Everything seemed to fall into place for making Christmas cards this weekend. First, my sister and I both had a day where we had nothing going on. Second, my best friend also had some free time. Third, the quintessential event that marks beginning of Christmas has occurred. I finally saw the Hershey Kiss Christmas commercial:
It’s been a long time since I made any sort of greeting card. I just couldn’t bring myself to touch a stamp after my Grandma passed away. Making cards was something we did together every year for more than a decade. For the last year, my paper, stamps, and ink pads have all been packed away in the closet.
This year, however, I feel quite differently. I decided making cards is a way to be with my Grandma and celebrate all the wonderful memories I have of her. As soon as we spread out all the supplies and snacks on the table, it felt like old times. We laughed, created, and had a great time.
Despite being a bit out of practice, I still managed to make some cute cards. I used some scraps leftover over from previous Christmases, along with some wooden gift tags I picked up at Target (only $3.oo for a pack of 24).
Gotta love those polka dots!
My sister brought over some punches, which reminded me I had some as well. We put them all out on the table went nuts. There were a lot of (funny looking) mistakes, but eventually we figured out how to use them well enough. The card above was made using a corner punch, while the cards below used a variety of corner and edge punches. Some obviously worked better than others!
One of those corners got away from me!
This is my favorite of the evening. The colors are just so different and fun.
Blue Christmas, anyone?
As I practiced with the punches, I started to get a little more brave about creating borders. Some glittery reindeer ended up with a beautiful spiral cut border to prance upon!
Do you recall, the most famous reindeer of all?
No card making session is complete until I make something with a bit of plaid.
Plaid and stripes! It doesn’t get any better than that!!
The night ended far too soon, but how lovely it was to spend time with family and friends, while Grandma watched from above.
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Stay tuned! More Christmas crafts to come!
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c.b.w. 2013
C.B. Wentworth 
These are all so beautiful! I’m terribly jealous…I can be pretty crafty, but I know if I tried to make nice-looking cards it would be a complete disaster. lol 🙂
And no, definitely not too early for Christmas…I’ve already got the little Missy watching Christmas specials of her favorite shows. lol
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Thanks! The first few tries were disasters, but after a while we found our groove.
We watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas and a Garfield Christmas while making cards. 🙂
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Hee hee…that’s awesome. 🙂 My husband has every Christmas special known to man (and some that, seriously, aren’t) on a media box and come December he just hits “Play All”. Garfield is one of his all-time favs. ^_^
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Garfield is one of the best. I never let a Christmas go by without watching it at least three times!
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Those cards are wonderful. I’m so glad you had so much fun. I do have to differ on one point . . . I doubt your Grandma was looking down. She was right there in the middle of it.
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Thanks! 🙂 You’re probably right, my grandma liked being right in the middle of things.
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I Love the Hershey’s commercial. Already watching Christmas movies!!! Love the cards. I haven’t made cards in soooooo long, this made me want to get back into doing that again.
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Ooo, I hope you do. 🙂 It was so much fun to make a mess on the kitchen table – pretty paper, stickers, stamps, and glitter, oh my!
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Minority report. I don’t want to wish my life away, but roll on Hogmanay!
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Haha! 🙂
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Your cards turned out beautifully! I love the prancing reindeer. Were they made with a Cricut or are they from the package of wooden cut-outs? As for the blue, I’ve been using it more and more for Christmas. I think I like it better than the traditional green and red. 🙂
Glad you had so much fun with your sister and friend. I’m sure your grandma is in heaven proudly nudging her neighbors saying, “That’s my granddaughter!” 🙂
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The reindeer card is my favorite!! I found that tiny scrap of glitter reindeer and I knew I had to make something with it. They were part of printed paper pack I bought a few years ago. 🙂
One year, I used nothing but blue to make wintery Christmas cards. They were so pretty!
I hope Grandma was smiling with us. We were thinking of her.
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