I thought I would share our Christmas card (left). I had a hard time deciding what to do this year, but was inspired by a card (below) that I saw on Splitcoast Stampers by mlnapier.
I love SU!'s Winter Post stamp set. It's a great vintage holiday set, plus our first "date" was ice skating, so I love the little skating couple. I used that one last year, but this time went with incorporating some of the element stamps with Dasher, the clock from Sense of Time, the Medallion Background stamp, and the holly leaves from Good Cheer.
The colors I used were Real Red, Chocolate Chip and Mellow Moss. I love this color scheme!
The scallop square was made with our Sizzix Scallop Square Die. I just trimmed one scallop off one side to flatten the edge.
This year, I also included a photo collage of the kids' school portraits, which I made with My Digital Studio. This was such a fun little project. Once I finished it, I realized that I could have just made that into a card, printed all I needed through our printing service, and they would have come scored and with envelopes. Well, I had lots of fun stamping these, but I might just go the digital route next Christmas. Here's the collage - 
I love that I was able to incorporate my little ice skater couple to represent me and Tom, since we have Winter Post in digital format now too!
Making more than 65 cards this year was fun, but this year I want to work on designing a digi-card or starting to hand-stamp cards early - very early.
So, I will design one Christmas/holiday card each month, and post it here.
My challenge for you is to make at least five (5) Christmas/holiday cards every month. They can be hand-stamped or digital, but must represent any major holiday celebrated in December.
Once you have completed your 5 cards, email me a photo of all five No Later Than the last day of the month. They can be the same design each month or different, it's up to you.
Each month, your photo must include ALL completed cards to date. If you make 5 cards every month, then your January photo will have 5 cards; your February photo will have 10 cards, and so on. If you do not participate every month, just be sure to include all previous challenge cards. Each card must be visible enough to verify the count and theme.
I will hold a random drawing every month, which will include anyone who sends me a photo of that month's completed cards.
If you make 5 different cards in a given month, you may send a photo of each along with the group photo, so we can see them more clearly; but this is optional, not necessary for entry in the drawing.
Each monthly winner will receive a $5 Gift Certificate on a purchase of Stampin' Up! products through me, and have their cards posted here!
On New Year's Day 2011, if you complete this challenge all 12 months, you will be entered in another drawing for a $50 Stampin' Up! Gift Certificate!
I will share my January Christmas card in the next few days. So, get those holiday stamps back out and let's get a stampin' jump on 2010!
Your January photo of 5 holiday cards is due NLT Sunday, January 31st. Feel free to CASE any of my cards too!
Happy Stampin'!
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