Tuesday Tip: Don't Get Rid of Those Holiday Cards Just Yet!

Getting my Tuesday post up a bit later than I had hoped, but for a good reason. After hearing yet another story about photos being lost my computer was consumed last night with backing up all our photos online. I tried to simultaneously blog but it just wasn't happening.

I was struck this year by how cool the designs were on many of the holiday cards we received. I've flagged a few of them for design inspiration. I don't want to share the actual cards here without my friends' permission, so I'm pulling the stock images from the card companies' websites so that I can share with you here my three favorite designs. I haven't made anything inspired by them yet, but ideas from these cards are bound to turn up here sooner or later! :)

1. I loved the idea here of placing a title on the photo and replacing one of the letters with a graphic icon. I love how the numbers and peace sign have cut-out lines in their centers, allowing bits of the photo to peek through. I am thinking this type of effect would be pretty easy to replicate with my Cameo. This card is a Petite Lemon card from Shutterfly:

2. I adore the diagonal lines on this one and the fun filmstrip look. This is Pottsdesign card from Shutterfly:

3.  Imagine my surprise when I received this card from a non-scrapbooking friend, who had chosen one of Kim Morgan's (a former fellow Write.Click.Scrapbook. team member) designs from Minted! :) I love the positive/negative effect with the red and white snowflakes and love all the white space:

Forget Pinterest, I think I need to start browsing all of the card websites for design inspiration! Did you get or give a card this year that provides good design inspiration? If so, leave the link to it in the comments here!