Vintage Christmas Cards

Good morning

Today I am sharing three vintage Christmas cards.

All three cards are 5" square, created using Coredintaions Vanilla Cream cardstock.

Each card also uses Bo Bunny's Father Christmas paper range from 2011.

All of the paper layers have been distressed using my Prima Distressing tool and a black ink cube.

OK let's start with 

Card No. 1

The two background layers are 4 3/4" square and 4 1/2" square

The strip of red patterned paper is 2" x 4" and the cream cardstock is 1 1/2" x 4"

The square patterned papers are attached to the card base with double sided tape

There is a piece of chipboard between the red patterned paper strip and the lace,  

(the lace is a gift from my Mum)

which is attached with liquid glue

Three sparking red poinsettia (a gift from my Mum) are attached down the length of the cream cardstock, 

also attached with liquid glue

The sentiment is stamped using Versafine Onyx Black ink and a stamp from

Kaisercraft's Christmas Edition stamp set.

I die cut the sentiment using a lacy rectangle die, added a piece of chipboard behind it

and attached it to my card front.

The inside of the card

I have cut a piece of red patterned paper 1 1/4" x 4 1/2" and a green piece 3/4" x 4 1/2".

These have been layered onto each other and attached to the left of the inside back panel.

The greeting is stamped using Versafine Onyx Black ink and Kaisercraft's Christmas Greetings stamp set.

This was then covered with clear embossing powder and set using my heat tool.

Card No. 2

Each of the patterned paper layers on this card are matted on a piece of cream cardstock.

Paper sizes are:-

Patterned paper No1. 4 3/4" square

Patterned paper No.2 4 1/4" square 

Cream Cardstock 4 1/2" square and 3 1/4" square.

For the focal point on the front of the card I used an image from the cut-a-part sheet which is 3" square.

Between the cut-a-part image and the 3 1/4" cream cardstock 

I have added a 4" square piece of glitter tulle.

On the inside

I cut "Merry Christmas" from Uniquely Creative's Holly Jolly Christmas 6" paper pack

and  matted it onto a 2 1/2" square piece of patterned paper.

I stamped and heat embossed a Christmas tree from a free stamp set I received with a magazine.

The magazine was Creative Cardmaking.

I added dots of Nuvo Crystal Drops in Autumn Red to the heat embossed tree.

Card No. 3

This card has all of the patterned papers matted on gold mirror card.

The patterned papers measure 4 3/4" square, 4 1/4" square and 3 1/8" x 3 5/8"

The gold card is 4 1/2" square and 3 1/2" x 3 5/8"

on the smallest piece of patterned paper I have put Decofoil Transfer Gel Duo

through a Christmas tree stencil.

When the gel was dry I added gold foil using my brayer.

Inside the card

I cut a piece of patterned paper 4 1/2" square and attached it to the inside of the card.

I used another "free with magazine" stamp to stamp and heat emboss

a sentiment to the patterned paper.

The magazine was Australian Papercraft Essentials

Here is my process video

I hope you will check it out

Well that's it for today

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Christmas Cards using Tulle from Mum

Hi there

Today I am sharing three cards I made using tulle.

I recently visited my Mum and she was having a clean out of some of her crafting stash.

She gave me about a dozen rolls of assorted tulle and many assorted braids.

When I got home I decided that instead of putting them straight into my storage 

I would use some of them and that is how the idea for using

 the tulle on these cards came about.

As I have not finished my Christmas cards for this year I made three Christmas cards.

To attach the tulle to the cardstock panels for all of these cards I used Art Glitter Glue.

I applied a line of glue around the back edge of the panel and then folded the tulle around the panel and into the glue. I then put an acrylic block on top of the panel while the glue dried.

All of the card bases are cut from 240gsm smooth white cardstock.

I have cut the cardstock 10" x 5", scored (using my Score Board) at 5" on the long side and folded to create a 5" square card.

I always use my teflon bone folder to create beautiful crisp folds on my cards without any shine.

All of the patterned papers are from Kaisercraft's Sparkle 6.5" paper pad.

I also used some of the Sparkle Collectables to decorate my cards.

The edges of each of the patterned papers have been inked using my Versa Color Black ink cube.

Card No. 1

The tulle on this card is bright pink.

The white cardstock panel that is covered with the tulle is 4 3/4" square.

