Monday, December 7, 2009

A JTL Card


On Saturday, I had finished ALL of my Christmas cards - except for TWO! I REALLY needed a break from making Christmas cards but I wanted to get them all in the mail by Sunday.
SO.............I was in Hobby Lobby last week and saw some patterned Christmas paper I really needed (not really, but that sounded good, didn't it). Anyway, I bought a couple of sheets and got it home and decided I didn't like it. I left it out of my work table and the more I looked at it the more I liked it! By Saturday, I was IN LOVE with it.

Instead of a CAS (clean and simple) card, I made a JTL (JUST TOO LAZY) card! I'm calling it that because all I did was take a burgandy card, add the patterned paper to it, stamped and matted the sentiment, and added ribbon. I actually think it came out very nice...... After making my card I was checking one of the blogs I follow and found a card similiar to it (same paper) over at Susan's Day Off Creations. She did a wonderful job on the card she made with the same paper.

The bottom line though is that I did finish all the cards and they were mailed yesterday as planned! Whoopee!!!!!!! Now I get to start on some stocking stuffers - and Sock Monkeys (FIVE of the little critters)!

Thanks for stopping by.................


Lynn

11 comments:

Patty Gorka said...

Beautiful Christmas card, love that pattern paper. I'm almost finished with my Christmas cards as well and I'm so happy that I didn't wait until the last minute this year.

Shelly Schmidt said...

Fantastic card- I love the look of CAS, but find it challenging, I am not sure why...I cannot stop..... I love the paper you used. TFS

Susan (peebsmama) said...

I really like your description of JTL instead of CAS. I do feel that way this year. I like your sentiment and the big bow.

Spelled With An I said...

Sometimes JTL wins out. I love the results.

Lynn McAuley said...

Your Just-Too-Lazy card is delightful!! You can't go wrong with great paper and shiny ribbon!

Pat (mspfd) said...

I am jealous! I've barely made a dent in my holiday cards. Lucky you to have mailed yours already. Love your C&S design. It's not lazy, it's delightful!

Unknown said...

Lovely card Lynn! I like that paper you used!

Cindy said...

What a wonderful card!!! I didn't make any of my own Christmas cards this year!! I'm such a slacker!!

Vicki said...

Love that paper! I saw it too! I had to reign myself in as I have too much already! You did a great job with it! Blessings to you!

Nancy said...

I think this paper is wonderful!! Wish we had a Hobby Lobby in Canada so I could go looking for it!

Laura said...

LOL,Love how you Came up with JTL .Love that.Those are my favorite specialy during the holidays.DP Is sooo pretty.