Playing in Paradise #81 - Christmas

Good morning & happy Friday! It's my turn as hostess this week over at Playing in Paradise, and I'm challenging everyone to get some holiday cards made up.

I took the opportunity to get some Christmas cards started, which was a super challenge for me, because my Christmas supplies are still lost in the basement wasteland. I have a couple of paper pads and some embellishments upstairs - but no stamps. Yikes! My Halloween supplies are similarly unavailable, so I decided to see if I could whip up a bunch of Christmas cards in say, an hour, with those limited supplies. Success! The pressure of crafting in bulk - and usually on deadline - happens to me every year during the holidays, so I shared a couple of my trusted tips over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog.

Here's the set of 6 that I made, and then individual photos of each card. Each card uses papers from October Afternoon, and additional supplies are listed beneath each card.

Supplies: washi tape from We R Memory Keepers;
letter stickers from October Afternoon

Supplies: red & black rhinestones

Supplies: red rhinestone;
Divine Swirls embossing folder (Cuttlebug)

Supplies: wire candy canes & button from stash

Supplies: wire candy canes & button from stash;
Sizzix label die

Supplies: buttons from stash;
threaded with bamboo crochet thread & glued down
(adhered the paper with foam tape before deciding to
add the buttons - had to get creative!)

Head on over to the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog for all the details - and don't forget to link up your own holiday card/project! It doesn't have to be Christmas, it can be any holiday, and use any products.

We'd love to have you play along!

xoxo,

Jessi