Christmas Cards 2012

Hi Everyone! Wow can you believe that Christmas is almost here already! Time goes by so fast.
Today we went to my father in law's house for early Christmas with the Anstee family. Had a day full of family, good food and treats.
It was great seeing all the nieces and nephews open up their presents.

I am actually behind on my December Daily - of course! :) So today I am showing pictures of some of the Christmas cards that I made for this year.
I actually did not make enough cards this year so was only able to send out to our family and close friends.

I had several Holiday 6x6 paper pads that I wanted to use. It felt great to use up every piece of paper and throw away the covers :)


The first collection that I used is Echo Park's Holly Jolly - I LOVE these colors including the fuchsia. This is a holiday collection from 2011 and found it at Simon Says Stamp online.

I really wanted to add more stamping to my holiday cards this year so also bought several stamp sets for this occasion.
For this set of cards, I used Lawn Fawn's Let It Snow stamp set.

Here is a picture of one of the cards from this set:

The next set of cards were done using another Echo Park collection called Winter Park. This is also a holiday collection from 2011. I picked this due to the different colors of blues and some maroon which is a change from the traditional.

I used 2 different stamp sets for these cards.

First one was Studio Calico's Spread Joy set which was meant to go with their new Wonderland paper collection. I used the snowflake stamps to make embellishments for the cards.

The second stamp set used was for the sentiment on the card and it is an Ali Edwards (Technique Tuesday) Good Cheer stamp set.

Here is one of the cards I made from this set:

I used some "bling" on the snowflakes to add more sparkle. What's Christmas without sparkle? :)


The last set of Christmas cards that I made was another Echo Park collection called This and That Christmas.
I really loved the traditional shades of green and red in this collection.

For this set of cards not only did I use some stamping but also used some dies. I recently purchased a few stamp sets from Papertrey Ink including the Holiday Button Bits collection.

I really enjoyed using the Everday Button Bits and thought that these images were so cute for Christmas cards this year.
I used the coordinating dies as well. For these cards, I used the holly, gingerbread man, and ornament images.

For the sentiments on this set of cards, I used the Hero Arts Holiday Sayings stamp set. I found this 50% at Michaels - LOVE IT!

Here is one of the cards from this set:

For everyone that received a card, I hope you enjoy it! I really enjoyed making the cards, although it can be very time consuming.

Thanks again for stopping by and checking out my blog.

Wishing you and your loved ones a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Happy Holidays Everyone!

Remember the reason for the season - our Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you Lord for all the wonderful blessings this last year!

For now remember to keep on crafting! See you next week here at P&P Creations :)