Christmas is coming...

So I'll continue sharing some of the items I've made for Christmas this year. As many of you know, I make all of my own Christmas cards every year. I've been doing this for the past several years. Usually I do one or two designs and mass produce them, but this year I took a new approach. I did several designs and fewer of each card. It definitely helped eliminate the boredom factor. With 50 cards to make the boredom factor is definitely something to consider.


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This card is the most recent one I've created. I call it my attempt at retro. Something about those round snowflakes just looks retro to me. I like it. It was super easy too. I started out with SU! Old Olive card stock and rubbed it with the embossing buddy (to prevent stray embossing powder from sticking where it shouldn't). Then, I stamped the round snowflake in SU! Always Artichoke. Next, I stamped the second snowflake in SU! Vanilla Craft ink which is slower drying so I had time to add SU!'s Iridescent Ice embossing powder. I tapped off the excess then stamped 'noel' with Versamark ink and added silver embossing powder. I tapped off the excess and heated with my embossing gun. Finally, I tied a piece of olive organdy and silver cord around the card. Repeat 12 times. :)