Friday, November 11, 2011

12 Days of Christmas Card #5 (and a surprise!)

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Thanks for coming by today!

Hugs,

284 comments:

  1. Beautiful card. You are right, it is striking. I've never heard of this cart before. Thanks for showing the images on the back and how well they coordinate with your stamps! My fav thing about Christmas is all the lights. I could sit in our den with the tree lights on and stare at it for hours. LOL Hugs! :) Janis

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  2. Wow I don't think I've ever been the 1st to comment. My favorite thing about Christmas is of course the Baby Jesus being born and then having family over to celebrate.

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  3. What a beautiful card. So simple, but stunning! My favorite thing about Christmas is actually Christmas Eve. My family has a what we call a White Christmas. Everything we eat is white... and Swedish! It is a tradition that I grew up with and will continue now that I am an adult. There is nothing more special that being with family. (But the food is so good too!)

    cherie.goyer at gmail.com
    http://oneheartscrapper.blogspot.com

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  4. Soooooo pretty! My favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with family and friends creating new and sharing out memories!

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  5. Hi Mary,

    I love how quick and easy this card is. It just beautiful. My absolute favorite thing about Christmas is having my family altogether in one place enjoy the day and celebrating the birth of our Savior.

    I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
    Hugs,
    Saundra
    luvscrappingtogether at gmail dot com

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  6. I love that card. My favorite thing about christmas besides being around family is driving around to see all the christmas lights and watching christmas movies.

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  7. My favorite thing about Christmas is all the lights... everyone decorating their houses, trees ... Thank you for the chance to win that cool cart...
    The Scrapbooking Queen

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  8. My favorite thing about Christmas is celebrating the birth of Jesus, and spending the day with family. Thank you for the great giveaway.

    sarahagen@hotmail.com

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  9. What a beautiful card. I love the dove.

    My favorite thing about Christmas is sitting with my family each night from December 1 to Christmas day reading stories of the season. It's a great way for us to spend some quality time with the kids.

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  10. Great card... my favorite thing about Christmas is all of it... spending time with family and friends, decorating the tree, hanging lights, baking, shopping, and the list goes on. This is my favorite time of year! Thanks for the chance....

    netter at msn dot com

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  11. What a beautiful card! I love how simple it is but so pretty.
    My favorite thing about Christmas is Christmas morning. It's so much fun to see my daughter wake up and get so excited about it all.

    iluvkatie74atyahoodotcom

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  12. My favorite thing about is Christmas are the family gatherings. I'm lucky enough to see most of my family everyday, but there is just something special about spending time with grandkids, etc. on Christmas Eve.

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  13. Really beautiful card! I love the colors together. I just love spending the time with my family. I host Christmas every year at my house- so it is always a themed menu and games- my son comes from Colorado and my sister and family come from California. My Daughter lives here with her husband and my granddaughter, who is 21 months. I just enjoy being together- there are usually about 18 of us at my house- great fun!

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  14. My favorite thing about Christmas is family getting together. We may be spread out across the country but we always get together around Christmas. My parents love nothing more than a house full of family!

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  15. Awesome card! My favourite thing about Christmas is...all of it! Decorating, family time, teaching my children about Christ's birth, turkey, mashed potatoes, shortbread cookies, Christmas music...

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  16. That card was beautiful! Clean and simple. I loved it. My favorite thing about Christmas is our family tradition starting Dec 1 till Dec 24 reading stories and scriptures of good will. Every night we read a scripture a short story and sing a Christmas Hymn. It really gets us in the spirt for that blessed Christmas Eve!

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  17. My favorite thing about Christmas is the lights and way the houses/yards are decorated. Can't forget to mention the Christmas carols, either....you know, the ones proclaiming the birth of the Christ child.

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  18. Ooops just realized that I didn't put my e-mail on the previous entry. Sorry.

    scrapbooknut67114 at gmail dot com

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  19. What a simple but elegant card Mary! Thanks for sharing the cartridge and allowing one of us to win one!! My favorte thing about Christmas is the time away from work and kids off school allowing us to just be together and cozy and celebrate the birth of our Savior.

    Linda Schmucker

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  20. my fave part of christmas is christmas day morning spending brunch with friends to see what the kids got for christmas.
    Tanya
    taniwol at yahoo dot com

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  21. Mary,
    Your card is beautiful. I think my favorite thing about Christmas is getting my kids new pj's that they get to unwrap on Christmas Eve. My parents used to do the same thing for us on Christmas Eve and even though you knew what it was already going to be, it was fun to see what Mom and Dad had picked out for us. I try to do the same thing with my kids. I don't just walk in and grab the first pair I see. I spend a lot of time looking for just the right thing. My oldest son is getting Oscar the grouch pj pants and a Oscar t-shirt. My oldest daughter in getting cookie monster pj's. (He's 22 and she's 20 years old) My husband and youngest son are getting a matching pair and my littlest girl and my beautiful daughter-in-law are getting matching hello kitty pj's. Thanks for the opportunity to remember a wonderful Christmas memory.
    God Bless
    Sherry
    needingJesusdaily@hotmail.com

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  22. Oh Mary I love this card! Picking one thing about Christmas but I think it's seeing everyone with bigger smiles and love in their hearts. The affect that Christmas has on most people is beautiful and of course we know that beauty and love starts with Him! Thank you for sharing.

    mimi2trentdrew.blogspot.com

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  23. Hi Mary what a beautiful card!! My favorite thing about Chrismas is spending time with Family!! Thanks for the chance to win!!!
    Dana

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  24. Beautiful card Mary. My favorite thing about Christmas is the birth of Jesus and spending the holidays with my kids and grandchildren

    mimicaro9650@yahoo.com

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  25. My favorite thing about Christmas is that it is also my brother's birthday. I love that we get to have 2 celebrations of birth on the same day. Also, thank you Mary for your card series. You gave me the courage to make my own Christmas cards this year using last year's series. I'm storing away this year's to help me for the 2012 Christmas season. Blessings to you for all your generosity. Becky

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  26. One thing I love about Christmas is celebrating with family and friends the birth of Jesus.

