It's almost Christmas! I hope you've got all your Christmas cards out by now.  I love opening the mailbox and finding a bit of that personal mail in the midst of junk mail - this is true anytime of the year but I love the frequency of it in December.  And it should keep going with a flurries of thank you cards in January.  So today I'm sharing a quick thank you card you can make and use up all those red and green scraps.

 I'm over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog today with a Christmas scene I made using a lot of different die sets.

 How many homemade Christmas ornaments do you have on your tree?  Every year I make some so the numbers are increasings and the plain glass ones are gradually staying more and more in the box as I have less room.  Maybe I just need to add another tree.  :)

I added a tiny poinsettia from the Christmas accents and the word Peace to the front.  I liked this so much I made a few more and am sending the set below to her.  You can write on the back a message - I added some Bible verses that I thought would be encouraging.

Love Joy Peace Ornament Set

Christmas Accents

 Hello!  I am loving the explosion of Christmas cards I see in my social media.  I find so many that I am inspired by but the downside is that sometimes I forget to "save" or tag somehow and I can't find it again.  This happened to me with a gorgeous card from the Facebook group Slimline Card Addicts.  It was a card with a holly stencil in the background and fat black lines stenciled over it.  I remember it being striking and so I attempted my own version of it.  

Create  A Wreath

Peace

Flourished Holly

I'm so impressed with myself that I played with this set before the month was over!  I'm usually about a month or two behind - but I think this set will still be cute anytime in the winter.

I did a bit of sponging in the sky and added a darker green with a Copic to the start of the pine branches.  The Christmas Greetings is from a Verve Christmas set.

Today I am part of a group post over on Elizabeth Craft Designs that is sure to get you in the mood to craft for Christmas.    My project uses a cabinet front sample I got off from Facebook marketplace.  It's about a square foot made with a beautiful dark wood.  I added pretty much what would otherwise be a very large card front to the center of it.  It's a great way to put some serious weight to transform a card to a major decor piece.

If you saw my post from yesterday, you will see many of the same elements today.  All those extra cuts put me in the mood to make yet another wreath.  I added the bright green sprig to my wreath but the holly and berry are the same as those in the swag yesterday. (No pinecones on this project though).

I used an older Through the Lens Wood designer paper from Elizabeth Craft Designs but the beautiful new set would be perfect too.  This one was 6x6 and I decided to use the whole thing.  I traced a big circle in the center of the sheet as a guide for my wreath using a large die (a small teacup plate works great also.)  For my big statement, I die cut the Peace on Earth with white card stock 5 times.  I then used the Modern Gilding Powder Diamond Glass twice for a very smooth enamel look.  I added one layer of black slightly offset to make sure the flourished center is more legible since the background is busy with the wood grain.  I matted this on black card stock and then a thinner matting with kraft paper.

Peace On Earth

 Hi! I'm over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today with a slimline Christmas card using traditional colors because I just don't have enough storage space to change out my color schemes for Christmas decorating each year.  Lol!  Full supplies list and instructions over there so hop on over!  Thanks in advance.