Monday, October 25, 2010

PTI BLOG HOP - Winter holiday challenge




PTI's Blog Hop challenge was to create a card based on a winter holiday other than Christmas.  At first, I was stumped; really stumped.  Then I decided to do a search.  I searched winter holidays and went to Wikipedia.  I found a Jewish holiday called Purim.  You can read all about it here.  According to Wikipedia, Purim is about celebrating the rescue of the Jews from Haman's plot to kill them.  You can read all about their deliverance in the book of Esther in the Bible.  So this is what I came up with...




I used the PTI All Booked up set, Daily Designs, mini Scrapbook Series:Tabs and Text Style backgrounds.  I LOVE the book image.  It reminded me of an open Bible; possibly open to the book of Esther?!  And I thought the "remember" sentiment was perfect for the holiday.

Thanks PTI for making me research and learn something new.  Hope you have a great hop!

Stamps: PTI All booked up, scrapbook series tabs, Daily Designs, Text Style
Cardstock: PTI kraft, rustic, hawaiian shores
Pattern Paper: Dotty Biscotti
Ink: Versamagic
Misc: PTI die 

19 comments:

  1. This is really good! I love the book image and the use of Daily Designs. What a wonderful card!

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  2. What a great thought, and the book is a great image for your card!

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  3. Lovely card. I love how I am getting to know so much about other holidays today!

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  4. Oh that card has a lot of meaning, and I love how you represented this holiday! Great card for this hop! Love how you made me look at that book image in a new way!

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  5. What a great take on the Blog Hop theme...I really love the book image...who would have thought someone could have used it for this month's theme. Very creative!

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  6. The open book does look like a Bible!! Great idea!

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  7. Oh wow! Love the Bible idea...this is so spot on. Lovely!

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  8. Absolutely beautiful!!!! So very creative and totally perfect!!!

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  9. Wow, this is a great card! The more serious side of purim, i like it! I agree about the book image looking like an open Bible!

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  10. So pretty! I am really loving this challenge and learning so much about different holidays! Great card and thank you so much for sharing the holiday information!

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  11. LOVE the Bible and LOVE your card design! The colors are FAB, too! Thanks for the education on Purim!

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  12. Neat bible card! Great job with the PTI challenge.

    It's a good life!
    Terri E.

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  13. really love the colours you used :)

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  14. What a great card and such an inspiration for so many others. Thanks for that! Love the color choices, too. Great job!

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  15. Nice job. Purim is a fun holiday too.

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