Christmas Shoebox Swap Cards

Hello everyone...hope you are having a great weekend!!! I went to Salado, Texas Friday evening for the Christmas Stroll. Salado is a wonderful little village full of shops, antiques, and the best little stamp shop north of Austin!! Since I babysat for my two youngest DGSs (my little wild men) during the day...getting away to shop with my good friend was sooo wonderful!! Then my DD Holly and I went to the North Austin Christmas Shoebox Swap all day yesterday....whoohoo!!! We had so much fun and made some fabulous cards, too!!! Here are few of the swap cards we made......
This adorable Santa was so fun and easy to make...no stamping...just punched pieces along with the top note cutouts. When I got home, I added the Flower Soft to his hat pom pom and used a Gelly Roll Clear glitter pen around the hat border. The original design was a tag but I mounted him on a mat and cardbase...he will be mailed to someone special on Monday!! This was one of my favorites...we stamped the leaves, cut them out, and attached them to a
1 3/4" cardstock circle. The cardbase and mat are gold metallic cardstock.

Isn't this little cardinal adorable...we made him from the Stampin Up! bird punch. Jennifer, one of the stampers at the swap, took a picture of the instruction sheet for the cardinal. She is going to send it to me so if you want a copy, just let me know!!

This is such a fun round card....when I got home, I took the bulky ribbon off and added the baker's twine...it will be easier and cheaper to mail!!

This was the first card I made at the swap and wouldn't ya know...I messed up on it!!! We were supposed to use the long piece of torn fabric for the bow with a brad but mine looked pretty bad so when I got home, I added the ribbon in the background, made a bow with the fabric, and tied it with some twine. Now it will mail easily without extra postage!!

Thanks for visiting...have a great Sunday!!!