“Thank you, dear Creator, for life. Thank you for dreams. Thank you for ideas and thoughts and feelings. Most of all, thank you for choosing me to grow - just for today - and to know the wonder of Your world and its many possibilities.”
― The Littlest Christmas Tree: A Tale of Growing and Becoming
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| Dreaming Tree SVG, blue, red and green glitter paper, assorted gems, gold card stock, mounting tape, Cricut Maker |
Hey all,
It's that wonderful time of year when crafters look forward to creating handmade cards to send to their family and friends who live far and wide. Needless to say, they need to be fairly uncomplicated and easy to send through the mail. By easy I mean not more than 1-inch thick 😁. Seriously, I know I have to pay more postage to send them but it's worth it to create something special. Some of my recipients tell me they have saved them year after year and one of them has even created a banner, so I feel inspired to make them worthy of display.
This year's card is very clean and simple, by my standards. The tree is created from a Dreaming Tree SVG and I spiffed it up with a star and gift created in Cricut Design Space. Shine and sparkle is what I was going for, so I sprinkled gems everywhere. The card measures 5 1/2 square, which means extra postage, but no worries. The gems have already put me into the "hand cancel" category.
This is just the beginning of my Christmas crafting blitz. So much more to enjoy. After all, it's the most wonderful ( and frantic) time of the year for us crafty sorts.
Thanks for visiting.
Go forth and enjoy the wonder of the world in all its Christmas splendor.
Nancy
Playing along with:
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #202
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas
Paper Funday Challenge #12
Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #251
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #62
A Place to Start December Challenge
Make My Monday Challenge #111
Merry Little Christmas Challenge #17
A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #105
Wow! Such a beautiful tree with all those gems you added. I just love it!! Thanks for playing with us at A Place to Start. Sherri DGT
ReplyDeleteAmazing card, beautiful workmanship. Thank you for joining The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge.
ReplyDeleteDanka
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What a lovely layered Christmas tree. We are so pleased that you joined us this week at Watercooler Wednesday. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season. Karen - DT
ReplyDeleteVery lovely card, Thanks for sharing with us at The Paper Funday Challenges and best of luck in the draw! Donna - DT Member
ReplyDeleteA beautifully designed and decorated tree thank you for sharing at MMM
ReplyDeleteThat tree is awesome and I love that you used textured paper in the background! Very nicely crafted!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing with us at A Place To Start!
Hugz,
Chana Malkah, Owner
Beautiful tree with the gem decorations! Thank you for sharing with us at The Sisterhood of Crafters
ReplyDeleteFun Christmas card! Thanks for joining us at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges!
ReplyDeleteA very pretty tree, Nancy! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
ReplyDeleteHugs Monica
What a clever idea ... just awesome! Thanks so much for playing in our challenge at Merry Little Christmas!
ReplyDeleteDarlene
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