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o christmas tree!

It’s not too late to create something amazing and handmade for your christmas table.  Here are some wonderful christmas trees and bauble ideas our design team has come up with this year.

 

Jill took the glorious colours of the Fancy Pants Hopscotch Collection and turned them into a delightful Christmas tree.  By rolling punching out large circles, damping each piece and rolling them into tiny flowers, the tree is filled with the colours to suit our Australian Christmas.  Would make a beautiful centrepiece for any Christmas table.

 

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Every year Suz likes to do something different with her Tim Holtz Tree of Life.  This year she has used Webster’s Pages Royal Christmas range to create tags to hang on it. She trimmed the Journal Cards to tag shape, which even gives her room to write on the backs.  Each tag has been treated to a light washing of gesso, and layers of the beautiful Websters trims along with a Royal Christmas Cameo as the focal point, finishing off with a smattering of co-ordinating glitter.

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With this project, Jill has carefully folded all the pages of a vintage dictionary to turn it into a Christmas tree.  To decorate her tree, she has punched some butterflies from a couple of the vintage pages and painted them with the Luminarte Key Lime glazes.

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Leanne used a cotton spool and foam cone to create the base for this cute little Christmas Tree. By using a few different sizes of a 6 petal flower punch, some inking and scrunching Leanne added layers of patterned paper to the cone.  The tree really highlights just how well the Winter Wonderland papers co-ordinate together.  Adding the enamel dots as baubles at the end gave the tree some added dimension.  The tree was topped with a die cut star wrapped around a toothpick.

 

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And last, but certainly not least, Stacey decided to make a shabby, Ornament Wall/Door hanging for her Christmas decor project.  She had a packet of Styrofoam balls just waiting to be used.  Each ball was made differently to the next.  Stacey cut, punched, folded and ripped various pieces of paper from the Pink Paislee City Walks collection.  Lots of of trims, ribbons and lace were added to create the shabby look of the ornaments.  It is a versatile piece and can be used a number of ways, on a front door, as a centre piece or as a modern take on mistletoe.

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christmas decorating

Christmas is close now, the cards are posted (right?!) and it’s time to turn your attention to last minute details around the house.  Here are some beautiful ideas from our design team to inspire you to add some magic to your home.

 

What a fun way to personalise a table place setting; making your own place card holders and using photos instead of name tags. Lou created these with the fabulous ART-C mixed Media products from LYB. They are available in a great variety of colours so could be created to suit a variety of festive themes.

 

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Sue loved the City Sidewalks release from Pink Paislee.  She decided to make a vintage style banner to hang on her wall.  Sue used a mix of the patterned papers, hessian and embellishments from the range to create this beautiful decor item.  Such a fun and quick project for the Christmas season.  It could easily be re-created using other ranges.

 

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Leanne used a cotton spool and foam cone to create the base for this cute little Christmas Tree.  By using a few different sizes of a 6 petal flower punch, some inking and scrunching Leanne added layers of My Minds Eye Winter Wonderland patterned paper to the cone.  The tree really highlights just how well the Winter Wonderland papers co-ordinate together.  Adding the enamel dots as baubles at the end gave the tree some added dimension.  The tree was topped with a die cut star wrapped around a toothpick.

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christmas cards – special!

We’ve spent the last couple of weeks covering quick Christmas cards – the kind you can make a whole batch of, that probably should be in the mail any time now!    You can find these posts here and here. You can find heaps of inspiration if you click over on the Christmas button on the sidebar too.

Now we want to bring you some ideas for the more special cards – the ones that you might only make a few of each year.  For recipients who mean a lot, or for those who appreciate the extra work that goes into such a card.

 

 

Jane tends to make larger cards when it’s for someone special as she usually likes to write a small novel in them of the happenings of the past year or if they are a close friends it would be a heartfelt sentiment. Jane added a large frame sticker to her card front using foam mounting tape for dimension then cut poinsettias from the remaining background paper, the fussy cutting always looks as though it has taken you hours but the design was quite easy and they fill out the design quite nicely!

 

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At Christmas there is always someone special you want to create that one off distinctive card for.  Leanne has used the stunning and traditional All Is Bright range from My Minds Eye to create some unique cards and a tag with a difference.

For this card Leanne gained inspiration from many a pinterest post and a tutorial posted by the talented Marianne Skjelstad.  The card folds flat but then transforms into a standing easel style card.    A tutorial on how to make this style of card can be found here.

