Quick but Elegant Christmas Cards using Designer Papers

Hello, I am back again with some easy but elegant Christmas cardmaking inspiration.  These cards were all made with a new assortment from Crafter’s Companion called Poinsettia Perfection which is part of their Nature’s Garden collection. 

This first card is a traditional 5x7"card layered with beautiful patterned paper from the 12x12" paper pad included  in the collection, a die cut frame using the Victorian Frame die and a couple of paper poinsettias.  I cut the frame from a foam green glitter card and using the Grande Poinsettia die set I cut multiples of the petal layers out of white glitter cardstock.  I gently shaped the petals and assembled the flowers in layers.  The card all came together by layering a couple of flourishes cut from some patterned paper that I had in my scrap paper folders.  I adhered those on top of the frame, then the two poinsettias, their leaves and finally a ready-made sentiment.

This next card began with a 5x5" card base in which I scored the front of the card at 2 ½ inches and folded it back onto itself.  I adhered pieces of patterned paper from the paper pad, then I stamped, die cut and colored the Victorian Lantern stamp from the collection.  Finally a card topper sentiment that is part of the same paper pad was added to the front and I stamped a holiday sentiment on the inside.

For this final card, 

I created a center step card base and covered it with the designer paper.  I embellished with another paper poinsettia, this time cut from some of the designer paper, added another flourish and some leaves.  Finally, a little bling to dress it up and another ready-made sentiment.  If you would like to learn how to make this type of card base, please here for step-by-step tutorial.
This new Poinsettia collection is gorgeous and has so many wonderful elements that you won’t need anything else but glue and some inspiration to make memorable cards this holiday season.  The collection is currently available as a bundle on HSN.com or you can purchase the individual pieces from Crafter’s Companion’s website. 

I hope you will stop by again for more card making inspiration and techniques.  

Until then, Happy Crafting!

Dawn

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     All products used in my blog posts and videos are my own and purchased by me.  My blog posts, videos and opinions are not sponsored, and I am not paid by the product companies to create these posts and videos. The information provided in is my own personal endorsement and choice.

Eight Steps to a Beautifully Unique Card

(Originally posted on 06/06/2018)

Today I would like to share with you a step-by-step pictorial on how I created these unique cards.  I think they are different and quite pretty but even better is that they fold flat for mailing, depending on the embellishments that you choose, of course.  

I started with a sheet of 5 1/2 x 11" piece of heavy cardstock scored at 5 1/2".  I like to use Neenah Solar White Card Cover for my card bases but you can use whatever heavy weight card you have. 

I wanted to have a lacy edge on the diagonal so using a Crafter's Companion Lacey Edge'able die I cut across the corner of the front of the card base.  To do this I first laid the die diagonally across the corner so the die was centered and the edges just matched up.  I wrapped my card base around a metal shim to protect the back of the card from being cut through but you could also open the card flat.  After the initial cut there was a small part of the card front that still needed to be cut away on either end of the lace.  Here I could have just cut it straight with a scissor leaving the length of the lace floating on the edge but I wanted the lace to run from edge to edge so I carefully lined the end of the die back up with either end of the previous cut and passed it through my die cutting machine again until the lace was all the way across the front right corner of the card.

Once the lace was all cut, I clipped away the excess unwanted corner piece of cardstock with a pair of scissor and then I decorated the front and inside of the card with decorative papers.  On each of the card samples above I fussy cut some floral pattern paper around the flowers for added interest on the inside right corner.  

In order to have the front of the card bow outward you will need a 3D or raised embellishment adhered to the inside lower right corner of the card.  Be sure to use a strong adhesive or pop dot here so it won't pop off from the pressure of the front of the card being tucked behind it.

 

Now you can finish decorating the front of the card and if you would like you can stamp or add a sentiment or message inside but be sure to keep it offset toward the fold of the card so it won't show when the card front is tucked and the card is displayed.  

I hope you enjoyed this step-by-step pictorial of how to create this pretty 3D card.

Thank you for stopping by and until next time - Let Your Imagination Inspire Your Creativity!

Disclosure:

     All products used in my blog posts and videos are my own and purchased by me.  My blog posts, videos and opinions are not sponsored, and I am not paid by the product companies to create these posts and videos. The information provided in this video is my own personal endorsement and choice.