It is November and you know what that means: it is HOLIDAY TIME! Yes, that's right folks, stop your mumbling, Christmas is only a short 50 days away! I love this time of year, especially now with little tiny ones at home. It is so fun to see how exited they get as Christmas draws closer. I saw my city was putting up the holiday street lights on Monday night so I took that as a sign that it was time to break out my stamps and create some holiday cards for 2014.
This card is just the cutest. I know, I am biased but there is some serious cuteness going on all over this card. I love holiday photo cards but they are so darn expensive. This home version costs a fraction of what you will pay if you have a big box store or online retailer make it for you and as a bonus you get bragging rights because you made it with your own two hands. It is economical because the photo is sized so that two photos can actually fit on one 4X6 print and cut to size, meaning you only have to print half the number of photo prints needed for your total amount of cards. For this mom on a budget, that's importantante (that's Spanish for necessary!).
Grandmas and families especially love these types of cards. These types of cards tend to hang out on refrigerators long after the season has past and that's exactly how it should be, you get a lot of bang for a little buck!
Isn't this card screaming quintessential Christmas? Poinsettias are just the perfect Christmas flower and paired with this pretty white polka dot paper, how can you go wrong.
A little white sequent was added to the middle of the poinsettia to polish off this card. These cards come together super fast as it is just a matter of layering the pieces together and adhering them to a standard A2 card.
This card makes me want to break out the Christmas decor and get the house all nice and pretty for the cozy winter nights that are ahead of us. Oh and this year I get to do that snuggling a newborn, lucky me.
I had another card created but my little one year old ran off with it and I can not find it anywhere. ANYWHERE. I've looked through garbage cans (I often find my stamp sets there), in clothes drawers, under blankets, it is NO WHERE. What a stinker, I bet it will reappear on December 26th! Oh well, I guess that means back to the craft room I go (oh darn, twist my arm).
Stay tuned for a couple more designs in the next couple of days, in the mean time, I hope you start finding some holiday inspiration while you are out and about this week!
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