Christmas Card Crafting!

While standing in a craft store a couple of months ago (yes, months) 

I decided to make my own Christmas cards. 

There were just too many gorgeous stamps and papers that kept me from walking out of there empty-handed 

{although Brandon would tell you I can't walk out of any store empty handed.}

After scouring Pinterest for inspiration, and scrapping a couple of ideas

that made me want to tear my hair out

that weren't working,

I came up with something that I adored. 

Christmas trees made out of...

cupcake liners!

{which I have PLENTY of}

You'll Need:
Pretty Christmas papers
Paper grocery bags
Cupcake liners
Stamps
Double-sided tape
Scissors
Pen
Cards
Envelopes

 Step 1.  We used grocery bags and cut out brown rectangles (slightly smaller than the card - which left us with the red border of the card). With a pair of my old scrapbook scissors, I cut the edges to look rough (but you could tear it and give a similar look)

Step 2. For the star at the top of the tree and the base at the bottom of the tree, we came up with a shape that worked and then used a template to cut them out of different patterned paper.

star for the top of the tree

base for the bottom of the tree

Step 3. I used the large stamp I got and faintly stamped the brown paper.

each one came out different - some were darker than others

Step 4. Using double sided tape, I taped the base down first and then added the bottom tier of the tree. Cutting the cupcake liners in the right size was challenging at first but I got the hang of it.

cut each layer a little smaller and tape on top of each other using double sided tape

Step 5. Tape the star at the very top:

Step 6. Tape the paper onto your card (make sure you've already written in the cards!)

Step 6. Using the same stamp, I stamped the inside as well...this time dark enough to read it.

some of my favorite things

If you really want to get wild you can line the envelopes with 

matching paper from the cards. 

Paper Source is a dangerous place for me to visit and I tried really hard to just 

1. walk in

2. get envelopes

3. and leave. 

But then I saw the envelope liner template beckoning to me and thought about the 

pretty, vintage Christmas papers I had bought 

and snagged one of those too.

It was as easy as 1, 2, 3. 

Trace template onto back of the paper you want

Cut it out

Add two pieces of double sided tape in the point (the triangle part of the liner). Tuck in the bottom and press at the top. If you try and tape the bottom of the liner it will get crinkled. You only need tape at the top. The rest stays tucked in.



Matching liners :-)



 So there you go, the options really are endless.

Happy crafting!

XO,