Christmas cards

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This year I did a number of block prints for our holiday cards as well as for gifts. I used Adigraf rubber carving mats instead of linoleum because I was tired of cutting the hell out of my hands, and it's cheap. Hope you like them!

Christmas gifts, 2007 With some 150 cards made in about 2 weeks, our place now looks like a card factory. In the background, a poster I got from work: "Expose yourself to art, not radioactivity"!

	Heiwa We went to Japan this year, so our Christmas cards show a Japanese stone lantern in the snow, with "heiwa" or "peace" carved in the corner.
	Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA (Christmas gifts, 2007) 1 of 3 cards that are going into a stationery set (4 of each design) for Christmas gifts.
	Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, CA (Christmas gifts, 2007) 2 of 3. This is representing the Santa Cruz/San Jose part of our family.
	Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, CA (Christmas gifts, 2007) 3 of 3. This is representing the Ventura part of our family.
	San Francisco skyline (Christmas cards, 2007) I made a set of Christmas cards for a friend as an early present. I got the style of the outline from some die-cut cards I had seen.
	San Francisco skyline (Christmas cards, 2007)