Guess It's Time to Start Thinking About Christmas Cards!

At the beginning of 2013 I had a goal to make one Christmas card each week.  Had I actually *kept* that goal, I would have lots of handmade Christmas cards ready to send out next month.  I think I kept up with my goal for one week.  So, guess what I'm going to be working on for the next few weeks!

PaperCrafts magazine had a cute Christmas card posted on their Facebook wall today.  I tweaked the design a little and came up with this card.

Supplies used:

Red cardstock - Stampin Up Riding Hood Red (same color ink also)

White cardstock - stash

Green paper - Authentique 6x6 Bundle - Festive Collection

Embossing folder - Stampin Up Snow Burst

Striped Ribbon - Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red

Labels Die Cuts - Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Four

Sentiment - Inkadoo Holiday Expressions stamp set (which I found last year at T.J. Maxx for $1.49...set of 5 Christmas sentiments)

Christmas is coming!  Better get your craft on NOW!

Snail Mail

I wanted to make a card that had a "mail" theme for a friend in Texas.  Here is a photo of what I came up with

I will be mailing this to my friend but I also plan on submitting it to Authentique's monthly challenge.  Both papers used on this card are from Authentique's Journey collection.  All the papers in this collection have a blue and brown color scheme.  I think this is one of my favorite Authentique collections.  All stamps used (postage stamps, "hello", postmark, and pen) are from Stampin' Up.

Why not get your craft on and send some snail mail this week?