Christmas is Coming!!!

While out shopping this past weekend for my Halloween costume, it seemed that in every store I was reminded that Christmas IS coming....and sooner than we would like to admit. One store flashed a reminder that Christmas was only 60 days away.

I figured that the time had come for me to truly begin thinking about the upcoming holiday comings and goings. One of the things I enjoy the most is my annual Christmas card Stamp a Stack event, so I thought I would take an opportunity to begin posting some of the cards that I am featuring this year.

Card number 1 uses one of my favorite stamp sets from last year's Christmas sets, Season of Simple Grace. Happily for me, it made a return in our catalog this year. I went a bit non-traditional with the colors and papers, but I really like the finished product.

This card is styled a bit different than my regular cards as well. I started with a sheet of cardstock that was 5 1/2 X 12 inches. I scored at 4 inches and 8 inches to create this 3 panel beauty. The images are stamped with chocolate chip ink on kraft paper and matted with Whisper White. The patterned paper at the bottom is from the Bella Bleu collection. I'm loving the look! The greeting was stamped with chocolate chip ink also and then punched out with our scalloped oval punch. I really like the finished card, simple, but a great way to remind everyone of the real reason we celebrate Christmas.