Have yourself a Merry (vintage) Little Christmas... and a giveaway

Good morning and welcome to Christmas in August! When lovely Lorraine from the Simon Says Challenge Design Team asked me to create a card as their guest designer for this week I almost couldn't believe it! It has been a big honour for me and I hope you like what I've created. I feel also very lucky to have been asked precisely for this week, the subject being... Christmas in August!! I love Christmas. Yeah, almost everyone does. But I mean I LOVE it very much!!! And the most traditional, the better for me. Gimme me tinkering lights, snow, the scent of spices and cinnamon, clover and apples and gingerbread, gimme candy canes, silver bells and kisses under the mistletoe, gimme carols by Bing Crosby, Santas and dwarfs and reindeers and pines, and family gatherings and miracles. Gimme all of that and I'll be in heaven.
Ok, so this is the thing. I'd love to give away this card and the three cordinating gift tags (along with a couple of surprise supplies!) to one of the participants in this week's Simon Says challenge. Once the winner of the challenge has been announced next week  I'll myself pick a random winner between all the entries.
I put a lot of love in this creations because I knew they were going to travel to another crafter's hands. I used a few stamping techniques on them: distressing, distress inks, embossing resist and stamping with glitter.
So tell me... what do you like most about Christmas?
Thanks so much for stopping by and... have yourself a merry little Xmas... in august! ;)

Supplies: White cardstock; Stamps: Fancy Pants Blissful Season; Patterned Paper: October Afternoon "Good Cheer"; Ink: Distress Inks in Pine Needle, Fired Brick, Old Paper and Scattered Straw; Other: Tsukineko clear embossing powder, Tsukineko "Glue Pad", glitter, cord, ribbon.

Comments

[Timcsoca]

Very beautiful card!I love it!:)

Hugs, Tímea

[Lorraine A]

Gorgeous card and tags Lorena :-) Absolutely stunning creations :-)
Thanks you so much for being in our designer spotlight and for all the help you give to our challenge.
It is so generous of you to offer these wonderful things as a prize :-) Thanks x x

Luv
Lorraine x x

[Jo Nevill]

Hi Lorena

Wow, your card and tags are just gorgeous and I feel the same as you, I love it all very traditional and if we can have some snow (which is very, very rare) all the better ! I love all the sights and smells and its just a fabby time of year.

Thank you so much for joining us this week at Simon Says Challenge and for being our Designer in the Spotlight, it was lovely to have you working with us.

Thank you also for translating every week too - you do an amazing job !

Hugs,

Jo x

[Dominique]

Hi,
thats a great work!
Thanks for being our Guest this week.
Hugs
Domi

[Maarit]

Gorgeous card and tags Lorena!!! Fab work and I do love the colour scheme!

I love to be with my nearest and dearest at Christmas, to share a meal and just be together surrounded by christmas tree, decorations, candy, pressies and carols.

Hugs
Maarit

[Fryne]

what gorgeous projects Lorena!!! Love the colours!

[Jessica Fitzhenry]

Beautiful work :)

[Travelingmama]

These are so sweet! Yay for Christmas!! I loved your sewing on your card too! I just sewed on a card for the first time because I was so worried about breaking my machine! LOL! I sewed directly my fabric star directly onto the paper and it worked great! Amazing the things we learn when we just try, huh?

[Heidi]

Oh this puts me in the mood for Christmas! BEAUTIFUL Job Lorena!! Keep up the great work!!! The green distressing is brilliant!
Much luv,
Heidi