Holiday Cards

Happy Holidays!  By November, we turn our attention to preparing for the holiday season.  There is plenty of shopping, decorating, and sending warm wishes to our loved ones.  Each trip to the mailbox brings a happy anticipation that you might find a card from a friend or family member.

I love them all.  Photo cards, store bought cards, hand made cards--I hang them as decor in my house and save them in an album afterwards.  It is such fun to revisit them each season. 

Each of the cards on this page, show off the tradition of the season.  They are in red, white, and green with a nod to the central holiday images like wreaths, candy canes, and santa.  Just looking at them brings on that merry feeling.

by Connie Mercer

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper,  Motage Sheet: Darkroom Door,  Ink: Memento, Word Strip: Darkroom Door, Adhesive: Helmar, Other: bakers twine, large safety pin, small felt piece, buttons. Tools: Shaper: Tim Holtz, Stamps: Darkroom Door.

Design Notes: After the small gift tags are stamped and threaded on the large safety pin~pin it to the felt and then that is when you glue it to the inside of your card.

Santa by Sandy Ang

Supplies: Paper, Stickers, Chipboard: Best Creation, Bling: BasicGrey.

Editor's Note: Have a big embellishment?  Use it as the centerpiece of a cute card like this one!

Christmas Ribbon by Kathleen Margaret Charity B. Hernandez

 Supplies: Cardstock: Star Paper Corp., Paper: Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker, Digital Stamp: Sassy Studios Designs, Sentiment: Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker, Glitter Glue: Leeho, Bow Ribbon: All About Scrapbooking (Hallmark Inc.),  Sketch: Little C's, Other: satin ribbon, Transparency. Tools: Stamp: Studio 18, Decorative Scissors: Provo Craft, Glue Shot: Stanley.

Design Notes: To put focus on the image, I created a Ribbon Wreath around the image by circle pleating my satin ribbon around the image. I then finished off the ribbon wreath with a good-sized bow of the same color as the satin ribbon. For the glitter swirls, I made use of swirl acrylic stamp. I stamped on plain paper my swirl acrylic stamp. Then, I positioned a transparency on top of the stamped swirl. With the transparency on top, I traced the swirls with glitter glue on the transparency and allowed to dry. Upon drying, I removed the already hardened swirl glitter glue gently from the transparency and adhered it to the cardstock on top and on the bottom of the image. With this done, we now have a sparkling swirl effect of the Christmas ribbon card. Viola!