Each year I try to make at least one holiday card every week, so when Christmas rolls around, I've got more than a head start on my card stash. Well, somehow this year I've managed to drop the ball on that plan. I realized I have yet to make a single holiday card in 2010, so it's time to kick it in high gear and remedy that.
To get back on track, I went with easy designs using Cosmo Cricket Be Good Journaling cards (which, along with everything else, are 40% off at the Jacksonbelle Embellishment Store).
The first one uses Kazan's sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You. I stamped Cosmo Cricket paper with Hero Arts Stunning Snowflakes using Bundled Sage Distress Ink (love these unconventional shades of red & green for a holiday design). I punched a couple of border strips, rounded the corners on the journaling card, and added a few punched holly leaves and red pearl holly berries to finish the design.
The second card uses this week's Corrosive Challenge Blog Sketch with another journaling card. I used the same Snowflakes on the background, but this time added a snowflake with an ivory adhesive pearl to finish the design.
Feels good to have a start on my holiday stash … it's never to early to start making Christmas cards.
I’ll be so envious of you come November! LOL
I love these – the cards are just perfect!
arrrrrgh! in january i **VOWED** this would be the year i was NOT a slave to xmas cards for the entire month before!!! it’s a good thing i am better at marriage vows than crafty ones or i tell ya i’d’ve been divorced in year one!!! 🙂 ah well, it’s still 6 months away and *THEORETICALLY* i could follow your good example RIGHT NOW and get started!
(btw–lovely cards! those cosmo journalers really are quite wonderful, aren’t they?!) ♥
awesome card! thanks for playing with us at the corrosive challenge blog:)
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