Thursday, December 19, 2019

It’s Christmas Time!

At the end of last year I found a facebook group challenge to work on and post a Christmas gift every week.  And magically by December you would be well on your way to be ready for Christmas.

So I challenged myself to work on “something” for Christmas each week of the year.  It could be cards, gift tags, gifts, decorations.  I couldn’t be limited to just a gift as I certainly don’t need that many gifts.

I made a few Christmas cards.


Paper cards and fabric postcards.  I saw the washi tape tree idea on Pinterest.  What a fun card that was to make.


I wondered how the lettering would come out by cutting it with die cutting letters.  Worked great.  They are pretty narrow.


Also a die cut “jingle all the way”.  Embossed stamping for the paper cards.



I managed to create a few gift tags.



If my local kids don’t take them for keepsakes, I take them back and use them again the next year(s).  After all the tedious work, it’s great to see them again and tie them to a gift the next year.  


I also made four very cute money gift envelopes.  But they were sealed in their shipping boxes before I remembered to take a photo of them.

I turned the challenge to a personal challenge as I can’t post stuff on facebook that I don’t want people to see ahead of time.  I managed to make something for Christmas during 26 weeks out of the 52 week year.

Here’s how November went for my friends who enjoy seeing my journaling calendars.


I wish all my friends and followers a very Merry Christmas
and a best ever New Year!