Anyway here are my It's Christmas Ploppers in two different size options. I hope you find something suitable for doing your Christmas Cards this year.

It's Xmas 8×4 Horizontal Cards

It's Xmas 6×4 Horizontal Cards

It's Xmas 8×4 Vertical Cards

It's Xmas 6×4 Vertical Cards

Rather make them yourself? Now is the time you get started so it isn't a last minute rush. Check out my It's Xmas Value Collection and Merry Brr Page kit and Alpha

Have you tried Printing labels?

I have a lot of cards to send and hand writing all the addresses would give me a serious case of RSI even if I didn't have Arthritis in my hands, so I enter all my addresses in a database which I keep up to date during the year. Keeping it up to date as you get new addresses saves a lot of headache at the end of the year when you have to find your great aunts new address or check whether anyone has moved. I do try and keep them up to date, but you never know when Mum knows and I don't!

If you don't have a database program you can even use a spreadsheet to export and print your labels or another easy way is to have it ready to print in a word document. My Mum uses this method and it is super easy and less complicated than maintaining a database. If you can use word, you can maintain a few pages of labels. Avery also have templates for word, the Word Avery Template wizard and they have other great products to make your label printing easy. Unistat also have software to help make label printing easy.

I really want to keep all my addresses in outlook, which I do, I just wish Microsoft would make it easier to export them. The export option exports every field, most of which you don't use.. so you have to clean up the export before you can use it. I did find this program by Code Two which helps you to export your chosen fields.

One advantage of using a database or spreadsheet for your labels, is that you can use mail merge to personalise all those Christmas letters. Dear Julie and John sounds so much better than Dear Friends & Family. There are many tutorials on the web on how to mail merge in your chosen programs, here is one for merging your data in Excel with your document in Word. It sounds overwhelming at first, but once you get it worked out it is so much easier and faster than hand typing all those names on each Christmas letter.

I also have stickers made up with our address and phone number on them so everyone always gets our up to date address and number every year. I had clear ones made so it looks good on any colour envelope. If you have them made in bulk they can be quite reasonably priced. In a pinch I have printed our return address on labels when I was out of my address stickers. If you can be bothered fussing with your printer you can print your addresses directly on your envelopes, but I have found it fiddly and fraught with paper jams. Unless you have a printer that prints on envelopes really well, I wouldn't recommend this method. It does however most definitely look better and is cheaper, providing paper jams don't wreck too many envelopes!

Don't be afraid to get out those digital scrapbook graphics to decorate and personalise your Christmas letters, I love nothing better than digging through my digital scrapbook supplies for my letter decorations. It makes writing the letter so much fun, and I think more fun to read as well.

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Check them out! Now available in store at DSP!

Just completed during my Be-Muse-Me challenge at DSP. Thanks to everyone who helped with your suggestions to design the kits!

The coordinating kit Vintage Spring Too is available as a separate…

Or save money and get the value collection!

Now also available is my Stamp Cluster Frames. These were a part of the DSP scavenger hunt but for those of you who missed out can now buy it in the store and just happens to coordinate beautifully with the Vintage Spring Kits!

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And some new Value collections of some great kits!

Also added to the store recently was the add on for my pack Dusty Hues.

As well as a plopper!

And another plopper created with the Gilded Romance Kit and Add On Pack.

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My original P365 Essentials Page kit has been very popular so I decided to make a second volume to co-ordinate with the first kit.

To coordinate with both this kit and the original P365 Essentials kit, I have created some gorgeous doodley word art for days of the week!

And to round it all out a bit further and to make doing those P365 pages super easy, check out this instant album!

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Have you ever wanted to add some ink to your layouts, well now is your chance! I have just added a set of Inked Edges Stamps to the store at DSP. The stamps come in both .png and .abr photoshop brush format within the set, for maximum usage options. The black .png images are easy to recolour or to create into brushes in your own program of choice, or if you have photoshop, just load the brush set and you are ready to go! A must have item for any die hard digiscrapper!

I have a new add on pack now available to coordinate with my Gilded Romance Page kit. I was really happy with how this add on came out and think it will make a great addition to the page kit!

I have another Add On Pack which coordinates with my Fresh Chic Page Kit. There is currently a What A Bonus! challenge running in the DSP forums where you can win this add on pack for posting a layout in the DSP gallery with the Fresh Chic Page Kit. See this forum thread for details. Don’t have time to do the challenge, not a problem, the Add On Pack is available in the DSP store!

Need to get some week overview layouts done fast! Check out my latest Quick Click Template available in the DSP store! Perfect for your P365 projects and for getting a weeks worth of photos  or photo a day projects done FAST!

This add on pack coordinates with my Remember This Page Kit. With beautiful poppies featured, both sets are perfect for heritage layouts, rememberance day,  feminine or just plain country style CLIK CHIC.

I hope you have been able to pick up some bargains during the DSP 5th Birthday sale! There are still products on sale for the celebrations so why not check them out while you are there!

A layout of our two adorable children, with Funky Munky

A re-release of a favourite kit of mine, Ala Pink. With new bits added, and an add on pack due out VERY soon!

I have started another Be-Muse-Me Challenge in the forums at DSP, a colour palette has been chosen from member suggestions, and I will be building the kit based on member suggestions. Why not join in for your chance to win the kit, and later on the posting bonus!

Choc Watermelon Add On Pack

The co-ordinating Add On Pack to go with the Choc Watermelon Page Kit.

It’s a New Day Page Kit and Add On Pack, created with the help of the participants of the first Be-Muse-Me Challenge!

It's A New Day Page Kit

It's A New Day Add On Pack

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