Before health concerns intervened, I loved making Christmas cookies. I have a set of recipes I always made. One of the biggest favorites is this one on my original 3x5 recipe card. Credits: card: Happy Holiday by Maya de Groot paints: ArtPlay Palette Christmas Magic by Anna Aspnes photo from...

Beautiful image and lovely page!

Thank you, Diane! Those ornaments were a delight to create.

I've always loved the songs in the Kingston Trio album 'Last Month of the Year.' Critic David A. Milberg called it "An essential part of any Christmas album collection, these are true Christmas folk songs, from spirituals to Old English rounds." Credits: -papers, snow bank, snowflake...

The tutorial on fitting pictures to globes is wonderful! In PSP I used the spherize geometric effect and three different blend modes on a red ball: soft light, difference, and screen. Credits: -tutorial: Christmas Ornament Tutorial by Sara (petey111)...

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Laurie, thank you so much for selecting my page. It felt really good to put it together. And yes, this month's template worked beautifully for the two of them.

A pinecone was decorated as a tree ornament to look quite lovely. Credits: -background, frame, pinecone brush, gold paint, white berries: ArtPlay Palette Christmas Magic by Anna Aspnes -gold swirl: ArtPlay Palette Santa Nicolas Add-On No. 1 by Anna Aspnes -gold notion, word art: Merry...

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Wow, Diane, a real chalkboard! It looks so nice.

Beautiful page, Julie! Are you there or just dreaming?

Heather, another beautiful week! Love how the black card blends with the photos. Oh, and we have two weeks plus three days still. Will we call the last bit week 53?

As always, Lindy, beautiful pages! Want to trade temps? I'd LOVE some 80s. Diane, I knew it got cold out there, just didn't realize how much. Your page really has that feel.

Maybe it's because his birthday was yesterday, but I just had to do this quote about Beethoven. Credits: -background: Music Sheet Papers by Maya de Groot -frame: Oscraps Collab Journey (Merkeley Designs) -transfer: ArtPlay Palette Christmas Magic by Anna Aspnes card: 4X6 ArtsyKardz...

Happy Birthday, Sara! Hope it is wonderful and filled with books (and fonts). :bday :bday

All your December pages are so wonderful. Love this one too.

Beautiful and delightful combination of blues. It feels so happy!

This challenge was a delight. Credits: -trees: Oh My Tree Gift by Val C. Designs -background, star, star paint: My Star by Val C. Designs -other papers, journal cards: Inner Voice by Val C. Designs -alpha: Oh Joy! by Paula Kesselring font: Courtney Dorkling

Another handsome page, Diane! All the blues even make it look a little cool there.

I photographed this treetop on a cold sunny day against a very blue sky. Credits: AnnaLift of 'Winters Maple' by lkdavis https://ozone.oscraps.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=299198&cpage=2&title=winter-27s-maple&cat=1351 by Anna Aspnes: -background: MonoBlendz Oceana No. 1...