There truly is no greater sight than seeing your Christmas cards DONE and piled high at the post office, ready to be mailed.
My 2013 Christmas Cards are over at the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog today. I used the sentiment from Christmas Carols. My Silhouette was used a lot for these cards: holly leaves (modified from a clip art image), berries (did you notice they are Mickey Ears to go along with the theme?!? I impressed myself with that one!), and the half oval which was custom drawn to fit the sentiment.
Here are the parts, after I am almost done. It was good to see those piles get lower and lower. The paper is American Crafts Damask Glitter. A pack of 20 pages retails for $39 on their site. I was beyond ecstatic to find it at Tuesday Morning this summer for only $3. Score!
My sweet friend Sarah came over to rescue me. I really didn't think I was going to make it in time. She tied all the baker's twine bows, stamped some sentiments and return addresses. She doesn't spend much time crafting anymore, but she is even more detailed than I so I totally trust her!
Hopefully she's free next year ... we had a fun time chatting and then going out to lunch afterwards.
It's always misleading when I finish the cards, because to me it feels like the work is done. I always forget the time it takes to put them all in envelopes.
And here they are, in envelopes. All 98 of 'em. To the right of this picture would be the policeman who laughed at the crazy lady taking pictures of envelopes in a post office.
Thanks for looking, and have a Happy New Year's Eve!
-Kelly
Your Christmas cards are AWESOME!! I would love to do something similar next year to spice up my usual basic photo card. Thanks so much for sharing. Have a wonderful New Year!
ReplyDeleteThese are AWESOME! I laughed as I read your story of putting them together - very similar to what happens when I make 80 photo cards for my friend (and I do put them in envelopes for her - stamped with snowflakes, but she does the addressing). For my own cards, I just use the ones I've made all year for various challenges - no photos.
ReplyDeleteWow, that was a marathon, Kelly ... and what a brilliant result ... amazing! Happy New Year to you and yours! Anita :)
ReplyDeleteHoly Moly, that's a lot of Christmas cards - you did a great job with them - great to have some help......Happy New Year to you , Kelly - love your blog, even if I don't comment all the time any more.
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Oh My God! 98 cards? Sure an accomplishment! Your photo cards are wonderful. You never stop to amaze us, do you? Your idea to use micky ears for the berries was superb! :)
ReplyDeleteHoly cow! Your 98 puts my much smaller number to shame! Love the photo and that sparkly paper, and the contrast with the die cut pieces!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely fantastic power house of creativity! Those Mickey Mouse ears - OMG!! Genius!! I made 100 cards and I haven't mastered the 'writing and putting them into envelopes' part! One of them has your name on it BTW but I will need your address. *wink*
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done! Love the design and score on the glitter paper!
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful cards, Kelly, personalized and hand crafted. But 98? That's twice what I do and I have trouble getting them done. I decided I'm going to join the weekly Christmas card challenges this year so I have mine done in time.
ReplyDeleteGreat cards Kelly - love the letter tree - hope you are enjoying wonderful holiday break!
ReplyDeleteMy my goodness Kelly! What a project of love and what a lovely design. So clever the way you extended the size of the photo with that beautiful paper.
ReplyDeleteAWESOME, girlie!!! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a GREAT family photo Kelly, your cards look super! I love the red Mickey serving as holly berries, cute idea!!
ReplyDeleteLOL...love this post Kelly! Way to get a helper bee, I'm sure that it made the process much more enjoyable!
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun post! So nice that your friend helped you! They look fabulous!
ReplyDeletecool idea for your "year in review" shape; thanx for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteHahahaha...BRAVO dear Kelly!
ReplyDeleteYOur cards are fabulous! You are amazing!
I'm so so late this year, I'm just going to say that I'm doing it the French way => the whole month of January to wish everyone a very happy New Year!
Yay--you are done. They look fantastic, and you are lucky to have a crafty friend nearby to help.
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