Laura Vegas

today’s "journal your christmas" topic was christmas cards. since i wanted to include one of our cards from this year … i made this a 2-page spread.

first off … the card. i ended up getting the BH card kit from creating keepsakes. and the main reason i decided to get it was seeing the way that cd muckosky altered these cards. i totally used her ideas with the puffy paint and extras … so i cannot claim them as my own. lol! this card was my favorite out of the 4 … and now i’m glad i kept an extra for me.

i used the circles off the front of the envelope for the first page … and then added some puffy paint just like on the card. the heidi swapp chipboard letters i painted with making memories "cranberry" paint and then added "cranberry glitter paint" on top. the second page i just adhered the actual card … and added a fun "postage" chipboard frame on the side. i think of 2 things when i look at this layout. first … i feel like i need to add some more "stuff" … still a lot of blank space on there. second … i think it’s perfect … and done (which counts for something).

and it was fitting to journal about cards today … seeing as i took all mine to the post office this afternoon. i wanted to take them in and make sure the postage was ok on them. since a few had bulkier items like buttons and brads … i wanted to make sure they weren’t considered irregular shaped or anything. can you imagine mailing them off … only to have them come back to you?  but then the dude told me that it would cost me an extra 17 cents each … and then i was just irritated. lol! this is a little postal annex that i have gone to occasionally (thinking it won’t be busy) … and for some reason i’m not always convinced the dude is telling me the truth. lol! things have always gotten mailed after i drop them off … but i still give him the "are you serious" look when he answers my questions!