Saturday Stampers: Winter

The winter solstice is drawing on. It's a starry night, the air is biting cold. Indoors it is very warm and stuffy, the candles and oil lamps give warmth as well as light. Adele feels like going out for a walk. She puts on her fur-brimmed coat (her next-to-best) and strolls out into the garden. The young man, who had wanted several dances with her, follows Adele outside.


The stars are shining, the snow is falling in soft petal-like clusters. The young man falls on his knees and recites: En voisant le bonheur au fond des yeux scrilles, Le coeur dans le regard une etoile, brille.
The meaning is beyond Adele, she has never been too good in French. She is annoyed and doesn't hesitate to show it. - Sir, would you care to use plain English so we may all understand. - Certainly, Miss Adele. I see the happiness in your eyes, and compare it to the brilliance of the stars.
What was it about the heart? Adele has caught this one word, coeur. The young man coughs. Hm, hm, Miss Adele, the French language is too delicate to be translated fully, it has to be understood - with your heart. He grabs Adele's hand and presses it to his heart. Adele feels delicious little shivers along her spine. - Oh, I do love the winter! she breathes, rather incoherently.

Saturday Stamper' Challenge: Winter
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Forgot your birthday!

4x4 Friday is calling for Men. I purchased a bag of stamps at ebay, the funniest stamps, I'm telling you! How about this: A clear conscience is usually a sign of bad memory. Yep! I forgot your birthday, but my conscience is clear.
Well, there won't be many occasions for using it, but here it fits! On the background another gel transfer - yay, this was fun!

Saturday Stampers is prompting us to show a different point of view (DPOV) by using the same stamp on different pieces. I stamped the funny saying about the clear conscience on a piece of watercolor painted paper, then cut it in three random pieces and used as background on three moo cards.


I also used up the surplus of the musical notes. This version could be used as a greeting, the letters on bottom spell hei - hi in English.