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.

Sending you Joy - Handmade card

Hello everyone
I am back with another Christmas card for you all...following the Christmas in July theme. So this one is a pretty simple card but took me some time as I did a little watercoloring.....

I am putting this card up at the following challenges:

1. Addicted to Stamps and more Challenge #248 - Holiday
2. Cute Card Thursday Challenge -#284 - Anything Goes
3. DLART June Linky Challenge - Anything goes
4. Inky Chicks Challenge #85 - Christmas 
5. Word Art Wednesday  Challenge #288-289 - Anything Goes
6. Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything goes

I started with a Off white cardstock cut to 41/4"by 5 1/2". On this I did some ink blending using crushed olive distress ink. I dried it with my heat gun and then I did some stamping with Cottage Ivy memento dye ink using leaf like stamp. This stamp is actually from Mudra Christmas decor stamp set and I used the deer stamp and the horn part of it which looks like mistletoe to stamp. 

Then, I turned the cardstock over and did some stamping using music notes stamp from Sheena Douglas Festive stamps -A Little Bit Festive A6 Stamp Set - Christmas Elements Stamp set using Memento Rick Cocoa dye ink. I stamped it repetitively until my entire front was covered. Then I snipped the edge and made it took like it was torn. I trimmed the cardstock  by 1/4" on the vertical side and mounted this on a gold glitter cardstock strip which was just 1"wide and 51/2"long. I then added this panel to a grey A2 size cardbase. I just wrote JOY sentiment using some watercolor pencils. 

Now, was the fun part where I heat embossed and then watercolored the poinsettia like flower which is from Mudra Simply Floral stamp set. I have watercolored using Abandoned Coral and Candied Apple distress ink. I fussy cut it and added it to the card front. Finished my card with beautiful shiny gold sequins from Mudra Stamps and a little Clear Wink of Stella on my flower.

I hope you like my card.

Supplies used :-

1. Grey 220gsm cardstock
2. Christmas decor - Mudra Stamps
3. Sequins- Gold - Mudra stamps
4. Sheena Douglas Festive stamps -A Little Bit Festive A6 Stamp Set - Christmas Elements Stamp
5. Off White Cardstock 220gsm
6. Gold glitter paper- Itsybitsy
7. Versamark - ItsyBitsy
8. Ranger Multi medium matte- The craft shop
9. Wow Heat gun- ItsyBitsy
10.  Ranger Superfine White Embossing powder - The craft shop
11. Simply Floral - Mudra Stamps
12. Distress inks - Abandoned Coral ,Candied Apple and Crushed Olive
13. Cottage Ivy Memento Dye Ink
14. Watercolor brush
15. Black Watercolor Pencil

Christmas in July - Handmade card.

Hello everyone
Today I have another handmade card for you which is inspired by the thought of " Christmas in July". So I made some Christmas cards which are very simple and easy to do and I have so much fun making them. This is the first of the many cards which are lined up.

I am putting this card up at the following challenges:-

1. Addicted to Stamps and more Challenge #248 - Holiday
2. Cute Card Thursday Challenge -#284 - Anything Goes
3. HLS June 2017 Christmas Challenge - Optional Twist - Tree
4. DLART June Linky Challenge - Anything goes
5. Inky Chicks Challenge #85 - Christmas 
6. Word Art Wednesday  Challenge #288-289 - Anything Goes
7. Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything goes

So to make this card, I started with a standard A2 size grey card base. I then heat embossed some pine leaves with Ranger White Super fine heat embossing power on a grey cardstock cut to 41/4" by 51/2". I made my own little christmas tree which was peeking from one of the edges of the card. Then I also heat embossed the sentiment using the same. Thats all I had to do.....Then was the fun part...to decorate the tree with ornaments and I used Mudra sequins to decorate the tree and sprinkled a few here and there.

Then I trimmed my card by 1/8" on all sides and layered it on some gold glitter cardstock. Before the layering, I added red organza ribbon bow tied around the bottom of the card with sequins in the center.
I mounted this to my card base and my card was ready. Simple and quick and so festive....feeling like Christmas in July.

Supplies used :-

1 Grey 220gsm cardstock
2 Christmas decor - Mudra Stamps
3 Sequins- Silver (My Stash) and Gold - Mudra stamps
4 Sheena Douglas Festive stamps -A Little Bit Festive A6 Stamp Set - Christmas Elements Stamp
5 Red Organza Ribbon
6 Gold  glitter paper- Itsybitsy
7 Versamark - ItsyBitsy
8 Ranger Multi medium matte- The craft shop
9 Wow Heat gun- ItsyBitsy
10 Ranger Superfine White Embossing powder - The craft shop