I know I'm a day late posting my September Christmas cards. Last month was a total blur. I ended up getting a job in an elementary school at the beginning of the month, worked two days, and got COVID. Sigh. I was out for a week, went back and felt like I was starting all over. And there were issues with the school district's payroll and HR departments getting me (and other new employees) set up so I can actually get paid. With all that and other life stuff, September felt like one big struggle. I didn't get a single blog post done -- and I had been on such a roll in August! Oh, well.
Back to the important part of this post: Christmas cards. I didn't have a lot of physical or creative energy in September, so for this batch of Christmas cards I decided to finish up a pack of 6" x 6" patterned paper that I've had for quite awhile: Christmas on Market Street from My Mind's Eye.
I had about half of the paper pad left, so I started by cutting most of the sheets into card front-sized panels and accent strips. I mixed and matched patterns and then glued the papers to card bases in a variety of coordinating colors. I used several different holiday-themed word dies for the sentiments and decorated the cards with various trims and sequins.
These types of cards are always ones that I expect to finish quickly -- and yet that's never how it works out. I hem and haw about the layout, colors, embellishments, etc. So even though these look like quick and easy cards, I spent a lot of time on them.
For this last group of cards, I used the leftover paper pieces to cut strips, squares, and trees for some different layouts. The top two cards are 6" x 6" instead of A2 size, so they will need extra postage (or hand delivery). I think my favorite cards from this whole group are the cards with the group of three trees.
Thanks so much for stopping by. It happens to be World Card Making Day today (Oct. 1), so I hope you have some time to get crafty!