Leanne used a combination of chipboard elements and hand pieced fishtail banners to create this banner style card.  The pieces were foam mounted on a die cut piece cut using the Memory Box Tessatina Border Die. 

Leanne finished off the top of the banner with a combination of button, brads and bows all strung together with some twine.

A chipboard element was distressed and added to the card as the sentiment.

 

This special card was constructed using the diamond fold technique. Leanne die cut some memory box scrolls, layered on some hand cut fishtail banner pieces and some folded paper pieces before adding the chipboard “Joy” sentiment.  Leanne applied distress stickles to the “Joy” lettering to add some sparkle.  Some of the fishtail banner pieces were made from the All Is Bright decorative tape which she applied to cardstock before hand cutting them.
A tutorial on how to construct a diamond fold card can be found here

 

This tiny tag was created using a gate fold style construction.  Leanne made the tag background and then added the gatefold sections to the tag front.  These sections were created from label dies. The peg was covered in the All Is Bright decorative tape to tie the pieces together.

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For one of a kind Christmas card why not try a Centre Step Card.  This is a very eye catching dimensional card that is so simple to make all from one piece of cardstock and some clever scoring!  Chris decorated her centre step card using the Echo Park Very Merry Christmas collection kit, Sizzix die cuts and some bling from Prima and Zva Creatives.  For a tutorial on creating a centre step card click here. 

 

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Chris has used the Echo Park Very Merry Christmas collection kit again to create this fabulous card.  I think the 'hero' element of this card is the magnificent red Prima flower with gorgeous jewel in the centre.  The Prima crystal swirls, American Craft glitter and hand stitching all come together to make this Christmas card one that would be treasured. 

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christmas cards – quick!

Need ideas to create a heap of Christmas cards quickly?  It’s nearly December – of course you do!!  Here’s some ideas that our design team are hoping will get them out of some jams this Christmas season.

 

Jane created these quick Christmas cards by stamping and clear embossing a tree on the front of the folded cards (smooth side) then she dragged an ink pad down the card over the image (use a sponge around the image if need). Clean over the image with a tissue, Jane then added glitter tape down the sides to create clean lines. She then stamp the sentiments with the same inks, cut them out and arrange them on the cards with a white ribbon bow.

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Simple triangle Christmas trees are one of the quickest and most effective ways of communicating Christmas on a card.  Suz Doyle tends to go back to them every year – mostly because she loves them!  This year she has layered patterned papers on Tim Holtz’s fabulous new mirrored cardstock to create these fun trees.  Simple punches show off the mirror underneath, and raising the trees gives them a really pretty three dimensional look.

 

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Three sheets of patterned paper are all you need to create these gorgeous quick cards by Carole Janson.  She has used the beautiful Webster Pages Royal Christmas range.  The stunning Deck the Halls features 25 gorgeous unique windows and doors and she has used those as the feature to her cards.  Carole also created a tag to match.

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Finally, Jennifer Maguire often makes cards that look like simplicity itself – and sometimes they are, but they are always beautiful!  This breathtaking card can be made using a simple circle mask and your own choice of inks and stamps.  See how Jennifer has created this card here.

christmas cards – quick!

 

Some card makers can often find Christmas card making to be a little frustrating and stressful. Instead of card making being a creative outlet or something that brings you joy - it starts to become just another job on the Christmas to do list and you can be overwhelmed with so many cards to make.  This year that does not need to be the case. Leanne has put together some Christmas cards and tags using the Simple Stories Handmade Holiday range that are quick, easy and fun to make. 

By combining the 3x4 and 4x6 Holiday Cards along with a 6x6 paper pad, the Handmade Holiday range just works so easily together.  You can come up with one design and replicate that a number of times alternating the papers, embellishments and colour combinations you use.

 

Using the bingo cards and flash cards as the focal point on these cards Leanne made each card look different and yet they all follow the same basic layout.

 

The 6x6 paper pad has miniature journaling elements which become perfect little tag toppers.  Leanne combined them with the 3x4 Holiday Cards and they instantly become cute tags.  On some tags/gift cards she added some extra embellishments like buttons, stickers etc and others were left just as they were.  Flipping the basic layout from portrait to landscape Leanne was also able to change the look of the gift cards.

 

 

Leanne turned the cardstock stickers into embellishments by mounting them on foam tape to add extra dimension to her tag.

