Vintage Christmas

Hello Everyone.  I dearly hope you are All happy and healthy and keeping free from the cold.  Really quite a dark day here and the lights have been on all day.   I got a lovely surprise this morning when my friend Jan phoned to ask if I fancied going out.  I was thrilled to bits to hear her voice saying those words.  As most of you know, she has been through high doses of chemotherapy and since the final one, she has been so very tired.  Girl Power indeed.
To-day's offering is a gift for my younger daughter Carolyn.  She is doing her first Craft Fair on the 7th December, so this was what I made for a centre-piece of her stand. . She can also use it for her Christmas table afterwards.
I had great fun creating this piece.  My dear friend Astrid had done one, and gave me guidelines on folding the pages.  I have a load of very aged books and that is how this project began.
Once I had distressed the pages I matted some some lovely card to the back and front covers and using Vintage Photo, I distressed everything again and edged it with a Krylon pen.  Now the fun part. I used Sizzix Lampost to start with and of course I had to rust it.  Then I realized  I need the red velvet ribbon to hold the book at the angle I wanted it to be.  The Numbers and Noel were also TimHoltz sizzix dies and now I could see where this was taking me.  So Christmas trees and lots of reindeers had to be given a place too.  Can you spot Rudolph ??     The front of my creation was Pine cones, leaves and berries with a gold safety candle in place to give the effect of a bright time of year, especially for children.   I hope you like my Christmas Project.   Thanks for your lovely comments.   Hugs Rita xxxx

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I'm entering it in to the following Challenges
SimonSays Wednesday challenge :  Anything Goes
Craft Room Challenge  : Vintage Christmas
Country View Challenges. : Letters