The Rose Gold Foiled patterned paper is 2 1/2" x 4 3/4"

Two pieces of black cardstock that measure 3/4" x 4 3/4" are attached to the top and bottom of the patterned paper panel so approximately 1/4" of the black is showing beyond the panel.

To create the poinsettia I chose a lightly patterned paper from the pad, 

I used my Heartfelt Creations Sparkling Poinsettia stamp, 

my embossing buddy, Versamark Embossing ink and Superfine Gold Embossing powder. 

This was then set using my heat tool.

I used my spring loaded scissors to fussy cut all four layers of the flower.

To give the flower some shape I used my flower shaping tool 

and a stubbie holder I have cut open to press into the back

 of each of the petals on all four layers.

I used a dob of liquid glue in the centre of each layer and off set the petals as I created the flower.

The sentiment for the card came from the Collectables pack. 

It is attached to the card with a layer of chipboard behind it.

To add a little sparkle to the card I added a few sequins down the left hand edge

 and a circle of Pops of Colour Glitter Champagne to the centre of the flower.

Card No. 2

The tulle I used on this card is gold and it has small gold sequins attached to it

 so I wanted to keep this card quite simple.

The white cardstock panel that is covered with tulle is 4" x 5"

A strip of gold mirror card that is 3/4" x 5" was attached to the top and bottom

 of the tulle panel with about 1/4" of gold showing.

This was then attached to the card front leaving about 1/4" at the top and bottom.

I used my Memory Box Snowflake Ornament Die and my Big Shot to cut two baubles

 from gold mirror card that I had attached double sided adhesive sheet to the back of,

When I cut the baubles I decided to leave all of the pieces together 

as the detail stood out beautifully and the solid gold baubles were more impactful.

I used liquid glue to attach a fine gold thread to the tulle panel.

 The baubles were attached in the same way.

The sentiment is from a sheet of sentiments I printed.

I have matted that on some of the gold mirror card and attached it to the card front

 with a piece of chipboard behind it.

Card No. 3

This card has three patterned papers on it

The light pink paper is 4 3/4" square, 

the dark paper is 4 1/2" square and 

the foiled panel is 1 1/2" x 4 1/2".

The tulle on this card is white with a silver glimmer to it. 

I have covered the small panel with the tulle.

I added a layer of chipboard behind the panel and then wrapped

 a piece of pink and silver braid around it, tying it into a knot.

I used the same tulle to tie a bow and attached that above the braid.

The sentiment for this card also comes from the Collectable pack. 

It is a bauble shape and I have tied a piece of the tulle through the hole at the top

 and attached that to the panel with a piece of chipboard behind it.

Here is my process video

I hope you have time to check my video out.

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

 

Three Christmas cards using Uniquely Creative's Holly Jolly papers

Good morning

Today I am sharing three more Christmas card.

These cards are in the more traditional colours and I have used a 6" paper pack of 

Uniquely Creative's Holly Jolly Christmas.

All three cards are 5" square and have been cut from 240gsm smooth white cardstock.

All of the papers on these cards have had their edges inked using a black ink cube.

Let's start with 

Card No. 1

I have cut the red plaid paper to 4 3/4" square and a piece of white cardstock 4 1/2" square

I placed my white cardstock on my Scoreboard and scored every 1/8" 

for about an inch to add some interest and texture to the panel.

The circular tags and the sentiment are from the Creative Cuts pack.

I used my Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circles Large die

to cut two matts from Core'dinations Rouge cardstock to back the circular tags.

I punched a hole through the cardstock and threaded some white crochet cotton through the tags.

These were then attached to the card front with some scrap chipboard behind them.

I placed a red brad in each of the hole in the sentiment before attaching it to the card. 

The final touch was to add two clusters of 3 Picket Fence Moonshine sequins

 to the sentiment for a little sparkle.

Card No. 2

I cut a piece of the Rouge cardstock 4 3/4" square, 

a piece of Gold mirror card 4 3/8" square 

and a piece of patterned paper 4" square

 and attached these to my card front.

I fussy cut an assortment of poinsettia and holly leaves from one of the patterned papers,

shaped them with my flower shaping tool

and attached them to the bottom curve of the wreath on the patterned paper.

I used my Memory Box Snowflake Ornament die and gold mirror card

 to create a gold ornament to attach at the centre top of the patterned paper. 

Before I attached it though, I added a short length of metallic string in gold

and tucked the end of it behind the patterned paper layer.

