How To Make Beautiful & Easy Handmade Christmas Cards

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Want to make easy handmade Christmas cards this year? I have the perfect stamp set and instructions to help you to make your cards. This is the perfect design if you like to make quite a few, as there is not a lot of cutting and layering, yet, they look fantastic! Another reason I love … Read more

Free Christmas Card Ideas To Kick Start Your Holiday Crafting Session

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’Tis the season to share some of my free Christmas card ideas to kick start your holiday crafting session!

Time to start making Christmas cards! Did I really say that? I’m absolutely the person who will not bring Christmas into my home until after Thanksgiving but when it comes to making our Christmas cards waiting until after Thanksgiving can put us in a bind!

There are some fun NEW card designs in store for you in the coming weeks but today I’m sharing free Christmas card ideas from last year that you can use to kick start your holiday card making session.

The stamps and dies are still available for each of these card ideas, but it’s possible that the designer series paper or embellishments may not be. That’s OK–those are the things you can easily substitute.

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To get the details for any of these free Christmas card ideas simply click the link to visit the original post with measurements, etc.

Hopefully these will inspire you to create your own Christmas cards this year.

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Christmas Tags & Cards You Can Make Beautifully and Quick

Let me show you Christmas tags and cards you can make beautifully and quick. These gift tags are also perfect to make cards with. 

I LOVE project kits because they are easy to work with, a time saver, and perfect for beginning paper crafters or more advanced crafters.

Today’s Christmas tags and cards feature the Stampin’ Up! Tag Buffet Project kit; you can find it in the Mini Catalog.    I absolutely love creating with kits and Stampin’ Up! rocked it with this one.  These are bold, cheerful and easy to make!  

Christmas tags you can DIY with an easy kit - the Stampin' Up! Tag Buffet Project Kit

Know what else is really cool about this project? You can easily turn them into cards; Just add a card base!  If you still need to stock up on Christmas tags or cards, this is the perfect kit! 

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4 Poinsettia Cards You’ll Rave About

Check out these 4 Poinsettia cards you’ll rave about. Easy to make Christmas cards —some casual, some elegant and all beautiful.

Do you ever look at a stamp set and feel unsure of how to use it?  Should I stamp, then color?  Or use colored card stock? Do I do something else?

I am going to show you how you can make 4 Poinsettia cards with different styles and techniques  with one stamp set.  You pick the style of stamping you like.  It’s one stamp set – 4 different ways all resulting with beautiful Poinsettia cards you can send this holiday season. 

These are the 4 design ideas for Poinsettia cards I have using the Stampin Up Poinsettia Petals bundle.

We are using the Stampin’ Up! Poinsettia Petals stamps and coordinating dies.  In the video I will give you all different tips for using these products in different ways.  If you like to color–color the images!  If you you don’t, there are other card techniques and options to use.

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