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.