The sentiment was cut from one of the patterned papers and matted on some of the Rouge cardstock.

I added a small piece of chipboard to the two end of the sentiment before attaching it to the card front so it would sit level over the metallic string.

The sparkle for this card was created by using 

Scrapbook.com's Pop of Colour in Glittering Champagne

in the centre of each of the fussy cut flowers.

Card No. 3

I had a change of heart during the creation of this card.

I cut the patterned paper to 4 3/4" square, 

distressing the edges using my Distress Tool before inking them.

The 4 1/2" piece of white cardstock received the same treatment to its edges.

I used Kaisercraft's Christmas Tree mini stencil and Mont Marte Modelling Paste

 to add a textured tree to the white cardstock.

While the stencil was still in place I covered it with Spellbinders Sparkle Dust Glitter.

This gave me a beautiful sparkly Christmas tree BUT it got lost on the white cardstock.

The sentiment is a Rub On that I have applied to white cardstock 

and matted on the same patterned paper I used as a layer on the front of my card. 

This was attached to the front panel with craft foam behind it.

I also added craft foam behind the patterned paper of the front panel before I attached it to the card base.

I used a fine black pen to draw a scribbly boarder around the white cardstock panel and the sentiment.

I still felt that the tree was getting lost so I placed the stencil back over it and added a coat of Pops of Colour Glittering Gold. This did the trick and the tree is now a stand out embellishment.

Here is my process video

Thank you once again for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Three Christmas Cards with Christmas trees

Good morning

I have three cards to show you today and they all have Christmas trees as their focal point

All of my card bases are made using 240gsm white cardstock and are 5 1/4" square.

All of the patterned papers are from BoBunny's Father Christmas paper range.

Card No. 1

I have used Kaisercraft's Merry Christmas stamp set to stamp and heat emboss 

baubles onto deep red cardstock using my embossing buddy, 

Versamark ink and Fine Gold Embossing powder.

 

I trimmed the cardstock to 5" square, 

I will use this as the background layer of my card.

A four layer tree die was used to cut this tree from the patterned paper.

The tree was assembled on the red panel using Art Glitter glue

I used gold mirror card to die cut the base of the Christmas tree

 and a 3/8" star punch to create the star for the top of the tree.

The greeting is from Uniquely Creative and is matted on the 

same mirror card as I used for the star and base. 

It is attached to the card front with a scrap piece of chipboard behind it.

I added dots of Pops of Colour - Glittering Champagne, 

randomly on the tree to look like Christmas baubles

I had a piece of the red heat embossed cardstock left over so I trimmed it

 to 1" x 5 1/4" and attached it to the inside left of the card

Card No. 2

A white and gold card this time. This colour combination always looks elegant I think.

I have cut a piece of the gold mirror card 4 3/4" square

A piece of white cardstock measuring 4 1/4" has been embossed using 

Sizzix 3D Texture Impressions - Mosaic Gems  embossing folder.

I had originally wanted this layer to be larger but this is the maximum size 

that this embossing folder can emboss as a square.

I cut a piece of white cardstock 4 3/4" x 2 1/2" and wrapped some gold ribbon around it 

securing it in place with double sided tape and a knot.

Scrap chipboard was added to the back of this panel before it was added to the card front.

I die cut two Christmas trees from white cardstock, backed them with gold mirror card

 and attached them to the ribbon panel

The sentiment is once again from Uniquely Creative.

It has been matted on the gold mirror card and attached to the card front using foam tape.

Card No. 3

I have used my Tim Holtz Distressing tool and a black ink cube to distress all of the edges of all of the papers used on this card.

I have cut patterned papers to 5 1/4" square, 4 3/4" square and 1 3/4" x 4 3/4"

I also cut some gold mirror card to 5" square and 2" x 5"

The square patterned paper and gold cardstock were layered onto the front of the card base.

I had the white frame sitting on my dest for some time so decided to use it on this card.

I traced around the inside and outside of the frame onto a piece of white cardstock.

Using strips of patterned paper I created the Christmas tree, 

ensuring the tree fitted inside the frame tracing.

The frame was attached to the white cardstock that had my paper pieced tree on it,

 this was then attached to the card front

I used my Semco Pearlised Watercolour palette to colour the background around the tree.

The frame was given a good coat of Wink of Stella White.

