Cards for Next Christmas

Next Christmas I would like to make some gift tags, small gift cards, and note cards to accompany gifts that I would like to include an explanation on.

So once again I am working my way through the things I loved to save them to my hard drive so I have them for next year. And I am only looking at things that I already have the stamps for. Also, I am only copying things that tell me everything they used so that it is easier!

I LOVE the Snowman with a Punch from Stampin' Pretty! I think this will be a note card set for presents next year (we live so far from family that we always do a picture Christmas card of the girls).

For the rest of this post I am looking for ways to use my Deer Friends stamp set that was a Stampin' Up Hostess Set in the second half of last year (it might still be available).

For gift tags and small gift cards I am thinking the following are good options (of course, so will have to be made smaller!):

• Deer Friends Gingerbread Card
• Deer Friends Christmas Ball (I don't have the big scallop punch so I will just cut rounds)
• Christmas Holiday Notes selection (this could actually be a great gift too)
• Holiday Gift Tags - I plan on making these early for us to use but also as a start of Advent gift for some family members, and I also hope to host a gift tag swap with some friends!
• Gift Tags - I love these simple gift tags too!
• More Gift Tags - these are so pretty with the embossing, and you can actually get embossed looking paper now if the idea of embossing scares you (or you have yet to do it successfully like me!)
• Christmas Tags - and with that I will stop looking at gift tags!
  

And I saw a couple crafts that would be a cute gift/present decoration:

• Candy Cane
• Candy Cane Reindeer

And a lot of our friends drink Martinelli's Sparkling Juice and Cider for Christmas and New Year, so THIS would be a great gift! Then again cookie recipes are always great too!

Plus I can see a variation of this card being our family Christmas thank you card for next year!

There is another Christmas stamp set I got this year that I used this year to decorate our Christmas letters, but when I get a chance I will be looking for some ideas for that set too!

(Plus, if I have a plan, when my friends throw stamping parties and I feel like I should really buy something I can get something small that will go with my plan!)