This year, I got more ambitious than ever (read=crazy) and decided to hand make two different sets of Christmas cards. One set for my clients and one set for friends and family. They are finally all out and in the mail, so I am excited to show you what I came up with.

My husband and I record a 4 song Christmas album every year to send out as a little gift to family and friends. It is a fun collaboration- he works on the music and CD design and I come up with the card design. This year, I wanted to combine the CD case and card and here is the final product:

We found a CD envelope template online and chose some digital scrapbooking graphics and my husband worked his magic in photoshop (I am helpless when it comes to graphic design). We popped in one of our favorite photos from the youngrens and voila! Well… not really. Each had to be cut out by hand, folded and glued together. Time consuming, but I love the result.

**Good news! If you are interested in hearing this year’s CD, you can download it for free here: www.davidtoneymusic.com**

For my clients, I wanted to do something simple but pretty. My intern and I designed the card and then I cut out sparkly Joyful letters. My original plan was the card on the left- to create a mini banner. After making one, I decided that would not be very time efficient, so I ran the letters through my xyron instead and just stuck them on.

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