The Night Before Christmas

This was a spur of the moment addition to Yvonne's theme at Art Journal Journey which is Words and Numbers.

It won't be long until Christmas is here.  Bleubeard has called all his friends who have now gathered around the fire (on Christmas eve) while 1 of the friends read "The Night Before Christmas."

A total of 8 friends

gathered around the

fire on

Christmas eve,

while 1 read

from this book called

"The Night Before Christmas."

I added little white spots

on many of the animals.  I also added balls to the swag gracing the fireplace.

My white gel pen didn't much care for this slick postcard weight paper.

I really hated when I tried to write the words on the book.  Or maybe it was just me not being able to write small!

I began by adding a sheet of Christmas holly scrapbook paper to the 110 lb. substrate.  I cut the 12 X 12 inch (30,48 X 30,48 centimeter) paper to 8.5 X 11 inch (21,59 X 27,94 centimeter), the same size as the substrate.  Originally I had planned to sew everything, then decided against it.  There was enough confusion with this piece anyway without adding thread to the mix.  The central image was a Christmas postcard sent to my friend Sally by "Chewy," an online company that sells all types of pet products.  I added a slew of white dots and the dark red balls on the fireplace swag, in addition to the words on the book.  I wrote the sentiment on leftover red copier/printer paper, then adhered the cut words to lime green copier/printer paper.  This was one of those measure twice, cut once mistakes.  Once I had all the words assembled, I realized I didn't have enough room for everything.  Unfortunately, I had no more lime green or red scraps, so I had to make due with what I had.

I thought I would share the remains of our "big" snow.

Much has already melted and turned to ice as the sun began to set.

It is bitterly cold here, too.  Of course, it's not pretty here like the photos I've seen of my friends back east.  Their snow is lovely.  Mine, not so much.

Thank you beyond belief for joining Bleubeard, his friends, and me this Christmas eve.  We hope to also see you at Art Journal Journey.