Is there a rush on at your home with Christmas being tomorrow ?  I was at the grocery store yesterday and kept hearing comments of how tired I am.  People rush and hurry getting everything to perfection or so they think, only to end up so tired they can not enjoy the day when it arrives.  Even when I was a little girl, I can remember my grandmother and aunt hurrying about sewing dresses,  crocheting scarves and most of all baking.  I can remember my grandmother and aunt baking at least 20 cakes each, and to think they were all eaten during the Christmas festivities.  People were always dropping in to visit and it was cake and coffee for everyone.  Can you imagine baking 20 cakes in just a few days before Christmas.  I can remember they were always moist and delicious.  Another aunt, made a chocolate cake with black walnuts that is the most delicious cake you will ever eat.  I think it must have been a tradition in the community to see who could bake the most cakes so they could tell it on Sunday at church.

Well, I truly hope everyone is ready and relax a bit on Christmas Eve.  Christmas at our house is today as my daughter-in-law is a nurse and it is her year to work on Christmas Day.  Wonder how many Christmas babies she will have.

I am playing along at Try Stampin On Tuesday Challenge 388.

 

1. Card base is a 4-1/4″ x 11″ panel of Very Vanilla card stock, scored at 5-1/2″ and folded in half on score line.
2. Cut a 4” x 5-1/4” panel of Mossy Meadow card stock, using the Subtle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder to add texture to the panel. 
3. Cut a panel of Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper 2” x 4-7/8”
4. Cut a panel of Very Vanilla card stock 2-1/4″ x 5″ for one of the mats for the DSP panel.
5. Cut a panel of Mossy Meadow card stock 2-1/8” x 4-7/8” for the smaller mat.
6. Adhere the DSP panel and the two mats with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
7. Adhere the panels to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
8. Stamp the greeting from the Climbing Roses stamp set using Mossy Meadow ink on a panel of Very Vanilla card stock.
9. Use the dies from the Layering Squares Framelits Dies to cut out the greeting and a mat of Mossy Meadow card stock.  Adhere with Liquid Glue.
10. Use the stamp and die from the Butterfly Gala Stamp Bundle and stamp in Mossy Meadow ink and then crop the butterfly. Adhere with a Glue dot.  Adhere two Pearls from the Pearls Basic Jewel assortment to the body of the butterfly.
11. To adhere the greeting panel to the card front use Stampin’ Dimensionals on the right side so the panel will be even when it is adhered to the Petal Promenade panel. Use Liquid Glue on the left side of the panel.
12. There is no inside sentiment as it is left blank to write a note.

All products used in creating this card are listed at the end of this post.

Thank you for stopping by today.  Have a blessed Christmas.  Hope you find encouragement and inspiration for your own creations.

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Products Used in Creating This Card

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Bundle [150599] $35.00	Climbing Roses Cling Bundle [150603] $44.00	Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper [146913] $11.00	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [133676] $8.50
Very Vanilla 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock [144237] $7.75	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $5.00	Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $4.00
Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00	Layering Squares Framelits Dies [141708] $35.00

 

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