Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Papercrafting: 2024 Christmas Cards

 


My first love remains papercrafting and cardmaking. I still make all of my holiday and birthday cards for friends and family and remain honored each year that several keep and use them in their own holiday decorating. 

I have amassed quite the collection of papers but can't resist checking out new ones every year and sometimes combining with collections from previous years. I start stalking Michaels in September for their holiday papers since they go fast when they come out. Here's this year's crop! 

Supplies
  • Holiday Themed Papers: New stacks this year High Shine and Holiday Cheer by Recollections
  • White 110lb Cardstock: Recollections
  • Glitter Cardstock (Amazon)
  • Foam Tape and Squares (Dollar Tree)
  • Tape Runner and Tape
  • Self Adhesive Rhinestones


See? Stacks on stacks! 

I found some wonderful tree images via my Creative Fabrica subscription that are reminiscent of handmade papercuts. Thanks to modern technology I can use my Cricut to cut! I uploaded the images to Cricut Design Space, used the offset feature to create another layer, and cut them out.


I love metallics and glitter papers but especially at Christmas. I cut the offset layer from foil cardstock and the tree from glitter. Then layered the papercut tree on to the offset layer using foam squares. 


For a few I went glitter on glitter. The more sparkle, the better!

I chose various papers from the stacks to use as background and kept these fairly simple (for me) since I have to keep postage in mind and I am convinced the post office says "Not her again". 



Oops a little off on the placement here. Photos don't lie, but at any rate, you get the idea!





Sharing At:










2 comments:

Artsy VaVa said...

Your cards are beautiful! Merry Christmas

Stephanie said...

Beautiful!