Christmas Cards

2nd December 2016

For the second year, I decided to create my own Christmas cards - I did enjoy doing them last year and I had a lot of the crafts left over. I went to Pinterest and found some great simple ideas. 








For the first design; Super Easy
1. I used a snowflake and placed a 3D pad on the snowflake and placed this in the bottom right corner. 
2. I added a 'Merry Christmas' sticker to the bottom left hand side of the card.
3. I placed a few gems onto the card to create a snow effect. I also added one to the middle of the snowflake.






For the Second Design;
1. I used the snowflakes I had and placed a 3D pad on the back and placed in the correct place to create like 'decorations'.
2. I added colour coded string to the card to create the decoration style.
3. I added a 'Merry Christmas' sticker to this. 



For the Third Design; 
1. I took the kraft brown card and drew lines in pencil where I would sit the trees.
2. I went over this line with a black sharpie pen. 
3. I then glued each green sequin tree onto the line to create a forest look.
4. I added a silver 'Merry Christmas' sticker. 


For the Fourth and Final Design;
1. I used brown kraft card, stuck to white buttons onto the card (one small and one slightly bigger) I was hoping to use buttons with only two holes to create the eyes and buttons on the snowman but this wasn't possible but I still think it works well.
2. I added a red bow as the scarf.
3. I used a double sided sticky foam square to create the 3D look of the snowflake.
4. I added a 'Merry Christmas' sticker underneath and that was it. 



After making all the cards, I printed off the inserts from last year, cut them down, stuck the inserts in. 

I really enjoyed making the cards and would love to try something a bit harder next year or so. Definitely something I will think about. I am slowly building up my collection but this does take time as a lot of the crafts are expensive. 




Have you ever made any cards? I'd love to see your designs. 

xxx

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