Christmas Cards in April?

Well, hello there! It's been awhile since I've posted here. I've made numerous cards since my last post in 2019 (!!), and will try to post them all here in the near future, even though I may be the only one looking at them at this point! 😏

These cards are the ones I made for my family for Christmas 2020. I made, I think, about 8 of these. 

I had run out of the lime green cardstock midway, so some were done in red. Thankfully, I didn't run out of the red!

I've done this card style before. But this time I went a bit more elaborate by making my own "snow" out of white embossing powder, glitter and clear Glossy Accents. I just mixed them up as I went. Because I didn't have a lot of white embossing powder on hand, I couldn't cover everything I wanted to with my "snow". But what I did cover turned out pretty good. 

I also did a lot with glitter gels. I used Stickles to accent many of the pieces. 

Stamping, coloring and cutting out all the little pieces was very gratifying, although I did get a bit weary of it toward the end. 

And here's what things tend to look like when I'm creating.

I used one of my favorite old Cuttlebug embossing folders, D'Vine Swirls, to create the snow effect. I have more than gotten my money's worth from that thing!  And I stamped all the snowflakes on the red and green backgrounds with white pigment ink using a stamp from my old Stampin' Up! Flaky Friends set.

I colored everything with Copic markers. And here they are, once again, finished and ready to give away.

I wish my background cardstock would've been long enough to make one more bend at the back. It would've held the gingerbread house more upright. But alas, I did not have the 12"x12" kind, just the normal size.

I realize that no one is really interested in Christmas cards in April, but I am posting it while the urge hits, so I guess it's Christmas in April on my blog. Sorry about that.

I hope you have a lovely day, and thank you for coming by for a visit. Please let me know if you've stopped by so I can know you were here. Take care.

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Season's Sweetings, Taylored Expressions Home Sweet Home, SU Flaky Friends

CS: All cardstock is from Papertrey Ink.

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Colorbox Frost White pigment ink, Copics

Other: Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls embossing folder, paper piercing tool, foam tape, Stickles glitter gels, white embossing powder, white glitter, Inkssentials Glossy Accents clear dimensional medium, Paper Shapers small and large oval punches