christmas card '08

Behold, our Christmas card...

I took this pic at night, so the lighting is bad. Here is a better version of the design:

I debated long and hard about if we should use a wedding picture or one of the fun ones Andrea took a couple months ago. Since we already sent out thank you cards that had a wedding pic on it, I decided to go with the generic ones. Well, not generic (far from actually), but you know what I mean.

The rest of the card was conceived kind of organically. I printed photos of my design, took them to Archiver's with no plan and just bought some supplies. I got:

12x12 Bazill Bling cardstock in Glass Slipper.

I couldn't find a good pic of this, but trust that this brand and style of paper is so great. I have used to for pretty much everything I have made in the past year. The texture and shimmer is so rich.

photo corner mounts

rolling tape (again! love this stuff).

I used it to tape the picture down to the cardstock...because otherwise, the only thing keeping it attached was the paper corners. It probably would've stayed, but I wanted to make sure.

corner rounder

and you know, since I cannot resist a beautifully wrapped package, the envelopes had to be just as fabulous as the card itself. I got both graphics on Designer Digitals and made labels using full sheets of label paper (on of my best friends in the craft world).

And so for those reading this who were not on our Christmas card list, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!