    Thank you for the chance to win this cartridge.

    Cyndi

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  27. What a beautiful, elegant yet simple card! Love your work Mary.
    My favorite thing about Christmas is celebrating it with my family and remembering the TRUE meaning for the season.
    I spend the first year of my life (and 1st Christmas)at the IWK Hospital in Halifax, NS, Canada. I am so lucky now to be alive after having heart surgery at 9 months and being blessed enough to celebrate it with my husband and our 2 young children!

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  28. Your card is gorgeous - you always do such a great job picking out the right colors to go together!!
    My favorite thing about Christmas is everything leading up to it - baking, crafting, buying/making gifts for people, decorating. . .I just love it:-)
    ikennic at q dot com

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  29. My favorite part of Christmas is spending time with family! Thanks for the chance to win such a great cartridge!
    Dana

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  30. Another beautiful card and simple but elegant. Love how this cart coordinates with your stamp set. Chirstmas is really hard for me since loosing many family members around the holiday season. Once I get into decorating I the began to get excited and love everything about it, even the shopping and celebrating our saviors birth is the most important next to family all getting together.
    Thanks for the great giveaway.
    SlomoMom
    slomomomcbl@gmail.com

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  31. Hi Mary! What a beautiful Christmas card!1 I love the red/black and white!! Beautiful color combo!
    I love this time of year! All the trees and houses decorated, the awesome smell of cookies but my favorite part of Christmas is the look on my boys faces when they come downstairs and see all the presents around the tree! That to me is priceless!!
    Thanks for sharing another beautiful card!
    jessica
    chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
    eschfamily@yahoo.com

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  32. Hi Mary love your peace on earth.I think my
    favorite thing about Christmas is making cards
    for my family and friends.They usually contact
    me and ask me if I made them. Of course I Tell
    them it is cheaper than therapy also tell
    husband this so I can buy more.lol from your new friend Carolyn

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  33. What a beautiful card. My favorite thing about Christmas is everything. Celebrating Jesus birth, spending time with my family, decorating the house, going tree shopping, wrapping gifts and enjoying family dinners. But since I became a Mom - the look and excitement on my boys faces when they wake up Christmas morning and see all the gifts Santa left them - its priceless. :-)

    Thanks for the chance to win.

    Best regards,
    Lillian (rodriguez4@ymail.com)

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  34. My favorite thing about Christmas is the look on my Grandkids faces when they see all the decorations and lights! They remind me of the "wonder" of the season.
    paravella@aol.com

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  35. I love coming to your blog! Your cards are always so pretty and I love seeing your videos. My favorite thing about Christmas is being with family. That is the most important part of any holiday!
    Tracy
    http://scrappininthewoods.blogspot.com

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  36. Your card is so beautiful Mary! Love the simplicity of it yet it is so pretty. My favorite thing about Christmas is putting up my Christmas tree. I love rediscovering all my ornaments and the memories each one has. Thanks for the chance to win.

    Leslie
    cascrapper @ gmail dot com

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  37. I love your cards Mary. My favorite thing about Christmas is ,It's the time my family all get together at my house. for christmas dinner and watch my grandkids open there gifts from grandma & grandpa. Liz
    grandmaliz95@aol.com

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  38. My favorite thing about Christmas is......let's see.....I love everything about Christmas. It is the most wonderful time of the year.
    I love your card and I thank you for the chance to win this cart.

    AnnCarolW@aol.com

    ScrappinTimeGal

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  39. Hi Mary! Love your Christmas card with the Dove! My favorite thing about Christmas is celebrating the birth of Jesus, and spending the day with my family and friends. Thank you for the great giveaway. Hope I win!!

    bobbie65@comporium.net

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  40. I love that card! My favorite thing about christmas is making traditional candies and sweets with my family. Thanks for the chance to win a cute cart.
    Tawny
    mycraftyfam@gmail.com

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  41. Beautiful card!! I didn't think I would need this cartridge, but now, thanks to your enabling and it going so well with your stamp set, I'm rethinking this notion! My favorite thing about Christmas is of course our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and then it is seeing the Grands faces as they open the gifts we get them. And there is always one of them that says, 'Is that all of them?'. I love it!!! :)

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  42. That is such a beautiful/simple card I love the black polka dots! Way to go Mary!My favorite part about Christmas is all the family memories we make each year, I love having all my family together and feasting together! We LOVE our food! With my nephew being a 1 1/2 its great to watch him grow & the memories that we share with him!

    Thanks for this wonderful giveaway!

    <3 Savannah
    simplecricutcrafts@gmail.com

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  43. Mary your cards are beautiful as always!! Thanks for sharing. My favorite thing about Christmas is that we (husband, daughter and me)will be seeing our families. We live in Hawaii and most of our family live in Illinois, so to be able to spend Christmas with them each year is a blessing.

