Four Tips for Last-Minute Christmas Cards

For all of you who are anything like me and are in dire need of some quick, last-minute Christmas cards, I’m sharing four tips to create them!

In my previous post I already shared a step-by-step on how to make the cards in the above picture.

So to summarize: tip 1 is the regular papercraft way of card-making: create designs from cardstock, then mat each seperate part with design paper.

The next two pictures show tip 2: die-cut a sentiment or an image from specialty paper and stick it onto a mixed media background. Then mat on top of cardstock.

With holographic paper
With glitter paper

Here are the materials I used for both of the above backgrounds:

Tip 3: create a mixed media background, but don’t use it as a background. Instead, die-cut something from it and stick it onto some white cardstock. Clean. Simple. Elegant.

Tip 3: Mixed media die-cut on white cardstock

These are the sprays I used for these:

Tip 4 is of course a mixed media die-cut on a mixed media background. Add some glitter accents if you like.

Bonus tip: if you’re not a mixed media kind of crafter, you can use design paper instead! This will give you the same elegant and sophisticated effect, both on white cardstock and on design paper.

Now off you go, hurry up with those last-minute Christmas cards! 🙂

Two Special Christmas Cards

Only two more days and then it’s Christmas! So, time to share two more Christmas cards, each with a special design that makes it just a little bit more Christmassy 🙂

The first is a tri-shutter card, for which I have a free video tutorial available. The second is a gatefold pocket card, which you can fill with nice tags and pictures.

Enjoy the video, and of course a Very Merry Christmas to you all!

Some Quick Christmas Card Tips

This week I’m sharing my annual Christmas card tips with you again, this time for those of you who would like to make their own Christmas cards but don’t have time or energy to design and create a lot of elaborate, unique cards.

Tip #1: Only decorate the fronts of your cards, and leave the insides and backs plain;
Tip #2: Use a die-cut card block, filled with all of the materials you need to create a set of nice cards, like design paper and a lot of die-cut punch-outs. You can add your own glitter glue and dimensional tape to add some more interest of course.

So check out the examples I created using such a card block, this one by Studiolight, and I hope you feel encouraged to make some of your own!

Five Days of Christmas Card Styles – #5: Shutter Cards

On this last day of my Five Days of Christmas Card Styles, I’m sharing the shutter card. This is a simpler variation of the tri-shutter card, of which I’ve made several variations in previous blog posts, here, here, here and here.

I always find any iteration of this shutter type card fun to make, because you can use your 6×6″ papers in endless variations, cutting them to size and combining them continuingly.

For this stack, I used the following materials:

  • Moda Scrap Christmas Holidays 6×6″ pad
  • My Mind’s Eye All is Bright stickersheet
  • Studiolight Shabby Chic Christmas diecut/punch-out sheet
  • several dies and stamps
  • embossing folder
  • Stickles glitter glue
  • other ephemera
  • For the last card also: My Mind’s Eye All is Bright papers and brads

 


Five Days of Christmas Card Styles – #4: Cards With Flaps (Easy to Make!)

The fourth of my five Christmas card styles concerns Cards with Flaps. This is one of the easiest cards to make while still adding some sophistication and uniqueness in comparison to regular cards.

All flaps are based on ATC card measurements (3×4″ and 4×6″), so they are perfect if you have a lot of pocket journalling cards to use up!

I used the same materials as I did with the Luxurious style (#1), a couple of blog posts ago:

  • Bo Bunny Altitude collection: 12×12″ papers, diecuts, 3D chipboard stickers, buttons, filmstrip sticker
  • Liquid snow
  • Stickles glitter glue
  • several dies and stamps
  • embossing folder

 


Five Days of Christmas Card Styles – #3: Multiple Collections, Small Labels & Cutting Corners

Today it’s time for my Christmas card style #3: Multiple Collections, Small Labels & Cutting Corners! 

Materials used:

  • Studio Light Vintage Line Christmas papers
  • Studio Light Vintage Line Christmas diecuts/punch-outs
  • Cartabella Christmas Day 6×6″ paperpad
  • Craft Sensations Classic Vintage 6×6 paperpad
  • Tilda Winterbird paper collection & cards
  • Stickles glitter glue
  • several dies and stamps
  • dimensional tape
  • some small flowers & ephemera from my stash

 


Five Days of Christmas Card Styles – #2: Shabby Chic Layering

Today I’m sharing the second of my Christmas card styles: Shabby Chic Layering! 

Materials used:

  • Studio Light Sweet Winter Season paper collection
  • Studio Light Sweet Winter Season diecuts/punch-outs
  • Creator’s Image Studio Vintage Notelet cutapart labels
  • Stickles glitter glue
  • dimensional tape
  • several dies and stamps
  • embossing folder
  • some small ephemera from my stash

Btw, the title in the video states it’s #3, but it’s not of course. My bad. Just ignore it and blame the Christmas spirit (or something).

 


Five Days of Christmas Card Styles – #1: Luxurious

The coming week I’m sharing five days of Christmas cards with you all! 🙂 Starting today, with style #1: Luxurious. 

Materials used:

  • Bo Bunny Altitude 12×12″ papers
  • Bo Bunny Altitude ephemera: 3D chipboard stickers, buttons, filmstrip sticker
  • Large flower by Prima Marketing (Santa Baby collection)
  • two decorative dies
  • embossing folder
  • some small ephemera from my stash