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The Start of The Holiday Season

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    I went to a couple of business for the first time in a long while recently and noticed that Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas items were all out on the floor at the same time. Aa a side note if you are  an investor I think you could really win with a year around "Holiday Store" where you could shop any holiday at any time of year.  Personally, I like to go the common retail stores for every day items and not have to be reminded of what big money sucking holiday is lurking around the corner ..lol.   The holiday decor did inspire me to start making holiday cards. Every year I say I am going to get enough put together to be able to send them to friends and family and every year I fail. Today, I made my first holiday card for the Fall/Winter season.   I am really enjoying the bird on the sentiment. 

     The stamp set that I used is Taylored Expressions Fluffy Friends - Holiday. There are several other stamps included in the set as well as sentiments, visit the provided link to see them all. I am not affiliated with Taylored Expressions I am just really digging their product line. The images were stamped using my Misti and My Favorite Things Extreme Black ink pad, those are two more items I can't be without in my craft room. The images were colored with  Copic markers 21 of them to be exact, too many to list. It really shouldn't take that many markers but I add layers and then decide I need to deepen the color or lighten it, so the number climbs.  

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