So, this year, since I was visiting my PA family in early December, I had the idea to create 3-D Christmas cards, instead of the normal mailed ones. This way I could embellish like crazy because I would be hand-delivering them.
In my large family, over the years, we would all get together right after Christmas and we would all bring small gifts, many homemade, or handmade. When I had my flower shop in PA, it would always be some type of floral arrangement that I would bring. But now I put those talents to paper-crafting. So naturally, this year, they all got something I crafted from paper. And as you can see, I also brought what I learned from floral design about tailoring each arrangement to the recipient.
I have a lot of siblings, and here are the nine 3-D Christmas cards that I made.
For sister, Ann, who decorates her little house to the hilt. 
For sister, Sara, who loves paper-crafting and Christmas cards as much as me. 
For brother, Tom, who plays the harp and ordered the largest poinsettia our flower shop had every year for his wife. 
For sister (in-law), Sandy, our quilter extraordinaire. 
For sister, Betty, who decorates for Christmas with tons of lights. 
For sister, Mary, who loves singing, especially Christmas carols. 
For brother, Rob and wife Robin, who enjoy the winter snow. 
For sister, Ellen, who enjoys and shares pictures of her gardens, even in the snow. 
This one includes three things Terry loves: wine, coffee and buffalo check.
The last one I gave out was to Terry on Christmas eve, and she was wearing a shirt that said “Eat, drink and be merry”. How crazy is that! I love my family. We’re all so different and yet so alike. And I suppose the older we get, the better we know them.
The base for all the 3-D cards was this box from the Dollar Tree. I had to scrape off the glitter from the front. However, since it became the back of the box, I could get away with covering it. And then I used the back of the box as the front, which gave me almost an inch depth to embellish in, and pop things up.
I sure hope you enjoyed this post, and maybe got some great ideas.