Family Christmas Cards

Hi everyone, I thought I'd post some family cards today.
I usually make lots of christmas cards for myself, my Mum and my two sons, but this year I've told them they will have to buy theirs as I'm only making my own.
I know this may sound mean, but I honestly got so sick of making cards last christmas, that it took all the fun out of it. Also they can be bought so cheaply, that I sometimes think it's a wasted effort unless the recipient appreciates handmade cards.
Anyway, I've made one from my Mum for her beloved brother and his wife, another from me for them and my Mum's card from me.
The one for Mum's brother uses a wonderful image and backing paper which was kindly offered freely by Jak. She often does this sort of thing, which just proves how wonderfully generous crafters can be. If you haven't been to her blog before, why ever not? Pop over and spend some time looking at all her wonderful creations.
My card for my lovely Uncle and Aunt uses a stunning image taken from a calender and mounted onto some luxurious gold embossed paper. I've just highlighted with a couple of gems.
The final card is my card for Mum and uses another image from the same calender, this time mounted onto some gorgeous black 'tapestry' card and white glitter card (both from Joanna Sheen) and again finished off with a couple of gems.
I hope you like them, it made a nice change making these as I've been having fun with the cute cards up until now, and 'variety is the spice of life' or so they say.