Sunday, November 27, 2011

Waltzing into the holidays!

I am not a big Sunday night football fan, so I decided to start on my Christmas decorations...  I know, some of you have already finished or gotten a really good start on yours! Well, I'm a bit of a procrastinator, so I wait until one holiday gets put away before thinking about the next! With Thanksgiving and Christmas, that can be a bit dangerous.
    Waltzing Mouse has a challenge for the holidays to make place cards for our Christmas dinner table.  Whether I host at my house again this year, or we have it at someone else's, I'll be one step ahead with my cards all made for Christmas Day!

I used my Spellbinders Nestibilities Labels 18, which made it so easy to cut out the white standing cards.  Next, the coordinating Waltzing Mouse Stamp Set, "Vintage Labels 18", made the perfect highlight of gold embossing on red to turn a simple place card into a thing of beauty!  I placed a Bazzill paper Poinsettia and a few tiny sprinkles of holly and Stickles to add some sparkle to each.

I have quite a few more to go before I finish this project!


9 comments:

Cathy Weber said...

These are really beautiful with the gold embossing on the red, beautiful touch with the poinsettia and I sure wish my handwritting was as pretty as yours!

Naomi said...

Wow, these are GORGEOUS, Jan!

Hugs,
Naomi

Carla said...

how beautiful! nice rich colors! love from Holland! good luck with making your Xmas cards.

Lynn Mercurio said...

Stunning and elegant...love the rich holiday colors and your striking embossing. Fantastic, Jan!

Kelly S. said...

Gorgeous and so festive! The gold embossing with the poinsettias is so classic Christmas to me! Love the shiny holly leaves peeking out, too! Might I add...your handwriting is GORGEOUS!

Kim Duran said...

Wow! These are gorgeous! So festive and fun! I love the gold embossing and the Spellbinder shaped label. I want to come to this dinner party! Thanks for playing along this week at Waltzingmouse!

anya said...

Beautiful, Jan! The gold embossing on the red is so festive and the poinsettias are a perfect touch. I love this shape label, and it has made a gorgeous place card. Glad you joined us this week for the WMSC!

Julia Aston said...

These are so pretty! love the gold and red! Thanks for playing with the WMS sketch this week!

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) said...

Beautiful, classy place cards! They look really elegant, with the gold embossing. Thank you for playing with the Mischief Makers this week!

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