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  44. What I love about Christmas is family time. Seems as my family has grown and spread all over the US, I never know how many or who will be over for the holidays, but that does not matter. Every year it gets more exciting as we celebrate the birth of Jesus.
    thanks for nice giveaway and I love love the card and your stamps!
    Judy
    jashmore1944@att.net

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  45. Hi Mary, Such a sweet card! My favorite thing about Christmas is just seeing the excitement in my children over all the decorations going up and seeing them "camping out" by the Christmas tree. My husband and I also celebrate our anniversary during this season. Love the beautiful red poinsettias everywhere.
    thanks for a chance to win a Christmas Cart!
    SouthernMrs
    at verizon dot net

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  46. My favorite thing about Christmas is all the family time I get. My kids are all grown but we spend lots of time together during the holidays, baking, decorating and shopping. And I love the joy the grandkids all have on Christmas!!

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  47. Mary, another wonderful card in your 12 days of Christmas cards series. Just a great colour combination. My favourite thing about Chrismtas is celebrating with friends & family. It is my MOST favourite time of the year so it is hard to pick just one thing because I really, really enjoy it all.....picking out presents, wrapping them and seeing the joy on their faces as they open them, the carols and the decorations....and mostly the reason for the season....the birth of our Lord.

    Hugs, Heather
    princesspaperprojects at yahoo dot com

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  48. I just love your cards. You make it so simple and pretty. My favorite thing about Christmas is decorating the christmas tree and spending time with family.
    estras1224@yahoo.com

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  49. Thanks for sharing your beautiful card. My favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with my family riding around looking at Christmas lights. Also remembering Jesus Birthday and thanking GOD for giving us the most precious gift his son.

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  50. Love your cards. My favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with my family. I am retired Navy and have spent Thanksgiving and Christmas away from my children. I now cherish every moment I can spend with my family. Barbara (sieving@att dot net)

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  51. Mary,

    Such a beautiful yet simple card. How thoughtful of you to think about your followers and giving a chance t win. My favorite thing about Christmas is having my family together and the enjoyment of seeing the delight and smiles of the little ones as they open their gifts.

    Terry mststoys@ sonic.net

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  52. Mary this is such a beautiful card! My favorite thing about CHRISTmas is spending time with family, the music and gift giving.

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  53. Mary:
    Just a beautiful card. I love this color combo. I have never seen this cartridge. Quite unique. Love the dove. It has a nice shape and easy to cut. I am a nurse, so just being off for Christmas is a blessing. Last year was the first time in over 20 years I was off for Christmas day. My brother in law is a doctor. My family actually celebrates on Christmas eve just because we are both usually working on Christmas. We love all the traditions our family has made over the years.... baking cookies, driving around looking at Christmas lights, shopping, visiting with friends and family.... I love it all.
    Thanks for sharing card #5
    Kgrin

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  54. Very Pretty card.Would love to win! My favorite part is getting out all the decorations including my multitude of snowmen and being together as a family.

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  55. What a beautiful card! My favorite thing about christmas is the birth of our Savior and spending time baking tons of cookies and making candy with my three daughters and teaching my granddaughter how to bake also. TFS and the chance to win. Blessing Deborah

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  56. Beautiful card Mary, I didn't even know you had a surprise at the end...lol. I just love watching all of your videos! Your card is striking. The favorite thing I like about Christmas is, Christ was born first and for most and once you decorate your home, it brings such a warm love and giving spirit into!!!!

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  57. Like the Dove card. Thanks for sharing the size details. My fav thing about Christmas is having my daughter who is a sophomore in college home for the holidays, we go to Mass Christmas Eve, our tradition is to allow daughter to open one present when we come home on Christmas Eve, tradition on Christmas Eve is to eat Pierogies (a Polish dish) and then the big day Christmas Eve with turkey & trimmings. Thanks for giveaway chance for a wonderful Cricut cartridge.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"
    http://CreatedbySunshineHoneyBee.blogspot.com

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  58. Hi Mary! Another awesome card! Simple, yet elegant. Not to mention QUICK!! My favorite thing about Christmas is when our families get together, eat, laugh, and just generally have a good time! The great-niece and -nephew are now at an age that they will enjoy the holiday. Thanks again for the opportunity to win something! You're awesome!

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  59. What a beautiful card!!
    My favorites at CHRISTmas are the CHRISTmas Eve service at church and then reading the CHRISTmas story on CHRISTmas day with my family! (I love CHRISTmas carols, too!!)

    http://debbiesdashofthisandthat.blogspot.com/

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  60. What a beautiful card. This is such a simple card to make. I love your other cards also. The one thing i love about Christmas is having my family all together and the grandchildren opening their presents. Thanks for the chance to win.
    Nancy
    nd524@aol.com

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  61. Beautiful card. Love the stamp set, the font on it is soo pretty.
    My favorite things about Christmas is the true gift that we have all received and it is so nice when we are able to stop in our busy lives to get together with family enjoy our wonderful blessings.
    (:(:Smiles:):)

    Robin
    thecricutscrapper at yahoo dot com

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  62. What a pretty card! The thing I love most about Christmas besides being together with family is all the special Christmas music. Thanks for the chance to win.
    Claudette
    rcabbeatgradotmidcodotnet

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  63. Love love love this simple card! My favorite thing about Christmas is all the family gatherings. It brings me to tears every year just to look around and realize how blessed I am to have them! Thanks for all you do. Merry Christmas! Debbye

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  64. Simple but beautiful card. I love all the work you do and look forward to spending time on your blog everyday. My favorite thing about the holidays is spending time with the family. Thanks for the chance to win this cartridge.

    lanejoy1@windstream.net

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  65. My favorite thing is definately Christmas cake the way my Mom made it and of course her shortbread is a very close second.
    I love your videos and look forward to what you will be making next.
    Carol

