Snow Swirled Bling

Okay this has a lot of bling on it!! This is the first time I used this stamp set since last Christmas. It was my favorite last year and this year I really struggled with what to do with it, does that every happen to you?

I really love all the bling, not a very cost effective Christmas card but a really cute one!

Christmas Thank You Cards

snow swirled, sincere salutations

Bordering blue, baja breeze and pacific point Ink

Bordering blue and Whisper White cardstock

dazzling diamonds (looks much better in real life)

Lovely as a tree and Sincere Salutations

Handsome Hunter Ink

Sahara Sand, Handsome Hunter and Very vanilla Cardstock

Dazzling Diamonds and Hunter Ribbon and Large oval punch

Merry & Bright

Black Ink, Certainly Celery and Real Red Markers

Confetti White, Real Red and Certainly Celery Cardstock

Wide Red Ribbon, Circle punches and Scalloped Circle punch

(this card is 4inx 4in and fits in a standard envelope)


I told you I was working on thank you cards, well I got them done. When I do Christmas Thank yous I do them just like a Christmas card but with a Thank you sentiment. The snowflake card I cased from myself, changed the colors and the sentiment. A few of you made this card at a Christmas Stamp-a-stack in purple.

The middle card that uses Lovely as a tree was very fun. I've been wanting this set forever and I won it in a drawing that my up-up-up line has. All the demonstrators under her can send her samples of cards and then she does a drawing each month for $75 in free product!! I try to submit every month and I've been lucky enough to win several times. I usually try to pick something that I want, but wouldn't normally buy. That's how I got my crop-o-dile that I'm now in love with. This time I went with things that I needed, but the one fun thing was the Lovely as a Tree stamp set.

The last card couldn't be cuter or easier. I love the snowman from Merry & Bright. It's retiring this year, I Will miss him!!

Snow Swirled Embossed

I don't know why but for some reason I love to emboss Christmas cards. I don't usually emboss all year but I do on Christmas cards--anybody else?

Although this card is heat embossed it is super easy and cheap to make. I used the negative porting of the top note die cut to make a frame, then stamped the image and sentiment in versa mark and embossed using white embossing powder. Simple and beautiful.

Have you started your Christmas cards yet??