Using Up my Xmas Stash

I've been using up my stash for quite awhile, and have quite a long way to go yet, but I'm starting to see that at some point I WILL use up these materials so I can move on to more current designs!  

Card #1 (above):  As you can probably tell from the picture, I embossed a chevron pattern (Darice embossing folder) onto a strip that runs across the middle of the card front.  The border was actually a wide piece that I cut in two so it would fit both top and bottom.  Other than that embossed strip from my stash, everything else was fussy cut from the set.  I used a fine-line marker & ruler to add a black border along the candy-stripe border strips.  

Card #2:

Next up is a Santa suit card.  Everything is from the kit EXCEPT: the white part of the border was from my stash - as was little bits of white card stock used to mat the greeting.

Inside:

I got a kick out of putting these two tags together on the inside.  The message on the first seemed a bit odd, but paired with the 2nd, really puts a twist on a common Christmas greeting!  Everything on the inside is from the set.

Card #3:

The patterned paper was pretty, but it was a bit challenging trying to figure out how to bring the different elements together.  All are HOTP products, but the greeting is a transparency that didn't come in the set.

Inside:

Both pieces with words were from the transparency book rather than the set, but once again everything is from HOTP.

Card #4:

I had some real trouble with this card.  Sometimes cards come together easily, sometimes not.  This one took me awhile to get it so I was happy with it.  Here you see the first attempt.  The black is card stock from my stash - the rest is from the set.  The green came separately & was fussy cut & layered on top of the original tag.  It's a bit hard to tell from the picture, but the lower edge is cut-away so the inside of the card shows through.

Inside:

The border strip was leftover from the card front, and the tag used here was also from the set.

2nd Attempt:

I knew I didn't like the tag seemingly hanging from nowhere, so found some bias tape & added a border strip from which it could hang.

3rd Attempt:

I decided some Dazzle stickers would help, so added these white ones to the borders - with small bits on the round red dots.

Inside:

I added more stickers on the inside.  The card looks much better now.