Saturday 9 November 2019

How to make Handmade Christmas Cards - Tutorial | DIY

Hey guys
Today I have a tutorial to make Christmas cards.....which are in non traditional colors. I wanted to give this feel of snow and so I have used really pastel shades of Blue, lilac and grey but I gave into the feel of Christmas and used Gold, green and little silver sparke on my snowflake.
 These are standard A7 cards and I have used stamps from Mudra craft for this project. I started with watercolor panels and clear heat embossed snowflakes in 3 sizes. Then, I ink blended using Distress inks to get this soft snow look...I didnt want to use traditional Christmas colors but yet I used green for the last card.
 Once I was happy with my panels, I assembeled it on my card base along with some gold glitter paper to give it a touch of whimsy. The sentiment used is also from Mudra craft which I gold heat embossed on vellum.....this allows me to see the background through it ....those snowflakes look so fun through he vellum. I also added a white wax cord in the front with a small bow to add a little extra to the front.
 Once, my card front was ready, I dressed the inside as well with a similar panel design and stamped the back of the card with a sentiment that says "Handmade just for you"....
 I made my own grey envelops and dressed them up as well using the scrap strips and white heat embossing snowflakes....make it look so special. I never forget to dress my envelopes up whenever I make cards. I finished it all with some silver sequins in the center of snowflakes.
I have a full tutorial and I encourage you to watch this if you want to know how I made these cards.
I am putting these cards up at the following blog challenges:
  1. Addicted to stamps and more Challenge #366 - Anything Goes
  2. Cute Card Thursday #607 - Anything Goes
  3. HLS November Christmas Challenge -Anything Goes

Here is a list of supplies used:-

  1. Mudra Stamps - Christmas Decor
  2. Mudra Stamps - Wishing You
  3. Mudra Stamps - Mail Delight
  4. Distress Inks - Hickory Smoke, Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon, Crushed Olive and Moved Lawn
  5. Grey Cardstock for evnvelope
  6. Watercolor Panels - Brusto 300 gsm
  7. A7 Card Base - Iris 270 gsm
  8. Gold Glitter paper - ItsyBitsy

Thank you for visiting me......have a fab day ahead.

3 comments:

  1. Gorgeous cards ! Your blended panels are beautiful and make such a lovely support for the snowflakes. Love the sentiments on the strips of Vellum too. Thanks so much for sharing and for playing along at ATSM.

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  2. What a beautiful collection Mukta
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia

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  3. love your use of non traditional colors for your Christmas cards. Wonderful group of cards. thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers
    Barb Housner

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