Christmas cards in nontraditional colors...

 

I had some leftover copper metallic cardstock after finishing my Thanksgiving cards. It's such nice cardstock, so I decided to make some Christmas cards with it.

These are very simple cards that let the copper poinsettia be the star of the show. The leafy layers are attached with a brad in the center. Remember when we used to use brads all the time? I added a strip of the copper cardstock across the center to anchor the flower.

I have some copper embossing powder, so I used that to heat-emboss the sentiment on this card. 

The sentiment on the second card, pictured at left, was die-cut and inlayed into the label shape.

Both sentiments were popped up on foam tape.

I used some copper-colored metallic ink to stamp the sentiment on the inside.

This card started with some purple reindeer cardstock and a pre-cut card base from a partial kit that I had in my stash. I don't recall what this fold is called, but it requires lots of bits and pieces to finish it. (ETA: Crafty friend Lynette reminded me that this is called a "tri-shutter" fold. Thanks, Lynette!)

I punched and die-cut the snowflakes. The snowman is an AI image that I printed out and then adhered to a lacy-edged circle die-cut. The sentiment was heat-embossed with silver EP, die-cut and popped up with a foam square.

This is what the card looks like when it is fully open. As you can see, I minimally embellished this card.  I thought the fancy fold was eye-catching enough without adding decoration to every surface.

The stamped sentiment leaves plenty of room for me to sign the card.

I had four of these card bases, so I made them all into Christmas cards. 

On Wednesday, my DH and I went to our usual outdoor Tai Chi class. It was SO cold! The wind was blowing like mad and the temperature was in the 20s. I'm not sure what the windchill was, but my fingers were numb by the time class was over, even though I was wearing fur-lined gloves. That class is not for sissies! We meet outdoors all winter long unless it's storming or the temps drop below 0. Next time I'll wear my heavy mittens.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl