Christmas Cards....

This years Christmas Card theme is inspired by genuine vintage sheet music, old advertisements, sepia photos....

I grabbed these great A5 pads from Kaisercraft that have a nice edge and a fold - ready to be instant cards. You get 4 designs and 20 in a pack for under $5. So for $10 I can make 40 cards - (by then I will be tired of making them so I think thats a good number!)

Then you'll need stuff like this....decorative edge scissors (mine are real cheapies $2 each they work fine) , punch, crimper (very optional) glue stick is handy for adhering stars....but the best investment that is ESSENTIAL is the double sided tape. It allows your cards to sit flat when they are embellished. If you are gonna glue all your bits on with glue (even a thin layer ) your card will buckle. It is also MUCH less messy and means that little folk can help you ;-) I have found them to be repositionable too - if you are careful...

I have made 30 cards and my roll of tape looks about the same size as when I bought it - so it sure goes a long way - cost was about $3...looks like I will have plenty for next year.

vintage sheet music (cost zero - donated by friends/family earlier in the year) , few sheets of decorative paper 12"x12" that I have a stock of already - so all I did was add another 6 at $1 each for 12 x 12 they are good value.

Cut them up into squares, strips, rectangles, Christmas tree shapes, some I just rip into random shapes - ready for layering.....

and create your one off designs....

I found the genuine vintage bits I had really complimented the new stuff well!

They might look smallish here like note cards - but they aren't really! The finished size is A6.

and some more....

don't forget to add some bits to the inside too....

I guess you could add glitter and brads and all that other scrapbooky stuff - but I am not into that...

This morning I spent almost 2 hours looking for 3 more cards that I KNEW I had made and couldn't find. Then remembered I had given them away already. I surprise myself with my stupidity sometimes...

I am loving these!!!!!!!!!!!

Julz made them for me for Christmas!!!! Dont you just LOVE THEM! The flowers are made from vintage music sheets and the stems are old knitting needles. Thanks Julz!!!

xo Cath

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I was one of the very lucky ones to receive one of Cathy's beautiful cards. Thank you so much Cat, l loooove it.
I was also lucky enough to receive a bucnh of flowers from Julz.

Posted by: Karen Martin | January 02, 2012 at 06:04 PM