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  66. Mary, I love the card. So simple but yet so elegant. What I love most about the season is the festive spirit and sharing the story of the birth of Jesus.
    Thanks for the chance to win a fun cartridge
    Marilyn R
    mjrick1224@yahoo.com

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  67. Wanted to know if you would be so kind as to post a picture of each of the completed Days of Christmas card so I can print what card looks like along with writing the details you have shared. Cannot print a picture of card on the video screen. Thanks.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"
    http://CreatedbySunshineHoneyBee.blogspot.com

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  68. Beautiful card Mary!! I love the looks on my kids faces on Christmas morning, the joy of having my family all together. Thanks for the chance to win
    reissfam10@aol.com

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  69. Cute card! Our favorite thing about Christmas is we pull out a video of past Christmas' and we sit and watch while we have our Christmas breakfast. Sitting as a family and watching how time has gone by with everyone grown up and seeing our reactions at the various gifts is such a great time to spend with family and also we all get to share in the memories at the same time.

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  70. Hi Mary,my favorite part of Christmas is getting together with the family.

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  71. Love the card. Many things about Christmas I love, family togetherness, the lights, giving and receiving, but most important, Jesus.

    ggpitt@yahoo.com

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  72. So beautiful!! I love the dove on your card and all of the colors:) My favorite thing about Christmas is on Christmas morning when my kids wake up and first walk to the Christmas tree , and I capture there faces, such a joy they bring me.

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  73. What a beautiful card. Simple but very elegant. What I love about Christmas are the decorations and spending time with the family. Thank you for sharing.

    Eida

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  75. Love the card & would love to win the Cartridge! Favorite thing about Christmas is getting together with family & friends. My grand-daughter & I love to see decorated houses & light displays! cyndi.eck@gmail.com

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  76. Hi Mary
    Christmas is all about family and friends.
    I enjoy your videos and appreciate you making them for us. Thanks for the awesome chance to win this
    new cartridge.
    Best wishes
    J

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  77. Beautiful card Mary. My favorite thing about Christmas is thinking about how my Savior left heaven to become a helpless babe.

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  78. Thanks Mary your card is simple and beautiful I love it. My favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with family but most of all seeing the excitement on my grandchildren's faces. I also enjoy their Christmas pageant at church very much it's hard to pick just one thing about my favorite time of the year. Have a great weekend. Tammy

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  79. Very elegant card Mary. So beautiful. My favorite Christmas memories would be when my grandparents were still living. My grandma put up her silver tree every year with the color wheel that rotated. It was beautiful. My grandparents were the glue that held our family together. I miss them....but have wonderful memories.
    Thanks for the opportunity to win this cart. I just love it.
    Susan

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  80. Dear Mary, thank you so much for all your beautiful work. My favorite thing about Christmas is the spirit of goodness that is around my family, the times that we spend together, I have a hard time picking just one thing. thank you again.

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  81. Hi! Mary,
    What a beautiful card! You are so talented! My favorite thing about Christmas is when all my children and grandchildren are here and we read the Christmas story. We also have a continuous buffet all day instead of a traditional big meal. We sort of "graze". My kids love it! Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win!
    lgwalter@epix.net

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  82. The card is great! That cartridge is really cute. My favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with my (now adult) children.

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  83. What a lovely card. That cartridge is really special. My favorite thing about Christmas is our christmas morning when the kids starts looking at their stocking and wanting to find out what Santa had brought them at midnight in their pajamas and hair uncombed.

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  84. Love that beautiful card! In fact I love all your cards! Thanks for the oppurtunity to win an adorable cartridge! My favorite thing about Christmas is the birth of Christ, and that we get to gather with family!

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  85. That is a beautiful card! In fact, I love all your cards! Thank you for a chance to win a wonderful cartridge! My favorite thing about Christmas is the celebrating the birth of Christ, and getting together with family!

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  86. The celebration of Chist birth.

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  87. Beautiful card Mary! Thanks for the chance to win this cartridge. You are so inspiring. I think my favorite part of Christmas is when the tree goes up and my young grandchildren look at the lights and ornaments with such wonder and sparkle in their eyes.

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  88. What a cute card Mary. I love it. I keep looking at this cartridge. I really want it but I want them all. Thanks for the opportunity to win one that would be sweet. My favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with my family and all that yummy food.

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  89. Wonderful card! My favorite thing about Christmas is Christ's birth. I am thankful I have lots of family at Christmas to celebrate with me!! Karen at ryan_roping@hotmail.com

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  90. I love your Dove Card. My favorite thing about Christmas is being able to sit down and enjoy a wonderful meal with my family.

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  91. love all your cards, you were the first person you tube that I watched and learn from last year when I started making cards which were Christmas love you Christmas series
    my favorite thing about Christmas or any of the Holidays is family and creating memories and traditions
    thank you for all that you do
    upnurse at aol dot com

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  92. Hi Mary...another cute card. My favorite thing about Christmas is the celebration of our Lord's birth. I love when our whole family gets together to enjoy one another. The food is pretty good too :)

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  93. What a beautiful card. My favorite thing about Christmas is the music. Thanks for a great giveaway.
    Kathy
    Kale @zoominternet.net

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  94. Hi Mary, I just adore that dove, so very simple but elegant!
    My favorite thing about Christmas time is seeing the looks on the grandchildren's faces when they open their gifts, children are so pure at heart and their joy is so overwhelming!
    The joy on MY children's faces as they watch their children makes me SO happy as well!
    I love to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus also...

