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I've been hosting a cookie exchange for many years and this year I went with a home made invite. I used red and green glitter cards. On white cardstock I made fancy edging and used a santa stamp which I then colored parts of him with colored pencils. I finshed him off with a piece of white cotton for the tip of his hat. The picture of santa is raised off the card to have a 3-D effect. On the inside of the card, which I stamped with red holly and berries, I used my "holiday gathering stamp" ( I use every year since one of my guests gave it to me as a gift) which I stamped on red cardstock.

One of my traditions is to display my invitation on the dessert table, which if you look closely you can see it among the sweets.

I hope you like them as much as I enjoyed making them.

Tricia Becker from Hatboro, PA
http://www.cookie-exchange.com/exchanges/2008/becker/index.html