Christmas Card Swap Gallery

[geekgirl]

Post your Christmas cards here.

Swap thread

geekgirl	5	bluebird, PhoenixFireDesign, camelama, wittychild, goatgoddess	12/5/22	goatgoddess 12/11, bluebird 12/11, phoenixfiredesign 12/13, camelama 12/18, wittychild 12/15
camelama	5	bluebird, Smmarrt, geekgirl, curiousfae, Myrthena	12/10/22	curiousfae 12/14, bluebird 12/14, geekgirl 12/14, smmarrt 12/13
Cindy	3	wittychild, Myrthena, Mvanrh11	12/1/22	myrthena 12/9, wittychild 12/17
Myrthena	4	Smmarrt, curiousfae, PhoenixFireDesign, AudiobookLover	11/29/2022	smmarrt 12/13, audiobooklover 12/12, curiousfae 12/14, phoenixfiredesign 12/14
Mvanrh11	2	bluebird, curiousfae	12/4/22	bluebird 10/17, curiousfae 10/16
wittychild	5	PhoenixFireDesign, Whistlefish, Cindy, AudiobookLover, curiousfae	12/3/22	audiobooklover 12/12, cindy 12/10, curiousfae 12/14, whistlefish 12/15
Whistlefish	4	megwell, AudiobookLover, geekgirl, mvanrh11	12/2/22	audibooklover 12/7, megwell 12/6, geekgirl 12/17
PhoenixFireDesigns	5	megwell, Smmarrt, Cindy, camelama, Whistlefish	11/30/2022	cindy 12/12, smmarrt 12/6, megwell 12/5
curiousfae	5*	Myrthena, camelama, megwell,wittychild, Smmarrt. goatgoddess	11/30/2022	smmarrt 12/7, megwell 12/6, goatgoddess 12/5, myrthena 12/134
Smmarrt	4*	bluebird, camelama, Whistlefish, PhoenixFireDesign, goatgoddess	12/3/2022	bluebird 12/8, phoenixfiredesigns 12/7, goatgoddess 12/11
bluebird	5	Cindy, curiousfae, AudiobookLover, geekgirl, megwell	12/1/22	curiousfae 12/6, audibooklover 12/7, megwell 12/5, geekgirl 12/8, cindy 12/15
megwell	5*	bluebird, PhoenixFireDesign, wittychild, geekgirl, goatgoddess	12/2/22	bluebird 12/8, goatgoddess 12/5, phoenixfiredesigns 12/7, geekgirl 12/8
AudiobookLover	4	wittychild, camelama, Myrthena, Whistlefish	11/30 and 12/1	myrthena 12/7, camelama 12/15, wittychild 12/15, whistlefish 12/15
Goatgoddess	5	geekgirl, smmarrt, curiousfae, kwality, megwell	12/1/22	smmarrt 12/10, kwality 12/6, curiousfae 12/6, megwell 12/5, geekgirl 12/8
kwality570	1	goatgoddess	12/2/22	goatgoddess 12/17

[megwell (Megan (she/her))]

I have cards already ! I’m hiding the photos with drop downs just so other recipients can be surprised if they want; nothing risqué here .

From @bluebird

oooh!

From @PhoenixFireDesigns

wow!

From @goatgoddesss

christmas!

Thanks so much for a great first haul! Now to get the tree up so I have somewhere to put them.

[wittychild (Jen 🇨🇦)]

What a great start to the gallery!

[PhoenixFireDesigns (May (aka That Crazy Tree of Life Pendant girl))]

For those who get cards from me, there’s a little explanation, but for those who don’t, each is made from an authentic, antique postcard I’ve non-destructively mounted onto another card. Most have original writing/stamps/postmarks dating between about 1913 - 1926. I wanted to use find a way to reuse them that preserved their originality but still let them live a second life..

[curiousfae (Kelli she/her)]

That’s a clever idea @PhoenixFireDesigns !

Beautiful start to the gallery. Festive!
@bluebird beautiful ornaments. Nice shading. Are they watercolor ?

@goatgoddesss lovely tree. Did you hand letter that?

[AIMR (Linda -2024 Choose Projects that You Want to Do :us:)]

I bought a bunch of those holders last year when you posted your beautiful cards! It is such a good idea and I have tons of old cards that could use more love before they are recycled!

[goatgoddesss (Debra)]

how pretty - love the idea of reusing something old to be new again - PhoenixFireDesigns

bluebird those are so lovely - very nicely done.

[goatgoddesss (Debra)]

I also got some cards they are so very cool

Megwell - fuzzy sweater vibes, its so textured looking - love it!

curiousfae - love how it looks like planets, with the details, so very cool.

[bluebird]

Yes, it’s watercolor.

[AudiobookLover]

Such lovely cards!

@bluebird, I like the combination of painting and drawing for your cards.

@PhoenixFireDesigns, what a clever idea to breathe new life into old cards!

@goatgoddesss, I love the sky background on your card and the use of different shades of green in your tree, it really adds depth.

@megwell, great use of a masterboard to create a unique, fun and Christmas-y sweater!

@curiousfae, I’m not sure what watercolor technique you used, but I like how it turned out!

[megwell (Megan (she/her))]

And today I received from @curiousfae and @Whistlefish! Photos tomorrow because it’s already properly dark here, but they’re amazing. Thanks for a great swap, friends!

[curiousfae (Kelli she/her)]

I tried to do that salt trick to get the paint to explode and move (the technique has a name that I can’t recall ) but it didn’t really work. But I do like how it made it look like sparkles or highlights a bit.

[curiousfae (Kelli she/her)]

I recd two lovely cards

From @goatgoddesss

And @bluebird

Both are such beautiful watercolors.

Thank you! And thanks for sending a little message with them. I totally wish I would have added one as well. It was so nice!

[PhoenixFireDesigns (May (aka That Crazy Tree of Life Pendant girl))]

My first two cards arrived today!

From @Smmarrt

From @megwell

Thank you both!

[Myrthena (marijke)]

I got a first card from @AudiobookLover
It so pretty and all that work for the glitters.
Even the envelope was adapted to the Christmas period.
Thank you

[AudiobookLover]

You’re welcome . I’m glad it made it to you safely. That traveled quickly for international mail!

[Myrthena (marijke)]

Yes, it did. Normally from here to the US it takes for a normal letter 10 days

[AudiobookLover]

I received two fun and festive cards today!

First off is this cute card from @bluebird featuring three little blue birds checking out Christmas lights:

Next up is a very sparkly cross stitched card made by @Whistlefish.

It’s hard to tell in the pic, but there are a lot of sparkly accents in the cross stitch including the wine and wine bottle.

(It was really difficult to catch the sparkles with the camera).

Whistlefish’s card also came in a handmade envelope.

Thank you both so much! They are going straight up onto the fridge so I can smile every time I see them .

[megwell (Megan (she/her))]

Photos as promised:

From curiousfae:

woohoo!

And Whistlefish:

pretty!

Thanks again!

[Kwality570]

I received this gorgeous card from @goatgoddesss. It’s up on my fridge so I can see it every day!

Beautiful Card

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