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Hello again! I'm back with another quick post of a Christmas card I created. This is my very favorite of all of them because of the unexpected background.

After watching a video by Jennifer McGuire a few weeks ago, I was inspired to get out my old alcohol inks & glossy cardstock. It had been so long, I wasn't even sure they would have any color left. (Most of them did, some of them did not, btw.) Well, I played & played until my hands and fingers were covered. The inked pieces on glossy were set aside until a later time when I would have some idea of what to do with them.

Fast forward to the week before Christmas, and I decided to try my new die from Memory Box that you see above. Once cut, it had many, many little pieces except the scene of Joseph and Mary with Baby Jesus. I saw the scene and suddenly realized the piece that was used with blue alcohol inks might work for the background. Voila! A card was born.

If you look closely, you might be able to tell some silver alcohol ink was used along with the blue on the glossy cardstock. Amazed, I was able to place the diecut piece with the scene so the silver looked like a bright glow around the baby's head. I couldn't have planned that if I'd tried!

Thank you for stopping by again! As always, I appreciate your comments and visits very much, and I hope to see you again real soon ~

Christmas Cards

Hello everybody! Today I'm posting several Christmas cards that I have been creating during the past few weeks. I've had my head buried in cardstock, inks & stamps so much I haven't taken the time to post them. I had a deadline! Fortunately, all 50 went out in the mail yesterday. Whew! That was close.

To avoid a super-long blog post, I'm not going to describe every detail of every card. I think most of you have seen foiled cards before like you see above. Most products are from Gina K Designs and/or Thermo-Web.

The two cards posted above are for fun. The first one is from a Sizzix Flip-It Die and a "Pudgie" stamp from The Stamps of Life. For the second one, I used reindeer stamps & dies from Mama Elephant. (Please excuse the poor coloring on these fellas - I was trying some new markers and turns out I didn't like them! Going back to my Copics.) The sentiments used on both of these cards are from Gina K Designs.

The 3 cards posted above are some of the prettiest cards I created this year (in my opinion). The card with the wooden piece and flowers was created after watching a video by Lisa Hedtrick at Gina K Designs. I absolutely LOVE this set and plan to use it a lot more in the immediate future, possibly for Valentine's cards.

The two cards with poinsettias are favorites, as well. I used an old Tim Holtz die on paper stamped with a background stamp then inked the edges before adding Stickles. The ribbons are from Gina K, as well as the sentiment. The photograph does not show the glistening gold very well. It looks darker here than it really is.

Following this, I will have another post that shows a rather unique background I created using a different technique. Stay tuned!

Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate your comments and visits very much, and I hope to see you again real soon ~

Sharon