Card making Christmas cards Card Making
When you’ve put a lot of time and effort into making Christmas greetings for loved ones, you want the card to really impress. Cute cards are always a big hit, so why not surprise your recipient with a design that makes them go “Awwww” this Christmas? Let’s be honest, it’s the reaction every crafter hopes for!
Craft Essentials, Stamps: stocking, star, Embossing powder: white, Small circle punch, Pen: black, white, Stamp: seal, Corner punch, Die: Merry Christmas sentiment
Make your cards in time for Festive Friday on 27th November. This is the day when you should all be sending your cards to kick-start Christmas! Find out more here.
• Create a top-fold 9cm x 12.5cm blank using spotted card. Add a smaller matt of green patterned paper. Trim a triangle of light blue cardstock and draw a dashed white line around the edge.
• Stamp nine stockings onto different patterned papers, apply white embossing powder, then heat to set. Cut out a star and tree stump from dark green paper and add above and below the blue triangle. Trim the stockings and adhere using foam pads. Stamp a star, heat emboss and cut out. Stick to the top of the tree with a foam pad and finish with a pearl.
• Cut out a robin's body and wing from kraft card and an eye and feet from brown, then a yellow beak, red breast and green holly leaves. Stick the red front and wing to the body. Line up the beak to the top of the red and fix in place. Matt the whole bird onto dark brown card, then cut out, leaving a narrow border.
• Cut three circles from red card and arrange with the holly leaves into a cluster. Matt onto brown, cut out and add to the wing. Add detail to the holly and beak using black and white pens.
• Make a stand by creating a brown 7.5cm x 8.5cm top-fold blank. Stick centrally to the back of the robin so that the bottom of the blank is in line with the bird. Snip away the excess. Trim a straight section at the bottom so it can stand.
• Mount red patterned paper onto caramel card. Fix ribbon down the centre. Glue the panel onto a card blank. Cut red spot paper and stick to caramel.
• Cut a curve into green holly paper and mount to the section. Create two snow drifts from white card, add glitter to the tops and fix. Attach the panel. Stamp and colour a seal and stick to the centre. Add a ribbon bow to the top. Add a 'Merry & bright' sentiment and embellish with green pearls.
• Cover the front of a top-fold portrait A6 blank with a panel of pale aqua card, cut to size, and round the bottom edges with a corner punch.
• Emboss a series of dots onto a smaller piece of white card, then round the bottom corners and adhere the panel centrally onto the blank.
• Die cut a ‘Merry Christmas’ phrase from purple card and three shades of aqua, so there is a total of four sentiments, Snip off the ‘Christmas’ for each one.
• Stick the words onto the blank, one beneath the other, starting with the palest shade of aqua and finishing with the purple. Tie purple ribbon around the top of the blank and decorate with gems.
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