Hi Everyone! Hey, look at me getting the 2021 Christmas blog post out well in advance of the holiday! Wow, who am I? Well, its still me, but I'm fully retired now. No more part time at Costco. All done! Catching up on my sleep still, but man, it is super nice to know I've got all the time in the world.
The craft cave is my happy place, even more so in the times of Covid. It was July when I started these. I couldn't bring myself to go through my stash and plan a pile of cards like I normally would. Covid and Costco wore me down. And, let's be honest, the stash is LARGE. Overwhelming, is a good word. I was thumbing through my papers, because that relaxes me but giving the stink-eye to everything else.
I found a few sheets from Photo Play Paper's Christmas Cheer collection. I didn't have all the designs, just a few, but the Internet never disappoints, right? A quick search and boom! Two collection packs as well as an ephemera pack were on the way.
This is NOT like me AT ALL. Limiting my color pallet, using stickers? Who am I? But, I have to admit, it was kind of fun. In the end I did fish out a couple of stamps and a die cut or two from the aforementioned overwhelming stash. I used some paper twine to embellish here and there, but that was it. Every card is the same size and uses a cream colored base. I added in some red and green card stock for a little more color pop, and at the very end, judiciously dabbed glitter glue here and there to bring up the sparkle.
A total of 41 cards were made from just these 2 packs plus 1 ephemera pack. Sure, sure you can look on their website and get ideas for how they put cards together, but what fun is that? Me, I just entered the flow and kept going.
Some of these are odd, no doubt about it. There were a LOT of clothing items in the sticker packs, hats, mittens, coats, boots, skates. Too many, really. I managed to make a wreath of hats and mittens on one card, using up all of those real fast, and used one coat and boots on another. After the 41st card (the one with three pairs of skates) was finished, coats and boots are the majority of what is left on the craft room floor. Still, it was fun, and I was humming "Its the most wonderful time of the year" for hours while the magic happened.
Without further ado, here they are, 5 and 6 to an image, so you'll have to click to embiggen to get a good look. No two are exactly alike.