 

Leanne decided a quick and fun way to use up those left over off cuts was to turn them into fishtail banners.  She teamed them up with the 4x6 Holiday Cards as they make an instant and perfect background.

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No sentiment needed on this Christmas card as it's all in the Hero Arts Background stamp!  Ink the Merry Background stamp with your favourite inks, stamp it onto Kraft cardstock, then using silver embossing powder, heat emboss the beautiful Branch & Flourish tree stamp also from Hero Arts, cut around the tree and it's ready to mount onto your card.  Add some bling and you're done!

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For this quick set of gorgeous Christmas cards, grab your favourite Christmas themed pattern paper - Chris has chosen Jillibean Soup Christmas Eve Chowder, use small strips of the paper to frame the Branch & Flourish Tree stamp.  Complete the card with some crystals, pearls and a simple sentiment.

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This final card took Chris just 15 minutes to make and she said if she was making this card in bulk it could be even quicker once you get all the pieces cut out and start a production line.  The flourish tree stamp was heat embossed with white embossing powder and the rest of the card is simple cutting.  Chris used the Echo Park Very Merry Christmas collection kit.

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christmas reflections: georgia

 

Georgia’s eldest daughter Lucy has always loved Christmas but this year seemed to be even more into the Christmas spirit than usual.  The little things became all important which lead to many photos of small details.  This close up of Lucy hanging an ornament on the tree is one example and the one Georgia chose to capture the story of Lucy’s fascination with all things Christmas.  As there are no faces in the photo Georgia knew she needed to keep the page quite simple to stop her image getting lost.  Echo Park’s Season’s Greetings was the perfect range for the job – lots of bright, layered embellishments which jump of the page, meaning Georgia could create a dramatic look with only a handful of pieces. The end result is a simple yet stunning layout which highlights the photo and tells the story wonderfully.

christmas reflections: suz

 

 

Suz Doyle wanted a double page spread full of photos of her Christmas Day and created this by printing them all on two A4 sheets.  This meant that embellishment needed to be minimal, so she created a simple garland along the bottom of her photos.  This gave her room for playing in a limited area, and so she added gorgeous chip stickers and embellies from the October Afternoon range, Tim Holtz facets backed with the co-ordinating papers and bits of trima nd lace, mostly from Websters.  She added different coloured glitters to outline the embellishments which help them echo the spirit of christmas baubles or decorations.

christmas reflections: iris

 

 

 

 

 

Iris takes a few sheets from the My Mind's Eye Christmas line and transforms a few wooden plate holders into a table centrepiece for Christmas. A Prima bouquet and butterfly completes the look for this vintage piece.

handmade christmas: table settings and home decor

 

 

Suz chose a beautiful aqua and gold colour palette for her christmas tree and home decor this year, but guesses it’s an unusual choice for a christmas theme because she couldn’t find any blue and gold crackers anywhere!  Undeterred, she found some plainish gold ones and altered them herself, wrapping the central sections first with Core’dinations and patterned papers from the beautiful Prima Madeline range, and then embellishing with Tim Holtz Facets and Martha Stewart punched butterflies.  And of course, glitter.

One thing that occurred to her as she ‘Glossy Accented’ the last piece of patterned paper to a facet, was what a beautiful idea it would be to use them as table place-name holders, putting a small photo of each person at the table under a facet.

 

 

Unintentionally to start with, it seems every year Suz makes a different Christmas tree, and of course she couldn’t skip it this year.  The perfect accompaniment to her christmas crackers, Suz tore and distressed and curled the edges of strips of Prima Madeline patterned papers and glued them in layers all the way up this styrofoam tree.  Different coloured glitters rest on the ridges created by the layers.  She finished embellishing this festive tree with glitter coated punched butterflies, Prima flower centres and bling. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iris used the 7Gypsies Photo Display stand and Webster’s Pages ‘Botanical Christmas’ range to create a photo display to go on her Christmas table or sideboard. What a lovely talking piece a collection of the years photos would be on the table to flip through and remember as they celebrate Christmas.

 

 

We found these stunning candles created by Vicki Boutin on the 7Gypsies blog.  To create these she has used 7gypsies Life Tissue Paper and covered cream coloured candles.  You can see more details of these and other gorgeous projects here. 

