Joyeux Noel: New Digital Collage Sheets

Here is the last post of new digital collage sheets with vintage European Christmas cards. These are more French holiday postcards... Beautiful angels, some nativity scenes, Christmas children, and of course Santa Claus! The last sheet here is created with antique photo postcards ~ a little girl and a little angel with their vintage Christmas trees, playful children to wish you joyful NOEL, and even a romantic couple in Victorian / Edwardian dress.

I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed creating them! And I hope you'll go see these and all of my Christmas / Winter / and New Year images and digital collage sheets at Lunagirl.com.

Vintage European Christmas Cards, New!

Continuing to share the new digital collage sheets I've created using vintage Christmas cards I've collected. Most of what I have are French and German, but here are some from other countries. Dutch Santa Claus on a snowy night, Czech holiday cards featuring sweet angels and children, Scandinavian Christmas cards with greetings in Danish and Swedish, and serene vintage Christmas greetings in Italian (with mostly religious themes).   Available for download at Lunagirl.com.

Vive Saint Nicolas!

And here are two more new digital collage sheets created with vintage Christmas cards from Europe. These celebrate Saint Nick... The first is all vintage French postcards depicting St. Nicolas in the colorful coat and "Santa Claus hat" ... the second collage sheet is created with two French cards and two Dutch cards, each greeting St. Nicolas / St. Nikolaas in his traditional bishop's hat and religious robes. More to come! Find everything at Lunagirl.com :-)

New Collage Sheets: Vintage French Santa Claus

Here are two more of my newly created digital collage sheets for this Christmas season. These feature French cards celebrating Santa Claus ... Pere Noel ... St. Nicholas ... Joyeux Noel! All available at Lunagirl.com.

December Angels Challenge: Week Four

VICKI ROMAINE Cheerful Stamp Pad
Background is wrapping paper.
Image is by LG and sentiment is by Gecko Galz

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and the Design Team angels this week bring you greetings for a Merry Christmas and Joy to the World!

Remember that the challenge continues all the way until December 31, so you have plenty of time to enter. And we welcome any and all kinds of angels!

Blessings to you... I hope to see your angelic creations, so link them up here.

I'll do a random drawing at the end of the month, and someone will win store credit to have some fun shopping for images at Lunagirl.com!

ATC by MICHELE STORMS Art From the Well

CORINNE MARIE Digital by Corinne

Freebie: Little Angel with Peace Dove

Don't forget to link up your creations for the Angels challenge!

Here is a little angel and white dove to inspire you.

More Angels... welcome back Mandy!

MANDY CHILVERS  http://tagalongchallenge.blogspot.com/

Here is more angelic inspiration for the December challenge...

I'm happy to again share work by Lunagirl DT member Mandy Chilvers. Mandy took a little break for awhile, and I hope you will all join me in welcoming her back! I know you'll enjoy seeing her beautiful work :-)

Here is a journal page she has created... (more inspiration from Mandy and all of the DT coming soon!)

A Third Week of December Angels

In this very busy time of year, I hope you'll find a moment to enter my December creative challenge. The Latin word Angelus means messenger ~ angels are messengers of peace and joy. In the long, dark nights of winter, they bring a message of hope and light returning!

The challenge continues until December 31, so you have plenty of time. I suspect we may get quite a few entries in that last week, between Christmas and New Year's Eve ~ usually a mellow time around my house! Remember that you can share up to three creations, and every entry has a chance to win the drawing for $15 store credit at Lunagirl.com.

ATC by MICHELE STORMS Art From the Well

by Shelby Pizzarro Sisterhood of the Muse

CORINNE MARIE Digital by Corinne

Angels: Week Two

Week Two of our December challenge featuring Angels! We have some lovely entries so far, and the charming inspiration from the Design Team continues all month... Please remember to share your Angelic creations with us! The challenge continues until New Year's Eve, and in addition to the fun of sharing, you might win the drawing for $15 store credit at Lunagirl.com.

