kept thinking it looked a little different, but I wasn’t sure it was enough to really be the change you would be doing. Oh well… I’m used to not seeing things. This is such a beautiful card!!! I’m glad I can still see it fairly well. TFS!
Absolutely breathtaking Becca! Love the pink color and the peek-a-boo window! Merry Christmas!!!
I too can’t see the difference on your beautiful website, the way I see it, no changes are needed. Yet another FAB card Becca. Not long to go now before he arrives :) xx
Becca this is gorgeous. Love how you did the window. Now I have been following every post since you said look out for a change and I am reading the comments before me and I do not see a new site :). Do I need new glasses :)
very pretty – you always amaze me!
Sandra
Beautiful as always!
Have a Blessed Christmas.
Cindie
Stunning card, Becca! Everything here is gorgeous!
Great colors, cool swirly thingies and beautiful message! I must be blind as well cause I don’t see the changes as yet? :)
Love the colors Becca. Your work is always so inspiring. Thanks for sharing. I too am looking forward to seeing your new site… We’re waiting….
Love the sentiment in your card. Love the card, too! :)
Have a Merry Christmas.
Becca, I love this card! I have to get that thread! I also need to purchase the Our Daily Bread and Just Rite stamps that you use. This will be my New Year’s resolution–to purchase more of these particular stamps. Merry Christmas and many blessings!
Another “amazing” card Becca thanks for sharing
WOW! That is a beauty! Love the window and the COLORS are GORGEOUS! Have a blessed day and Merry Christmas!
Absolutely beautiful card Becca, it looks very 3D almost like the spellbinders shape is cut from mat board (the stuff they use to mat framed pictures). Best wishes for your Chrismas preparations I hope they go smoothly.
I have to post again. Went back for a closer look at that window and can’t quite figure it out. You are going to have to show me what you did!!
A magnificent, unique, rich and warm card Becca. That sentiment so complements your work.
Have a beautiful, relaxed Christmas with your family and friends and don’t forget to tell them how much WE all appreciate you! May God continue to richly bless you for many, many years to come.
Mary X
Lovely, lovely, lovely! And the sentiment is perfect!
Your card is so beautiful! I love the way you made the peek-a-boo window for the sentiment. Nope, I am not quite done…yet!
Thank you so much for sharing! :o)
This card is so lovely!!!! You amaze me with your talent!!!!! So no irony that your blog is “Amazing Paper Grace!”
God Bless, & Happy Holidays!
Lisa Sturgill : )
Beautiful as always! TFS Have a Blessed Christmas.
This is just so lovely and rich looking with the colors chosen Becca. Isn’t it nice when you discover things like the thread and by adding a panel, I call them happy discoveries. As always Becca, TFS!!! Happy Holidays! :-D
Beautiful Becca, the colors are so pretty together also.
Ummm … you changed your website, Becca? I really didn’t notice, I was too busy looking at your lovely creations! This card is gorgeous and I agree, that embroidery ribbon looks wonderful!
I can’t see the change either — are these ladies just pullin’ my leg?! Ohhh, I’m going to definitely NEED that wired embroidery thread though — waaay fun!!! ;-) TFS!!!
This is just gorgeous Becca. I must look for that wired embroidery thread. What a fabulous look it gave your button and bow! Beautiful work as always.
Merry Christmas
Barb
Thank you for sharing! Lovely card!
Very very pretty card! Oh the things you can dream up with Spellbinders! I wish I had a quarter of your creativity! Thanks so much for sharing and have a Merry Christmas!
beautiufl card, Merry Christmas to you & yours, God Bless!
Beautiful, I love how you blend all the pieces to make just the perfect cards all the time. Blessings to you and your family, thank you for sharing.
Becca you do the most amazing things with your cards. Just love it.
Well, looks as tho I’m blind too!!! What’s new about it??? But the card is lovely as always!
Beautiful and amazing as always….thank you for sharing….
Oh Becca…beautiful as always girlfriend. I so enjoy your amazing talent and creations. Have a blessed Christmas and I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers throughout the holiday season…May the joy of the Lord be your strength for this first Christmas without the one you love…Thanks for sharing & Blessings. Wanda
I STILL cant see any difference. But I love the card. Like a couple of the other ladies, I am going to have to make it a point to purchase some of the ODB stamps. I love the sentiments they have been presenting to us. I go to their website and drool constantly.
Merry Christmas to everyone and may the new year bring many blessings to all.
I like it, too! Another thing that always amazes me, besides you, Becca, is the ingenuity shown by the manufacturers of products for the stamping industry. It seems their talent for creating things we NEED that we never knew we had to have is infinite…praise the Lord. The wired embroidery thread or what you did with it, anyway, did catch my eye. Very clever and a gorgeous card over-all.
Dear Becca, I think your first poster of the day must be related to an eye Doctor, because now we are all rushing to the phone for an appt. with our Dr.’s saying, “I must get right in to see the Dr.. Something is wrong with my eyes, I can’t see the changes in Becca’s blog. Help Me, Help Me, Please!!!” lol Linda S. in NE
Everything you make is always so beautiful, now I have to go to Micheals and find that thread, thanks for shareing Becca. God Bless, Diane
Lovely & creative!!
