Sparkly Christmas Cards

Posted on 4th December 2016 by STACEY BONE
Filed under Card Making Ideas, Seasonal Crafts, Christmas Craft Ideas

Hi everyone it's Stacey and this week I've enjoyed crafting Christmas cards with some rather eye catching card.

Materials:

Frosty the Snowman card:

• White Hammer Embossed 255gsm
• Mirri Sparkle Silver 280gsm

Snow is falling card:

• Rich Cream Hammered 255gsm
• Sparkle Print Orchid 300gsm

Let it snow card:

• Ivory Hammer Embossed 255gsm
• Mirri Holographic Rainbow 240gsm

Mod Podge to glue the layers together

Christmas is but only a few weeks away and what better way to spread Christmas cheer than by sending out homemade cards.

To make my cards I used Adobe Illustrator to put together the designs for each card (Helvetica font for all the text elements) and saved the files as SVG files. I then cut them out using my Cricut Explore Air machine. I cut all the cards on the ‘card’ setting on my machine and doubled up on the cut for a nice clean finish.

Once all the cards were cut out I measured the size of the sparkly card sheets to be slotted behind. Using Mod Podge I tacked around the sides and glued the layers together.

My favourite has to be Mr Frosty; I just love the sparkle of the Mirri card. It really does twinkle in the light. I think it would also work really nice for gift tags. The Hammer Embossed card adds a touch of elegance to the designs. I'd reccommend the Sparkle Print Orchid if you're wanting to add a subtle sparkle to your cards/designs. 

I have kept all punched out letters and snowflakes – never throw away bits you can reuse, they'll always come in handy.

Happy card making everyone

Tagged: snow, snowman, frost, sparkle, glitter, sparkly card