Tutorial - Quick and Easy Elegant Christmas Cards

Irina is here with a Tutorial Thursday on Tuesday for you!

Christmas is around the corner and if you are still making your Christmas cards, you must be running out of time!  Today I would like to show you how to make four GORGEOUS cards in no time!!!

All these cards are made out of cream and metallic gold cardstock and feature dies from La-La Land Crafts.

Card 1

~ Snowflake ~

 1. Cut Cream cardstock for the card base at 5" x 10" and score it at 5".

2. Use Scor-pal to score a frame on 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" piece of Cream cardstock.

3. Glue above layer to 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" Gold cardstock.

4. Glue both layers to the card front.

5. Glue 4" paper doily to the center of the card front.

6. Glue together 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" Cream cardstock and 3" x 3" gold cardstock.

7. Use foam tape to attach the panel to the center of the card front.

8.  Use Scor-pal to score a frame on 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" piece of Cream cardstock.

9.  Glue above layer to 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" layer of Gold cardstock.

10. Use foam tape to attach this panel to the center of the card front.

11.  Cut 2 sets of snowflakes using Heart Snowflakes Die.  One set out of Cream cardstock and one out of Gold cardstock.

12. Using foam tape, layer small gold snowflake on the top of large white snowflake.  Then use foam tape to attach layered snowflake to the center of the card.

13.  Cut 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" Gold cardstock and 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" Cream cardstock for inside of the card.  Embellish inside of the card with remaining snowflakes.

Card 2

~ Poinsettias ~

 1. Cut Cream cardstock for the card base at 5 1/2" x 11" and score it at 5 1/2".

2. Use Scor-pal to score a frame on 5" x 5" piece of Cream cardstock.

3. Glue above layer to 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" Gold cardstock.

4. Glue both layers to the card front.

5. Glue together 4" x 4" Cream cardstock and 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" gold cardstock.

6. Use foam tape to attach this panel to the center of the card front.

7. Use Scor-pal to score a frame on 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" piece of Cream cardstock.

8.  Glue above layer to 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" layer of Gold cardstock.

9. Use foam tape to attach this panel to the center of the card front.

10.  Cut a flourish using Large Flourish Die. Glue the flourish to the left side of the front panel.

11. Stamp sentiment using Walnut Stain Distress Ink on Cream cardstock.  Cut with a circle die.  Cut Gold cardstock with the larger circle die.  Layer them together and use foam tape to attach to the center of the card.

12. Cut two sets of poinsettias from Cream cardstock using Pretty Poinsettia Die.  Use two larger and one medium sets of petals to create a larger flower.  Use one medium and two small sets of petals to create a smaller flower.

13. Cut centers of the flowers from Gold cardstock using the same Pretty Poinsettia Die.  Use foam tape to attach centers to the flowers.

14. Arrange poinsettias on the front of your card and use foam tape to attach them.

15.  Cut 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" Gold cardstock and 5" x 5" Cream cardstock for inside of the card.  Embellish inside of the card as desired.

 

Card 3

~ Winter Wishes ~

1. Cut Cream cardstock for the card base at 5 1/4" x 10 1/2" and score it at 5 1/4".

2. Cut 5" x 5" layer from Gold cardstock and 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" layer from cream cardstock.  Glue them together and then onto the front of the card.

3. Glue together 4" x 4" Cream cardstock and 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" gold cardstock.

4. Use foam tape to attach above panel to the center of the card front.

5. Cut 4 sets of corners using Decorative Corner Die set.  Use larger corners from the sets and glue them to the corners of the above panel.

6. Stamp Christmas Lantern Marci using Walnut Stain Distress Ink onto Cream cardstock.  Cut with a circle die.  Cut Gold cardstock with a larger circle die.  Layer them together.  Glue 5" paper doily to the bottom of the Gold cardstock.  Then use foam tape to attach these layers to the center of the card.

7. Stamp Winter Wishes sentiment (from Hot Cocoa Marci rubber stamp) using Walnut Stain Distress Ink onto a strip of Cream cardstock.  Glue sentiment to the bottom right side of the card.

8. Cut three roses using Rolled Rose Large Die and Rolled Rose Small & Medium Die set (one of each).  Use quilling tool to make the roses.  If you are not sure how it works, we have a youtube tutorial on how to make them.

9. Arrange roses in a cluster and glue them over the sentiment.

10. Cut a leaf using Open Leaf Flourish Die.  Cut the leafs apart, arrange them under the roses and glue down.

15.  Cut 5" x 5 " Gold cardstock and 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" Cream cardstock for inside of the card.  Embellish inside of the card using remaining corners.

Card 4

~ Christmas Tree ~

1. Cut Cream cardstock for the card base at 5 1/2" x 11" and score it at 5 1/2".

2. Cut 5" x 5" piece of Cream cardstock and 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" Gold cardstock.  Glue them together and then to the card front.

3. Glue together 4" x 4" Cream cardstock and 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" gold cardstock.

4. Use foam tape to attach above panel to the center of the card front.

5. Cut 8 sets of corners using Decorative Corner Die set.  Use 4 large corners from the sets and glue them to the corners of the above panel.

6. Glue together 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" Cream cardstock and 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" gold cardstock.

7. Use foam tape to attach above panel to the center of the card front.

8. Use 4 small corners from the corner sets and glue them to the corners of the above panel.

9. Cut two circles with circle dies, one from gold and another one from cream cardstock.  Glue circles together and use foam tape to attach them to the front of the card.

10.  Cut 3 Christmas Trees using Christmas Tree Die. Score trees in the center and glue them together on the fold lines.  We have a Tutorial here on how to make this type of 3D Christmas tree.

11. Cut gold star using Pretty Poinsettia Die.  Use foam tape to attach it to the top of Christmas Tree.

12. Glue Christmas Tree in the center of the circles.

13.  Cut 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" Gold cardstock and 5" x 5" Cream cardstock for inside of the card.  Embellish inside of the card with the remaining corners.

I hope you find these tutorials helpful in making your Christmas cards.  :-)

Hugs!