12 cards of Christmas 2017 - reusing tags

I had some lovely gift tags that I wanted to reuse, so I mounted them on cards this year. I accessorised with patterned card, stars cut out of glitter paper, and bakers' twine. Simple, quick, and it makes use of some lovely tags!

2016 Christmas cards - Day 25 - Decoupage Christmas dinner

The last card this year is a decoupage card from a set from a magazine. I cut around the Christmas dinner image and layered it up with foam tape.

For the background I folded some patterned paper and stuck it to gold card then attached it to the card front. I added the image and a sentiment on foam tape.

Have a very merry Christmas!

2016 Christmas cards - Day 24 - Silver gift tag

I have no idea where this silver card came from, but when I found it I knew it would make a great embellishment for a Christmas card. I kept things simple and added a cat from one of my Newton's Nook sets, a silver ribbon at the top to make a tag, and a silver dashed line around the tag.

This card was made in a hurry, but it I was doing it again I would layer up the background and add some snowflakes I think.

2016 Christmas cards - Day 23 - Wooden bauble

I bought a pack of Christmas coloured (red, cream and green) doilies from The Works and wanted an excuse to use them on a card. This wooden bauble embellishment was from a pack I also got from The Works. I liked the way it looked against the red doily, so I chose a cream and red colour scheme for the card.

I stuck cream and red dotty paper on the card front and then cut a cream doily into quarters. I put a quarter in opposite corners and tied red glitter thread around the card. I put the red doily on top and fixed the wooden bauble on top to finish.

I didn't use any dimensional tape on this card because the bauble already added some dimension, and I wanted the card to be able to be posted as a standard letter. (In the UK you have to pay more for postage if the letter is more than 5mm thick.)

2016 Christmas cards - Day 22 - Golden manger

These cards are quick and easy to make.

I stamped several of the In The Manger stamp and coloured them with Copics, then mounted them on white doilies and layered the image on a strip of gold card on the card base.

Quick, simple and very effective :)

2016 Christmas cards - Day 21 - Snowy baby

I'm showing you a selection of cards today, all using the same stamp from Penny Black. The image is a gorgeous picture of a baby playing in the snow.

For the first card I made a simple shaker with sequins and wrapped ribbon around the bottom of the panel before attaching it to the front of the card.

For the second card I put red and white snowflake paper on the card base, then coloured the image and fussy cut it, and attached it straight to the card.

The third image was stamped on watercolour paper and coloured with watercolour pencils, then I rounded the corners and added satin ribbon on one side before mounting it on the card base.

   

2016 Christmas cards - Day 20 - Stockings

These cards are very simple to make. I cut a curved shape in one piece of background paper and layered it up with a second piece to make the background.

The stockings were a set from The Works and have little loops on top. I threaded a piece of baker's twine through the loops and tied it around the card front. I stuck the stockings to the card with foam tape to give it a bit of dimension.

I added a gold sticker sentiment and dots of gold 3D paint to finish.