Christmas Cards

Are any of y'all finished making your Christmas cards? I thought I was ahead when I started mine in July, but have put them on the back burner so many times that now I'm behind! Yikes!!! I'm using a retired Stampin' Up set called "Curly Christmas". Not all are the same as that would make me crazy, but I also don't make them all different because I can't think up that many ideas. I am making about 20-25 of each design. This also helps by allowing me to use up paper I have instead of buying all the same colors.

Cecelia

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started mine I am using the peace stamp from stampzone:) Had to stop while I made my Samhain invites but back to yule cards now sukie

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I've noted here before that I don't make Christmas cards; I did for two or three years after I first started stamping but I finally decided that mass production was Not My Thing (I also did a quick cost analysis, using my current salary-per-hour plus cost of materials, and discovered that my homemade cards were costing me approximately 4 times as much as purchased ones.)

So now I buy cards (usually from one of the "good cause" organizations) and hand-craft the gifts instead; stamping is usually involved.

(Now, don't ask me if I've started making - or even thinking about - this year's gifts ... this may be the year everyone gets homemade chocolate truffles...)

-- Pat Kight snipped-for-privacy@peak.org

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I haven't started, but I only make a few handmade cards -- around a dozen. Not everybody appreciates a handmade card. Mine are works of art but my mother thinks there is some stigma, like I couldn't afford a store-bought one. So she'll get a Hallmark, and the hoardes of relatives and acquaintances will get purchased cards, and my crafty friends will get elegant handmade ones. Since I know the card is going to someone who will appreciate it I feel free to spend time on it and go all-out, which I enjoy.

Gina

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Gina Bull

Hi, Nope I haven't started mine yet as I am dealing with a bumber crop of apples and plums to process in some way or another. I will be using a small resting wolf from Lasting Impressions with Panache as the main image and possibly a chickadee from Current Critters. Have fun. :)

Cathy

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Cathy Makela

I have so many leftover handmade cards from previous holidays that I'm sending out those. I can't bear to throw them out and I don't have the time for mass production this year.

Brandi

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Brandi

I love making Christmas cards as it is my favorite holiday. But this year might be a little different. I had my annual mammogram on Oct. 2 and the radiologist found a suspicious spot. After talking to my doctor and going to see a surgeon and then having a needle biopsy, it's cancer. I'm waiting for the doctor's office to call today to let me know when the surgery is going to . Fortunately it was caught early and he thinks a lumpectomy and radiation is all that I'll need. Thank goodness! After that is all behind me I'll get to work on my cards. And if I find that I'm not motivated to do so, I have some backup store bought ones. Helen

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Helen

Helen,

My stepmom went thru the mammogram and biopsy earlier this year. She finished up the chemo last month and started radiation this last week. She had 21 nodes removed in June. They say they caught it early and she's doing well so far. She's had an amazingly great spirit thru it all. She's been going to meetings with other survivers and luncheons and is amazed at the numbers and support. Best wishes!

On the Xmas card note... I'm doing my own this year with an idea I saw earlier in the year... had to go buy some SU stamps to do it and they'll look super :)

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Susan

Bless you, Helen, and very best wishes for successful treatment and speedy recovery.

-- Pat Kight snipped-for-privacy@peak.org

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Helen,

Please send me your full name. This weekend I will be walking 35 miles in a marathon walk for Breast Cancer. I would be honored to carry your name along with the others that I carry for inspiration. About mile 20, I need to remind myself of why I do these walks. Seeing all those names on a card keeps my feet moving.

Best of luck with your outcome, Erin-Joi

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If I told you that I was walking 35 miles in 2 days to help women with undetected breast cancer find out early enough to survive, would you support me?

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Erin-Joi Collins McNeal

I'm glad to hear that your step-mother is doing so well. I was also happy to hear that she is in good spirits. I have to say that with all the support that is available and virtual strangers who give you hugs and best wishes, it's hard to be down for too long. My family is amazed that I'm doing so well. Of course I've told them that I'll probably fall apart after the surgery. But that's ok.

I like to make the same Christmas card for everyone because if I make several designs that I like, I have a hard time choosing who to send what card. That's what happened to me three years ago, my first year of making cards for Christmas. This year I'm just hoping to make some and for sure, they will all be the same as I think that will be easier for me now.

Helen P. S. I tried to send this directly to you but kept getting an error message stating that the user is unknown.

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Helen

We started making them for the first time this year using a few new stamps from All Night Media. They are really nice. We have 4 different styles. If anyone wants to see them, they are in the gallery at

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We are up to about 25 made and hope to have

20 made of each pattern to give out/sell this holiday season.

Would love to see what others have done.

SpeakEasy

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SpeakEasy

All mine were done by Labor Day! Since I teach I have the time for making mass quantities in the summer & not in the fall. I made about 150! I did about 5 or 6 different designs. I stamp & color them all them cut & mount them with contrasting / coordinating backgrounds etc. Even though there are a limited number of stamps used, there really are no two alike as I tend to vary my coloring or mounting techniques. My favorite this year were the ones where I pressed the image onto velvet paper. Pine branches onto green and snowflakes or nativities onto dark blue! Yummy!

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Anita Keeton

Sorry Helen, to hear of your misfortune Just hang in there and God Bless.

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Mickey

I'm planning on making about 15 for close friends and family this year. I got an issue of Woman's day best ideas for Christmas just recently and they have a wonderful page full of neat snowflake cards and accessories from PSX designs that I think I will try and simulate with my stampin up snowflake sets and my printer.

~Donna~ SAHM Val Gal 17, Wendy Woo 14, Seany 10 6 years of Stamping Bliss

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Ddborger

I'm having the second rubber stamp party at my house this weekend. We're continuing to work on Christmas cards. I'm doing about three different designs. Doing them all the same would drive me bonkers. LOL

Janie

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Janie Bowman

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Cheryl

To all who sent me their prayers and good wishes, I'm home and doing pretty well. The surgery on Monday went well...my left breast is completely gone (and the cancer with it!!!!!) and we are now waiting to hear from the pathologist as to whether there are any traces in the lymph nodes. Needless to say, we're praying there won't be any. I'm hoping to be stronger by the weekend so that I can start making some Christmas cards. Actually, I need to make some thank you cards for some of my very dear friends, but Christmas cards are high on my list of things to do. Thanks again to everyone out there.

Oh, and by the way, if you haven't had your annual mammogram this year, schedule one RIGHT NOW! Early detection is so very important. Sorry, but I had to get on the soap box for just a brief second. Helen

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Helen

Fabulous! Glad to hear you are feeling so upbeat! Mood can affect recovery so much.

Let the group know if there is anything we can do to help you.

Pink hugs, Erin-Joi

*************************************************** If you think that something small cannot make a difference---try sleeping with a mosquito in the room.

If I told you that I was walking 35 miles in 2 days to help women with undetected breast cancer find out early enough to survive, would you support me?

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free to forward my pledgepage to anyone interested in the walk or thecause.

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Erin-Joi Collins McNeal

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