As per her direction...

A local friend came over for coffee and asked what photographs I'd taken of the snow. Coming to the picture of this tree by our front door, I said, offhandedly, "This, alone, would make a lovely Christmas card!" Of course I was thinking of the card I might make to send to friends, but she jumped in with, "Can we make it a sepia tone?" (yes...) "Can you frame it" (yes...) "Can we make it look like a card?" (yes...) She knew what she wanted to write but we went through a lot of fonts to find what she liked best! "How long has it taken you to learn how to do this?" (about 20 years...)

She was so excited and wanted the original to post to FB so she could tell people that her Christmas card would be arriving soon... and when the time is right, she'll send the card...just as she wished for it to be.

Always nice to make someone happy when, what looked like magic to her, came so simply to me!

[Allison Williams]

You are a great friend (and graphic designer!)

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh yes, it makes a perfect card :)

[Pam Knowler]

You have made a beautiful card for her which she will really appreciate!! Very creative of course Louise!!

[Rob Z]

What a wonderful result! And a lovely story to go with it. :)

[Denise Wood]

We all need friends like you Louise :)

[Tunia McClure]

Not so simple to the rest of the world.

[CC Folk]

This is fantastic, Louise! Fav.
I am glad you have some down time to enjoy your creativity! Easy for you but not for me! Glad you made someone happy today! Hugs to you Louise! :)

[Pyrrhula]

Very beautiful done. It makes a love card. Very simple , very effective and very nice.

[Lou Ann]

Fabulous! I’ll take 200, please! 😘

[gloria jones]

Wonderful collaboration resulting in a lovely Christmas card :)

[Karly]

Fantastic outcome - give yourself some credit - this is wonderful!

[Danette Thompson]

Incredible result. How lucky is your friend!

[Marnie]

Well done, you clever thing, you.

[Danny G.]

Brilliant. FAV

[Merrelyn]

Beautifully done :)

[Henri Russell]

Your photo made a wonderful card.

[Margaret Brown]

It does make a lovely card, I have done this for 20 odd years too, my Christmas card is the grouse I posted the other day.

[Pyrrhula]

You can`t feel the temp. from a pic. (+/- 40 Farh)

[Louise & Ken]

@pyrrhula ...just cold enough for fat flakes of wet snow! By afternoon it was disappearing, followed by rain...

[Pyrrhula]

@Weezilou. That we had this afternoon. Shortly.

[Islandgirl]

Wow what a beautiful xmas card Louise, you are so creative..................what program do you use to make your cards?

[Louise & Ken]

@radiogirl Thanks, Kathy! Since I'm shooting large-file RAW pix, I run them through LR, but take them into PS if I want to make something out of the images. I use PS nearly 95% for everything. After all these years, I'm still finding so many things to learn about it!

[Joy's Focus]

What a great story Louise! I thought the card was so cool even before I read your story about it.