Handmade....Almost

 Lee and I decided to do a Christmas card swap. She got hers mailed to me promptly and on time. This is the gorgeous card she sent to me....

It has layers of collage, sparkly jewels and beautiful colors. The tree trunks are made from bits of lace! I love it. Thank you, Lee, for suggesting a card swap. I always love getting a piece of your art.

My card, however, was late getting mailed and then it took forever to arrive at its destination! My first idea for the card just wouldn't work out and I must have ruined three or four cards. Then I saw something I had gotten as an advertisement with a magazine and the light bulb went on! I saw what I wanted to make and even though I knew it would be late arriving I began. The card finally made it to Lee so now I can share with you what I did. It's made from junk mail!

Here is the card I sent to her....

What do you mean, it doesn't look like a Christmas card!! 

That's only how it began life but this is how it ended up....

You can't see it in the photos 

but the little square in the center among the stars says "Merry Christmas" 

I used some hand painted papers and some scrapbooking papers to cover all that black, and washi tape to cover the edges of everything. All those little emblems and tiny bottles of Chanel that were hanging on the strings got covered with gold stars. And then it was ready to mail. Since it was so large I didn't have an envelope for it so it just went in a priority mail envelope.

You can make cards from just about anything....even junk mail! Lee, I hope you don't mind that your card had another life before it became your Christmas card.