The Next Batch of Christmas Cards

Greetings friends!  I'm happy to say I've made another batch of Christmas cards.  I mentioned previously that I'm done with Halloween for this year, but I did use a Halloween die set for these cards.  It's the Memory Box Rickety House.  New this year.  It's featured in all the cards so I'll share them together.  It's a time saver so I can get back to making more cards (😉).

I won't go into a lot of detail because we'd be here forever.  The dies are mostly retired probably.  I pulled out a lot of dies and papers for all these cards.

First up we have landscape dies, a polka dot sky and a trio of houses with a fence line down front.  The little heart in the sky was already there in the paper from something I'd made in the past, and I decided it looked just right in the scene.  The front sentiment, "Christmas Greetings" (old Hero Arts), has a companion stamp inside, "From our house to yours".

Card #2 has a Snowfall embossed card base of sanded Core'dinations-type cardstock which SU retired.  Of course I had to make a yellow house. The house and the fence sit in the snow.  There's something about that fence line in the landscape that really appeals to me.  The Cottage Cutz sentiment is layered white on blue so it will stand out.

The next card in the line up is the one that started it all.  I had planned to work with the Sizzix Woodlands trees, but it grew.  The house and the fence, the stars and the moon turned it into a whimsical and fun scene.  I know it doesn't show up well in the photo, but the sparkle on this card is pretty spectacular.  All done with glitter paper.  The red is shimmery metallic.

One thing I'll mention about this card is the crescent moon.  I made it with punches.  Punch a notch in the edge of cardstock.  Then position a larger punch over that notch to punch the crescent moon shape.  Any size.  I used 3/4" and 1" punches.  Circle dies would work too.

Finally, the last card is the simplest of all.  It's a 3 1/2" x 6" mini-slimline with nothing other than the house and fence, the sentiment, and some old-timey Memory Box designer paper.

There was another card which I'm not so sure how I feel about so I didn't photograph it.  It may be up for a redo.  We'll see.

Well, that's all folks!  As you can see, the sun was shining through my stamp room window.  It's such a nice sight to see between our much needed rain showers.  The weather has been off and on which is pretty much just right for this time of year.  I hope all is well with you.

Sending good cheer from our house to yours!