WOYWW 236: the one where she shows her completed Christmas cards

Julia at Stamping Ground is once again hosting WOYWW, the best Wednesday blog hop on the planet.  Click on her name to visit and see links to many, many other Deskers.

Today, however, I'm not at my desk, but in my kitchen so I can spread these cards out.  I used six stamps I showed last week and, after cutting or tearing the images apart, sewed them onto a background.  I mounted each mat onto some green card stock.  I tried to make them all a bit different, but each had a Santa.  I made a total of 12, six of which I sent to "Holiday for Heroes," a sight that collected cards to be given to service personnel.  It is sponsored by the Red Cross, so I knew it was legitimate.

See that black pigment ink pad on the left?  It's no secret I normally only use Staz-on black, but our dear, thoughtful Julia sent this to me, thinking it might help my stamping abilities.  I admit, the ink made the stamping much clearer, but I didn't always get good coverage, because I'm so used to a larger stamp pad.  However, I can see where this ink would be far better for stamping than what I've used in the past.

Here is the front of my tip-ins, too.  Cara asked me what a tip-in is, so I tried to show what they should look like.  I only made six, and need to make four more.  Hopefully, I'll get that done in time to mail them before it's too late.  The backs are also decorated, but I forgot to show the back before these six went in the mail today.

I know some of you will feel cheated, but the only rocking horse today is the one I've stamped.

I'm not normally this talkative, but wanted to get everything in that needed to be said.

Please remember, if you came from Julia's, please, please leave your number.  It worked out really, really well last week!