Foliage of Trees for the CCC!

Hello Everyone, I hope all is well with you and that your weekend is going well.

It's time once again for our little Christmas Card Club to show our latest cards and this time it's our lovely Zoe who's chosen the theme, which is Foliage or Trees. Well trees are my thing so that's what I went with;

The image used here is one from Creative Stamping Magazine and an inky background. I coloured the little lights on the tree with gel pens. The sentiment is also from Creative Stamping but not the same set of stamps. I love the Christmas stamps that this magazine gives, and I've always had good results from them. Since I started buying the magazine it's gone up a bit in price, but a full A4 sheet of stamps, I think is worth the money. Anyway, it's matted and layered with SU card and then glittered and gemmed. 

Thanks Zoe for the challenge, I always enjoy doing trees....as you know.

We had a night out....together last night where we were at our friend Ken's retirement party. He is one of the boys in the band. He had a BBQ, and apart form a shower of rain in the late afternoon, it turned out a fine evening. Ken built a fire pit which was wonderfully warm when the evening chill took over and we all sat around it playing instruments and singing, brilliant;

here is the fir pit, with candles around it.

The photos didn't turn out well as the smoke from the fire was blowing about,  Alistair is standing playing his fiddle and and Dougie is sitting playing his whistle. The other musicians are friends of Ken and Jan. There was also a lady there who sang Gaelic songs and what a beautiful voice she had.
Unfortunately, it's too dark to see but, the background looks on to Ben Wyviss, it's the most beautiful view.

Last photo honest... of Ken and Alistair with the Guitars and Jan singing.  It was  grand night, however for me it felt as if when we arrived that I'd stepped into a  mental health social workers meeting as all  the faces were well kent from my time at work. Ken himself was the lead MO for the Highlands, so I shouldn't have been surprised, it was lovely to catch up with folks though.

Our friends who had the BBQ last weekend, which I didn't go to, came over from Aberdeenshire and stayed with us so that they come go too.So we all had a fab time, good food, good company and good entertainment. A quiet day today though lol.

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments on my last card and the suggestions regarding colouring digi images, all so helpful.

We have a beautiful day here, so I'm away to make a cuppa and have a seat out in the garden. Have a lovely day and see you soon,