this year, make your own christmas cards. to help get this process started (with october upon us it's not too soon to begin) we will create christmas cards this whimsical wednesday.
tips for card crafting:
1. card stock can be purchased in packages of various quantities; in colors and white.
* one sheet of card stock folded in half becomes a large card requiring an envelope.
* one sheet of card stock cut in half along the width makes two pieces that, when folded in half, makes two smaller cards requiring envelopes.
* one sheet of card stock cut into quarters becomes four post cards.
my favorite card size and style is the post card. not only is less paper used but post card postage is cheaper than first class postage.
2. decorate your cards with stickers, markers, stamps/inks, personal messages, anything you desire to use. if you have children, involve them in the process. each year i look forward to receiving holiday cards that children have helped to craft. these cards have a delightful simplicity that convey the joy of the season unlike any other cards that come my way.
each year my goal is to mail christmas cards the monday after thanksgiving. not only does this put me in the holiday mood but it's fun to be the first to greet family and friends with a heartfelt merry christmas. i'm already thinking about my holiday card creating for whimsical wednesday!
coming in the comment section of this post will be additional christmas card ideas and tips from a paper crafting expert, my sister!
Dear Whimsey Readers,if you stocked up at the sales last year and purchased all of your cards,never fear you can still make them your own. Premade cards can be embellished with all kinds of products. One of my favs is to take glitter glue(Stickles is the best, but use whatever you have) and highlight areas of the card. Silver or clear would look especially nice around snow. Glitter pens also work, it just wouldn't have the dimension of glue. Stamps and stickers are also fun to use on premade cards and the envelopes. Another idea is to 'sew' around areas of your card with needle and thread to highlight and give dimension, perhaps on mittens or scarfs. Add real cloth or ribbon to these areas. Hope this gets your creative juices flowing, I will be posting more soon.
ReplyDeletePost cards can be made from last year's Christmas cards. Take a post card and use for a pattern. Find a card that has not been written on both sides and use your pattern to cut out a post card. Embellish with ideas from the earlier post.
ReplyDeleteGift tags can also be made the same way.
If you have lots of cards to send, make use of your printer/copier. You can stamp your sentiment many times on a piece of paper, then copy and print onto card stock. Cut out the sentiments/pictures and attach to your cards. Stamping words or pictures to paper and attaching is a good way to keep from ruining your whole card if you smear your stamped image.
ReplyDeleteYou can also make one card and copy it the same way to make many cards. Post card paper for the printer can be purchased at many stores.
Take a picture of original artwork, have the pix printed at the photo store/website, or your own printer. Attach to your cardstock with gluedots and embellish.Be sure to sign and date the artwork!
ReplyDeletethose are all great holiday card crafting ideas! i will try those myself! we'll have the best cards ever this year!
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