The Ghost of Christmas Past Visits the 12 Months of Christmas Challenge Blog

The best part of Christmas is the memories of Christmases past. Charles Dickens hit it spot-on when he wrote A Christmas Carol, pulling Ebenezer Scrooge and his readers into the heart of Christmas with his spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Around my dinner table at Christmas, we a single place setting  for all those who can no longer celebrate with us. Memories of their laughter and love keep them alive every year.
This spirit of Christmas Past inspires April’s Optional theme of The Ghost of Christmas Past (a Vintage Theme) at the 12 Months of Christmas Challenge Blog. The guest sponsor is Luna Girl, a perfect match for this theme as you will see from the offerings of our DT.

I used an image from Luna Girl's Pink Christmas 2 Collage Sheet, along with the following papers from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles': Vintage Damask 1: Rich Colors Paper Kit in Green, Pink Glitterati Textured Paper and Brown Paper from A Grungy Christmas Paper Kit
The rest of the embellishments are from Carolyn's Scrap Creations and various crafters at Pixel Scrapper. 
The challenges are always ANYTHING GOES but there's always an optional theme. You don't need to follow the theme to link up your cards and earn a free paper each month and have your name thrown into the year-end draw for some extra digital goodies. You only need to follow the theme if you want a chance to win this month's sponsored prize of a $15.00 gift certificate from Lunagirl. Please add the letters FT after your name when you link your cards so that we know you're interested in that $15 Luna Girl prize and let the spirits inspire you to create a vintage Christmas card this month!

Pixel Scrappers Winter Fun Freebie

Every year I choose a goal that will guide me throughout the months. This year I strive to EXPAND my knowledge, my experiences, my contributions, my creativity. While my craft room back has been out of bounds during construction on the house, I have been learning and practicing my digital creativity, with help from my creative friend Lisa of Decosse's Dynamite Doodles, as well as PixelScrapper.com.
Lisa owns several blogs besides her personal crafting blog. They are The Path of Positivity Challenge Blog and The 12 Months of Christmas Link-Up Blog.
Pixel Scrapper is a free website that offers registered guests free digital elements, papers, tutorials, etc. One of the amazing things they offer is a monthly BLOG TRAIN filled with tons of free digital mini-kits through a Blog Hop. This is offered EVERY MONTH!
This month the theme is Winter Fun, and I created a Mini Kit with four papers and four journal cards. You can download it by clicking the button below. To snag the rest of the kits, check out the Pixel Scrapper website and register. Every day you will receive credits for free elements, word art, papers, templates, etc. There are forums, challenges and tutorials. Specifically, look for the Blog Train forum conversation and my link as well as many many others will be there for the taking, absolutely free. Now who doesn't like FREE?
My credits for the resources used to create my papers, as well as my Terms of Use, are in the zip file. Please adhere to them when using my papers and journal cards. And as you an see in my sidebar, I LOVE comments, so let me know if you like the kit.
Happy Crafting!