Hello, my friends, and Hello December! What a glorious month of kindness, goodwill, and giving this is. Throughout the month, I will be sharing a few thoughts with you as I participate in Light the World with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This week, I will be trying to Light the World through my testimony here on my blog...perhaps it will touch someone near or far. And tomorrow night, Sunday, December 2, there is a Christmas Devotional broadcast HERE from the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that I can't wait to watch with my family and hope you'll tune in too. It is a sure way to let your heart be light and bring you comfort and cheer.
This sentiment is a favorite of mine because of the JOY the world received and continues to receive because of the beautiful, babe born in Bethlehem....our Savior. I owe Him my life...He is my joy and my best friend. Without Him, I would not have what I have today and not be who I am today.
My card today was created for Spellbinders using the gorgeous, new Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month for December. There are so many things you can do with this collection of dies, and I've just got one example for you here today.
I used silver metallic cardstock along with the lovely dies in the kit for this month...they are so intricate and detailed and create stunning cards quite simply. The center wreath and flowers are also from the kit.
My sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Penned Elegance: Christmas and the Wet Paint Holiday stamp sets. The stamped flowers in the background are from the Floral Fantasy: Christmas stamp set.
The Amazing Paper Grace Kit of the Month Club is a new club to Spellbinders but the one I look forward to most each month...shabby, elegant, detailed, timeless!
To end, I would love to leave you with a quote that I love by James E. Faust back in December 2001.
"We all enjoy giving and receiving presents. But there is a difference between presents and gifts. The true gifts may be part of ourselves--giving of the riches of the heart and mind--and therefore more enduring and of far greater worth than presents bought at the store. Of course, among the greatest of gifts is the gift of love..."
Merry Christmas and Joy to the World!
Melis
You are such a beautiful person inside and out, full of love, grace and gentleness, with the most amazing talent to create such stunning cards all the time. Thank you for the beauty and joy you always bring to me, God Bless x
Posted by: Rachel Jolley | December 02, 2018 at 02:39 AM
This card is stunning. I just saw this spellbinders product last night...what you've done with it is so lovely. tfs
Posted by: Helen | December 02, 2018 at 07:25 AM
GORGEOUS WORK, Melissa!!! I CAN'T WAIT to get this one in the mail! Becca DOES create THE MOST ELEGANT & GORGEOUS DIES! LOVE how you used PTI stamps with this too! LOVE the silver & the mauve colors you chose for this also! TRULY STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!! ;) I look forward to hearing your testimony in the coming weeks! ;)
Posted by: Becky Green | December 02, 2018 at 08:08 AM