Five Days of Handmade Christmas Cards - Day Five: Felt!

Thanks for joining me for the fifth day of our series!

Five Days of Handmade Christmas Cards

Here's a super simple way to use felt on your handmade cards.

These felt wreaths from Stampin' Up! make Christmas cards very, very easy!

I simply tied a little bit of baker's twine around it in a bow, then adhered the wreath to the card with glue dots.

Products used:

Cardstock: Stampin' Up!

Felt wreath: Stampin' Up!

Baker's Twine: My Mind's Eye

Sparkly Letters: Making Memories

Red Jewels

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I hope you have a great time in your Christmas preparations!

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Five Days of Handmade Christmas Cards - Day Four: Twine!

Welcome to day four of...

Five Days of Handmade Christmas Cards!

For those of you who are just joining me, you can find day one, two, & three HERE, HERE, & HERE.

Today I'm showing you a simple way to use twine on your handmade cards.

Do you ever finish making a card & sit back, thinking, "It needs something else"? 

Often, that elusive "something else" is a bit of texture or something that adds dimension. 

Ribbons, buttons, gems, & twine can all add that little finishing touch.

For this card, I finished everything & simply wrapped the twine around the card a couple of times before tying it into a knot. 

Simple & easy! (You know me - that's my motto!)

Products used:

Cardstock - Michael's

Patterned Paper - Echo Park

Happy Holidays greeting - Echo Park

Scallop punch - Stampin' Up!

Ribbon - My Mind's Eye

Twine - bought at Walmart 

Thanks for joining me these past few days. Tomorrow we finish the week off talking about using felt accents on your Christmas cards. I hope you'll join me!

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Five Days of Handmade Christmas Cards - Day Three: Washi Tape!

It's day three of...

Five Days of Handmade Christmas Cards!

If you missed day one & two, click HERE & HERE.

Washi tape has got to be one of my favourite craft supplies ever! It's just to fun to use on all kinds of things!

  For this card, I started out by trimming the white card stock to layer on to the blue card base. Then I made sure the top & bottom lines of wash tape were straight. After that, I crisscrossed the rest.  The main reason I wanted the top line to be straight to make it easier to line up my stamp for the greeting! ;)

Products used:

Card stock: Stampin' Up!

Washi Tape: Martha Stewart crafts

Stamp: My Mind's Eye

Buttons

Embroidery floss

The simplicity & fun colours of this card are what I like most.

I hope you have some fun with washi tape on your handmade Christmas cards!

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Five Days of Handmade Christmas Cards - Day Two: Cork!

Welcome to the second day of...

Five Days of Handmade Christmas Cards!

If you missed yesterday's post, check out day one - Glitter - HERE!

Today, we talk about

Cork!

Cork isn't something that's used a lot in card making, but because of that, using it adds an element of surprise & charm.

To make the cork tree, I found a template online, cut it out & traced it onto the sheet of cork. Then I simply cut out the tree shape. The sheet of cork I used had adhesive backing on it already.

Adding some adhesive backed gems & a button to the top makes it look even more Christmasy!

Products used:

Cardstock - Michael's

Doily - Dollar store

Cork sheet - Michael's

Gems - Michael's

Button - Unknown

Baker's Twine - My Mind's Eye

Christmas Wishes Rub-on - Stampin' Up!

Stitching with sewing machine

The cork adds an element of nature to the card. I love the woodsy feel!

Make sure you come back tomorrow for Washi Tape!

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Five Days of Handmade Christmas Cards - Day One: Glitter!

Christmas is coming on fast! 

I'm feeling the need to start preparation as of yesterday. What about you?

I know those of you who make handmade Christmas cards have perhaps begun already or maybe are already finished. However, lots of us are still working on it! 

Whichever category you're in, I hope you will come back to be inspired every day this week.

Because....

I have a new series for you:

Five Days of Handmade Christmas Cards!

Like the song, 'The 12 Days of Christmas' I wanted to showcase the use of a specific craft supply with each day's card. 

Here's the rundown:

Monday: Glitter

Tuesday: Cork

Wednesday: Washi Tape

Thursday: Twine

Friday: Felt

So today we begin with

Glitter!

We all know that glitter can be the messiest craft supply out there, but it also packs such a punch to almost any craft project. 

So, wanting to keep the mess to a minimum, I used pre-glittered products to this card: patterned paper & ribbon.

No muss or fuss! It also cut down on the time taken to make the card - that's definitely a plus!

Products used:

Cardstock - Michael's & Stampin' Up!

Patterned Paper - Striped glitter - My Mind's Eye, Sheet music - unknown

Gold Shimmer Vellum - unknown

Ribbon - My Mind's Eye

Merry Christmas Rub-on - Stampin' Up!

