Personalized Christmas Cards

Hi there, it's the last day of Christmas card week. I hope you like what I've shared with you and that you've been inspired to do something different with your Christmas cards and most importantly you create what is best for you and your family. I'm so excited with the personalized preprinted cards that our family will be sending out this year. I'm so thrilled with the quality of the cards we got from Tiny Prints. I hope our friends and family love them as much as I do.

Today's card is another card that I got from Tiny Prints and embellished to make it a little bit more personal. I added some ribbon and * Glossy Accents to this card.

 It's really hard to see in the photo but on each of the little berries I put a dot of glossy accents to make the berries shiny and have a little bit of dimension. It was so easy and made such a big difference on the card. The only drawback is that you have to let it dry for a little while. I let mine dry over night just to make sure it was set before I put it in the envelope. Because I put a couple of dots of glossy accents on the inside of the card I let it dry standing up. I just left a whole line of cards on my kitchen table over night and they were ready to go the next morning.

I also added a bit of ribbon on this card. The technique I used on this card is similar to the one I did on the card I shared with you on Monday. I simply cut a slit in the the fold of the card so I could thread the ribbon through. Then I tied a bow on the inside of the card under the sentiment. Under that bow I added a black * chalkboard label sticker, just to make the bow stand out a little bit. By adding that sticker I it added another layer of interest to the card.

 

Here's what it looks like on the backside of the card.

I also ordered liners for this card. I did this for the same reason that I did on the other cards. I don't want the embellishments to damage the envelope when I mail the card. The liners are every bit as beautiful and of high quality. They are worth every penny!

 

Thank you for joining me this week. I've had so much fun putting these posts together for you! Feel free to let me know what you think by commenting below or clicking the "contact me" button on the right sidebar to send me an email.

Also, here are the links to the rest of the post for the week, just in case you may have missed any.

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday

Thursday

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Easy Handmade Christmas Cards

Today I thought I'd share with you a couple of cards that are very easy to create and that are very easy to make in large quantities. These two cards are made with patterned paper and fit right into a business size envelope. Each of them have one photo. I have an idea for a portrait oriented photo and one for a landscape oriented photo. To start each of the cards I cut a piece of patterned paper to 5"x10". I used the * Pebbles Home for Christmas collection for both of these cards.

This card only has one piece of patterned paper, a journaling card, some ribbon, a button, and a sticker. The stickers I used came from the * Merry Christmas labels sticker pack. There are 24 of these label sticker in a package so you can create 24 cards from one package of stickers. These would also be adorable envelope labels.

 On this card I used the * Pebbles Home For Christmas Wood Mounted Stamp set. A stamp set is always an easy choice when you need to make multiple cards. I stamped the sentiment and then added * gold embossing powder. I added one die cut and a ribbon to finish this card.
To make the process of creating these cards even easier you could print greeting instead of handwriting it. My favorite thing about these cards is that you can put them right into a * Standard Envelope . There's no reason to go buy expensive envelopes. 
Come back tomorrow for the last day of Christmas Card week! Thanks for stopping by today!
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Personalized Christmas Cards

It's Wednesday, day three of Christmas card week. My kids are out of school today. The windchill was -20 degrees. That's COLD especially this early in the season. I'm afraid of what the rest of winter is going to bring. It's been a crazy day with me trying to work and juggling six kids (my sister's kids are here too). It's nothing short of a miracle that I was able to accomplish anything today. I will admit that I did turn on a movie for them and shut my bedroom door to finish things up for today's post.

Today I have another preprinted Christmas card from Tiny Prints. Today I'm working with the Joyful Chic Christmas card. This card has room for tons of photos and I used all the spots for photos. On the front of this card just above the "Merry" I wanted to add a little bit of embellishment.

In order to have them all match I cut out embellishments using my * Silhouette Cameo and * scalloped circle punch. I use these two tools all the time when I need multiples of embellishments. I cut the deer head using * gold Pow glitter paper from American Crafts. I cannot tell you how much I love this stuff! It has all the sparkle of glitter but it does not make a mess like most glitter papers. Seriously, I had my Silhouette on my kitchen table and there was not one single flake of glitter anywhere. It's worth every penny. I need to get some more ordered for some Christmas projects. The teal paper is from the * Pebbles Home+Made collection. I've used this collection over and over. It's one of my all time favorite collections.
After I had all my pieces cut out I layered them on the front of the card. I just used a little bit of adhesive on each piece. You could use * glue dots, liquid glue (I prefer * Tombow liquid adhesive ), or even * pop dots .
On the inside of the card I added a strip of gold washi tape to the bottom of the card to bring a little bit of gold to the inside of the card.

 The back of the card also has a photo of our family.

I'm so excited to send these cards out. I know our friends and family will love them. Tiny Prints has so many choices and the quality of the cards is amazing. I wish each of your could feel these cards. It's truly impressive!

Again, because I was adding embellishments to the cards I ordered the liners so that the embellishments won't poke through the envelopes (and they're just pretty).

If you missed day one and day two of Christmas card week make sure you go back and check them out. I'm sure you'll love them!
So, get started on your Christmas cards. Get them done early so you're not like me and standing in line at the drug store picking up cards that you ordered from one hour photos.
See ya tomorrow!
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Handmade Christmas Cards

It's day two of Christmas card week. If you missed day one you can find it HERE. Today I thought I'd share some cards with you that I did create from scratch...ha ha, it sounds like I'm sharing a recipe.
We send out between 40-50 cards each year. The reason I don't make all my Christmas cards is because I don't enjoy the process of mass creating. Does that make sense? I love to make cards but I don't want to sit down and make 40-50 cards. The task of coming up with 40-50 new designs sounds overwhelming and the task of mass producing the same card 40-50 times sounds more like work to me than a fun project. I do however enjoy making a few cards every once in a while. Here are some cards I've created recently that I think you'll like.

These cards are from the * Christmas Cheer collection by Bella Blvd

I used die cuts and stickers to create these cards...oh and patterned paper. You know I can't create anything without patterned paper.

The next set of cards I have to share with you is from the * Warm and Cozy collection by Carta Bella Paper.

 I love the traditional rustic feel of this collection. It's perfect for Christmas cards!

 The next set of cards that I have for you is using the * Pebbles Home for Christmas Collection. I created a set of 3 cards and a gift bag. I plan on giving this as a gift at the first of December so that they can be sent out for Christmas.

 

Are you sick of Christmas cards yet? Me either ;) I have just a few more to share with you.

These cards are created with the * Carta Bella All Bundled Up collection.

For those of you that love to make your own Christmas cards I hope that some of these cards have inspired you. We'll see you tomorrow for day 3 of Christmas card week. Thanks for stopping by today!

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