CORINNE MARIE Digital by Corinne

ATC by MICHELE STORMS Art From the Well

December Challenge Theme: Angels

It's time for a new challenge theme, and what could be sweeter for December than ANGELS. This challenge theme will continue all through this month, and I hope you'll find time during your holiday hustle and bustle to create something to share in our challenge! Share up to three entries ~ and when your entry includes a Lunagirl image it doubles your chances of winning the drawing :-)

Just FYI you can find hundreds of angels at Lunagirl.com, including the digital collage sheets used by the Moonbeams Design Team... Don't miss their inspiration below! And always feel free to email me if I can help you find something in my store.

CHALLENGE GUIDELINES:

Challenge ends at 3:00 pm CST on December 31.

Any craft or medium is welcome.

Vintage style is encouraged but not required.

Use a Lunagirl image and your entry will count twice in the drawing!

Link to this blog and to Lunagirl.com on your site if you have one.

Prize:  Winner will be selected randomly to receive a $15 credit at Lunagirl.com!

We can't wait to see your angelic creations! Celebrate December with us at Lunagirl :-)

An InLinkz Link-up

LUNAGIRL MOONBEAMS DESIGN TEAM

ATC by MICHELE STORMS Art From the Well

VICKI ROMAINE Cheerful Stamp PadThe scene in the window is a recycled commercial card.

CORINNE MARIE Digital by Corinne

A merry message ...

It's starting to look pretty Christmas-y around here at the Lunagirl Moonbeams blog! Here is another beautiful tag by Mandy Chilvers to get you in the spirit of things and inspire you to enter my CELEBRATE ST. NICK challenge that is going on all this week and next. Again, I just love this vintage Santa with a nature theme, and Mandy creates the loveliest tags, doesn't she? Enjoy, and link up yours here!

Creative Challenge: CELEBRATE SAINT NICK

It's time for a new challenge, and since it's well into December let's celebrate good Old Saint Nick, shall we? I absolutely adore vintage Santa Claus pictures, and there are so many to enjoy! We have over 300 in our collection (all available on my Victorian Holidays Volume One CD, btw) and the variety is fascinating.

There are Santas in red, green, blue, white, purple, even pink. Santas in fur, in bishop's robes, in monk's robes, in fancy red suits. Santa Claus on foot, in his sleigh (of course), on horseback, in antique automobiles, hot air balloons, boats, airplanes, trains... what have I forgotten?

We can call him Santa or Saint Nicholas, Pere Noel, Father Christmas... We have plenty of pictures of St. Nick with Victorian children, and also with angels and animals. Some are funny and silly, some are dignified and elegant, some are primitive, some are quite fancy... all are just wonderful to explore and to include in card-making, scrapbooking, ornaments, and other crafts this time of year.

So, I'm  hoping to see St. Nick in every style and guise and color and costume! Need a few pictures of St Nick quick? Check out the CD above or download 110 vintage Santa pics instantly.

Here are the guidelines for this challenge:

Any craft or medium is OK.

Limit of 3 entries from one person in each challenge, please.

Vintage style is encouraged.

Use a Lunagirl image or element and your entry will count twice in the drawing!

Remember to link to this blog and to Lunagirl.com on your site if you have one.

Prize:  Winner will be selected randomly to receive a $15 credit at Lunagirl.com!

Challenge ends at noon CST on December 21.

I love it when you use Lunagirl images, and I hope you'll go take a look at my collections... but that's not a requirement!  But do remember that if you use a Lunagirl image, you will be entered TWICE in the drawing! I welcome everyone and every style but also want to give a little something extra to my wonderful customers! Most important is have fun, get creative, enjoy vintage. 

And don't miss the creations of my Design Team below, for your enjoyment and inspiration!

An InLinkz Link-up

FROM THE LUNAGIRL MOONBEAMS DESIGN TEAM:

The Moonbeams are using just a few of the hundreds of Santa images that are found on Lunagirl Victorian Holidays Volume One...

by MICHELE STORMS of Art from the Well
Michele has used one of my very favorite St Nick pics -- in his green suit
and looking so kindly and gentle with the deer. And I love holly and evergreens for
Christmas. Beautiful card, Michele!

by MANDY CHILVERS of Tag Along
Another favorite image of old Saint Nick! A fabulous Victorian
die cut in a white fur coat and hat, carrying a Christmas tree!
Mandy has used the die cut beautifully here, with such a
lovely snowy-looking background, just the right touch of glitter,
and even some "snowballs" at the bottom!

by VICKI ROMAINE of The Cheerful Stamppad who writes:
Today I used the Lunagirl "Freebie" for my card.  I just love this digital.  The card has a tan base and on top a rustic vintage print designer paper.  I used a couple of leftover strips from previous cutting of card to fill in the front.  Down the side on top of the strip of cardstock are three small glittery reindeer. 

