Christmas Cards

It's neat to see my personalized, hand made cards come to L.I.F.E.

After stamping the original image and then brushing the side of the card with some ink to give it the old and antique look, next it is time to paint the flowers, holly berries, leaves and blue bird.

After painting (water-coloring) the stamped image, I would glue the card to the color card stock.

Next, to embellish the card with 1 small diamond/pearl to go on the center of the branch.

Then a bow to tie on the top.

Then brads to hold the bow down.  I used the traditional colors of

 red and green

  ribbons, accented with some brads.

In total, I made several hundred of these decorated Christmas cards.  It is very therapeutic for me to stamp.  It allows me to concentrate and be creative and escape from my busy schedule and life.  

I would average about 6-8 cards per hour.

I feel good that all my Christmas cards have been made.  Now to dwell on and think about the 'reason for the season'