I know it's not even halloween yet, but I feel like christmas is just around the corner!!!!
Does anyone else feel that way. I thought I would get a start on some of my christmas cards for this year. And I always tend to go simple when I have a few to make, I thought I would share this really simple card that is quick and easy to make multipes of. The secret is using double sided paper
Ok so the designer paper I used here is discontinued, I picked it up at my local scrapbook store in the clearance pile Daisy Bucket Designs, Astor Park Collection, Browning Street. I'm not sure if it is actual "christmas paper" but it had reds and greens in it, and I thought why not give it a try.
The paper is 12x12 and I only ended up using a 2 inch strip of it. The one strip is 1.5x 3.75 punched with my fiskars apron lace punch , and the second is just 1/2 x3.5. The magic of double sided paper that it instantly coordinates :)
The snowwman is cut from Winter Woodland at 4 inches. I used Frosted lace stickles on her hat and heart. The tag is cut from Once upon a princess at 1.75 inches and The stamp is from Scrappy Moms "Winter Wishes" I stamped it used my Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink. Everything else is inked with Frayed Burlap. Lastely I added some black eyelets, and tied a double bow to finish the card.
My Daughter's Birthday is just around the corner so I've been in a major SCRAPBOOKING mood, actually more of a frenzy. I've been trying to get some of her remaining older pictures scrapped before her party so that her 1 year old scrapbook is as close to completion as possible. So here's a good step in the right direction
I've had a few requests for more "Gypsy" in my videos, so I attempted to film a little explanation of how I design layouts in my gypsy. Which is just the standard 12x24 technique.
I cannot believe how many cricut cartridges I used in this layout. I feel so proud of actually using my cartridge stash!
Cuts Breakdown
NAP cut from Cursive 101 at 3.31 inches (used shadow blackout feature as well), welded together
TIME cut from Winter Woodland at 1 3/4 inches, hide contour for the inside cuts (used shadow feature as well), welded together
MUSHROOM/BUTTERFLY cut from Sugar & Spice (lite) at 6 1/2 inches
FLOWERS cut from Sugar & Spice at 4 inches cut from Pooh & Friends at 3 inches
SUN cut from Create a Critter at 4 inches
Enjoy the video
** i didn't show it in the video but i decided my layout looked a bit empty so I added clusters of buttons tied with hemp cord***
Supplies
DCWV Dot lines Designer Paper
Pink Cardstock We R Memory Keepers Teen Angst Stack
Green 5/8 Grograin Ribbon
Fiskars Apron Lace Border Punch
Signio White Gelly Roll Pen
PK-640 Princess Assortment Stamps
Star Dust Stickles
Lots of Buttons
Hemp Cord
ATG, Scotch quick dry, Zig, Zots
