Time has flown by the last couple of weeks because it's New Years over here in China, and not until I moved here did I realize how big of a holiday it is. Our town has literally shut down (thank goodness one grocery store has stayed open) and it is SOOOO quiet and peaceful. BUT, leading up to the holiday there was a lot of testing going on at school and I was frantically trying to wrap up assignments and issue new ones for them to work on over the break (insert evil teacher laugh) and then BAM! I was on a three-week break. The first week my family and I chilled, I did a bunch of art journaling and the boys played video games, and for the next two weeks we are going to explore more of China. 

Supplies: 
Stamps are from There She Goes (retired) 
Memento Inks
Bazzill Cardstock
Crate Paper patterned paper
General's Chalk Pastel Pencils

It's Christmas Eve here in China and so far preparations for Christmas have gone smoothly! We will not have a turkey, because 1) we don't have an oven and 2) turkeys are really hard to come by over here... BUT, we pretty much have everything else like: mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, rolls, and we'll get a rotisserie chicken or two from the local market tomorrow...

This will be my first Christmas away from my family and I know I'm bound to have a little bit of sadness, but hopefully a lot of "Facetime" will take care of that. So here are a couple of last-minute cards I made that will be making their way across the ocean shortly… Until school was over I didn't have a lot of time to shop so unfortunately this will be a little late, but it's the thought that counts right?


 I pinned a few cards from Pinterest that had white splatters on kraft card stock and I really wanted to try that as a background and I'm so glad I did! The stamps and papers are all from LawnFawn and I used a little bit of white Distress Marker to add a little snow to the trees...