The sentiment was cut from gold mirror card using 

Elizabeth Craft Designs 745 Merry Christmas die 

and attached to the Christmas tree.

The rectangular patterned paper and mirror card were

 layered onto each other and attached to the inside right of the card.

You can watch my process video below.

Thank you for spending part of your day here with me today

Till next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

Three Navy & Gold Christmas Cards

Good morning

Today I have got three Christmas cards to share with you.

I have chosen navy and gold for these cards.

I have used Kaisercraft Dove cardstock for all of the card bases which are 5 1/4" square

The patterned paper I have used are

 Kaisercraft - Starry Night - Striking

Kaisercraft - First Noel - Calm

Kaisercraft - First Noel - Starry

Kaisercraft - First Noel - Evergreen

All of the patterned papers and cardstock have been inked using a black ink cube.

Card No. 1

I have layered a piece of gold cardstock, which is 5" square and a piece of Striking patterned paper that is 4 3/4" square onto my card base.

A piece of the Dove cardstock that is 5 1/4" x 1 1/2" has been put through my Big Shot with Sizzix 3D embossing folder Mosaic Gems

To create the flower I stamped Heartfelt Creations Sparkling Poinsettia stamp,

 onto Evergreen patterned paper, with Versafine Onyx Black ink 

and added clear embossing powder before heat setting the flowers.

 I stamped all four layers of the flower.

These were then fussy cut and shaped using my flower shaping tool.

To add a little spark I squeezed three drops of Pops of Colour - Glitter Champagne (similar to Nuvo Drops) into the centre of the poinsettia.

To add a little more texture to the front of the card I attached a piece of fine gold tulle behind the Dove cardstock strip before I added it to the card front.

The sentiment is from a sheet I printed from my computer which is matted on some of the same gold cardstock that I used as the bottom layer on the card.

The flower was attached using foam tape and the sentiment was attached using Art Glitter Glue

To add a little something to the inside of this card I stamped two of the

poinsettia flower so they overhung the bottom right corner.

Card No. 2

I used a normal 5 1/4" card-base plus a piece of Dove that was 5 1/4" x 5 3/4" that I scored at 5 1/4" on the 5 3/4" edge.

I used glue and attached the 1/2" flap flap of the smaller piece 

to the right hand edge of the 5 1/4"  card-base.

Laying the three panels out flat I measured down 1 1/2" on the left hand edge of the trifold card

and draw a line from the top right corner of the card to the mark I had just made. 

I used my scissors to cut along this line. 

Now I have my trifold cardbase

I cut three panels of Striking patterned paper to mat the three panels

 that you see when the card is open and flat. 

I left a 1/8" border around each piece of patterned paper

To decorate this card I fussy cut multiple Christmas trees from the Evergreen patterned paper and attached them to each of the three panels on the inside of the card and the back of the centre panel.

For a place to write my personal message I attached a piece of the 

Dove cardstock that measures 5" x 1 1/2" to the bottom of the right hand panel.

The sentiment for this card is cut from the Calm patterned paper and attached to the front of the card. 

I also added a scattering of random words to the second panel.

Once again I used the Pop of Colour Glitter Champagne to add sparkle to some of the trees.

Card 3.

I have cut a piece of navy cardstock, a piece of packaging actually, that is 5" square,

a piece of Calm that is 4 3/4" square and a piece of gold that is 4" square.

I used my distressing tool to distress all of the edges before inking them.

They were then attached to my card-base.

I cut the branding strips from the patterned papers and 

along with some of the navy cardstock

created a Christmas tree for the front of my card.

The lengths of the papers are

3 1/4", 2 1/2", 2 1/4" 1 7/8", 1 1/2", 1 1/4", 7/8" and 1/2"

I also created a pot for my Christmas tree using the navy cardstock.

To further embellish the card I used my bow die to create a small white bow to go on the pot 

and my 3/8" star punch to add a gold star to the top of the tree.

The sentiment was cut from the Calm patterned paper and attached to the front of the card with glue. 

On the inside I added a 1 1/2" x 5" strip of Striking to the left hand edge 

of the back inside panel and stamped two of the small Christmas trees

 from Kaisercraft Sparkle stamp set in the bottom right hand section.

So there we have my three cards for today

Here is my process video

I hope you enjoy my video.

In the description box of the video I also have links 

to more of my Christmas cards. You might find them interesting.

Thank you for being here with me today

Until next time

Stay safe

Hugs

Julie

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