Christmas Blessings 26

Hi! Hope you are all enjoying the magic of the holiday season! I'm here to share a few Christmas inspired projects. First up is a card that I made for my dear daughter Angie featuring a variety of PTI stamps including: Spruce & Sprigs, Signature Christmas and Vintage Linens:

I'm joining along with this month's PTI Create Along With Us Release Week challenge and was inspired by Dawn's pretty card shown below:

and for color inspiration, I was inspired by this week's Color Throwdown challenge:

Up next is my first attempt painting a poinsettia using oils on an 8" x 10" canvas surface:

I'm linking my painting to the current Paint Party Friday post:

We recently went on vacation visiting New York City and Washington D.C. in celebration of my sweet husband's birthday. Here's the beautiful scene in Rockefeller Center:

Shown below is a photo of Scott standing beside a replica of the stunning star tree topper (above):

It's been over 20 years since I visited D.C. and many things have changed. Not only beautiful new monuments and museums but a whole lot of additional blockades accompanied by U.S. Secret Service Agents. Shown below is a photo of the U.S. White House:

and here's a photo of our nation's capital building:

On display at the U.S. Botanic Gardens, are miniature replicas of many of the D.C monuments made 100% from plant materials!  

Loved the beautiful pots of poinsettias in the Gardens:

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great weekend!
Be Sweet ;)