 

 

Over on the Hambly blog there’s also lots of inspiring creating going on, including these gorgeous layered ornaments by Jaz Lee.  Pop over to see the tutorial for creating them here.

handmade christmas: from the kids

 

Never one to be left out of ‘making things’ Suz’s daughter Phoebe came up with this gorgeous artwork to give to her teacher this year.  She used a mixture of Glimmer Mists and Luminarte Twinkling H2O’s to create the christmas tree painting, and covered the Pink Paislee frame in white gesso and white Glimmer Mist Chalkboard. 

The beauty of this kind of present is that when Christmas is over Mrs S can just take the tree picture out of the gorgeous Pink Paislee frame and use it for something else.  We can totally imagine a teacher, family friend or grandparent appreciating this idea.

These cute little canvas pouches are a fun and simple gift that kids can make with just a little help (if they are younger). With the Prima canvas sheets easily cut into a circle, trim of your choice can be threaded through holes punched evenly around the edge. When pulled tight, a pouch is created and can be decorated however the child likes!

Websters Pages tinsel trim and Tim Holtz baubles have been used to embellish these example pouches.

christmas special: scrapping the christmas tree shots

 

 

 

Sue loves the Christmas season and it has become a tradition to take photos of her children in front of the Christmas tree with some of their special ornaments. Sue says it is lovely to look back over the previous years and see how her kids have grown and changed. Sue has used the Peppermint Collection from Crate Paper to create this vibrant layout, with a lovely glittered paper from We R Memory Keepers Peppermint Twist range, and a beautiful star vine from Prima, added in for a little sparkle.

Sue handcut snowflake designs from the paper and embellished them with iridescent gold glimmer mist, silver stitching and white sequins. Sue has also used the Tim Holtz rosette die and fabric brads to add more detail and dimension to her layout.

 

 

 

To create this LO, Janine drew inspiration from a Becky Fleck Pagemap and based her design around that. Originally the sketch was for a double LO, but Janine adapted it for a single. Janine thoroughly recommends the Becky Fleck Pagemap books as it can be a great starting point when you want to create a LO, and for Janine, she wanted to do a reasonable amount of journalling so this sketch was ideal.

She has then used the Authentique Christmas range and created multiple layers of paper in her design. To finish it off she has used some Prima flowers and a Prima metal, which she altered by applying black Stazon over the surface, for a two tone effect.

 

 

The great chipboard pieces in the My Mind's Eye 12 Days of Christmas range made it so easy for Kim to add the perfect embellishments to finish this layout which showcases the two variations of the Christmas Card that she sent in 2009. The range is so bright and colourful which means it is perfect for any Christmas layout.

handmade christmas: wreaths

 

Louise created this wreath by rolling 6" squares of the Basic Grey paper into cones, then hot gluing them together along each edge. Using the reverse of the paper, she created a large rosette and layered it with mini rosettes and a noel word. She added layers of scrolls diecut from grungeboard, some Prima flowers and a few berries to finish this sweet wreath with a personal feel.

 

 

Why buy a Christmas Wreath when you can make one yourself and personalise it to suit your style! Chris has always preferred pinks and greens for her Christmas decorations rather than the standard red and green. Here she has combined some gorgeous textured and foil finished papers from SEI Christmas Mint and White Elegance ranges to create this very pretty wreath. Chris also used some Strano ribbon, Prima flowers and Pink Paislee Pixie Stick Glitter to finish off this piece.

For instructions on how to create your very own wreath please check out this link.

 

 

We found this gorgeous festive wreath created by Tracie Hudson by cutting 1/2 inch wide strips from sheets of Tradition patterned paper. The paper was then curled using scissors and simply attached to a polystyrene wreath using pins.  More of Tracie’s stunning work can be seen over on her blog, where visitors are always welcome.

handmade christmas: tree decorations

 

Fancy making your own Christmas tree decorations this year?  There’s plenty of inspiration on the web, and we bring you some of them along with special ideas from our own design team below.

 

Here’s a cool way to use up some of those odd chipboard letters you’ve got leftover.  Join them together with tabs of clear acetate and hot glue for extra support and turn them into gorgeous Christmas tree words.  Suz’s tree isn’t up yet so once again Tim Holtz’s Tree of Life comes in handy for showing them off. 

To make these words you just need to make sure that your letters can butt up against each other in at least one spot, but two is even better.  Give them a couple of coats of gesso to cover up the fact that they’re all different colours of chipboard and then sprinkle graduating layers of Suz’s favourite Christmas embellishment – Martha Stewart Glitter!

