Lantern Christmas Card

I used a Sizzix snowflake embossing folder on this card, gold mirror card, and blue cardstock. I then used one of the motifs from a card I downloaded from Sams Cards in the UK for the center motif. I have bought a few cards from her, and they are very nice. My recipients loved them, and I have sold some in my shop. Susan is very nice and lets you sell the cards you make from her designs, which makes me want to order more from her.

Something which bothers me is, I have seen some of Susan's cards on other people's free download sites. Now, I don't know Susan, but I am under the impression that she is one person who designs beautiful cards and makes them available to us to print (and sell the completed cards), for a reasonable price. I don't expect that she is making a fortune doing this, and obviously she puts a lot of time into each of her designs. I imagine that there are a lot of other people who are getting "ripped off" in the same way. I guess I am asking that if you see "freebies" that you know are from sites like Susan's, please go and purchase from the original artists rather than downloading the pirated designs.

Okay, I'm off my soapbox now. :-)