Time To Think About Christmas Cards

I know, it's only August and the kids just went back to school. I have already seen Christmas trees at Hobby Lobby and I do think that is premature! However, seasoned card makers know that it is a big job to make all of your Christmas cards. You can't wait until November to start. It's so much easier to make a few each week than to be incredibly stressed later on.

                                                           

I recently attended the Stamp and Scrapbook Expo and took a shaker card class from Queen and Co. The class was a lot of fun and this is one of the cards we made. Our instructor advised us not to discard any parts of the kit so we could use them later. Well, he was so right!

                                                          

I used an extra front piece for the top card as a stencil for this card. I laid it on top of white card stock and daubbed Distress Ink over the stencil to create this Christmas tree. The inside says Thinking of you with Love this Christmas. It was easy peasy and now I have two cards made.