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No More Excuses: Cut Above Kits Make Handmade Easy-Peasy

(Sorry for the glare on the pic! Still taking Smartphone pics...) I am not generally a fan of pre-fab card kits. I don't know if that makes me a "handmade card snob" but I don't care. I love designing cards from scratch. It is my preference. That being said, I did order CTMH's Cut Above Christmas card kit (Z2064) and the coordinating Merriest Christmas stamp set (B1468). I decided to put the cards together last night, while watching television. Included in the kit are : 10 – 7" × 5" Printed Card Bases (very nice quality!) 10 – Printed Banners 10 – Colonial White Deer 10 – Red Sparkles 12 – 3-D Foam Squares 10 – Glitter Paper Pieces 10 – Coordinating Envelopes 4 yards Red and White Baker's Twine (more than enough to make the 10 cards!) Supplies I used (in addition to what was in the kit): - Adhesive : I used Liquid Glass (Z679) to adhere Rudolph to the glitter cardstock, as I find most other adhesives don't hold well to the glitte