Cowboy Christmas

Hello friends

It's time to start making Christmas Cards for this year. What! I hear you cry, LOL. I am going to try and keep up with Tracy's challenges (http://tracyshappyplace.blogspot.com/) again this year to avoid the last minute rush. So far I am on track with that but then again it is only January.

This months challenge was to make 5 easel cards. They could be all the same or different. I stuck with making them all the same. It was easier. I finally got around to using my cowboy snowman from High Hopes. You can't live in Texas and not want this cute fella in your collection.

I used blue bayou and close to cocoa cardstock and Heidi Grace designer papers.The stars on the close to cocoa are from Starstruck and Delightful Decorations. I heat embossed them to standout and shine with clear embossing powder. An SU brad on the inside of the card makes the perfect stopper for the top to lean against. I was pretty chuffed with it once it was finished. Not bad for a first attempt at this style. I may just have to try this again.

An optional extra to the challenges this year is to make a 3D item (Christmas themed) also. I like to make handmade gifts for certain friends and found last year I had no time to make them so I hope to try this part of the challenge also. This month I kind of cheated as I had these glass coasters hanging around just gathering dust. Well Tracy sent me some lovely poinsettia images when I won one of her challenges last year and I have been holding on to them every since because they were so nice I didn't want to use them. Well I gave in and trimmed a few of them down and put them in the coasters. They look real pretty now and will make an awesome gift for someone this year.

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Thanks for looking

Hugs

Nic