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Festive Friday #13

 Hello Friends,

it has ever so slightly cooled off here in new Jersey, although that much needed rain did not really happen. My garden is thirsty.... I will have to start watering soon.... The humidity dropped, too and that makes it more bearable. So I climbed up the stair into my card room and tried to cool off with a Christmas card....Isn't that inspiration picture delicious?




I pulled out my mod tree die from Memory box, dry embossed white card stock with it and then die cut it in silvery, shimmer card stock.





                  

The sentiment is from Hero Arts Decorate your Holidays. The little pink dots I made with the Memory Box Bubble Joy die (also a shimmer paper) and the pink star is from a Papertrey die.

It was kind of a pain to glue on all those little dots, but in the end it was worth it - what do you think?

This card I'll put into the Festive Friday challenge and the Merry Monday challenge - Anything goes.

--X-- 

And here are more of my Germany vacation photos - as you can see, the weather is slowly getting better....


A collection of garden gnomes...

 My son in a playground in Munich.

The castle in my hometown, called Burg Trausnitz


And here are more pictures from my hometown Landshut. it is really pretty there. 

Burg Trausnitz from a different angle.


Comments

The little dots were totally worth the work! This turned out beautiful! Thank you so much for playing with us at Festive Friday!
Monika Reeck said…
Hiii Cornelia..great foto of your son in Munich ...kiss n hugs for him...lovely Christmas card too..how are you doing...Ich war sooo beschäftigt am Wochenende keine Zeit to catch up the Blog land...wish you healthy and see you on my Blog dear...hugs
LeAnne said…
Wow, this is stunning! THose dies are fabulous and that shimmery paper makes it even more beautiful! Nice Germany pix too!
Kim M said…
Beautiful card! Love what you did with the tree. Great pictures from your trip. :-)
Ardyth said…
Pretty! I love the idea of embossing the tree underneath - lots of interest and dimension. And that's a great idea for getting lots of little confetti circles! Thanks for playing with Festive Friday!
Darnell said…
Thank you for sharing the fantastic photos, Cornelia! Your card literally made me gasp! It is incredibly breathtaking!!
Geri said…
Love the shimmer in your pink baubles...looks so pretty with the silver tree...and I LOVE that tree every time I see it! Beautiful card! So happy to have you with us at Festive Friday!!!
It was totally worth it! Your card came out amazing! I live making and seeing frosty cards in this time of year. This help me handle the heat.
I was hesitating buying this dies but now I definitely want them.
And your home town - so nice and pretty! It even hurts a bit how pretty it is!!!
Hazel said…
I saw your lovely Christmas card on Always playing with paper Merry Monday - you might also like to enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for July - I'd love to see it there too. x
Rosmarie said…
Deine Karte ist ein Traum! Dieser stilisierten Baum sieht toll aus auf der weißen Karte und die rosa Farbe passt wunderbar dazu.

Wieder eine Reihe wunderschöner Fotos!
Carol said…
Lovely card! Your town looks like it could be in a fairy tale. So pretty and clean.
Bonnie said…
It may have been a pain to glue all the dots, but it sure was worth it! How beautiful against the pretty silver tree! And you have the Joy to use later! Win, win! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Merry Monday! Germany look beautiful!
Julie said…
You have great perseverance ! Lovely result for all that work.
Darnell said…
Popping back to congratulate you on the well-deserved win at Festive Friday, Cornelia!!
Kanan Pandya said…
I just LOVE this card, Cornelia. Very very creative and cool technique and colors. As always wonderful pictures and beautiful places. :-)

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