One stamp- Two creations!

Hello everyone! I got some new stamps a few days ago and finally found some time to ink them up and make a few projects. The vintage tag stamp is from a set by WalztingMouse Stamps, and these are the most gorgeous stamps I have ever seen- love this set and will be using it alot in future projects.
The first card is a birthday card I whipped up late last night for a friend using one of my favorite color combos- pink, black, and white. Ok- there is some gray too......I thought the pattern on the gray paper worked so well with the stamp design. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and fit in the oval space perfectly- wohoo!I stamped the snowflakes in Versmark and heat embossed with clear powder,and did the same with the border stamp along the black scalloped paper.

The tag I made stamping Brilliance coffee bean and then coming back and sponged the outer edge with Ranger distress inks (vintage photo). I stamped the snowflake in the middle of the oval with distress inks as well (antique linen) and the sentiment in a dark red. I cut out the holly and added red gems to jazz it up a bit.
So I used the same stamp in 2 different ways and for 2 different occassions. I like trying to force myself to see different ways to use the same stamp- it just becomes more versatile then.

I also thought I would share a picture of my Christmas tree -it's finally done and all decorated. The house smells so good with the natural pine scent hanging in the air. I'm not fond of this type of tree my husband brought home this year (we usually get a White pine) and I think this one is  a Scoth pine. The needles are so pokey and stiff my arms were rather beat up after decorating it. Actually I did it in 2 differents sessions as my arms almost felt like I was having  an allergic reaction the first night I started decorating (imagine poison ivy red spots all over- ouch!). My dear son Joe and I made the gingerbread garland one day, I actually did most of the work- his attention span didn't last long......typical of a 5 year old. He kept complaining of icky sticky glue fingers- gosh I thought kids loved to get sticky and gross!Not him I guess.
 Well I'm off to go finish wrapping a few more presents and clean up my house a little bit more.....it's that crazy time of year isn't it! Hope you are all getting your holiday shopping done and presents wrapped too!
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Anne