Here are the Christmas cards I made for our family and friends this year. I was inspired this summer by Heather Nichols and her use of Taylored Expressions Toffee cardstock along with a strip of red Cherry Pop cardstock along the bottom. I used my sewing machine to stitch the panels together and stencilled on some Frosty Flakes using Ground Espresso ink and a stencil from The Greetery. My Mom took a festive photo of us on our porch when our son, Alex, arrived and it was the perfect touch to our cards this year. 

 It was exciting to take out some Christmas décor today to stage photos of these cards! I got a fantastic idea from The Papercrafters Workshop Demo Days with Karen Day to use alphabet dies to create a shadow sentiment. I chose to use the word, "Noel," with this beautiful new Close To My Heart Jingle Joy paper. I was able to make 12 cards with this design - yay!

 It's the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I have made a tea card to play along :). I do not drink coffee, but I love my tea...especially London Fogs! I set out to create a dark green teacup set amongst some shiplap and added in some fun new dies I just got from The Greetery.