Glad Tidings of Comfort and Joy

Are you feeling festive yet?

Eighteen days until the 25th!

This little girl angel on a tag created by DT member Mandy Chilvers reminds you that it's not the shopping and spending that matters... it's the JOY.

Just a random observation, but don't you love this angel's little red maryjane shoes?

Thank you Mandy for one more little holiday child, and such a pretty tag. I love the poinsettias and especially the little snowflakes.

Everyone remember that we are celebrating Santa in the new challenge that starts tomorrow morning!

Holiday Children Challenge Winner: Marina

I've completed the random drawing for today, and it's time to announce the winner of my Holiday Children themed challenge....

The lucky winner today is the very first entry in this challenge, by Marina! Congratulations to you, Marina, for your win and also for some a lovely vintage winter creation. Email me at info@lunagirl.com when you get a chance, to claim your prize, $15 credit to shop at Lunagirl.com.

A big holiday Thank You to everyone who took part... please come back for the next challenge... the theme will feature who else, but Saint Nick?

Holiday Children Challenge....There's Still Time!

by VICKI ROMAINE

You still have time to enter my Holiday Children challenge  ...
The challenge is open until noon CST tomorrow, so you still have time to link up your creation for a chance to win and a chance to share your work!

Here is one more piece from Vicki Romaine of the Design Team, to inspire you. And what could be more lovely than this beautiful, nostalgic image of a little girl and her puppy looking in with amazement at the Christmas tree. Do you think it's Christmas morning, and she is looking at all the presents under the tree, or is it Christmas eve and she is just gazing with wonder at the beautiful tree lit with candles? I prefer to think the latter... the Night BEFORE Christmas is my favorite holiday.

Vicki has placed the image and sentiment, from my Christmas Joy tags collage sheet, on a pretty vintage style background and added the perfect touch of lace and "wish" embellishment. If you can't quite read the sentiment, it says "May you always see Christmas through the eyes of child." My wish for you tonight! We got our tree today and hung wreaths on the doors, so I guess the season is underway at our house.

A Beautiful Vintage Christmas Freebie from Lunagirl

I thought I would share a freebie with you today, one that will work for the current Holiday Children challenge and also the next challenge starting on Monday (hint: the theme features a famous "jolly old elf").

This is a much-loved image and it's easy to see why! If you love Santa images, there are over 300 vintage Santa Claus pictures on my Victorian Holidays Volume One CD ... the best variety of Santa pictures I know of... or get 100 vintage Santas by instant download!

You have until Sunday to enter the challenge. We already have several charming entries and I want to see yours too. And don't miss the beautiful Holiday Children inspiration by the Design Team :-)

Second Week: HOLIDAY CHILDREN theme

MICHELE STORMS artfromthewell.blogspot.com

Monday is upon us again -- and it's the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend so it's like a "double" Monday! Hard to get up this morning!

Here is something to get you going this week (besides online Christmas shopping!) -- create something wonderful for my Holiday Children creative blog challenge. My Design Team have sent some inspiration for you today...

And while you're doing your online shopping (it is "Cyber Monday" after all), you can  hop over to LUNAGIRL.COM to pick up some Victorian holidays images and other vintage images and ephemera for your projects...

my blog readers are invited to use discount code MOONDAY-14 for 50% off today only.

VICKI ROMAINE cheerfulstamppad.blogspot.com
A completely digital card! The snowman image is from Lunagirl Winter Fun digital collage sheet.
Vicki is having an "all-digital" challenge on her blog this week -- Go see!

More Holiday Children from the Design Team -- Join Our Challenge!

Are YOU still eating turkey and pumpkin pie? That was breakfast at our house today! The day-after-Thanksgiving tradition at our house is sleep late, eat leftover pie, and watch movies. No Black Friday madness, thank you! (Although I will check out the online deals!)

