Swap Card Friday

Today I have three cute, light hearted Christmas cards to share from some talented crafters.

The first doesn’t use any stamps, but is stunning in its simplicity. Dana has created a fun snowman with just some punch, fun fur and pretty patterned paper.

This card is sure to brighten the recipients day!

Diane has used one of my favorites, the North Pole Delivery Designer Series Paper. Stamp a few envelopes and the greeting and adhere pieces cut from from the designer paper for a quick and cute card.

Love to color? Betty’s card features Santa from the Festive Friends stamp set. He’s been colored with Stampin’ Blend Markers (which are going to be ON SALE during the BLACK FRIDAY SALE starting Nov 25!!!). I love the background layout that she has used. Here are the dimensions if you want to CASE them:

Base 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″
First Cardstock Layer 4″ x 5 1/4″
Patterned Paper 1 1/2″ x 5″
Embossed White 2″ x 5″
Divider strip 1/4″ x 5″
Colored Circle 3″
White Circle 2 1/2″

Are you starting to feel the holiday stress? I know that I am, lol, I’m hosting Thanksgiving and I tend to let the house go in the fall while I’m busy putting all of my gardens to bed for the winter. I’ve spent the last couple of days cleaning carpets and hunting spider webs. When I think of all the Christmas cards that I want to make yet my heart starts to race and I go into panic mode. I have to remind myself that I’m supposed to be enjoying all of these activities.

So now I’m reminding you and myself that we often expect too much from ourselves. Other people don’t care if there are spider webs in the corners or the card that they get wasn’t a masterpiece but did get created with love.

Enjoy the moments!