Grace Notes
July 08, 2017
What's YOUR Favourite Theme?
Favourite Christmas Themes
Do you have a favourite Christmas theme that you enjoy seeing year after year?
I'm going to be starting on my Christmas cards earlier this year and I want to include designs that my followers enjoy seeing as inspiration.
I'd love to know YOUR favourite choices! Tell me your faves and I'll see what I can design around those themes!
Here are a few standard Christmas themes:
Nativity scenes: manger, Baby Jesus, wisemen, angels, star
Christmas Trees: inside or outside
Floral: Poinsettias, holly, ivy, mistletoe
Home & Hearth: candles, fireplaces, hot chocolate, mittens and scarves
Snow: snowy scenes, snowmen, children with sleds etc.
Sleighs: Santa's sleigh, reindeer, old-fashioned sleighrides
Nature Scenes: woodsy backgrounds with deer or other wildlife
Music: Musical instruments, choirs, carolers, Christmas music.
Here are a few of my cards from previous years, in the above themes. Click any picture for larger view. For details on any card, click the card title to the right of the picture.
Bringing in the Greens
Featuring the real music score from
"The Holly and the Ivy"
A-Caroling We Will Go
A tri-shutter card
Playful, for the young and young-at-heart
Sleighride Framed Card
Nostalgic and heart-warming
Blue Sparkle Christmas Tree
Sparkling with many crystals
Modern and elegant
Snowman Family
Personalized for each family member!
Joy to the World
For the music lover, traditional
Wisemen Still Seek Him
Sentiment is my own creation.
Do You See What I See
Inspired by the Christmas Carol of the same title
A Christmas Day Birthday
This one has been all over the Internet as a favourite!
Deer Snow Globe, Easel Card
Very dimensional with many layers.
NOEL - A Wintery Scene
Suitable for a lady or gentleman
Bringing in the Greens
Featuring the real music score from
"The Holly and the Ivy"
A-Caroling We Will Go
A tri-shutter card
Playful, for the young and young-at-heart
Sleighride Framed Card
Nostalgic and heart-warming
Blue Sparkle Christmas Tree
Sparkling with many crystals
Modern and elegant
Snowman Family
Personalized for each family member!
Joy to the World
For the music lover, traditional
Wisemen Still Seek Him
Sentiment is my own creation.
Do You See What I See
Inspired by the Christmas Carol of the same title
A Christmas Day Birthday
This one has been all over the Internet as a favourite!
Deer Snow Globe, Easel Card
Very dimensional with many layers.
NOEL - A Wintery Scene
Suitable for a lady or gentleman
All the above cards are just SOME of the themes possible.
Let me know what your favourites are!
December 01, 2016
Merry and Bright
Strings of Lights
Merry and Bright
This cheerful card was fast and fairly easy to make. The colourful background is not in the typical Christmas colours, but it gives a modern youthful look to the card.
Two cartridges marry perfectly for the theme
"Merry and Bright"
Cartridges Used
Christmas Cheer: for the strand of lights
Winter Frolic: Merry and Bright sentiment
Frosty, Shimmery Snowglobes
Snowman Globe
Everyone loves a snow globe. These ones are no exception. For these ones, I used acetate for the glass to make them more realistic.
I kept the backgrounds simple so as not to detract from all the details inside the globes. For both cards I used a snowflake sky that is shimmery. It provided just the right background for the snowman and the church.
Country Church Snow Globe
Each globe has sparkly snow inside, but the Peace globe is an actual shaker. Another time, I would not bother with fussing to make it an aperature. It was cute enough without that feature, but the OCD in me always strives to make things as realistic as possible. Sometimes, simpler is best.
Cricut Cartridges Used
Christmas Solutions - church
Joys of the Season - snow globe, "Joy", snowman
Winter Wonderland (Anna Griffin) - "Peace"
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