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Christmas!  Today we are planning to check out North Pole, Alaska.  Santa has promised to give us a few minutes to check in with him and make sure everyone is on the "Nice List".  :)

This is the third set of cards I made using the Echo Park paper set.  I'm addicted to banners lately and thought it would be fun to see them on Christmas cards. 

The fun part with these cards is that I was able to use all those bits-n-pieces left from other cards.  There is a sense of accomplishment when you can use every last bit of paper from a set. :)  "waste not, want not" has to put me on the "nice list" right?

So while it is a bit early, I am feeling very much in a Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year's, Little Christmas mood.  To be short and sweet I'll end with Season's Greetings!!!  Keep your fingers crossed for me with Santa! :D

Hi Frosty

Are you sitting down?  I have actually posted 2 posts this week!!!  Here is another set of cards made from the paper set I won from Echo Park.  We are hoping to be able to get a flight up to see part of the Arctic Circle this week, I'll be sure to say hi to Frosty if I see him. :)

Another set of clean and simple cards, but given that I gave myself 2 hours (after prepping) to get 25 cards done, they had to be easy to assemble.  I can't recall who makes the snowman right now, but the ink is Chalk- Lime Pastel, the card base is Memory Box, and the scallop die is from My Favorite Things.

DH is working this morning, but when he gets back later we are hoping to see some of AK.  The days are LONG right now, like 16 hours of daylight long.  Between the long days and the time difference (which will make me a morning person unless I adjust) it'll make for lots of time to see all the beauty!  I'm hoping to also go to the University of Alaska Museum of the North.  I came across the suggestion from this blog.  Isn't Blogland a great place?!?!

Enjoy some sunshine and warm weather today, if you can.  We'll be seeing Frosty before we know it! :)

Gone Away is the Bluebird

So July got away from me before I could post any Christmas cards.  As I'm off to Alaska today, and the weather is decidedly chillier up there than here, it put me in the mood to post this set of 5 "winter wonderland" inspired cards.

I entered a contest at the beginning of the summer for a chance to win a paper pack from Echo Park and I WON!  The new releases weren't available yet, so I chose the Season's Greetings set.  I made 25 cards- 5 of 5 designs.  Pic's are coming of the other sets and some of them will even get posted this week.

They are clean and simple cards similar to this set from ages ago.  The image is from Memory Box, the berries are highlights with Stickles, the whole matted creation is popped with foam tape, and then topped off with a red twine bow.  Wham-bam-Merry-Christmas-ma'am! :)

I thought about mentioning how many days until Christmas, but for the sake of not getting electronic rotten tomatoes tossed at me I decided to pass.  You are thinking about it now though huh. LOL!

Hugs,