Well, at my Etsy shop anyway. I am taking part in a Christmas in July sale going on now through July 22nd. I have listed several holiday cards just for this sale and many other products will be listed over the next week. I will try to list something new every other day or so.
You'd think it would be easy to take a couple pictures of each card and just list them, but of course not. I have a light box I made out of a cardboard box and some special white paper. The paper is attached using thumb tacks and it's best to use the light box outside. Okay, you see where this is going. I was in a big rush to get the pictures taken on Tuesday last week so I wait to the sun is up over the pine trees in the back yard and shinning on the deck. I then pack up all my cards, my light box and my son so we can go outside. I get the box setup and then come back in for my son and then I get maybe two pictures taken and he is not happy, so then I rock him a little in his car seat and all is well. I take maybe another two pictures and he's not happy yet again so we rock some more. This time the wind decides to make an appearance and try to blow my box apart. Thumb tacks went flying this direction and that direction. So, I pack it up and go back in the house. Looks like no pictures today. When Wednesday rolls around we try it again. It is not winding and it is beautiful out, my son is sleeping and he's just been fed so I have some time to play! I ended up taking 147 pictures! And yes I did end up having to fight the wind too because it decided it just wanted to play with my fun light box again. I swear, if its not my cats its the wind - everyone wants a piece of the light box. If my husband would have just helped me take all these pictures on Monday when it was so nice out and he had the day off I wouldn't have had to go through all of this, but no he decided to power wash the driveway instead. Yeah, who does that!?!? Really?
Well, I'm no photographer, but here is one of my favorite cards.
You'd think it would be easy to take a couple pictures of each card and just list them, but of course not. I have a light box I made out of a cardboard box and some special white paper. The paper is attached using thumb tacks and it's best to use the light box outside. Okay, you see where this is going. I was in a big rush to get the pictures taken on Tuesday last week so I wait to the sun is up over the pine trees in the back yard and shinning on the deck. I then pack up all my cards, my light box and my son so we can go outside. I get the box setup and then come back in for my son and then I get maybe two pictures taken and he is not happy, so then I rock him a little in his car seat and all is well. I take maybe another two pictures and he's not happy yet again so we rock some more. This time the wind decides to make an appearance and try to blow my box apart. Thumb tacks went flying this direction and that direction. So, I pack it up and go back in the house. Looks like no pictures today. When Wednesday rolls around we try it again. It is not winding and it is beautiful out, my son is sleeping and he's just been fed so I have some time to play! I ended up taking 147 pictures! And yes I did end up having to fight the wind too because it decided it just wanted to play with my fun light box again. I swear, if its not my cats its the wind - everyone wants a piece of the light box. If my husband would have just helped me take all these pictures on Monday when it was so nice out and he had the day off I wouldn't have had to go through all of this, but no he decided to power wash the driveway instead. Yeah, who does that!?!? Really?
Well, I'm no photographer, but here is one of my favorite cards.
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I love using the Bazzill Bling cardstocks because they just add a little something extra to a card. I use Bling on almost all of my cards. I just love the shine it adds to a card. For this particular card I used two different methods of embossing. The red squares have been dry embossed and then I stamped and heat embossed the Happy Holidays phrase. My favorite is to actually use both methods on the same area. It makes for a lot of work, but looks great in the end.
Stop on over to my Etsy shop at http://www.creativecardsolution.etsy.com/ to see my Christmas in July specials right now! Plus I'm giving away a free gift when you buy a Christmas card during this great sale!
Great work!
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