Stampin' Up! Christmas Lodge & The Sounding Joy Handmade

My handmade Christmas greeting card rings out "Let the Earth Receive Her King", the second line in the Christmas carole "Joy to the World". The Christmas greeting is nestled in with the pretty birds on the pine bough from the Stampin' Up! Christmas Lodge stamp set.

Do you know the difference between a Christmas carole and a Christmas song? Until recently, I never gave it any thought and assumed they were the same thing. If my resource, Jay Leno on the Tonight Show, is correct, a Christmas carole is about the birth of Christ, such as "Joy to the World". As I'm writing this post, "Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas" is playing. That would be a Christmas song. I'm glad to now know the difference. Makes sense given a bit of thought.

The beautiful script greeting "Let the Earth Receive Her King" on my card is from the limited-edition The Sounding Joy stamp set from the 2011 Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. The Sounding Joy (greeting) and Christmas Lodge (birds) are available to order only until January 3, 2012.

The pretty background paper is another limited-edition item from the 2011 Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. It s the Holly Berry Bouquet Specialty Designer Series Paper. There are 12 double-sided sheets with a total of 12 different patterns. The cool thing about the double-sided background paper is that if you don't particularly care for one side, you will most likely like the other. Like The Sounding Joy and Christmas Lodge, the Holly Berry Bouquet Specialty Paper is only available until January 3, 2012.

The colors in the Holly Berry Bouquet Specialty Designer Series Paper are Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi, So Saffron and Very Vanilla.

If you would like to order The Sounding Joy, Christmas Lodge and/or the Holly Berry Bouquet Specialty Paper before they are gone for good, get them in my online store now! Remember: all are available only until January 3, 2012!

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Let the Earth Receive Her King!