Joyous Noel ~ and A Gift for You

Angels, from the realms of glory,

Wing your flight o'er all the earth;

Ye who sang creations story,

Now proclaim Messiah's birth.

Come and Worship, Come and Worship,

Worship Christ, the newborn King!

Hark! The herald angels sing,

"Glory to the newborn King!

Peace on earth and mercy mild

God and sinners reconciled!"

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;

Hail the Incarnate Diety,

Pleased as man with man to dwell

Jesus our Emmanuel.

Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace!

Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!

Light and life to all he brings,

Risen with healing in his wings;

Mild he lays his glory by,

Born that man no more may die,

Born to raise the sons of earth,

Born to give them second birth.

-"Hark! The herald angels sing,

"Glory to the newborn King!"

(a few verses from beautiful Christmas carols

that speak of the Wondrous Meaning of Christmas)

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A few posts back I showed how to make envelopes from

napkins ... here I have used the same Christmas napkin

in this collage. I began with a 6"x8"canvas board that I painted

in shades of greens and golds. I then used matte medium to

adhere pieces of 2 napkins; I made a couple of these canvases,

and used vintage images for the angel art ... added glitter...

Instead of scanning them, I took a digital photo,

and improved the color and brightness, etc. in Photoshop.

I then moved an angel from one collage over to

the other, and did some digital manipulation,

and added the font.

Don't you love that font? It is called "Beyond Wonderland"

and don't you wish I could remember where I got it?

It was a free font from somewhere. (sorry about that.)

~ Below is my gift to you ~

Four tags from the cropped collage to use as

placecards on your Christmas table,

or use as gift tags.

There is a place to write in a name,

or use a computer font before printing them.

Here are 4 tags that will print on 4x6 photo paper.

Instructions: Left click on this image to show the full

size image. In your tool bar, click on "File"

then "Save As" to place in a folder on your computer.

Then open in your image editing program and print

on 4x6 paper, regular or gloss.

-Merry Christmas!

~ Violet ~