Sunday, November 15, 2009

X-mas Cards

So. . .I finally had some free time. . .and I didn't spend it on school work or course work. While E was out putting up Christmas lights (single-handed-ly, of course. . .and notice the Holmes on Homes influence? He needed his safety strap to go on a ladder. . .however it goes nowhere. . . )
. . .and J was helping him. . .
. . .so that eventually it would look like this. . .
. . .I got a few essentials ready
and decided to do some card-making! My friend had told me that her Christmas cards were all done, and I was kinda jealous! So, now I had a few free moments. . .
I'm not very good at coming up with original ideas when making cards, so my inspiration came from a card from the past (Thank you, Tara).
Here was my first try. I wasn't completely happy (and sorry the camera's colour was so bad!) The Christmas paper (Christmas Baroche from Michael's) just wasn't Christmas-y enough for me, and it all turned out really red.
My next try was this one. . .(can't remember the name of the paper, and it is all gone right now, but its from Michael's too). I like this one better. (Stamps are from Stampin Up and Michael's--can't remember the name of the set, either. I bought it used so it doesn't have the cool name sticker on it). We'll see if i get around to any others. . .

2 comments:

deWoldeDaily said...

The house and the cards both look great! We had hoped to get our lights up this weekend too but the basement took precident over lights!

Dykstras said...

So smart to get those lights up! We did the same so that we won't have to with a newborn and of course Calgary will be freezing again soon. Yum, yum to the treats -you rock!