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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Christmas Cards- 2014


Back in the summer, on vacation I began making the pieces to my Christmas cards.  On this eve of Thanksgiving as the Christmas season officially begins, I thought to share a sneak peak at some of the preparations made months ago.  I ultimately made 50 of these cards as well as a few straggling others to send out in the coming weeks.




One of the first elements was this window created for a sentiment.  The patterned paper came from Hobby Lobby and has words in another language written on them.  This is good because I might have actually placed these pieces upside down.  No one will notice ;)





I cut the window with an exacto knife in an "X" shape.  Then, I curled each of the edges back to reveal the window...


Next was some holly swirls for accent.  I stamped with green ink and die cut using my Heartfelt Creations Holly Berry stamps and matching dies.  After cutting all pieces out, I shaped the leaves by pressing in with a stylus at the center of each leaf.




Ladies and gentleman, I shaped two different swirls and three different leaf clusters for each card.  That is a total of 250 shaped die cuts for this card set.  Fun times.  Well worth it!

I'll wait to reveal this final creation for Christmas day, however I do have some other Christmas cards to share with you soon.

I wish you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving feast tomorrow.


2 comments:

  1. Can't wait...... it looks awesome already!

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  2. I love the look of this, can't wait to see the completed project! TFS and a belated Happy Thanksgiving, have a wonderful weekend.

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Thank you so much for your kind words. Isn't it fun to encourage one another, even from a distance?