Sunday, December 6, 2015

Christmas Cards 2015

I really didn't think I would be able to pull it off this year.   It's been a tough couple of weeks for me.  I came down with a bad case of bronchitis mid October and I am still suffering from it.   But I couldn't bear the thought of not sending out a hand-crafted card this year.   

So I kept it simple and worked on the cards during football:  Sunday night football, Monday night Football and Thursday night football.....

I didn't have to pull out my Cricut this year either.  I just used two snowflake punches:




I cut red and green snowflakes -- which took forever!







Then I arranged them in a wreath, added some pearls and a gold-glittered bow:









I stamped the inside of the card:



and the backside:


It took me about a week or so to get them all put together.   Then Saturday I was able to drop them at the post office:


Next up:  getting the Christmas tree up!