Friday, 14 August 2015

First Christmas Card | Crafty Friday



Hello!!

Today I want to show you how I make my cards. For this DIY I am going to use a card kit, but being the thrifty gal that I am, I am going to show you how to make the most from a card kit.
And before anyone says anything, no it is not too early to be making Christmas cards!!

Here is the card kit, it’s from the DoCrafts Papermania Letter to Santa range. You can get it here.




This particular card kit comes with a printed card to use as your base but I don’t like to use them because I like my cards to be thick and substantial not flimsy. I cut down and matted the card onto a thicker cream scalloped card blank.
I also cut down the insert and matted it onto patterned paper for my insert.


Next you need to decide which layers of the decoupage you want to use. Most card making kits come with lots of layers, I don’t think they are all necessary so I just chose a few. You then want to put plenty of double sided foam pads on the backs.


Carefully stick them onto the front of your card and add any other embellishments that you think might look nice. I added dots of gold glitter glue on the scallops of my card.


As you can see there is a lot left over, this is enough to make at least another one card and maybe a few gift tags.
All of the other products that I used such as glue and foam pads are available online or in many stores such as The Range.


Hope you enjoyed this post!

See you soon!

Bethany x

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