12 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 9

Welcome back to Day 9 of my 12 Days of Christmas Cards. This was a really simple and quick card to make and if you are anything like me where I send out a lot of Christmas Cards then you will love this one!  It is so easy to mass produce!

I started with an 8.5 x 11 sheet of cardstock and cut it in have (8.5 x 5.5).  I then scored it and folded it so that it was 4.25 x 5.5 and used that as my card base.  I started with my background patterned paper and cut it to fit the front of the card (4.25 x 5.5) and adhered it to the front of the card.  Next I took a piece of white cardstock and trimmed it to 3.75 x 5.  Using a snowflake embossing folder, I ran this piece of white cardstock through my CuttleBug and then rounded all four corners and adhered it to the card.  I tied a very pretty ribbon around the front of the card and then added the sentiment sticker.  I finished of the card by rounding the two outside corners.  See I told you it was easy!

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12 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 8

Welcome back to Day 8 of my 12 Days of Christmas Cards. Today's card is a circle card.  I had these circle card bases in my stash from a Close To My Heart purse I made a couple of years ago.  I had stashed them away and then forgot about them until cleaning out some drawers a few weeks back.

I started with the card base and adhered the background patterned paper to the front of the card and then trimmed of the excess with my scissors.  I had a package of raw chipboard ornaments and chose one to go on the center of this card.  I misted it with a Mr. Huey mister to give it some colour and when it dried I mounted it a piece of patterned paper and trimmed off the excess with my scissors.  I then found the dimensional sentiment from one of Basic Grey's Christmas lines and stuck it in the middle.  I then adhered the whole thing onto the card and then glued a string of mini pearls around the outside.  To finish of the card I tied a small piece of ribbon around the top of the card.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this card.  Come back tomorrow for another card.

12 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 7

Welcome back to Day 7 of my 12 Days of Christmas Cards. I am back to the standard sized card today.  This is how I have always made my cards as it made the best use of an 8.5 x 11 sheet of card stock giving me two cards from every sheet.

I started with an 8.5 x 11 sheet of cardstock and cut in half (8.5 x 5.5).  I then scored it and folded it so that it was 4.25 x 5.5 and used that as my card base.  I then took an embossing folder and ran the front of the card through the CuttleBug to give it the raised dot look.  I took a strips mitten patterned paper and edge punched the bottom and then adhered it to my card.  Using bakers twine I wrapped around the front of the card.  Cosmo Cricket makes a sheet of journalling and title cards with most of their collections so I cut one of them out of their Christmas collection and adhered it to a piece of slightly bigger coloured cardstock.  I then added some faux stitching and then adhered it to the front of the card.  I rounded the top two corners of the card to finish it off.

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12 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 6

Welcome back to Day 6 of my 12 Days of Christmas Cards. Hard to believe we are already half way!  Where does the time go!

I started with an 8.5 x 11 sheet of cardstock and trimmed it to 8.5 x 7.5.  I then scored it and folded it so that it was 8.5 x 3.75, rounded the two outside corners and used that as my card base.  This card has a window in it that allows you to see the inside of the card.  It's great cause you can put a design element on the inside of the card that shows through.  To do this it is simple.  I cut the patterned background piece (6 x 3.5) and adhered it to my card.  Then using my CuttleBug and the scallop Nestabilities set I cut out the burgundy scallop circle a larger size and adhered it to the card.  I then took a smaller scallop circle and place it on my card and sandwiched the front of my card on my cut plates (be sure the back is folded under the bottom plate or you will end up cutting the back too).  Ran it through the CuttleBug  and tada! a window has now bin cut in your card.  I took a cute little ornament patterned paper and stuck it on the inside of the card so that when the card is closed you see the ornament through the window.  Using an edge punch I cut a small border for the top and bottom of the striped patterned paper in the same colour cardstock that I used for the window frame.  I added some faux white stitching and a ribbon and then stamped the sentiment on the card. To finish it off I traced the stamped sentiment with Glossy Accents to give it some dimension on the card and to help it stand out.

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12 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 5

Welcome back to Day 5 of my 12 Days of Christmas Cards. Like yesterday's card, this is another long and skinny format card, except I flipped it to be vertical.

I started with an 8.5 x 11 sheet of cardstock and trimmed it to 8.5 x 7.5.  I then scored it and folded it so that it was 8.5 x 3.75 and used that as my card base.  I took three strips of different patterned paper and different sizes and covered the front of the card.  Next, using a scalloped edge punch I created a small white border to add to the bottom of the red section.  I tied on some bakers twine and added a chipboard tree.  I finished of the card by rounding the two outside corners.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this card.  Come back tomorrow for another card.