I have several posts I need to write to share some Christmas crafting. The crafting is done, but the writing of posts seems to fall at the bottom of the to-do list. But I'm now "officially done," two days earlier than usual, I might add. The cookies are baked, and the cookie plate is ready to be delivered this morning. The presents are wrapped, and most are under the tree. We'll celebrate Christmas tonight with Matt, Betsy, and the girls. They'll join us for the first hour or so of our Walker family Christmas gathering on Sunday, but dinner and the festivities are too late for the three little girls. Tomorrow is a super-quiet day. Tracy was given a very generous gift card to a lovely restaurant in a hotel at the 50th Retirement Party in September, so we're going to use that to treat ourselves to dinner, and then if we can stay awake (we always manage), we'll attend the 11:00 Christmas carols and readings service at our church. I'm looking forward to getting some scrapbooking done during the day.
Here are the three variations of Christmas cards that I sent to most folks. There were a few others that I made for a variety of reasons, some got photographed, others did not. I'll share some of those in the next post. I saw this stamp set by Hero Arts on Jennifer McGuire's blog early in the fall, and ordered it right away. I don't usually choose a design that requires coloring and die-cutting, but since I got an early start it worked out fine.
The cards from Jo-Ann Fabrics were already embossed and very inexpensive with coupons, so that saved me a step. The stamp is called "Happy Holly Days," and included three different images so I could die cut and stamp three at a time. The red die cut is from Papertrey's "Photo Finishers," and the sentiment from their "Love Lives Here: Holiday" set.
All the images were colored with Copic markers and then coated with Spectrum Noir's clear glitter pen.
I'll be back tomorrow with some more Christmas craftiness. Off to visit some friends, and one last trip to the grocery store for eggs and lettuce. (Thought I was done, but not so much.)
