2015 Christmas Cards

 These cards were made from unfinished kits which a friend who had been a Stampin' Up demonstrator gave me because she was moving out of state and needed to clean out her stash.  Thanks, Donna!

In all, I made 131 cards, not counting the ones for the hospitalized children.  The middle top card is the one I made the most of before I ran out of supplies to make the 131 I figured I needed.  The Christmas tree is clip art I found by Googling 'Christmas Tree'.  The ornaments are from stamps I own.

Christmas Game Cards for Children

When I saw these game cards posted on Pinterest by www.oopseydaisyblog.com , I knew these were cards I could make for the service members serving overseas in remote locations to send to their kids for Christmas.  Also I will make them again in late November for the children's ward in the local hospital.




The game cards are in a set of twelve on the web site, two to a page.  I needed enough for twenty cards, knowing I could only put maybe four or five and still have the card and envelope less than 1/4 inch thick in order to go through the postal system without costing the soldiers more - they normally send their mail for free when serving in remote areas.













The snowman is an image I found on Google Images when I searched for cartoon snowman"  which I printed then cut out.  When I make them for the hospital, I'll mount them on woogles so they have action.  I made a slit in card stock after printing the "game rules" and taped it inside the card to make a 'pocket' for four cards.

Operation Write Home Christmas Cards 2013

Sometime early next week I hope to get these cards in the mail to OWH 

and beat the deadline for Christmas cards.

These are some of the 30 Any Hero cards I made and my friends helped write notes to the heros serving in our military on deployment in remote areas..

Christmas in July 2013

It wasn't until someone asked me about a card making session for Operation Write Home that I realized I had not posted these cards from Emily's last card making event on July 13th. (She will have another Christmas card making event in November). Unfortunately, I cannot use glitter for any cards we make for OWH as this would endanger the military personnel who get them to send home to family and friends. I like sparkle on cards but if it gets on a uniform, it makes the person wearing it a target in the dark.

The Fix

This is the best I could figure to do for my smeared card: I ordered three different "Merry Christmas" stamps from Hobby Lobby then when they arrived I stamped each in the only red I have (must get more!) on white cardstock and carefully cut it out so it would fit in the space I had left for it. Adding bling also helped .

Ooops! It smeared!

Oh, no!! I just noticed that the card with the embossed snowflakes and red embossed tree with the words of "Silent Night" is smeared at the bottom! The heat didn't make it to that lower right-hand corner!!! Can I 'fix' it??? Here's what I tried: I very, very carefully removed the white cardstock, wet it diagonally, then using a ruler especially designed to help 'tear' paper and/or cardstock, I disposed of the tree. I then punched out some snowflakes and glued them on. So far, it's ok but it still needs something! Maybe a small "Merry Christmas" stamped in white and embossed?

2012 Last Chance Christmas Card Class

These are the cards we made today at the last chance Christmas card making event for this year with Emily (Donna has moved to north Georgia). We did embossing on four of the cards. The prettiest card, I think, is the "Sending Christmas Wishes" red and white card. The cutest is the gingerbread boys. the quickest was the three trees card. The very hardest, even with written instructions, was the three postage stamp with the star, tree, and ornament, inside the punched out circle trimmed with a contrasting color and tied with the jute twine.

2012 Christmas in July Card Gallery

Last Chance Christmas Cards for 2011

Christmas Card #2

After the church gave out the Christmas card list of church members, I realized I needed about 10 more cards (making my total for this year 138). This is the card I decided on. I used Sizzix embossing folders for both the background and the sentiment; then I mounted the sentiment on silver posterboard and then on small squares of the cushioning from boxes of Whitman's candy. The paper was cut in 1 1/4 inch strips and wrapped with some silver fru-fru.