Christmas Card Sets

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Woo, Christmas cards! I'm sure you're all feeling very inspired now that it's February and I'm posting these.

As I said before, life kind of got in the way this holiday season. So, I only made a handful of cards (the rest were, gasp, store bought this year) for close family and friends. In order to make it even easier on myself, I did varations on a theme.

I used my Cricut to cut out all of the shapes that you see on the cards. I had just gotten a new Christmas cartridge (Joys of the Season) and couldn't wait to use it. I used some gel pens (with glitter in them) and pop dots to make certain elements of the cards stand out. I also used stamps for most of the sentiments. Rudolph (top right in the top photo) has googly eyes. Half of the cards got a rounded corner punch, while the other half did not.

As an added bonus, I stamped the envelopes with cute holiday images. Next year, I hope to return to form and do all my cards by hand again. I just missed that experience this year.

Jingle All the Way

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I really should have been working on my Christmas cards since November, but that did not happen this year. So, here's the first one I've done this season!

I used my Cricut for the large bell, tag, and the swirly branch at the top of the card. I thought I had gold paper, but I did not- so the accents on the bell were cut out in white cardstock, which was then colored using a gold gel pen.

I stamped the tag (with one of my new $1 stamps- love these!) and added a ribbon to draw attention to the stamp. I also used a strip of patterned paper on the right side to make the card a little more interesting.

I'll be working on the rest of my Holiday Cards this week- so expect to see more posts later next week (after they've been delivered, so I don't spoil the surprise for anyone!).