My Holiday Cards

Like I showed you on Friday I give an extra donation this month to Stockholms Katthem instead of sending out a zillion cards. I do send out a few, to extra special friends and to relatives that don’t read my blog. This year I sent out a snowfall on a silvery backdrop.

 

I was inspired by a card I got from my friend Anne many years ago where she used white dot office stickers of several sizes and let her then young dauther Märtha stick them on randomly to create a snow fall. I used hole punches to create my snow.

 

I’ve been in the process of trying to minimize and use up all my craft supplies, stationery and gift wrapping materials and not buy any new (and in the end be left with a set of mainly white material which I can then embellish with different ribbons and notions) so I determined the size of my cards by checking what size enveloped I had and cut cards to those sizes, I used the scoring board I got from “Martha” to make the folds and that worked so great.

 

Another Martha item I used was the alphabet stamp set. I’m still finding it hard to get those circles perfect ut again it might have to do with the fact that I’m still dabbing on the ink with a tiny ink pad instead of dunking the whole stamp into a larger one. Keep forgetting to buy one.

 

After stamping I signed each card with a red gel pen and Wille later did the same before we sent them out.

Comments

[Suzanne]

Really lovely. ( and I like your nail polish - nice blue.)

[Claire/Just a little less]

I agree... beautiful. The stamp is cute too xo

[Monsterscircus]

Very stylish and simple! So lovely and the stamp are so wonderful, thank for sharing :-)

[Tag für Tag]

Hi Benita,

Lovely Cards! To get a perfect image of the stanp you want to lay a piece of foamrubber in the size of the card under the card when you stamp. Thats the whole secret. I stamp a lot and still only use those tiny ink pads.
whishing you a merry and calm christmas

Marit

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Thank you so much, will try that next time!

[superkitina]

Love them! So simple and elegant.

[Zosia]

Simple and pretty.
Snow on your cards and it snowed last night in Warsaw ;-).

[jantina]

hai, I love them but is wille not having trouble with this, because of his trypophobia?

[Peggy]

You continue to exhibit the beauty of simplicity, Benita. It really is an elegant presentation; says what you mean and gets out of the way. But I'm complicating my appreciation by using too many words. What I meant to say was thank you, again, Benita, for your example of simple elegance.

[minna]

Looks great, simple and stylish.

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

As long as the dots are spaced out this far it's ok! :)

[Michelle]

So simple and beautiful. Very nice, very you! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy new year too,

[MelD]

Nice idea - my only problem is that my granny has become "really" fussy about Christmas cards and even the most beautiful art ones glean comments like "that baby's face is ugly" or "I wouldn't want to receive THAT card"!! She doesn't consider this kind of thing seasonal enough, which is driving us crazy trying to help her get her cards written... LOL!! Still, she is 96.
I, too, have now finished using all the old wrapping papers and only keep brown paper, along with a selection of ribbons and such - makes life much simpler and so easy to customise :)

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Haha, my mom has those tendencies too att 83. She's also not into the arty stuff but prefers those garish (in my mind) cards in red, gold and green with santas, candles, gifts and fully decorated trees and then says the likes things simple...

[Sarah {20 State}]

So lovely and simple, the stamp is fantastic! I've opted for PicMonkey my new/old friend to make my Christmas cards, a bit cheesy but still personal and nanna approved!

[Sandy Shirley]

I really find it hard to believe that that was your hand with the dark nail polish! I'm shocked and surprised!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Haha, it's my training nail polish. I actually only had it on my thumb :).

[jja]

Great! Is it allowed to use metal cards? Like this security check we have on the airport, if something similiar is used for the post?

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

It's not metal, it's a silver print on cardstock.

[Lisa Flaherty]

Love those! Simple and elegant.

[Tidy To be]

Jag vill ooooockså få massa Martha-pyssel och Panduroskoj hemskickat! :P

[la marmotte]

a really nice idea ! i did something like that 23 years ago with little stars on a white paper, and a light green paper inside :-)

[Ett stenkast från Fyndet]

Underbart fina julkort. Älskar det enkla och rena.

I år har november och december hittills varit så galet stressiga att jag totalt förträngt julkort. Annars skickar jag också till de när allra närmaste - resten får sig en emailhälsning :)

[Miriam]

Oh!! I wrote my E-mail in the Name gap. Please Benita can you delete my post. I want only show you tha trees. Sorry, my English is horrible. I'm a silent reader. I love your Blog!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Deleted!

[Josseline]

Wow! Love the wrapping paper(s) and the cards. It is all so restful and understated.

[jja]

Wow it looks so real;-)), like real metal.

[joolzf@gmail.com]

Benita I am in awe of your wonderfully simple and chic style....your DIY projects are always such an inspiration...thank you for sharing!
Jules, Dubai

[petra]

Hallo,

Ihre Seite ist wirklich wundervoll ich schaue immer gerne bei Ihnen rein.

Ich habe das tolle Stempel-Set bei ihnen gesehen.
Ich war auf dem link vom martha.......leider kann ich diesen in Deutschland nicht bestellen, ich habe alles versucht aber ich kann, wenn ich aus Deutschland komme auch keine Frage an martha stellen?!

Vielleicht können Sie mir ja irgend wie weiter helfen, das wäre wundervoll.

Ganz,ganz liebe Grüße und schöne Weihnachten an Sie
Petra aus Deutschland

DANKE ;-)

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Ich habe hier früher über Martha Stewart in Europa geschrieben: http://chezlarsson.com/myblog/2012/07/martha-stewart-crafts-in-europe.html Hoffendlich kannst du dort kontakt nehmen und das Set irgendwie finden.

[petra]

Hallo Benita ~ Chez Larsson,

vielen, vielen Dank.
Nun habe ich wieder Hoffnung ;-)
Ich werde Ihnen bescheid geben, ob es geklappt hat.

DANKE
Petra

[Petra]

Hallo Benita ~ Chez Larsson,

ich wollte Ihnen nur kurz bescheid geben das auch nach mehrmaligen E-Mails an Martha.S. sich niemand bei mir gemeldet hat :o( wirklich schade, denn ich hätte das Set so gerne gehabt.

Ganz liebe Grüße
Petra
ps. Ihr Blog ist supertoll! Am besten gefallen mir Ihre Erneuerungsideen, die Sie selbst mit vorher & nachher Bilder dokumentieren- KLASSE WEITER SO !