Tis the Season to Embellish Some Christmas Cards!

By Nancy Nally on September 22, 2016 in Card Making, Christmas, Holidays

We’ve got Christmas cards on the brain here at Buttons Galore! Since World Cardmaking Day the first weekend of October is the unofficial launch of the holiday card making season, we’re sharing another card idea today to help your Christmas card planning. Our buttons, sequins, and beads are the perfect easy and affordable embellishment to use for making loads of Christmas cards.

Supplies:

Buttons Galore “Tis the Season” Button Bonanza
28 Lilac Lane “Reds” Sequin Tin
PPA Matte Adhesive
Green Card Base
Cream Smooth Cardstock
Graphic 45 “St Nicholas” 8×8 paper pad
Graphic 45 “St Nicholas” 6×6 paper pad
Graphic 45 “St Nicholas” Tags & Pockets
Graphic 45 “St Nicholas” Chipboard 1
Hero Arts “Holiday Sayings” stamps
Colorbox Color Pop Metallic Pigment Ink by Susan Weckesser (Shimmer)
Colorbox Fluid Chalk (Warm Green)
Foam Adhesive Dots

Creating this Christmas card is quick and easy with buttons, and pre-coordinated paper and embellishments.

Start by cutting a piece of plaid paper that is 5″ by 3.75″. Ink the edges with the green Fluid Chalk and adhere it in the center of the front of the card base.

Cut a triangle from the gold paper, and adhere it in the upper left corner of the plaid paper block.

Adhere the large chipboard piece in the upper right corner of the card. Adhere the “Tis the Season” tag layered on top of it, using foam adhesive dots for the end not on top of the chipboard.

To create the bottom text strip, cut a 1/2″ strip of cream cardstock. Use the Shimmer ink to stamp the sentiment twice across it, leaving room in the middle for a button. Adhere across the bottom of the card.

Using the PPA Matte Adhesive, place small dots of adhesive on the stamped strip and the sentiment tag. Press sequins into them and allow to dry. Also use the Matte Adhesive to adhere the buttons on the corner frame and the chipboard embellishment, and allow to dry.

“Tis the Season” Button Bonanza is perfect for vintage color schemes, and if brighter is more your style, don’t miss “The Merriest” Button Bonanza, with bright green, bright red, and pastel pink & blue! We’ve got your Christmas cards buttoned up!

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Nancy Nally is the social media manager of Buttons Galore, and the owner of Nally Studios LLC., which publishes ScrapbookUpdate.com and CraftCritique.com.