Dueling Darlings/WOYWW #237

Hi, beautiful people! 

 I'm baaaaack!!! 

After an excrutiatingly long time without a computer 

or ability to blog (properly),

 my laptop is back as the best holiday gift :)

Not to mention the almost unfathomable busy-ness life has

been the past few weeks with the schools, activities, shows, birthdays

and more!  

5 minute prayer, 5 minutes to enjoy a Starbucks, 5 minutes to shower ..

that's all I got! :)

 And ...

thank you SANTA in the form of my absolutely fabulous

brother-in-law for fixing my baby ... you absolutely ROCK!

 I'm so very grateful!

Angels we have heard on high!

 

Now for my very, very, VERY late Dueling Darling card!

I wanted to play along with the WOYWW #237 again

so I'm linking up there as well ~ if you aren't familiar with

Julie at Stamping Ground, you can find her here.  It's a wonderful

peek at the creations around the globe and

always makes me smile to visit and admire :)

 

My kitchen table, doubling as a craft haven/desk this past week!

 

 For my card today, Jeanette and I were the hostesses

of the card kits this month.  Our chosen theme was 

"A Christmas Story".

For this card kit, I really wanted to reflect the beauty of the birth of

Christ, Our Savior, and the significance during this holy season.

I love, LOVE my very old Inky Antics stamps and thought

it was time they see ink this holiday.

I stamped up both the Angel Gabriel and Away in a Manger

and allowed the others who rec'd this kit to chose their favorite.

I also included in the kit Carta Bella "winter fun" papers in 

a variety of colors and patterns - oh how i just love this stuff!

It wasn't 'religious' per say but that was part of the challenge - 

make it work! :)

I chose Angel Gabriel for my card and the matching sentiment.

My card is pretty simplistic over all because ...

I didn't make myself a kit, LOL!!

I competely forgot when I was buying everything and packing it up

to make one for me!  

I'm improvising from having at least the paper on hand!  

 

The inside of my card!

Another part of the challenge was to share a special Christmas

memory from past or present.

Honestly, as a mommy now to 4 kids of my own,

there are just too many memories to have a favorite,

including from my childhood.

I'm blessed that even having had 3 of my children born in December

so close to Christmas, causing quite possibly one of the 

most choatic and busy months a mom could possibly handle,

we know that they are an absolute blessing.

I'm lucky to have such good kids, kind at heart and strong in faith.

They are wonderful children, good friends to others, and bring great joy to my life in so many ways!

So while they were Christmas gifts and mere newborns just days old

under the Christmas tree 3 times, 

I would not change a single thing in my crazy life :) 

Sending blessings to all of you!

I'll be by to visit you now that I have the means to do so!

Please stop by and see what the rest of the Dueling Darlings 

have made with "A Christmas Story" kits from Team Jeanette 

and Team Kelly - you can find all of us in my sidebar!



I'll enter this into Papertake Weekly Challenge "Christmas Cards",
and Tuesday Throwdown "What Cmas means to you"
and Cute Card Thursday's #299 Christmas Catch Up.

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly