Showing posts with label 12 Weeks of Holiday Cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 12 Weeks of Holiday Cards. Show all posts

12 Weeks of Holiday Cards ~ Final Hoorah!

Welcome to the final week of my 12 Weeks of Holiday Cards!  

Today, I will be sharing with you one last simple holiday card fit for a quick assembly.  I have shared lots of tips, tricks and techniques along the way.  So join me for my final session...

Use Embossing Folders

For this final week, I challenge you to create a card using texture as a focal point!  Grab those embossing folders you all know you have stashed away and create something with texture.

For my cards this week, I chose some embossing folders that are winter related... one is a snowflake pattern and the other is supposed to look like candy stripes.  Super cute!


For my pink panels, I stamped my snowflakes from the Flourishes "Handmade Snowflakes" stamp set using black ink ("stamping off" some of the ink to get some more subtle images too!) and then I inked up the back ground using 3 different shades of pink.

If you are interested in any of my previous tips for holiday card making, check out my previous posts:

Thank you all for joining me the last 12 weeks.  Feel free to click any of the links above for some quick an easy card making tips.

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

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12 Weeks of Holiday Cards

Welcome to Week 11 of my 12 Weeks of Holiday Cards!  Only 1 more week left!

Each Wednesday week until Christmas, I will be sharing with you a fun and simple holiday card fit for a quick assembly.  I will share tips, tricks and techniques along the way.  So join me...

Create a Gift Card Holder

For this week, I challenge you to create a gift card holder!

For my card this week , I found a cute little mitten cut file from Silhouette and down sized it to fit a standard sized gift card.  I cut my mitten shape using white cardstock and then stamped my snowflakes and sweater pattern all over them.  I added a simple line of stitching around the edge and added a colourful bow and cut evergreen bough too!


These two teacher cards came together quite quickly and where very easy to create!

If you are interested in my previous tips for holiday card making, check out my previous posts:

Now, on to the giveaway WINNER...  the lucky comment number is... #2...
Congrats Donna Phelan!  Please email me with your mail address and I'll send out your prize ASAP!  Congrats!

I created today's cards for the Merry Monday's Challenge:  #87 - Create a card with mittens on it!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Happy card creating...
~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

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Week 10: 12 Weeks of Holiday Cards Plus a GIVEAWAY!

Welcome to Week 10 of my 12 Weeks of Holiday Cards!  Only 2 weeks left!

Each Wednesday until Christmas, I will be sharing with you a fun and simple holiday card fit for a quick assembly.  I will share tips, tricks and techniques along the way.  So join me...

Wrap it Up!

For this week, I challenge you to Wrap It Up!  Basically create a card where you make it look like a present.
Use some fun and festive holiday papers and then wrap them up in a bow... or my case, a bow stamp designed to match your colour scheme!  Don't forget to add a tag too!  Customize it for your recipient or just use a holiday sentiment. It's a simple as that!

If you are interested in my previous tips for holiday card making, check out my previous posts:

Now, on to the giveaway!

All you have to do to win is leave a comment below indicating what you love about making your own holiday cards.  Please ensure you leave your first name in your comments.  I will announce a winner of the stamp giveaway on next week's post.  Good luck!

Prize includes stamps from Flourishes: Holiday Topiaries & Mountain View.

Happy card creating everyone! 


~ Ally ~
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12 Weeks of Holiday Cards ~ Week 9

Welcome to Week 9 of my 12 Weeks of Holiday Cards!  Only 3 week left!

Each Wednesday until Christmas, I will be sharing with you a fun and simple holiday card fit for a quick assembly.  I will share tips, tricks and techniques along the way.  So join me...

Use Simple Die Cut Shapes!

For this week I'm challenging you to use make your life easier and use simple die cut shapes like circles, rectangles and square shapes on your holiday cards.

For my card examples this week, I chose to stamp my Santa image onto a simple circle die cut and then mat it with a simple scalloped die cut circle too.  You could use a circle cutting tool, a brass die cut or electronic die cutting machine to make you simple shapes... especially if you are making lots of the same holiday card.  It's so much easier than cutting these shapes out by hand too!

You can do the same thing with simple shapes like tags or labels too!  For my cards today, I used a Silhouette tag shape and then stamped a unique greeting on to each card front instead of having them 100% identical.


I also used a fun pine bough punch for the greenery on my cards too.  A punch always make quick work for making simple and repeatable elements on your cards.

If you are interested in my previous tips for holiday card making, check out my previous posts:

For my cards design today, I used the newest sketch from Splitcoaststampers... SC464...


With only 4 weeks until Christmas today, we are slowly winding down to this beautiful season of family and thankfulness.  Wow... this year has gone by so fast!

Next week I will be giving away a little holiday inspired GIVEAWAY!  Stay tuned on how you could win my holiday stamp package!

~ Ally ~
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12 Weeks of Holiday Cards - Week 8 - Sorry... it's REALLY Late!

Welcome to Week 8 of my 12 Weeks of Holiday Cards!

