I got started a little late this morning – my father is staying and that seems to cause late nights of playing pool and talking. No complaints, it’s wonderful having him here but finding carding time is harder. I decided to use some DSP and pulled out an as yet unused pack – This Christmas specialty DSP. It’s a different pack in that the paper is a little thinner than usual but you get double the sheets. So 24 12″ by 12″ sheets for only $13. They are double sided with one side more focused towards the holidays and the other just fun patterns (and one of them is sheet music – I’m tempted to get my violin out and see what it is!).

I really like this paper because it’s got very vanilla in it rather than whisper white which makes it feel much warmer. I pulled out one of the more holiday patterns and cut a piece at 4 3/4″ by 3 1/2″. I cut a piece of very vanilla 1/8″ larger for a thin mat and then put that onto my cherry cobbler card base. I really like the pattern, but I wanted a wide plain border to calm it down a trifle.

I really wanted to use my copper embossing powder and as I pulled out Christmas Pines and the big Noel it occurred to me that the gold embossing powder is going to be neglected this year. Until I found that the copper doesn’t really go with the cherry cobbler – it’s got a hint of pinkness to it which just doesn’t work. So out came the gold embossing powder. And that was perfect. I cropped it with the layering ovals framelits dies adding a mat of cherry cobbler and popped that part up with dimensionals.

If you’re planning on making a lot of Christmas cards, the This Christmas specialty DSP is tremendous value. If you use the amount that I did today, you’d have enough in the pack for 144 cards.

See you tomorrow (a little earlier!)

Liz