2010 Christmas Card Challenge Week #43

You guys are rockin' the Christmas cards! Thank you to all who were able to join us last week.  Your cards were beautiful!  This weeks challenge is Tags. You can use tags on your cards in general, or you can create tags for gifts or gift bags.  Please keep in mind that our challenges each week are optional. Any Christmas card is perfect for any of our challenges. The idea is to help get your Christmas cards done ahead of time. This way you won't be rushing at the end of the year to get them done.

This week we have another wonderful guest designer. Please help me welcome Jess Willison. Here is a bit about her.

I am a SAHM of two little farm kids in Southwestern Ontario. I began cardmaking innocently, after getting engaged and wanting to make my own wedding invitations. After 6 years, the innocent beginning has become an amazing hobby (or obsession), and I am so fortunate my hubby and kids support (or tolerate!) me!

I was so flattered to have been considered to be a Guest Designer for Sparkle’s Christmas Card Challenge. I have been playing along for a while, and just love that come Christmas time, my cards are already made! Thanks to Sparkle and her Design Team for all their inspiration!

Here is her beautiful card.

I love the image, and the sentiment is adorable.  Here is what our fabulous design team have come up with today.

Alanna

Peggy



Shanna

Steph

Each week we get closer and closer to Christmas.  Just think of how stress free you'll be come December, knowing you're Christmas cards are done, or at least mostly done.  What a relief, right?  Hopefully, you'll be able to play along with us this week.  We love seeing everyone's cards! 

Please link directly to the blog post or gallery page where we can view/comment on your creation and not just the generic link to your blog. Generic blog links will be disabled or deleted. To get the full url, click the title of your blog post (which will load a page that has just that post on it), then copy and paste the URL. Don't forget to post a comment so we know you added a card!

CHRISTMAS IN JULY - MY 12 CHRISTMAS TREES!!!

Happy Christmas in July!!

Many retail stores, both online and brick and mortar stores, are celebrating Christmas in July with special sales!

This idea has led me to create a separate Christmas blog so I WELCOME you to my new Christmas blog, A DEBBIE-DABBLE CHRISTMAS!!

Last Christmas season ( 2009 ), I had 12 Christmas trees in my home! Yep, you read that correctly - 12 Christmas trees!

If you missed my Pink Saturday Post on my other blog Debbie-Dabble, showing my Dining Room and Craft Room trees, please click HERE

This is my Dining Room


My Craft Room Tree


So that was 2 trees, now I would like to show you the other 10!

Please come in...........


Number 3- My Living Room Tree


The theme for this tree is red and gold and Victorian style ornaments.


Along with the white lights, I have added candle lights to this tree


And red velvet bows




This is my Christmas Village that is underneath this tree

I have collected pieces since 1981



Number 4 My Powder Room Tree


I decorate my Powder Room with Snow Buddies and the color theme of white, silver and blue!


Unfortunately , there is no receptacle available to plug in lights so this tree is just decorated with Snow Buddies.

Number 5 is my Kitchen Tree. The Kitchen is decorated with Gingerbread men and Candy Canes.


This is a 3 foot tree that I have placed in my milk can!!

There are peppermint candy ornaments on this tree


Number 6 is one of my Den Trees


The theme for my Den is a Dicken's style with Carolers and a vintage look with a burgundy, blue and ivory color scheme

I have my Thomas Kinkaide Ornaments on this tree with Thomas Kinkaide house below


The tea cup ornament is a Thomas Kinkaide


Number 7 is a wire tree that is on top of my China Hutch in my Den.
I have ornaments that depict Vintage Children and carolers


Number 8 is the tree I made for my Victorian Doll House.
Yes, I even decorate Nelson Crest (my doll house) for Christmas!


Number 9 is the tree of my childhood and it is in my Bedroom.


This tree is decorated with vintage glass ornaments that were from the 50's and early 60's when I was a child


I bought these at yard sales and flea markets


Below is a Plasticville Village
Some of these were my parent's and were under my childhood tree.
There are also vintage Putz houses and bottle brush trees that were my parent's.


Number 10 is the tree that is in my Hubby's Corner in our Bedroom. He is an avid Pittsburgh fan and we have season tickets to the AHL Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins Hockey Team which is the farm team of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
So he has a Penguins and Steeler's tree!!

I guess you can tell that he was thrilled when I painted our bedroom gold! LOL!!

Next is tree Number 11. This tree is in my Guest Room.


This is decorated with novelty ornaments from my two son's childhood and icicle ornaments.




And finally, tree Number 12 is a small tree , also in the guest room, that I decorated with mini pink Victorian ornaments.


So those were what my 12 trees looked like last Holiday Season. I do change them up every few years. When do I start to decorate you ask? Since I work full time, I start on November 1 after I take down and put away my Autumn and Halloween decorations.

I am linking up to several parties so please try to visit the participants in each of these great parties:

Rednesday

Vintage Thingie Thursday

Show and Tell Friday

Blue Monday

Christmas in July Blog Hop

If you love Christmas and the holiday season as much as I do, Please join up as a Follower of my Christmas Blog, where I hope to show you anything and everything Christmas!!
If you have a Christmas Blog, please let me know so I can add you to my Blog Roll!

To see some of the Christmas crafts I create , Please visit my Business blog,
Elegant Creations by Debbie

Thanks for stopping by today and everyday that you take the time to visit me!!

Hugs,
Debbie

A PINK CHRISTMAS IN JULY!!

I would like to introduce all of my blogger friends to my new blog.......
A Debbie-Dabble Christmas!

I have come across some fellow bloggers who have separate blogs for Christmas and I thought it was a great idea!
Especially for me, the crazy woman with 12 decorated trees in various sizes and shapes in her home at Christmas Time!!

I would like to give you all a little tour of some of my Pink Christmas decorations from last Christmas in honor of Christmas in July!

This is my Dining Room Christmas tree!


As you can see it is my Victorian tree........


Can you see the pink and white rose lights on the tree??????


This is a hand made Santa that I bought at a Craft Fair several years back for only $45.00!!

The sled was hand made by the husband of my MIL's best friend. I have had it for 32 years and change the arrangement in it from time to time....



This is my Dining Room Chandy.....


I bought this cute pink house on Clearance in Target and I used it all winter long last season!!


This paper mache Santa was a Salvation Army find for $5.00!!


The Victorian boot was a yard sale find for $1.00!!


This is my Shabby Pink tree in my Craft/Sewing Room!

There are pink and white lights on this tree......

Well, those were some of my Pink Christmas decorations.

Here are some of the Christmas items that I am taking to my booth for the Christmas in July sale that they are having until the end of the month.






Please visit my other blog, Elegant Creations by Debbie, to see close ups of these Christmas items.

Well, that is it for today. I hope looking at Christmas Decorations has cooled you down a bit from the heat we all have been having!! LOL!!

Thanks for stopping by today and every day that you take the time to visit me!!

Many Hugs,
Debbie