I have more Christmas card ideas for you – are you ready?

circle-circus-tree

So you don’t even need a Christmas stamp set to make a Christmas card – this was a swap card by Joyce Pandolfi (from at least a year ago – but I love this idea). She used Circle Circus and a 3/4″ circle punch and made a tree! How clever is that?

tree-base-cutting-guide

This is a little cheat sheet for creating the base of the tree. Stamp, then cut as shown, layer on a piece of Chocolate Chip and cut to create the mat.

early-espresso-gingerbread

Early Espresso Core-dinations card stock, Woodgrain Embossing folder, Festival of Prints paper stack, Scentsational Season stamp set, Red Glimmer Paper
This is my slightly altered version of Cindy’s card that I already posted.

gold-tree

Star Tree, More Merry Messages, Be of Good Cheer Designer paper, Gold Embossing Powder, Northern Flurry Embossing Folder
swap card by Carol Sandison

joy-gingerbread-man

Broadsheet Alphabet, Scentsational Season, Elegant Lines Embossing Folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits
Swap card by Elisabeth

merry-christmas-jar

Perfectly Preserved Bundle, Scentsational Season Bundle, Be of Good Cheer designer paper
Swap card by Jennifer DiMarco

I’m trying to decide when to post the last 5.  Tomorrow I have the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge – come see – I have sneak peek items!! And I have a super cute set of tags I want to share too so you have time to make them.  So I might (not for sure but might) post the last 5 of the 25 cards later today.  That leaves Friday for tags and Saturday another tag idea.  Ok off to do some other crafting and a bit of cleaning in the craft room too.

See ya…..

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