Christmas Card Swap Blog Hop

The best way to brighten a person's day is to send them a card
and the holidays give everyone the perfect excuse to do that.
When you add talent to the mix, you have the perfect
hand made holiday card to brighten any day.

That is what this hop is about.
We have gathered some of the most talented card makers
around to bring holiday joy to each other while showing
off their talents. Some of the crafters know each other
while others have met for this first time in the
Christmas Card Swap group.

Today some of the these wonderful ladies will showing
the cards they made. We hope you will join us to
see how talented these crafters are and to get
inspiration and ideas for your own holiday cards.

Please begin your hopping at
Lorby's World (http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com)
for she has a drawing with some special holiday
bling and string to give one lucky winner.
All the details on how to get qualified are on her blog.

Now on with the cards and holiday cheer...

I made the following cards for this swap
(and another swap)....  the svg file to create
this card came from Samantha Walker Designs

Here is a close up....

After piecing the svg files together, I embossed Santa's
beard using a swirly Cuttlebug embossing folder.
Then added white flock to his hat and green and red
stickles to the holly.  This was a super easy card to create
and I think they turned out fantastic!  I will be mailing them
out to the talented crafters in my group, first thing tomorrow.

For the inside of the card, I heat embossed the sentiment.

Thank you for hopping today and
please continue on to Sandra's blog HERE!

 In case you get lost along the way,
here is the complete line up for the hop.

1. Jearise ~ http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
2. Melissa Pinter ~ http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com
3. Shelly Lynn ~  http://kccroppers.blogspot.com  <<< YOU ARE HERE!
4. Sandra Merritt ~ http://merritt-vergaray-connection.blogspot.com/ 
5. Dena Jones ~ http://missdjones.blogspot.com/
6. Shawnee ~ http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com
7. Beth ~ http://motherdaughterdesigns.blogspot.com
8. Tonya ~ http://www.creativeaddictiontopaper.blogspot.com/
9. Ashley W ~ http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com
10. Dana T ~ http://danascraftycorner.blogspot.com
11. Sharon ~ http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/

Happy Holidays!!

~ Shelly Lynn ~