christmas cards

What is Christmas without Santa, Gifts and Christmas cards? Christmas cards have been around since 1843 when Sir Henry Cole of London commissioned one. He had also introduced the Penny Post three years earlier. There has been a steady decline in the number of Christmas Cards sent out through snail mail in recent years. However, the number is still close to 2 billion cards a year.

Official Christmas cards started going out in the 1840s and in 1953 US President Dwight D Eisenhower sent out the first official White House Christmas card. During his years as president, George W. Bush sent out over 1 million Christmas Cards. However, sending Christmas cards is a costly endevour for us mere mortals. 

A whole new genre of Christmas cards started in the late 1990s when the internet and email became popular. And there are many websites dedicated to Christmas Ecards. Some of the most popular ones are American Greetings and Hallmark who also have large print presence. However, the advent of ecards has inevitably led to christmas card spam.

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• Christmas Greetings Simple Snowflake

  
  My Creative Corner! — Authority: 127
  I wanted to make some cards this week and I wanted to make them a bit simpler than the cards I had been making. The gals who come over to stamp like my cards but dont always want to do all those layers. And you know me, I LOVE layers!!!So for this card I thought I would try to keep it a bit simpler. I used the ...
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• Christmas Countdown.....Already??

  
  Happy Healthy Families — Authority: 415
  
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• Blog Post Winner and todays Christmas Card

  
  Paper Expressions — Authority: 125
  I am going to be giving out RANDOM prizes at random times to people who post a comment on my blog. (email doesnt count) I wont announce it, I will just choose a name from the current comments section and they will win a prize ! The winner is: tina moore said: Gorgeous projects - how did you make the boxes with handles ...
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• Snow Kids

  
  Addicted to Stamping — Authority: 117
  If youve been on my blog before you may have noticed I LOVE punch art. The new ornament die makes perfect heads so I couldnt resist making a couple of snow kids. I used Whisper White craft ink to stamp snowflakes from the Delightful Decorations stamp set and removed stones from the small rhinestone brads to use in ...
  22 hours ago

• Floral Tree

  
  Paula, Paulita — Authority: 127
  These November days are not good. By the time that I get round to take photos of last night card it is too dark to take daylight photos, so I end up with bad photos like the one above. Granted the card is not my best one -nor my worst one either- but still the photo does not justice to the card. I use Dawn Petlers ...
  23 hours ago

• Are we there yet…?

  
  Sarah Klass — Authority: 117
  L ook, I’m sorry, I promise to extract this large buzzing bee from my bonnet very shortly, but I thought I’d give it one last crack based on some further comments on the last post (thanks Karen and Di !) But before I show you the last effort, can I just say how much fun I’ve had watching the comments bounce ...
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• Prancer!

  
  Card Felt Greetings — Authority: 426
  Aww! isnt he cute? I have had this stamp for quite a while now and I just have not used him. So this is the first time ol Prancer has seen ink. Speaking of ink, I accidentally left the lid off my oure poppy ink pad last night...Damn! This dry out reallu quick with out the lid....I guess I will be adding a reinker to ...
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• Trendy Christmas Card – revisited

  
  Sarah Klass — Authority: 117
  S o I took some of your advice from the comments on my last post and made some changes to my Trendy Trees Christmas card. In fact, as it turns out, I took almost all of your advice… I’m not sure what I think about it, so at the risk of my stampin’ confidence, I’m throwing it out there again… And ...
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• Ive Been iPick

  
  De Stampin' Corner — Authority: 121
  Wow! Ive been iPick from Nancy over at iStamp for these cards! Thats so exciting! Thanks Nancy! Head on over to her blog and see all the other projects she picked. They are all very pretty. Happy Stamping! Deanna
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• Seil Island Christmas Craft Fair

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 144
  [ December 6, 2009; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Seil Island Community Hall on 6th December from 11.00am to 4.00pm will see the Seil Island Christmas Craft Fair.Something of a draw all by themselves are the light lunches, cakes, coffee and tea - vital sustenance during a few hours of browsing the spectrum of products Seill ...
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• SOL with a twist..

  
  A Lil' bit of me... — Authority: 126
  After having missed last week’s SOL I was determent to join in with this one and it was organised by Martha. As the title suggest it wasn’t a normal straight forward card, but one with a fab fold I sure gone wrong plenty of times.. but a couple of changes here and there and am thrilled with the end result! ...
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• Dashing thru the snow.....

  
  Paper Expressions — Authority: 125
  Dasher... isnt he just gorgeous, elegant and fine!? I used DASHER, this is a SINGLE stamp # 116816 for $8.95 page 208 in the Current Idea Book & Catalog. I embossed him with versamark and gold embossing powder. Isnt he elegant and gorgeous? My new favorite stamp! So many possibilities my poor brain cant store them ...
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• The “B” Family + Outside family portraits

  
  Heather Cole Photography — Authority: 103
  What do you get when you have an awesome family + awesome light + AWESOME LOVE. I’ll tell ya - you get ONE AMMMAAZZZING photoshoot. Oh Rylee..could you be any cuter. Avery I could EAT YOU UP!!! She’s all about giving me a pose. SISTERS!! I picture Olivia and Jillian doing this ...
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• Taylored Expressions Sketch #90

  
  My crafty days off — Authority: 112
  A quick post from me this AM before the start of another really busy week! This card is for another Taylored expressions Friday Sketch Here is this weeks sketch: Here is my simple card: Made this really quick, clean & simple card yesterday. All paper & images are PTI. I added red Stickles to the ...
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• Custom Business Holiday Cards to Satisfy Anyone and Everyone

  
  Spray Paint Car Blog — Authority: 152
  Sending out business holiday christmas cards can be a tricky task. Some just seem so impersonal. And, there are so many different ways to celebrate the holidays it can be hard to know what kind of card to choose. Luckily for you there is a great selection of corporate holiday christmas cards that will steer you in the ...
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• Christmas Calendar Cards – Style and Practicality Never Looked So Good

  
  blabstr.com — Authority: 162
  Its a time honored tradition to send a calendar just before the new year. Long time ago christmas calendar greeting cards got into the act when businesses saw a great opportunity to touch base with their clients. Now, business holiday calendar cards are popular with everyone. Luckily, there are designs of every ...
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• Traditional Colours Seasons Greetings Card

  
  De Stampin' Corner — Authority: 121
  Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a great weekend! We didnt do much this weekend cause it rained everyday. I made this card using the Serene Snowflakes stamp set. I wanted to do the snowflakes in red and it turned out great. There are still the white snowflakes on the background so it is still kind of a ...
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• rrrrrrrrrrruffles!

  
  Card Felt Greetings — Authority: 426
  Kind of a boring card but hey I had to try the ruffles with my ribbon and I likes it!!
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• TPE Challenge #40 Thankful

  
  The Pink Petal — Authority: 108
  This weeks theme challenge at The Pink Elephant is "thankful". I decided to make garland/a banner to hang from our fireplace mantle. I used a paper pack I got from SU last year to cover my chipboard letters. I also used the Wildflower Kids Tom the Turkey which I colored with my Copics. I love my Copics but I so ...
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• Christmas Card- Day One with Kathy Jones

  
  JustRite Stampers — Authority: 122
  This week Kathy Jones our JustRite Design Team Member from Australia is joining us as our guest blogger. You will want to pop on over today to Kathys personal blog -Inspired to Stamp because she has been playing with her new stamp sets from the November Release that just arrive Down Under late last week. She has two ...
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