Jesus Is The Reason

Well. . . .Santa, if you can hear me, I would REALLY like a new (better) camera for Christmas.  I'm grateful for the little camera I have, but I want a "real" camera that can capture the fine details.  A good photo makes a BIG difference.  There, I said it - Can you hear me, Santa?

I want to mention a few new challenge blogs I've found this week.  First, I would like to talk about Scrapbookers Anonymous.  This challenge blog encourages you to use up items from your stash.  Heaven knows we all have WAY too much of that, and being encouraged to utilize what we have is always a good thing.  You can learn more about this fun challenge blog by clicking on this link:
www.scrapbookers-anonymous.blogspot.com
Their current challenge calls for three things - Holiday, a Tag, and Glitter.  What a fun combination.  Obviously, my card celebrates the true reason for the Christmas Holiday - it's ALL about Jesus.  I have a red tag under my image, and I glittered my star (as well as using glittery background paper from my old stash, and I also used a digital image I had been saving and needed to use).  Here is the link for that challenge:
http://scrapbookers-anonymous.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-challenge.html

The next challenge I'd like to mention is Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle Saturdays - they have a fun Holiday Card challenge going on right now.  It's the perfect time to enter this fun challenge since we're all working on our Holiday cards.  You can enter this challenge by clicking on the following link.  You won't want to miss out on this one.
http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/12/holiday-card.html - Holiday Card

The challenge for December over at Pile It On is a "Bling It Up" challenge.  My star is VERY blingy, even though my mediocre camera doesn't really capture the bling.  You can read about this challenge by clicking here:  http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/12/pile-it-on-49-december-month-long.html - December "Bling it Up"

Sparkles Forum Challenge has a challenge called "The One You Love At Christmas", and I am not at all ashamed to say that the One I love at Christmas (and always) is my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  So, this image of our Lord in the manger is being entered in this challenge:
http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/12/ch-26-one-you-love-at-christmas.html - The One You Love at Christmas

Last, but by NO MEANS least, is the super exciting challenge going on over at www.lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com where they are hosting a color challenge.  You need to use Dark Red, Chocolate Brown, and Cream.  I used dark red on my tag and accents, chocolate brown in my background paper, ribbon and accents, and cream on my image mat, vintage sheet music and accents.  I always love trying to make a project meet requirements for several challenges.  You can read all about, and even enter, this fun challenge by clicking on the following link:
http://lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-60-color-challenge.html - #60 - A Color Challenge

Before I go, I want to give credit to Freshly Brewed Designs for the image I used.  I won this image in a challenge quite a while back, and it just wouldn't be right to not tell you about their amazing images.  You can check them out at:  www.freshbreweddesigns.com  So, thank you, Heather, for this image.

I am so excited about these three challenge blogs.  I hope you will check them out, and enter the challenges.  The more, the merrier.  Right?

Have a great day.

Karen