Finished Christmas cards

I finally got round to finishing this years Christmas cards and I'm really pleased with how they've turned out. 

I tried the Chine Colle but it didn't work on the card stock I was using, it buckled and warped but its another good learning curve. 

Stupidly I also didn't spend long enough working out which bit of the card to print on and ended up printing the first 10 cards on the back and not the front, but I've cut these up to use as gift tags.

Failed Chine Colle and printed on the reverse

Printed on the right side

I decided to hand paint the baubles in the end, as this particular print on the white card is a bit stark and boring without any additional colour.

Hand painted baubles

Printed on orange card and stuck onto 4" brown card stock

Finished cards

My favourite cards are the little orange 4" ones but I think just a plain print on the brown card would also look lovely. Next year maybe, I already have more than enough for my needs for this year.