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  95. Beautiful card Mary that everyone will have fun to make - novice to expert.
    My favorite thing about Christmas: putting the freshly cut tree in a stand on Christmas eve, decorating it after the kids are asleep in bed, and watching the wonder in their eyes when they wake up on Christmas morning to find the tree all decorated with brightly colored lights and ornaments and under the tree- baby Jesus in the manager. May each of you find your own Christmas joy this year. Donna dlbenn56@gmail.com

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  96. There are many things I like about the holidays. The most is the gathering of family I haven't seen for a long time. The Christmas tree keeps a smile on my face once it's up. I could sit looking at it for hours.

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  97. Hi Mary
    I love the music and the tree at christmas, and getting together with my family for dinner and games.
    Marlene

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  98. Your card is lovely. Christmas is my favourite time of year because it's normally when I manage to get all my small family together. Unfortunately, we are scattered all over the globe but at Christmas, everyone travels for miles and across the oceans just so we can all be together :-) It's just absolutely wonderful!

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  99. Hi Mary, this is a beautifully simple and elegant card. The dove for me represents the Holy Spirit, and He is very important to my life. My favorite thing about Christmas, is the real reason for the season. To remember all that Jesus did for us! It also means family in the best ways possible. Hugs, Pam at http://craftycards4u2.blogspot.com/

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  100. Mary, as usual you make the simpliest card look so elegant. Thanks for the inspiration. The best thing...that Christ came to earth for me, amazing sacrifice, second, ( I had to add a second...lol) gathering with family and close friends. What a double blessing. Again Thanks for the inspiration.

    Yvette
    ewokyoda at yahoo dot com

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  101. Beautiful card Mary. Thank you for sharing it. My favorite thing about Christmas is being with family. Any occasion that we can all get together is great! Thanks again. Sylvia A

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  102. my favorite thing about christmas is how magical everything feels and being surrounded by friends and family.

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  103. My favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with my family and reflecting on the true meaning of Christmas. I love the atmosphere and environment. The snow, lights, and coziness of it all. The Holy Spirit is definitely around and you can feel it. It's nothing like Christmas. It is truly the most wonderful time of the year!

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  104. My favorite thing about Christmas is the birthday party we used to do for Jesus with the neighborhood kids. The gal I used to do it with moved away and I need to start up my own party, possibly with the kids I do crafts with at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post under our Ladies Auxiliary. We used to sing happy birthday to Jesus, have cake and ice cream and then do carols. The neighborhood kids loved it!

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  105. Adorable, quick card. My favorite thing about Christmas is all the preperation. The card making, gift making/buying,decorating,baking, And most of all the anticipation and excitement of the children in my life!

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  106. This is a very pretty card! My favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with my loved ones! We celebrate Jesus and rejoice together! We start Christmas music now and start planning the meal, baking and remembering others who are no lnger with us!
    glendalea.blogspot.com

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  107. My favorite part of Christmas is when the family gathers together !! I love seeing how the children have grown and catching up on news from those who live farther away. Thanks for doing a Christmas Card Series to inspire all of us viewers !!

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  108. Cute card, love that cartridge. My fav thing about Christmas is getting together with my siblings who I otherwise don't see that much. Thanks! www.sleepycatcrafts.blogspot.com

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  109. Beautiful card, Mary! I love this cartridge its been on my list. My favorite thing about Christmas (and the holiday season in general) is getting to spend time with family that I don't get to see very often. Thank you for the chance to win.
    parrwd(at)gmail(dot)com

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  110. Love the card. Although you felt it was quite simple it was very beautiful. My favorite thing about Christmas is family gatherings. Also excitement of the children. Attending Midnight Mass. Remembering the true meaning of Christmas.

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  111. Hi Mary,
    I have two favorite thing about Christmas - going to church on Christmas Eve with family and remembering what Jesus has done for me and the joy when the ladies open their gift box of my homemade cards.

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  112. The card is beautiful. My favorite thing about Christmas is when we take the time to remember how God sent his son to earth to die for our sins. As we exchange gifts, it is to remind us of His greatest gift to us. JESUS

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  113. Another wonderful card! Thanks Mary. My favorite thing about Christmas is getting to spend time with family and friends.

    Beth
    imaquiltingfan@yahoo.com

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  114. I love your Christmas card Mary! I really need this cartridge!! My favorite thing about Christmas is getting to spend time with my family! Thank you so much for the chance to win! Hugs, Leanne
    tobusyscrapping at bellsouth dot net

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  115. Love the card Mary! And I would love to win the cartridge!!! My favorite thing about Christmas is the reminder that God sent his Son to be our Saviour.

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  116. Love your card. Would love to be the winner. Celebrating the birth of our Saviour is the most favorit thing about Christmas and sharing that with family.

    jandbjonesrus@yahoo.com

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  117. I love this card Mary!! I think I have found my card to mass produce! lol I will have to use a dove from another cart as I don't have this one. My favorite thing about Christmas is Midnight Mass, I just love the feeling of going to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. Although we don't go every year because it is so hard to stay up to go, it's not the same when we don't go at midnight and go on Christmas morning.

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  118. The best thing about Christmas is the present of family. I love having the family together to share all of our blessings. I tried to order this cartridge several times, but they were always "sold out" Thank you so much for the opportunity to win this cartridge. Suz
    suz.p@comcast dot com

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  119. Thanks Mary so much for the surprise giveaway. Would love to win this one. My favorite thing about Christmas is that everybody can get together and enjoy lots of good food.
    Michelle
    tanner9868@gmail.com

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  120. Mary you amaze me! I love your cards. My favorite this about Christmas is spending time with family!!

