... Laid in the Manger

      It's time for the letter "L" in the 30 Days of Holidays challenge over at Beccy's Place.  Today, I'm working with this sweet Baby Jesus image, showing him Lying in the manger.  (And, yes, for those of you wanting to correct my grammar, it really IS "lying," not "laying."  Remember, "lay" means "put" as in "Lay the book on the table."  In all other cases, it's "lie," as in "I'm going to lie down," or "I'm lying on the bed."  Those sentences have nothing to do with telling lies, which is a completely different use and meaning of the word!  Just because three entire generations have used 'lay' incorrectly doesn't change the rules of grammar.  I was raised by an English teacher and grew up hearing the language spoken correctly.  Thank you, Mom.  :-D)

     Back to the card: My "L"s include Lambs, Lamb of God, Light (the halo), Light green (the swaddling clothes), Lemon yellow, Layers, Lord, Lavender (mat behind the image), and a Latch card.  For a great tutorial on Latch cards, check out the A - Z Folds tab at the top of the page on Beccy's blog.  Her tutorial shows the latch piece on the side of the card but I chose to put it on the bottom of my card due to the shape of my image piece, an A2 turned sideways so the opening is at the bottom.

     The sentiment is also from Beccy's Place and I merged it with the image before printing.  I used Sanjoki markers to color the image, then cut it with a Tonic Studios die.  The lavender mat was also cut with another die from that set.  The background dp came from a very old DCWV stack that's been hiding in my Christmas stash.  The 'latch' piece was made from a scrap of dp, folded twice and glued together into as square, then attached to the bottom corner of the back card flap.  The front flap tucks into it to hold it closed.

     Challenges:

     I have a card ready to post for tomorrow and will get that post prepared and pre-scheduled because my respiratory virus has really drained the energy out of me, to the point where I'd love to just sleep through the morning tomorrow without a care for having to get up and write a post.  :-)

     Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie