Hello there,
With the exception of maybe us papercrafters, it seems the act of sending Christmas cards is becoming a thing of days gone by. I don’t know about you but every year, I receive fewer Christmas cards than the year before. How sad is that? Maybe it’s the cost of postage or the simple fact that people are too busy to sit down and hand write a card to a friend or family member, but it really is nice to receive something in the mail other than a bill or junk mail don’t you think? I’m bound and determined to get mine made and sent out this year. Here is my first stab at this year’s pile of handmade Christmas cards.
I was really interested in trying out the Cricut Craft Room and melding a few images together to create a focal point for my card. I decided to keep it simple and opted for the word joy with a Christmas ornament substituted in for the letter ‘o’.
What is better than a touch of silver or gold (or both) on a Christmas card? I added the foil tape and heat embossed the snowflake on the ornament to make it pop. The word joy is popped up with foam tape.
On this last card, I changed up the font and added pearl paint and glitter while the paint was still wet. This is not for the faint of heart. I had glitter everywhere and was picking it off my face for two days afterwards!
My apologies for the not-so-great photos. I took these with my cell phone with no real light source. Gotta work on that!
Stay tuned for some easy and fun Christmas cards using the Close To My Heart October Stamp of the Month – Twinkle.
Happy card making!
~Tracy
Paper Craft Nut 