It’s that time of the year again, time flies even if you’re not having as much fun as you hoped for… It has been a bizarre year indeed, so we have perhaps even more reason to spread some color and joy by sending out beautiful handmade Christmas cards 🎄

To help you kick off you holiday crafting, let’s start with a lovely yet easy card design. You only need 2 pieces of cardstock (each a different color) and 1 sheet of 12×12 inch design paper.

One of the cardstock pieces will be your card base: cut to 6×12″ and fold in half. I chose a bright yellow. Use the other cardstock piece to be the first layer to mat on the front, back and inside; for this I chose green.

Now cut three mats from the design paper, and mat on top of the cardstock mats – so we’re double-matting. I worked with a sheet from the red, yellow & green Christmas Treats collection by Piatek.

Decorate the front any way you please and go as dimensional as you like; me, I was contented with simply showcasing this beautiful paper. I only added to things: a die-cut Christmas wish (for which I used the B-side of my double-sided design paper); and I went around the edges with glitter glue. I always use Ranger’s Stickles for that, these are simply the best I’ve encountered on the market.

You can decorate on the inside as well of course, but keep two things in mind: don’t go bulky, for otherwise your card won’t close anymore; and leave at least some room to write your Christmas wishes 🙂

I never decorate the back of my cards, but I always mat them, and often with lovely papers that could easily have gone on the front too!

So, I hope you feel inspired to start making your Christmas cards as well! Next time I’ll show you how to easily use up an entire 6×6″ paper pad to create a bunch of them (with a video!). 🧑🏼‍🎄