'Tis the Season

I want to begin by apologizing for how dark these photos are, even though they were taken during the brightest part of the day.

Of course, I'm once again joining Sheila at Orange Esmeralda, our wonderful host this month at Art Journal Journey with her theme Let's Celebrate.

It's certainly a great season to celebrate, even if it only feels like it in my altered book.

It's also great for another reason, though.   It's because Moo-Mania & More is heat embossing this fortnight 

and I finally was able to photograph heat embossing that showed up on camera.

No more clear embossing powder because this time I used copper.

This entire entry was recycled.  

The focal image was part of a card I deconstructed

while the background, which I cut into pieces, was created during a Second Thursday Tutorial a few months ago.   I used a green Sakura metallic Gelly Roll pen to write the sentiment.  This spread was created in my Challenges altered book.

Thank you for joining me this morning as I honor both Art Journal Journey and Moo-Mania & More at each of their challenges.  Hope to see you at both sites today.