The holiday season is officially upon us, and we're celebrating with a HOLIDAY CHILDREN theme for the current blog challenge here at LunagirlMoonbeams.com. Be sure to join in! Here is more inspiration from the Moonbeams Design Team!

by MICHELE STORMS
We hope you're having a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!

by MANDY CHILVERS
And here comes Christmas!
Sparkling lights, warm red decorations, fragrant evergreens, and smiling children,
to brighten up December and the Winter Solstice season.

Blog Challenge Theme: Holiday Children

It's that time of year again -- time for gratitude and joy, food and family, tradition and celebration, thankfulness and hope. Autumn leaves, holly berries and mistletoe, turkey and pumpkin pie (and pecan pies at my house!) and then later cookies and candies, gingerbread and peppermint, the smell of cinnamon and evergreens... yes, I love this time of year!

For many people, one of the best things about Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah are our memories of childhood celebrations and the fun of seeing our own children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, enjoy the magic of this season. It's wonderful to see the holiday season through the eyes of a child. So let's have fun creating with images of Holiday Children.

There are so many wonderful vintage images of girls and boys. We have hundreds in our collection of Victorian and Edwardian era holiday postcards -- for Christmas and New Years on Victorian Holidays One and for Thanksgiving (and Halloween too!) on Victorian Holidays Volume Three. I've used a few on some charming digital collage sheets for holidays. The Lunagirl Moonbeams Design Team feature some of them below.

Here are the guidelines for this challenge:

Any craft or medium is OK.

Limit of 3 entries from one person in each challenge, please.

Vintage style is encouraged.

Use a Lunagirl image or element and your entry will count twice in the drawing!

Remember to link to this blog and to Lunagirl.com on your site if you have one.

Prize:  Winner will be selected randomly to receive a $15 credit at Lunagirl.com!

Challenge ends at noon CST on December 7.

I love it when you use Lunagirl images, and I hope you'll go take a look at my collections... but that's not a requirement!  But do remember that if you use a Lunagirl image, you will be entered TWICE in the drawing! I welcome everyone and every style but also want to give a little something extra to my wonderful customers! Most important is have fun, get creative, enjoy vintage. 

And don't miss the creations of my Design Team below, for your enjoyment and inspiration!

An InLinkz Link-up

LUNAGIRL MOONBEAMS DESIGN TEAM

Isn't this a lovely tag by MICHELE STORMS?

The little girl image is from the Lunagirl digital collage sheet Victorian Christmas. The Christmas birds are from Christmas Birds & Holly.

VICKI ROMAINE created these two cards with a straw background ... the first one, which is a "gate" card with the image attached to the left side of the gate, is for our Holiday Children theme. But I've included the second one (a stand-up card) to show how she created two entirely different-looking cards with the same supplies! (The vintage images are from Lunagirl Thanksgiving digital collage sheet.)

Here is a pretty ATC by MANDY CHILVERS :-)
using a little girl image from from the Lunagirl digital collage sheet Victorian Christmas.

Blue Christmas blog challenge continues!

During this very special week -- which is probably either very busy or very relaxed, depending on your life (or maybe alternating between the two?) -- you still have plenty of time to enter your "Blue Christmas" themed card, art, or other craft project in the Lunagirl blog challenge.  The entries are looking great, but there's always room for more!  And the winner of the drawing will receive $10 credit at Lunagirl.com, to choose some new digital images for 2014!

The always-astonishing Lunagirl Moonbeams DT has sent me more beautiful Blue Christmas sample projects to inspire your creativity.... don't miss them below.  The Moonbeams got very creative this time around: ornaments, cards, tags, banners, gift bag (actually a whole gift set!), even a candle.

Whether you join our challenge or not, I hope your holiday inspires you with joy, peace, hope, love, fellowship, and beauty.

MANDY CHILVERS: lovely tag with blue angel and bird's nest

 MICHELE STORMS:  blue Christmas matching gift bag, tag and card

VICKI ROMAINE:

The Lunagirl image was placed on  embossed cardstock.  A elegant sheer, silver ribbon and bow complete the card.

PETRA BERENDSEN: 
A very simple one but I like the way it turned out being a little crackly: I printed the lovely blue angel on tissue paper and then covered the front of the candle with the image.