Ink - Stampin' Up!

Let Christmas preparations begin!!

Make sure you check back every day for even more inspiration. 

See you soon!

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Yellow & Grey Baby Cards

Okay guys. 

I haven't forgotten about you. But you know what season is coming up? 

Craft Fair Season!

I've been spending every. spare. moment. getting cards & other crafts ready for my first one at the beginning of October.

I've got a nice batch of goodies going already & I'll be sure to share some photos with you soon.

As you may or may not know I make a lot of baby cards for a friend of mine who owns a baby boutique.

These yellow & grey series are some of the most recent ones I've made for her.

Those photos are actually stickers that all came on a sheet together & turned out to become some of the sweetest, most simple cards!

I hope your having a great week!

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Marjolaine Birthday Cards

School's back in session & I'm now prepping for the fall & Christmas craft fair season.

Here's a series of cards I've created for my booth.

All of them are made almost entirely of product from Basic Grey's Marjolaine line, with the exception of the card stock & the birthday stickers.

I hope these can bring some inspiration for you to mix up some patterns & whip up some handmade cards too!

Have a happy weekend!

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Chevron Ribbon Card

When's the last time you had a birthday party for yourself? Why do we just reserve them for the kids only?

I'm thinking that adults have far too few birthday parties. Shouldn't we celebrate each other's lives & achievements as well? 

I say yes! 

If I was to throw myself a birthday party, I think I would have a chevron theme like this chevron ribbon card.

It's full of my favourite things... all my favourite colours, resin flowers, crochet flowers, & of course CHEVRON!

Products used:

• Cardstock - Michael's
• Chevron ribbon - American Crafts
• Resin flowers - Michael's
• Crochet flowers - Michael's
• Happy birthday sticker - American Crafts
• Corner punch - EK Success

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Easy Robot Card

Need a birthday card for a special birthday boy? 

I've got something fun & simple for you!

1) Start with some kraft cardstock, cut to card sizing

2) Mat with a plaid patterned paper

3) Cut out a robot from patterned paper & mount with foam dots

4) Apply a sentiment sticker

Done!

Supplies used:

• Kraft cardstock - Michael's
• Patterned paper - Cosmo Cricket (Plaid) & Kaisercraft (Robot)
• Sentiment sticker - Karen Foster Designs

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Tag Birthday Card

Hi everyone!

I hope your week is going well & you're enjoying your summer.

The kids started swimming lessons earlier this week, so we've been spending the morning at the pool everyday & will be until the end of next week. The weather has been beautiful & I'm enjoying the sun while I watch them swim.

Today's card was created with a variety of patterned papers from My Mind's Eye. I really like purchasing the 6x6 pads - they're perfect for card making! The patterns are a bit smaller & when I can find them at Winners & Homesense, the price cannot be beat!

I started by using strips of paper that had a simple notch cut into the bottom.

I used the alphabet stickers for a sentiment &

 added a bit more detail with some brads & baker's twine.

A trendy, colorful birthday card!

Products used:

• Cardstock - Michael's 
• Patterned Papers - My Mind's Eye
• Foam Letters - American Crafts
• Mini Letters - Making Memories
• Brads - American crafts (Large) & Basic Grey (Small)
• Baker's Twine - My Mind's Eye

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This Way To Birthday Fun!

Well, after a little blogging break to get settled into summer, I'm back!

Taking a break always usually helps me think of some creative posts to share with you & get fired up for my next project. Breaks are good. They are needed. But it's good to be back.

What have you been up to so far this summer?

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Here's a fun birthday card that perfectly suited to a summer birthday party!

Doily Birthday Card {Echo Park}

In the last several days, it's been raining cats & dogs here in Saskatoon. Today was the first day of sunshine since last week. Because of all the rain, we've been stuck inside. We've been doing alot of reading, playing games, watching movies, & doing crafts. I even got some scrapbooking in, which I haven't done in a long time. 

Sunshiny summer days call for bright, summery colours! 

This was a very fast card, made with a bunch of paper scraps.

Polka Dot Baby Card

Polka dots are all the rage, have you noticed? Geometric patterns are my fav so I'm loving the polka dots, stripes, & chevron that I'm seeing everywhere. 

I also enjoy bringing trends into my paper crafts as well...

Enter the polka dot baby card! A fun way to mix & match patterns too!

Button Baby Card

Is there anything more sweet than a new baby? I think God makes them so adorable so that we want to be around them & take care of them. :)

And because babies are so cute, we want the things around them & the things that celebrate them to be cute too!