Christmas is everywhere..

I really don't even like to think about Christmas until Thanksgiving is over, but it's hard to avoid.  It's everywhere!  And if cards are to be made, they need to get started... (oh, riiiiight... should have started in July! lol)....  I'm actually on the fence if I want to make my cards or do photo cards (like I usually do); however, in a couple of recent visits to my LSS, I had picked up that Christmas tree die and the Merry Christmas one, so I better do something with them ;) .....  Here are two cards I made over the weekend.  They were pretty quick and easy actually. 

 

I used the Merry Christmas die to cut the words as a "window"...

 you see the glittery  paper shine through... there it is

 Next up is a snowy scene.  I used alcohol ink on glossy card stock for the blue/night sky.  I masked off and then painted the snowy ground with gesso and sprinkled glitter while it was still wet.  After I stamped the trees and let them dry, I used gesso as well to add the tree highlights and falling/accumulated snow.  This is an A Muse Studio Stamp set that I fell in love with last year and had to buy.  I still love it :)

TFL!  and Happy Veterans Day!  Thank you to our service men/women past and present.