christmas thank you

After the holiday gift giving (and receiving) come the Thank You cards.  I always want to make them ahead of time so I do not have to worry about them first thing in the new year.

This year, I used one of my all time favourite holiday sets, Papertrey's Peaceful Pinecones. And this time, I went "hybrid".  I recall reading a post from Heather Nichols over at Papertrey about dressing up a store bought card with some handmade stamping.  

I found this box of holiday cards from My Mind's Eye on sale last year.

The cards inside look like this...

I realized after I made my card front that it will pair up very well with the browns and reds of my pinecone card. 

I used Wreath for All Seasons and Butterfly Dreams for my sentiment

I like it when things work out like that.  My production time was instantly cut in half as I did not have to cut and score my card bases.

Here are some of the finished cards...

And here they are waiting to be signed and mailed after Christmas.

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