Of Bluebirds and Roses

Christmas in July!

I participated in Angelina's Christmas card and tag swap, and thought you might like to see what I created. My swap partner was the very sweet and talented Cheryl of RoseyPoseyConfections, and I'll be sharing what she sent me in a future post!

We were to make four tags:

And four cards:
Here is a closeup of some of the tags I made:

And the cards:
The card below is the very first one I made for the swap, and probably the most fun to create. I made a *base* from vintage postcard images, then added the image of the couple at the piano. I aged a little scrap of paper on which I printed a copy of "The Christmas Waltz" music, and then added some 3D poinsettias, and the bits of velvet and netting, etc., on the left to appear as it was part of a corsage the lady might have worn that night.

I hand-painted holly around the border for the Santa one, and also hand-painted each of the envelopes to co-ordinate with the cards.


I added some hand-painted roses and such to the tag with the little pink girl (below right), too.




A very fun swap, since I LOVE Christmas!!

Thanks, Angelina, for organizing the swap, and thanks to Cheryl, my terrific swap partner!