Greetings! Kandice here again! Jingle, jingle, jingle all the way! Are you ready? The holiday season is upon us and I am getting ready for those Christmas cards “jingling” my way! I asked myself, how can I make several cards, but different? The formula is clear – take a large die, and several 12x12 Cardstock Shop papers and colors, to get a variety of Christmas cards – done!

Supplies:

• Stardust White – Astrobrights Speckled Cardstock – Neenah
• Emerald City – Matte 12x12 Foil Cardstock – Encore Paper
• Light Green – Matte 12x12 Foil Cardstock – Encore Paper
• Ornament Red – Matte 12x12 Foil Cardstock – Encore Paper
• Golden Glow – Matte 12x12 Foil Cardstock – Encore Paper
• Pale Green – Iridescent 12x12 Foil Cardstock – Encore Paper
• Red – Iridescent 12x12 Foil Cardstock – Encore Paper
• Gold – Iridescent 12x12 Foil Cardstock – Encore Paper
• Adhesive – Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue & 3D Foam Squares – iCraft-Therm-O-Web
• Stamp – Simon Says Stamp – Christmas Word Mix 1
•  – Ornament Inlay

Handmade Christmas Card Tutorial

To get started, I chose a large background die with an ornament shape inlayed in it; however, you can pick whichever large holiday die in your stash. Then, I cut a 4.25” x 5.5” (A2) card panel out of Stardust White Speckled Cardstock and die-cut the ornament die out of the paper.

Next, I cut a A2 sized card panel out of a double-sided adhesive sheet and adhered the die-cut background panel to the adhesive sheet. I did this process 4 more times to get 5 card panels. This basically gave me the white card front with die cut shapes that were sticky on the inside, like a "sticky puzzle base". I adhered these card fronts to card bases, still with no designs inside the holes. 

Choices, choices, choices! Now this is where the fun began! I chose several different Encore Foil papers and colors to inlay/color my ornaments. After choosing the papers, I die-cut the die several times to get various colors of the different parts of the ornaments.

Once the die-cutting was done, I placed the die cuts inside the sticky die cut shapes. After all the adhering was completed and the cards were made, I stamped several different holiday sentiments, die-cut them out, and used foam adhesive to adhere them one by one on the 5 cards. 

Five cards made, check, and done! This is one easy way to make several cards, the same, but different, and mix and match colors without wasting foil paper. Happy Holiday card making season!

Until then, thanks for stopping by :)

-Kandice
@dewdrop.works

Here's another idea for making Christmas cards in batches!