Love the card.
Beautiful card…as usual! Your work just amazes me!!
BECCA BECCA I JUST LOVE THE RICH COLORS YOU USED FOR THIS CARD
WHICH MAKES ME WANT TO MAKE ONE WITH THE SAME COLORS. HOW
BEAUTIFUL. ALSO THANKFUL FOR YOUR BACK TO MAKING CARDS AGAIN.
YOU ARE A SPECIAL PERSON WILLING TO SHARE ALL YOUR TALENT.
MAKE GOD BLESS YOU FOR THAT.
CYNTHIA
Becca, I’ve GOT to ask, do you ever trash a card? Do you ever create a total and complete dud? Have a disaster that there is NO fixing? Everything you post is just so completely gorgeous. Obviously you are going to post what you consider your best work, so just wondered if you ever “missed”! Wishing you the joy of Christmas, and thanks for being so talented and willing to share!
Hugs,
R/
This is beautiful! I always love coming here to “visit!” May you have a blessed holiday……..hugs to you!
oh so beautiful…love the touch of black.
Beautiful card Becca. It does look like it has been cut from matt board!
Special blessings this Christmas ~ you will be in my thoughts.
Hugs, Candy
Becca, thanks for sharing with us at this busy time….praying you will also have peace this Christmas
Oh I love those rich colors…..very pretty…..thank you for sharing…….
love your card, but I can’t see the changes in your web sit either, lol tfs
Very nice card, but I can’t see changes in the website either. Am I missing something?
What a beautiful card and the color – I just love the color on the card. Thanks for all of your inspiration and beautiful cards. Hope you and your family have a merry and blessed Chistmas
I enjoy the ‘window’ in this card and the addition of the black – so clever! Thank you for alerting us to the new embroidery thread – I’ve need to go exploring at Michael’s soon!!
Hugs
Becca, you beautiful woman, you! I wanted to pop by today while my house is still quiet to wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Thank you for all the ‘work’ you do to inspire so many of us here in blogland.
Gorgeous card!! I love the button with the squiggles on that pretty bow. I think I will be taking a little shopping trip to Michaels in the not too distant future :) tfs
Beautiful, love your window idea and design, yea I think that thread is pretty cool!
Wonderful sentiment, Becca – and gorgeous card – as always!
Hugs
Anne (UK) x
Beautiful card Becca. Love the addition of the black on the back of the card. Another great tip to add to my list. Off to Michael’s next week to find the embroidery thread. TFS! Have a wonderful Christmas!
No surprise. . .it’s beautiful! TFS!
So happy to see someone else use black on their Christmas cards. I did some and thought they were lovely. Have a Merry Christmas. I know you are at a loss with John being gone. But look at it this way he is sing Silent Night with Real Angels now. And seeing the face of our Lord.
Beautiful card. Your site changed!!! Does that mean I’m the first commenter? No one else seemed to have mentioned it
Well that’s weird, it changed then when I went back it was back to the old format. Someone is messing with me…lol
Uh-oh, I see changes!
Hi Becca,
I see that your profile picture is now on the opposite side of your blog. Is this the change that you were hoping that your followers would pick up on?
Hi Becca, I see that your profile picture is now on the opposite side of your blog. Is this the change that you were hoping that your followers would pick up on?
Yaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy!!! You are on the other side – now it really looks like you are lookin’ at me :)
B-U-T-FUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLL card – as usual.
Have a Bless-ed Christmas Becca.
Jean McGee
Oh I can see you have moved!!! I may not have made the first 3 but I can see some changes. Can hardly wait to see the rest. Just a lovely card. The colors are so pretty together. Wishing you happiness during this holiday season.
Hello Becca,
A beautiful work of art, as usual.
Thank you so much Becca for a year full of inspiration, even when days must have been full of despair, you still produced some wonderfully inspirational cards and projects to share with us.
Wishing you and your family a peaceful and lovely Christmas. I will be thinking of you xx
Thanks for sharing another gorgeous card. Simply love the fonts on your new website…very chique and inviting. All the best to you and your family throughout the holidays.
Stunning and beautiful Becca!! Merry Christmas to you and your family! May the joy and peace of Christmas remain with you through out the new year.
hugs,
Chris
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Your new Website looks very beautiful.
Really like your new look…nice and clean! So many blos are so full you don’t know where to look!
P.S. Could not post on the 25th – came back an error so am posting here.
Also like the bright pink card on this post…so cheerful.
Jan Castle
One thing that I carry with me after reading or looking at your magnificent work is you truly do use your God given talents to the fullest.Thank you ever so much for sharing and encouraging us to keep creating..It truly is a gift that WE are God’s children and share a passion in this and other crafts. Keep up the good work and we will keep you in our prayers.
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hi becca, the new theme is beautiful!!! I like it veery much! and I like the new recipe format too, especially the card size. somehoew I just need to be able to imagine it better with the size! congratulations!!!