    Laura

    breyman@sbcglobal.net

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  121. My favorite thing about Christmas is Christmas morning with my Grandma who is 93 years old. Every year we have Christmas breakfast with her and the whole extended family. I just love spending the time with family. Your card is just perfect.

    halograham@comcast.net

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  122. Hi Mary, this is such a lovely card! I love Christmas because it's Jesus' birthday and it renews my hope every year to be reminded of God's love for us. It's a bittersweet time of year too, because my favorite part is spending time with family and I miss my family so very much every year. It's nice that I get to see my children enjoy it so much.-Raquel @ Raquelsdesigns.blogspot.com

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  123. My favorite thing about Christmas is the good will in every ones faces it sadly it only seems to appear this time of year.

    Debby

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  124. My favorite thing about Christmas is the birth of my Savior, and of course getting to spend it with family.

    mrs_to_you@yahoo.com

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  125. Love your card. My favorite thing is seeing the wonder in my kids' eyes, and now my grandkids' eyes, on Christmas morning.

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  126. You always make such beautiful cards, even the "simple" ones! Thanks for posting such detailed videos, and I love hearing your accent!!

    There are so many great things about Christmas, it's hard to pick a favorite. The first theing that comes to mind is carrying on the traditions that I grew up with. It's fun to pass those things on to my son with the hopes that one day he'll pass those same traditions on to his family!

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  127. Mary, you are so generous...thank you for letting us have a chance for this wonderful cartridge..I had it on my wish list!!
    My favorite thing about Christmas is sharing why we celebrate Christmas with my grandchildren and singing Happy Birthday to Jesus...Then spending the day with my daughters and their family...
    This is about the only time that we can get all together under one roof...
    Merry Christmas to all!

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  128. Beautiful card. My favorite thing about Christmas is finding the perfect gift for the special people in my life. paradiddle at ameritech dot net

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  129. Beautiful card. My favorite thing about Christmas is finding the perfect gift for the special people in my life.

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  130. Love the card Mary, simple and elegant. My favorite part of Christmas is the faces of the little children, they just glow, full of wonder and smiles.

    Donna C.
    goCricutgo

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  131. My favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with my family and watching the excitement on the faces of little children! Reminds me of when I was little!

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  132. Hi Mary-

    My favorite thing about Christmas is going caroling at the end of the busy day. As a child my siblings and I went around the neighborhood singing. As an adult, my friends and I drive to various friends' homes to surprise them and their guests with a moment of our Lord's love.

    Thanks for sharing all of your special cards!

    Linda :)

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  133. I love when my children and their children come on Christmas Eve for dinner and then opening gifts.

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  134. My favorite thing about Christmas is getting to share it with my grandchildren. Seeing their excitement and joy is priceless!

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  135. What a quick and simple card and yet so elegant looking. My favorite thing about Christmas is having all of my family together at one time, Having 8 children that is a task in itself. And having my husband with us still. He is fighting cancer and so far winning that battle. Thanks Mary for the chance at a great cartridge. Linda Harris Lsunflower58@aol.com

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  136. What a cute but simple card! My favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with my family. It's my favorite time of the entire year.

    Jenny
    jennykingham at att dot net

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  137. My favorite part of Christmas is the smells. I love all of the smells that are going on this time of year. But, most of all, I love the fact that no matter what else in the world is going on, our family comes together for a few days of fellowship and fun.

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  138. I was so excited to see this video. I saw this cart on the Cricut website this past week when ordering another cartridge, but couldn't see exactly what was included---now I'm so anxious to get it. I am of Scandanavian heritage, but no matter what, this has beautiful images for Christmas. My favorite tradition is gathering my 10 grandchildren around me (w/adults present)and reading some version of the Christmas story to them and singin a Christmas song together followed by their opening of presents.

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  139. My favorite thing about Christmas is being with family and celebrating the birth of Jesus.
    melehtola@juno.com

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  140. My favorite thing about Christmas is all the time we have with family.
    Jean

    rubydog11@aol.com

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  141. Beautiful card Mary. I love Scandinavian arts and this cartridge is charming. I love the card, simple and elegant using my favorite combination of colors red, black and white! My favorite part of Christmas is sharing. I love to help others in need and this time of year everyone gets on that bandwagon! It is great to see others help by giving their time, talent or whatever they can. It is this part of Christmas I wish would last through the entire year. Thank you for offering this wonderful cart as a gift and for sharing this divine wish of "Peace on Earth". Hugs Sue

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  142. Thank you for this wonderful surprise giveaway! You're too sweet!

    My favorite thing about Christmas is having all the children together and teaching them the traditions that have been passed down from one generation to another.

    Kris
    dietzrobles at yahoo dot com

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  143. Beautiful Card! My favorite thing about Christmas is sharing time with family and friends and celebrating the birth of Jesus.

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  144. Such a pretty card! My favorite thing about Christmas is decorating! I love the sparkle it puts into the house! Thanks Mary!

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  145. I love the smell of Christmas. Cookies and candles all have a wonderful warm happy smell
    Terri

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  146. Hello Mary.....

    My favorite thing about Christmas would have to be sitting around with my family and talking about all the past Christmases we've had together. All the Christmas mishaps we've shared together gets us all laughing so hard our sides hurt!

    Jo-Anne

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  147. My favorite thing about Christmas is being with my family. We always have a wonderful time when we get together at Christmas.

