August Christmas cards: Simple peace

I hadn't planned to make any Christmas cards this month, but I decided I'd do one more batch to have some extras, just in case. I wanted a relatively simple design with a nature theme, so I used a long-retired stamp set, Heaven & Nature (Stampin' Up!).

I made a total of eight cards with this layout. I stamped the image and sentiment on cream card stock using dark brown ink and cut them out with Wonky Stitched Circle dies. I didn't want to do a lot of coloring, but I thought the image needed a touch of color, so I used red and green markers to color just the holly leaves.

For the background I used tan woodgrain card stock that I splattered with gold paint. I layered the background panel on a dark brown card base and attached the die-cut circles with foam tape. I finished the cards with a twine bow and several sequins.

To be honest, I'm not crazy about this card design. It's not bad, just not quite what I had in mind. But they're done, and now I have 98 holiday cards (I didn't make them all this year; some are left over from last Christmas). I may have to make two more just so I have 100. Hmm. . .

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