Christmas Cards

It's been quite a while since I added anything to this blog, but I have been busy making cards! Work has been crazy busy lately and my husband has been away a lot, so I need to take our dog out for a run when I get home. She's lonely and bored being alone all day. Yesterday I came home to find she had chewed up a pair of my shoes. First time since she was a pup. These cards are going in the mail tomorrow so they should make it to Australia in time for Christmas. I just noticed that one of the little rhinestones fell off the first card, so it was replaced but I'm too lazy to retake the photo. I scanned a Christmas carol from one of my music books and printed it off on different papers, then used a Nestie to cut out. The snowflake is cut out on my Cricut, run through the Zyron and then glittered. I also ran a piece of green cardstock through the Zyron, glittered it and then cut out using a Martha Stewart punch. I'm happy with how these turned out!

Christmas cards with sparkle, Flourishes challenge

Indoor photography sure makes it hard to catch little details and glitter, but if the sun comes out later maybe I'll try again. I found these vintage images free to download from sites like the Vintage Moth and Fairy Davis. I wanted to keep these cards fairly simple for mailing to friends in Australia. I really like the rich colors and old-fashioned images. There is a bit of sparkle in the holly berries but it doesn't show.

Supplies: Prism Paper, Glitter Ritz, Perfectly Clear stamps, Spellbinders Label 4, Versamark and Coloriser Gold embossing powder plus a few dollar store gems.