Each Wednesday (apparently not last week!  LOL!) until Christmas, I will be sharing with you a fun and simple holiday card fit for a quick assembly.  I will share tips, tricks and techniques along the way.  So join me...

Make 2 for 1!

Today I'm sharing an EASY and fun card making tutorial on the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog!

I'm sharing a tutorial on how to maximize the use of your scrapbook supplies and make beautiful holiday cards too!  Check out how I made these snowy creations by click the link HERE!


Happy stamping everyone!

~ Ally ~
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12 Weeks of Holiday Cards - Week 7

Welcome to Week 7 of my 12 Weeks of Holiday Cards!

Each Wednesday until Christmas, I will be sharing with you a fun and simple holiday card fit for a quick assembly.  I will share tips, tricks and techniques along the way.  So join me...


Use Non-traditional Holiday Colours

There is nothing better than a surprise when you open an envelope and you see a card that uses non-traditional colours for a holiday card.  And for you, the creator, the options are endless!

For this week, I'm sharing a card I made last month because it's one of my favs!  Not only is it PURPLE and IVORY but...

...this card is designed to fold up flat so it's easy to send in the mail!  Super cool!



This is a Surprise Pop-Up style of card.  You can check out how it's made at Splitcoast right here.


Here is a view of the back side of the card...
I even designed an envelope to match!

I hope you've enjoyed this week's 12 Weeks of Holiday Cards!  Don't forget to check my blog out later today when the Flourishes Design Team reveals this month's first new stamp set for November!  Remember... you could win some NEW stamps just for hopping and commenting along!  See you then! 

~ Ally ~
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12 Weeks of Holiday Cards - Week 6

Welcome to Week 6 of my 12 Weeks of Holiday Cards!

Each Wednesday until Christmas, I will be sharing with you a fun and simple holiday card fit for a quick assembly.  I will share tips, tricks and techniques along the way.  So join me...

Use Holiday Patterned Papers

There are so many fabulous holiday patterned papers out there to create with!  Lots of companies sell smaller books of 6x6 or 8x8 pads of paper collections - it's much easier to find papers that are matching in colour when they come from the same paper line.

Here are a couple of simple cards using some fun patterned papers...

For the card above, I used some traditional red polka dots and green stripes and threw in some some white and soft yellow.  Your cards can be a simple as some strips of fun patterned papers and then a simple greeting!

Use patterned papers to create direction and movement.  See how the stripes of the paper pull your eye into the focal image?  Yup... all done using simple patterned paper!

I hope you've enjoyed this week's 12 Weeks of Holiday Cards!  Don't forget to check my blog out on Friday when the Flourishes Design Team reveal this month's release challenge!  Remember... you could win some NEW stamps just for playing along!  See you then!

~ Ally ~

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12 Weeks of Holiday Cards - Week 5

Welcome to Week 5 of my 12 Weeks of Holiday Cards! 

Each Wednesday until Christmas, I will be sharing with you a fun and simple holiday card fit for a quick assembly.  I will share tips, tricks and techniques along the way.  So join me...

CREATE A SCENE

There are so many fabulous holiday stamp sets out there to create amazing holiday or winter scenes and it's so easy to do so!

For my card this week, I chose to use the Flourishes "Holiday Sparkle" stamp set and create a scene that you might find on your holiday tree.


I first stamped the pine boughs from the retired "All That Glitters" stamp set in Memento "Pistachio" ink and then I stamped the bow onto patterned paper and cut it out.  Then I positioned the bow where I wanted it and marked the bottom of the knot so I'd know where to stamp my ornament.  I stamped the ornament and coloured using only 2 simple green Copic markers and added some Stickles for some sparkle.

Here's another previous card I made using the "Winter Scene" stamp set (perfect for creating scenes for holiday cards!)...
SOLD

You can review how I created my scene step by step from my tutorial seen HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!  If you have any questions about the materials I used on my cards, just leave a comment and I'll get back to you! 

~ Ally ~
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12 Weeks of Holiday Cards - Week 4

Welcome to Week 4 of my 12 Weeks of Holiday Cards!  

Each Wednesday until Christmas, I will be sharing with you a fun and simple holiday card fit for a quick assembly.  I will share tips, tricks and techniques along the way.  So join me...


STAMP ON PATTERNED PAPER

Stamping on patterned paper can save you time because the patterned paper can add some simple detail to your image so you don't have to colour it.  But be careful of the patterned paper you use. You don't want to over power your image with something too bright or too bold of a pattern.. Keep the paper on the neutral side with subtle pattern to it.

For my examples today I stamped my images onto a printable patterned paper I found on the internet. There are all kinds of cool free patterned papers that you can print at home.  I used a black and white lazer printer for my paper so my ink wouldn't smear.

Stamps used from Flourishes:  Snow Scenes

Here's another card where I added a hint of colour to my image using chalk.  I just blended some reddish-pink chalk to highlight Santa's cheeks!
Stamps used from Flourishes:  Santa, I Believe

Don't forget to decorate the inside too!!!


If you have any questions about the materials I used on my cards, just leave a comment and I'll get back to you!  Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~
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