I had used this card for a women's retreat back in November, but felt that the original was a bit too busy. So when I was making up the last few extras yesterday, I changed up the design a bit. I added the real red oval behind the saying to make it pop out, moved the large snowflake to the upper right hand corner and completely did away with the smaller ones, as well as removing the silver cord. I really think I like this simpler version better. The paper is cute, but busy all by itself. My original, while a big hit with the ladies at the retreat, (many of whom went out and bought all of the supplies to make their own at home!!) just seemed to have too much stuff competing for the eye's attention. Some times simpler really is better! but I still wanna have all the supplies at home to do the more complicated stuff!!!
The wonderful papers came from the Autumn Leaves Winter Garden paper pack I found at Target. The snowflake is from some party confetti I found there as well. This card is great for a punch class since 3 were used in addition to the scallop edge scissors. The main image is popped up with foam tape. Also, the entire thing, including rhinestone, still fits with the standard mailing rates! Always a plus at this time of year!!