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  148. This makes a lovely card for Christmas. I love Christmas because of celebrating out Saviour's Birth to the world. No one can think of Christmas without thinking of our Saviour Jesus the wonderful Counseler, Mighty God and Prince of Peace.
    Sharon
    sgcutter@dejazzd.com

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  149. Hi Mary,
    I just got my Cricut a couple months ago and love it! I have learned so much from you. Thank You, Thank You.
    My favorite thing about Christmas is first remembering the reason for the season;Christ's birth. Second would be family spending time with my children and grandchildren making memories for them to remember for years to come. Thank you for the chance to win a cartridge how nice of you to do this for your viewers. Take care and have a wonderful holiday season.
    Mary Ann
    mad58b@gmail.com

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  150. Of course it is the birth of our Saviour. It is the reason for the season.

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  151. Mary ~ Love your Christmas card, the color combination you used is wonderful. My favorite thing about Christmas is making things for all of my nieces and nephews and then to hear the excitement in their voices when they call me to tell me all that they got for Christmas. This really warms my heart.
    Cindy Lou
    endurapuppy at yahoo dot com
    http://scrappinc.blogspot.com

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  152. Love checking out your cards. I have used many of your ideas! This Christmas card is so pretty and easy to do when you have many cards to make! My favorite part of Christmas is being with our little grandchildren as they bring out the sparkle in the season putting a smile on everyone's face!

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  153. Love this card! So simple but elegant! My favorite thing about Christmas is sharing this holiday with family and friends. Everyone is so busy all year long that even though we don't live far apart we don't see each other except for the holidays.
    Hope you have a wonderful holiday season!

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  154. My favorite thing about Christmas is decorating and making cards and presents for friends and family. Love the card.

    craftymom205 at yahoo dot com

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  155. Your card was great - Loved It! What I like most about Christmas is celebrating the Birth of Jesus...

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  156. My favorite thing about Christmas is the feelings one gets when one sees all of the lights twinkling and people smiling at one another as if everything in the world is at peace.

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  157. My favorite thing about Christmas is how the world seems to be a brighter place. People smile more and just seem a little happier. I wish it could be like that all year long. I would love to win. Thanks for the chance. Barbara Galyean
    bgalyean2011@aol.com

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  158. I just love your card and your series! My favorite thing about Christmas is Jesus being born to die so that I might live. I also enjoy the tranquility that the season brings (after all of the shopping madness of course). Thanks for the chance to win.
    Veronica
    vballen@comcast.net

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  159. Such a simple but elegant card, very pretty. My favorite thing at Christmas time is my Mom's cut out sugar cookies. Every year when I was young she would start baking them early and put them in the freezer unfrosted thinking she was collecting quite a stash. When my Dad would come home from work he would sneak down and get some for all of us(I have 5 siblings). The next time she would bake a batch and go down to the freezer she would see we had been sneaking them. That poor woman made hundreds of cookies every year.

    MaryJo
    dnestrud@yahoo.com

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  160. What a stricking card Mary. You always put just the right colors together. I'd love to have that cart. The first thing that came to mind when you asked was family. I love that we all get together and spend the day opening presents, eating and visiting. What a warm feeling.

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  161. Wow that is a great card Mary. You come up with the best cartridges, I have never heard of this particular cart. TFS Thanks for a chance to win. shanna13@frontiernet.net

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  162. Thanks for all you do Mary. Family is my favorite thing about Christmas.

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  163. Another beautiful card. I love all your cards. What I love most about Christmas is spending time with the family.

    Candice
    Candicebcmc@aol.com

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  164. The very idea that God would love me so much that he would send His Son to die in my place makes Christmas so meaningful for me. I love to celebrate His birth with family. Thank you for your inspirational ideas.
    Pat
    plweir1969@yahoo.com

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  165. My favorite thing about Christmas is going to church and singing all the pretty songs and seeing the smiles on everyone's face. Your card is so pretty. I need to get busy making some Christmas cards and that cart. would be perfect to use. Regina
    regina95370@sbcglobal.net

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  166. Hi Mary - Love this card - I think it would be a great one to mass produce for Christmas. My favorite thing about Christmas is family. We should all be grateful that we have one.

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  167. Wow Mary. You are always giving and blessing others...it's no wonder that your blessed. I love this card and the color combo.
    My favortie thing about christmas is honestly being with my family and the wonderful joy everyone seems to have around this time of year. I love the excitement of the kids and adults. I also love decorating !
    Hugz
    D !

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  168. Your card is very beautiful. My favorite thing about Christmas is family getting together to spend valuable time with one another.

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  169. Thank you for explaining how that cartridge works. :) My favorite thing about Christmas is the feelings it brings. There is nothing like a candle light service at church, nor the memories the songs of the season stir up. Our home is full of excitement yet at the same time there is peace. The kids are joyfull and expectant, but also awed that God would send a Saviour as a baby. I love the feelings that Christmas brings. (except stress. lol)

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  170. Great easy, beautiful card!
    My favourite part of Christmas is hands down, the lights. I just love them. Their warm glow makes take a second and really think about the season, are reason for celebrating and the excited on my kids' faces as we get closer and closer to that one special day!

    jodi.hejnar@gmail.com

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  171. I love how excited my kids get and my moms delicious christmas dinner.

