Those big paper pads from Michael's got me again!

 This group is made with the "Evergreen" paper pad which is new in 2021.  I also used stickers from the "Classic Christmas" collection.

More Christmas

 So, in cleaning up my desk I used some older paper pads from Spellbinders and Recollections (Michael's). I really want to be done with the pets collection but it seems to haunt and taunt me.

These use up some very old embellishments .  Such pretty poinsettias, they are, too.

Here's the inside of the angel card.  It's a lesson in keeping your hands clean.

More Christmas cards. Anyone surprised?

I was too late to get the Spellbinders' Dancin Santa kit last year, but I was able to get the ephemera pack and the puffy stickers. I paired them up with older paper and dies from my stash.

 

Chill bear goes to the North Pole.

 This bear die is from Spellbinders', called Chill Bear.  These cards are 5 x 6.5 which are larger that usual for me.  All the more room for the large buffalo check background.

I had a little fun with a shimmer spray on this one. In addition to the bear, I added a north pole sign from last year's Spellbinders' "Frankie goes to the North Pole".

This one has a couple of bottle brush trees that were in my stray die cut dish. I thought the brown skeleton trees were fun.

I am going to have to get a better photography setup though. If I go outside I end up bending over and straining my back. If I stay indoors and use the light box, like I did here, they come out with odd shadows in the corners.

Finally it's not too early to do Christmas!!

 I've been doing Christmas cards all year but not posting them because, well, it's too early. Now it's OK so here are the first ones!  I'm trying to use up stuff already in my stash, but I can't seem to make a dent. Most of these are put together from embellishments in my stash for several years, or former Spellbinders' kits.  There is also a bunch of papers from old kits and old 12 x 12 paper pads from Michael's.  Like I said, I'll never make a dent at this rate.  

SB Damask Daydreams kit for July

This month's kit from Spellbinders came later than usual. They are having supply issues. Yikes.

It's also another softly colored kit, with lots of distressed patterns. I hope next month we're back to bright colors and fun images.

Speaking of images, I couldn't wait to use this couch, but that touch of blue along the bottom made it hard to use with most of the papers in the included paper pad.

Couching it