 

 

 

Suz’s 8yo daughter likes to get in on the crafting act, and while Suz was making words, Phoebe was creating this gorgeous flower to go with them.  She hijacked one of the Pink Paislee Mistables flowers which she misted in Key Lime Pie Glimmer Mist, and then she hot glued Prima leaves to the back of it to make this decidedly Christmassy decoration. 

Suz’s favourite bit was that Phoebe knows that memory keeping needs to be recorded, and so she had made and glittered a little tag to go on the back so in future years they would know where and when this particular treasure came to be.

 

 

 

 

Louise Nelson has up-cycled a sad looking Christmas tree star, that was beginning to loose its glitter and look a little 'grey'. Louise has used the wonderful metallic range of Prima leaves and flowers to give the star a face lift; it now has a new earthy and funky 'look'.

 

 

 

Louise Williams used her die cutting machine to cut snowflakes from white cardstock, and swags and reindeer from the My Minds Eye papers before assembling into these cute double sided ornaments. She embossed the white cardstock with sparkle embossing powder for a shimmery effect and finished these sides with some sequins, punched branches and co-ordinating reindeer.

 

Here’s another decoration we found that is just beautiful in its simplicity.  There’s more pics and a tutorial for creating it here.

 

Imagine these gorgeous paper snowflakes in some double sided patterned papers.. we found a fabulous tutorial for it here.

 

 

And here’s one simple enough to keep the kids busy in the lead up to Christmas – go here for the tutorial for these darling baubles.

 

This stunning star was created by Alison Callcott who made these stunning creations from Tim Holtz Grungeboard, the Sizzix Primitive Star die and one of Tim Holtz’s new Alterations dies – the Mini Paper Rosette.  We love the layers of detail Alison has created here – thanks so much Alison for sharing your star with us.

 

Finally, we thought we’d include links to some timeless ideas from our own design team from past years.

      

 

 

 

 

 

 Hambly Christmas baubles                      Prima baubles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twiddleybitz/Tim Holtz ornaments        Quilled Creations snowflakes

handmade christmas: non-scrappy friends / co-workers

 

homemade christmas special: december daily albums

 

 

 

 

Leeann was a little nervous taking on this assignment as she had never actually done or completed December Daily album before. Leeann needed a bit of a game plan to help get her started. The 7 gypsies envelope album was the perfect staring point. She loved the idea of being able to store small treasures inside the envelopes on the way.

Leeann started by taking the whole album apart and laying all the pages out she then cut to size a mixed of Hambly Screen Prints, BasicGrey and October Afternoon patterned papers and kraft cardstock. Leeann kept all the pages simple by adhering journal tags by Echo Park and an assortment of numbers. The cover was cover in old chipboard numbers and painted with gesso a few times, and finished of with chipboard accents from echo park and jenni bowlin and studio calico. Leeann is looking forward to recording each day right up to the big day.

 

 

 

Suz has mixed up fabulous Tim Holtz Kraft Resist papers, cardstock, Hambly and her favourite Christmas line – Webster’s Botanical Christmas to create her December Daily album.  Last year she managed to jounral most of the month on her blog, so this year she’s looking forward to taking the next step and printing and creating the pages in her album from the blog posts.  She has created pockets and spaces for extra photos and memorabilia throughout the album.

The album is sized at 6x8”, which means that she could use 12x8” cardstock folded over.  It’s not bound yet because she’s worried about wanting to change the order of some of the pages, so she will stitch the spines of the album together at the end. 

We hope to be able to check back on our December Daily girls later in the month and see how their albums are going!

handmade christmas: crafty friends

We all have two kinds of friends, those who ‘get’ the crafting thing, and those who don’t, and many of us would need to differentiate between the two when Christmas gifts are considered.  So this week’s post is aimed at those friends who ‘get it’, who would enjoy and treasure something that you made, because they appreciate the thought and effort that when into it – because you made it. 

 

homemade christmas special: advent calendars

 

 

 

 

Leeann decide to create her advent calendar a little differently this year. She found the above rickety old tray for $2.00 while browsing through a thrift store. It definitely needed a little bit of a make over. So armed with a can of white spray paint she pulled the inside plates out and sprayed, then gave it a light sand once dry. She used some striped pattern paper by Echo Park and adhere it to the background.

