Christmas Cards

After sitting in this stage for a few days...

They are finally complete and in the mail! Yes, they made it out with time to spare. I love the soft pastel colors in this card. I hope everyone enjoys them and all the love that went into making them.

I like to consider my handmade Christmas cards my gift to those far away.
Merry Christmas... and I better get busy designing next year's cards so I won't cut it so close.

...a lot like...

The process has been slow, but they are coming right along.
The embossing and bow tying are complete as well as the embellishments for each letter.

Will they get completed on time??? Stay tuned....

...To Look...

Whew... after taking all the supplies I chose for my cards, I had to make something out of them.... so here is the next phase.I've cut out all my paper for the card base, background and letters. I embossed and punched the white background, and I've embossed the "O" with white glitter.
So now to put them all together.....

Its beginning....

Here's how my Christmas card began it's life this year...

I originally picked out red and green paper for my cards. Most of the time I buy the paper not having a specific design in mind...
But for some reason I was very un-inspired by the paper I chose.
So one day I was browsing the paper isle and saw this beautiful shimmery foil-like paper in pastel pink, blue, green and silver.... It truly sang to me... (no joke)
My mind immediately began racing with ideas of how to use these papers on a card. So I browsed the store for other ideas to go along with my delicious paper...
Here is what I finally ended up using
I mean just look at those yummy embellishments... I could seriously eat them up....So now what??? How will I put all these to use???
Stay tuned for more....