DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

   This comes from  www.increations.blogspot.com  .  They would go perfect with some paper flowers or even just by themselves glued to some branches or twigs. How to make paper leaves with veins Recently I've been asked how to make the paper leaves with veins I sometimes use in my greeting cards. Let me show you my way of doing this in a step-by-step tutorial. 1. Cut out a paper leaf. I usually fold a sheet of colored paper in two and cut a symmetrical leaf shape around the fold. 2. Fold the leaf in two. 3. Grip it with  narrow pointed tweezers , where you want a vein to be. Tip of the tweezers should be as close to the fold as possible. 4. Without releasing the grip of the tweezers, twist them clockwise or counterclockwise, whichever works best for you. 5. You've got a nice crease. Move the tweezers further on a little bit. 6. Twist again, without releasing the grip. 7. R

    Guy Fawkes Night , also known as  Guy Fawkes Day  and  Bonfire Night , is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was caught guarding explosives placed beneath the House of Lords and arrested. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London, and months later the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure. Within a few decades Gunpowder Treason Day, as it was known, became the predominant English state commemoration, but as it carried strong religious overtones it also became a focus for anti-Catholic sentiment. Puritans delivered sermons regarding the perceived dangers of popery, while during increasingly raucous celebrations common folk burnt effigies of popular hate-figures, such as the pop