See Nikki’s original blog post on her blog here or just keep reading 🙂
We’re getting down to the wire… Christmas is almost here! Now that all of my shopping is done, I can relax and enjoy one of my favorite parts of the season, which is wrapping presents! I know this is quite a chore for some, but for some reason I have always enjoyed it. I even offer my services to my mom and grandma, and they are more than happy to let me take over. If only they would let me wrap my own gifts 😉 All I ask in return is to be supplied with a cup of hot chocolate, and to have the Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas album playing. It’s just not Christmas without their “Christmas Song!”
Earlier this week I got an early present, in the form of my first Design Team package from Kat Scrappiness! She has some great felt embellishments that I was able to incorporate into my last batch of Christmas cards. Take a look!
On this card I used another one of those free digital stamps I found (see my previous post), and I knew it would be perfect paired with the adorable holly leaves from Kat’s shop!
This has to be my favorite, because of this little penguin guy! Isn’t he cute? I decided he needed a place to live, so I paper pieced him a little igloo, complete with glitter. My penguin fancies himself a bit of a rock star.
Since Tennessee Christmases are seldom white, I felt the need to throw a little snow into my cardmaking. I love these snowflakes made with the glittery felt. So pretty! On the inside, I used some mittens to make it look as if they’re holding the gift card, which is really adhered with a glue dot.
And finally, another little gift card holder. I wanted something simple but fun to jazz up the presentation. I used some Christmas light felties, and added a touch of glitter.
This was my first year making Christmas cards, and it was really fun! Kat was so generous with the goodies she sent us that I have plenty left over to use in layouts after Christmas, so check back for those.
Thanks for visiting, and Happy Holidays!
– Nikki
And here is Nikki’s video on YouTube
Congrats on your design team! I really like your cards, especially the penguin. I really like the light bulbs. You can see the shimmer on the video and it sparkles like real lights.
Adorable cards! I love the little felt touches you added to each one.
Gz on the design team 🙂 Very sweet cards…love all the glitter!!
Congrats on the design team! Look forward to many new projects from you. Love these you made, especially the Penguin. Thanks for sharing them with us.
Really cute cards!!
Beautiful cards, I love the bird…then the felt penguin then the snowflakes and the mittens – can’t choose a favourite, but love the little hints of felt in all of them – gorgeous.