Making a start on the Christmas cards

As the weather is so lousy today I thought that I would make an early start on my Christmas cards. I have been making all my own cards for the last 3 years and I always get comments on how relatives and friends enjoy seeing them which makes it worthwhile.

I haven't decided on a design for them all so making a few samples to see what the family think.
This is what I have come up with so far. Both of them use the "Season of Joy" set of stamps from Stampin  Up. Please let me know what you think.

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