The Christmas spirit

We had a lovely pre Christmas brunch on Sunday with our children, it was full of laughter and festive spirit as they will not see one another over the Christmas period.  I set the table up with shop bought (yes I know!) crackers, as my home made ones are saved for the Big day and Boxing day this year.

When she had finished brunch Daisy sat and watched "Room on the Broom" on my Hbs phone. Julia Donaldson's books are so delightful and Daisy loves them all but Room on the Broom and Stick Man are her absolute favourites.  For those of you who love Stick Man , there is a programme on Christmas Day which looks totally delightful. Daisy adores all the books.

Daisy loves looking at Nanna's Christmas ornaments. These are some of her favourites.

Daisy also adores the Snowman and Snowdog so I thought for my challenge card today I would share the card I made her for Christmas.
I bought a great set of stamps last year so I coloured up one of the images with my Promarkers

 made a little snowy scene...........

and ended up with this....

with lots of sparkle

which I am told she really loved.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Inspiration Emporium 'tis the season
Crafty hazelnut Anything Christmas
Papertake weekly favourite ever challenge it's the last one there and I will really miss it, it was one of the earliest challenges I entered 5 years ago. My favourite challenge for this entry is my all time favourite of anything goes.
Our Creative Corner wish upon a star
Country View Challenges make a scene
Crafty Friends 3/3 anything goes
The Artistic stamper Christmas
Noor Winter wonderland
Simon says stamp Mondays 2/5 winter wonderland
Vintage Stamping Winter trees
Fashionable stamping 3/3 make your own background
Love to Create anything creative/mixed media #26
Passion for Promarkers Let's celebrate
Whimsy Winter anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday make it sparkle
Cute card Thursday anything goes

Well we are here at last, just one more sleep until Christmas Day.
I have finished work until the new year and I got up this morning and loved seeing the trees glowing in the darkness. Old choc in the hall

 and our big tree

which has lots of lovely parcels stacked around it

I also opened the final window of my vintage advent calendar....perfect...

 Our fridge is stacked with festive food and Billy is keeping an eye on the parcels and the tree from his chair.

I would just like to end with some very special news; I am so proud that my darling doctor daughter has today been added to the GMC (General Medical Council) register and is now a fully qualified and registered GP. It has taken 11 years of hard work and dedication and we could not be more proud of her. 

Thank you for sharing my 2015 countdown to Christmas and for all the sweet comments you have taken to leave at such a busy time of the year.  I hope you have enjoyed reading Jane's Journal and that I have kept alive some of that Christmas spirit which I hold so dear to me.  

A very Merry Christmas to each and every one of you.

I will leave you with my favourite piece of Christmas prose

Christmas - that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance.  It may weave a spell of nostalgia.  Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance - a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved.  ~Augusta E. Rundel

Back soon,

Off to make the mince pies.

Bye for now,

Jane (aka Mrs Christmas and a purr from Billy) xx