anyone for a christmas feast?

ok, yeah, i know, here in the united states we have a thanksgiving feast to enjoy first, but today is friday, and at ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ between january and november, friday means, "it's time to make a christmas card!" we've got a brand new theme this week, would you believe it's our last official prompt of the year? how is that even possible?! i have no idea, but i can tell you that the feeling of, "omg! it's the middle of november already!" is easier to cope with when you're sitting next to a box with 48+ finished holiday cards in it. anyway, in honor of thanksgiving and the rapid approach of the official holiday treats season, we are looking for cards that have some sort of FOOD on them: christmas cookies, plum pudding, a wassail bowl, buche de noel, gingerbread houses, the grinch carving a roast beast; you get the idea, right? there are lots of fun ways to take this. i went with sweets, because... well... i almost always do... in both art AND in life! :)
 

patterned paper: hambly, we r memory keepers, making memories; sentiment sticker: fancy pants; florals: prima, making memories and recollections; very cool plastic-but-really-looking candy cane from miss ros, ta v much!; scrap of seambinding of unknown origin; white glossy cardstock: paper accents; adhesives: elmers gluetape runner, 3m foam tape, gluedots, sewing machine

i used the gorgeous current cardabilities sketch (#111) to help arrange my card:

i've still got a little stash of hambly paper and transparencies that i'm not so much hoarding as using judiciously. but then, i'm pretty sure that's what all hoarders think, isn't it? (uh oh.) the amazing miss stephanie who knows me very well indeed-- and yet still likes me, bless her!-- has helped to increase it this year, so it may be a while yet before i really feel the absence of that fine company, but it's still quite sad when something fab reaches an ending, don't you think? on the other hand, it's all the more reason to enjoy and appreciate good things while they last! i knew i wanted to use one of the VERY realistic candy canes (they are actually twisted strands of some sort of high-end plastic and thus quite lightweight!) that my lovely friend ros sent me a year or two ago, and when i found the hambly holiday paper with the candy jars, it seemed like the perfect match!

meanwhile, the aforesaid stephanie has made the most awesome and original card you can imagine... or maybe you can't imagine it... so really, you should just go see it, darlings, at ♥JINGLE BELLES♥!