Glory to God. . .

Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men. Luke 2:14

CHACB Challenge #21: Celebrate the Season

Raise your hands if you hoard Christmas or other winter holiday items! Who has a drawer full of  "retired" holiday papers and embellishments? Who goes crazy over the candy cane ribbons or the sparkly embellishments? Share a winter or seasonal holiday project with us. We would love to see your Christmas projects, but you may also enter Hanukkah, Kwanza, New Year's, other holiday celebration projects, or any winter-themed projects. Celebrate the season with us!

  
We will again be selecting favorites and one talented participant will receive a fantastic prize for their work from our fabulous sponsor for December, Spellbinders Paper Arts!  P You have until Sunday, Dec. 14  at midnight PST to prepare, submit and link up your project to the CHAC Blog. Please visit the blog for complete rules and the prize package AND information on our wonderful sponsors!  

Christmas Blessings 

     Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendor
     by Frank Houghton

     Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour,
    All for love’s sake becamest poor;
    Thrones for a manger didst surrender,
    Sapphire-paved courts for stable floor.
    Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour,
    All for love’s sake becamest poor.

    Thou who art God beyond all praising,
    All for love’s sake becamest man;
    Stooping so low, but sinners raising
    Heavenward by thine eternal plan.
    Thou who art God beyond all praising,
    All for love’s sake becamest man.

    Thou who art love beyond all telling,
    Saviour and King, we worship thee.
    Emmanuel, within us dwelling,
    Make us what thou wouldst have us be.
    Thou who art love beyond all telling,
    Saviour and King, we worship thee. 
Click here or here for a beautiful rendition of this hymn and here for its rich history and back story.

Project Description

The base of this altered frame is from the Dollar Store. I've had it forever (a hoarded treasure!). I thought it would be perfect for a Christmas wall hanging. Also from my hoard, I pulled these lovely Layers of Color Stamps which I colored using Prismacolor markers and then topped with some Stickles. I also used gold glitter glass from Stampendous to edge the center panel which I mounted atop the frame. The poinsettia and leaves are from my hoard and the brads (whose wings have been snipped) are Graphic45. The background paper came in a thank you packet after a project I made was published a couple of  years ago.

 If you really want to see some really AMAZING projects, follow the links below. . . 

Amber Milone

Christy Butters

Debbie Seyer

Ginny Nemchak

Jan Marie Ennenga

Kathy Clement 

Gloria Stengel

Donna Idlet

Glenda Brooks

Karen Zueger

Pam Bray Wendi Robinson

Blessings! jme ~ SDG