Once she had placed the plates back Leeann arranged all the Tim Holtz bingo numbers, using a thick black texta on some of the bingo numbers to add some contrast. She then gathered together prima roses, prima metal bird cage and bird, Jenni Bowlin vintage buttons and chipboard button, BasicGrey buttons, a Tim Holtz door knob and light bulb and a metal number plate along with a few other embellishments and arranged them all.

Once happy Leeann adhered them all in place and finished it off by using chipboard accents from Echo Parks Seasons Greeting range to create this gorgeous and unique countdown calendar!

 

 

 

Louise had wonderful intentions of making an Advent Tree, but has ended up creating her version of an Advent Branch! All that is missing is a beautiful cream, gold and silver birdie or two, but Louise is on the look out for it in her Christmas shopping. Louise has taken a 'grown-up' approach and created this Advent branch for a great scrappy mate. Louise had this idea to create simple christmas themed tags that could easily be used as embellishment on a christmas card or layout, or even mini book.

Each tag is numbered and corresponds to a numbered gift which contains wonderful christmas themed embellishments that can also be used by her scrappy friend, in the creation of her Christmas projects. Louise thought that this would really appeal to her friend, who also hates waste, as with this idea nothing would be thrown away/wasted.

Louise has created simple daily tags and embellishments, each numbered from 1-24 on the back to correspond with a numbered gift.

 

She then wrapped up 25 little gifts to correspond with each day; each contains some wonderful scrapbooking embellishments.

Are you just a little bit jealous? This is a selection of the types of gifts embellishments that Louise has wrapped up in the gifts! :) Some glorious Prima goodies :)

 

As you can see from this tag it can easily be used on a layout or card.

 

Each gift is numbered to correspond with a tag from the Advent branch :)  This is such a beautiful idea – we all want to be Lou’s ‘special scrappy mate’!

 

 

Take a look at this advent calendar made using the silhouette by Briana Johnson. Briana has used a mixed of pattern papers and other embellishments by Jenni Bowlin. And we just adore the mixture of boxes and draws. Totally gorgeous and packed with treats ready for the little ones to start counting down. Thank you so much Briana for letting us share your gorgeous advent calendar.

 

 

Finally, thanks to Kelly Goree for this stunning advent calendar which also uses the Silhouette templates.  She has of course, used Basic Grey’s ‘Jovial’ patterned paper range, and we loved the eclectic, vintage look she has given it.  Thanks Kelly!

handmade christmas: for teachers

It’s time to turn our attention to those wonderful people who look after and educate our children for a third of each day.  Handmade gift ideas are great and can be economical when you have a more than a few teachers you’d like to acknowledge.

production line christmas cards

Making your own Christmas cards can seem a little overwhelming when your Christmas Card list reaches triple, or even just double figures! It’s easy to fall back on a cheapie box of printed cards, but we wanted to share some inspiration today on creating your own handmade Christmas cards that look like you’ve put hours of work into each one, but really they’re fairly quick and simple as part of a production line process.

 

 

Suz Doyle starts us off with a set of cards that look vintage and special, but are so easy an eight year old can make them (in fact, her eight year old daughter who doesn’t like being left out of the creating fun, did make the one pictured directly above!) 

Suz layered Prima leaves onto a strip of chipboard which she then cut into triangle shapes to make the trees.  The backgrounds are made from the new tim Holtz Kraft Resist papers (and you can get six card panels from each sheet), Glimmer Misted quickly, distressed and adhered to kraft cardstock.  A little braid and a little bling are all these cards need, but Suz couldn’t resist some finishing touches from the gorgeous Fancy Pants ‘Saint Nick’ Glitter Cuts pack.

 

 

 

 

 

Jenni Hudswell created this simple but effective set of cards from Prima North Country Art Paper.  Already sized at 6x6” these sheets are perfect for cardmaking, and Jen cut them into 1” strips to adorn plain white cards.  She created a couple of different looks with the pretty co-ordinating stamp, and it can be fun to change it up a little when you have a lot of cards to make.  The white tree, above is inked and then embossed, picking out the gorgoeus detail of the tree.  It serves a second purpose though as Jen then glimmer misted over the top of the embossing to create a resist effect.

 

 

 

 

Jane Clark has used the Cosmo Cricket Mrs Claus papers for these super quick and economical cards.  The ‘Yes Virginia’ paper has twelve of these cute little Santa figures on it. Jane covered the fronts of the folded cards with a range of other Mrs Claus papers in various sizes and then further decorated the cards with punched out bows and large adhesive pearls.

handmade christmas: for dad and grandpa