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  172. I love getting together with all my family.I love being with all of them.
    Thank you Mary for a wonderful blog.......pat

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  173. Mary You are terrific. I love the hustle and bustle of shopping , then the peaceful time of family and the true season meaning.
    Thanks for all the ideas,
    mbchoj at aol dot com

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  174. Your dove card is so elegant. Love it! What I love about Christmas is bringing out the ornaments and opening them up with my son and talking about the memories each one holds as we place them on the tree. I also love the kindness the season brings out in everyone. Thanks for the chance to win the Scandivan Christmas cart.
    TTFN. dpookybear t yahoo dot com

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  175. Wowwww Mary
    superrr cute card ilove the bird
    hugs lenny

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  176. Fabulous card Mary! Love that dove.
    My favorite thing about Christmas is getting together with family and friends.
    Thanks for the chance to win.
    Candy
    candyscraftcorner.blogspot.com
    candyyoung826 at msn dot com

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  177. So very pretty! The cuts on that card are gorgeous! Thanks for the chance to win!
    One of my favorite things about Christmas is going to the candlelight service at church ~ love the ambiance of that evening and the candle glow on everyone's faces as candles are lit.

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  178. Loved the card! My favorite thing about Christmas is being with my family....I'm blessed to still have both my parents who are 81 years young! I come from a very large family and when we all get together to celebrate it's very loud and crazy but I love it!

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  179. Cute card! My favorite thing about Christmas is watching the grandkids open their gifts.
    --Sharon Clabaugh

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  180. Beautiful Creation. I love the dove. I’ve looked at this cart picked up and put it down. I love it and the stamps set you used to go with the cart. My fav part about Christmas is looking at the old Christmas cartoons with hot coco, apple cider or coffee with my kids after decorating the tree.

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  181. Beautiful card Mary! My favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with family. I also love all the Christmas decorations.

    Hugs, Sheena
    slynne1 at gmail dot com

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  182. All of your cards are so wonderful it would be hard to pick my favorite. Your blog is the firts one I check when I get home from work everyday, I can't wait to see what you have posted new. My favorite thing about Christmas is spending it with family and friends. My husband retired a year ago from the military so many years we weren't able to be with family we still aren't close to home so it is even more special when we can all get together for those special holidays. Hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season! Susan Gautreaux

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  183. Mary,
    Love your cards as always. Thank you for you for your videos. I appreciate all the time you put into them and your instructions. My favorite part of Christmas is spending time with my family and thankful for all that we have. We have a wonderful time sitting around the tv watching movies.

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  184. My favorite thing about christmas is snuggling in front of the tv and watching christmas movies with the family while fresh sugar cookies are in the oven!!!
    patty_9884@yahoo.com

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  185. I love making cookies with my daughters and of course taking a day off work to make my
    Christmas cards.
    Mary C.
    cornell299@sbcglobal.net

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  186. Hi, Mary,

    My favorite thing about Christmas is that everyone seems a little nicer to each other and more thoughtful. belleighkel@aol.com

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  187. Beautiful card. My favorite thing about Christmas is the extra time I can spend with my family and friends. I have been making a 25 Days of Christmas album each year to document those wonderful memories.

    Thanks for the chance to win.

    fitscrapper@verizon.net

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  188. I wasn't sure if I was to leave a msg. on Youtube or your blog so I left one on both...I sure hope that is ok...
    My favorite thing about Christmas is seeing all the wonder and excitement and anticipation in my children's eyes. I love to reflect of how thing must have been for Mary and Joseph...I think we make it glorified but I'll bet it was awful for Mary.
    Blessings,
    Valerie Martin
    jeffnval@hotmail.com

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  189. Hi Mary, always love your cards...you are the best!!!
    I think what I love most about Christmas is remembering how I loved it when I was a child, and I try to recapture, a little bit anyway, the feelings I cherished then.
    Would love to get the Scandinavian cartridge..We always spent Christmas Eve at our Norweigen Grandparents..
    Thank you. Cheryl

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  190. My favorite thing about Christmas is the way it makes me feel. The love is everywhere. The desire to share and just be with those I love.

    Not to mention, it reminds me to be ever grateful for Jesus and all he's done for us. Best time of year!

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  191. Beautiful card. There are so many things I love about Christmas. I think I love the traditions. First the traditions of my family growing up and then the new ones, I am creating as an adult. It is fun to share. Thanks so much for the opportunity to win a cartridge.
    P.S. What happened to your herb garden book? Would love to know what the gnomes were up to this summer.

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  192. Mary, What a nice cartridge. My favorite thing about Christmas in celebrating the birth of Jesus. Spending time with family is next on my list.

    Thanks for a chance to win.

    Jane at hsmomofone@gmail.com

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  193. What a beautiful card, and so simple. I look forward to your 12 Days of Christmas Cards. My favorite part is Christmas is being with family and friends.

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  194. My favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with my family!

    Thanks for the chance to win!


    Jessie G
    goodjessie@hotmail.com

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  195. Your card is beautiful, just like Christmas. The best part is remembering what the holiday is truly about.

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  196. I love that card. The more I see this cartridge the more I want it. Thanks for the change to win it. My favorite thing about Christmas is the Spirit that seems to envelope people at this time of year. Also I love Christmas music. Janber1225@aol.com

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  197. Your cards and videos are wonderful. I bookmarked your blog months ago and visit almost every day. My favorite part of Christmas is the music that tell of the reason for the season, Jesus Christ.
    carolyn in nebraska
    qwltnsemmom at gmail dot com

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  198. love the card so cute and the stamp set goes perfect with the card

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  199. I love your card. I love the way you mat and use ribbon. My very favorite thing about Christmas is getting ready for it -- all the decorating, trimming the tree, setting up our trains and displays, making Cricut decorations and gifts for my family and friends, and then cooking the Christmas dinner. I guess I just love it all!!
    Thanks for the chance to win.
    Ruth
    irlundsten@aol.com

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  200. I just love this card and your videos. My favorite thing about Christmas is the chance to celebrate the birth of our Lord and to spend time with my family.

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