Friends and Family At Christmas

Greetings from the cold northeast USA from Lynda Joy.  It is winter here, and Christmas is but a little over a week away!  I decided to use this amazing Pinecones stamp on my card today.  I love, love, love this background stamp from Technique Junkies.  It has so many possibilities!

For my card today, I stamped 'pinecones' onto a green piece of linen card stock.  I used a circle die to cut out a large circle for the focal point of my card.  

I used an embossing pen to add embossing ink to different areas of the pine cones, then embossed with copper embossing powder.

I layered this onto an A2 green card, onto which I have a panel of copper paper, and a strip of dark green, along with a sheer copper ribbon.  

For the sentiment, I used a verse from the Gifts of Christmas set.  I embossed the verse with copper embossing powder, then die cut the shape, and layered it onto another die cut piece. 

I used foam tape to attach both the focal image and the verse panel to the card.  For accents, I used my Cropodile to punch some small circle shapes from glittered fun foam.  
A pretty copper bow finishes off my card.

News flash - There is still time to enter the Technique Junkies Gradient Sponging Challenge.  It has been extended through January 14th!  Enter your project now to be eligible to win some TJ stamps!
If you still need some stamps, or want to pick some up to get an early start on next year's cards, use my 10% discount code on your order! - TJ10Lynda

Thank you for stopping in today.  Don't forget to check out all the fabulous stamps and techniques over on the Technique Junkies site.  

Have a wonderful and blessed holiday season!!