Simple Christmas cards
Why is December moving so fast? It’s already six days in and those of you who are planning to make gifts need to look at your projects and decide if you’re going to get them done, come hell or high water, or start something a little smaller in scale or just buy your gift this year.
My goal for this year is to make all of my Christmas cards, but I have already sent one store-bought card. I thought I could make a card or two every day until I have enough but I am now realizing that I have to go on a card-making spree and make them all up at once, or over a day or two. The effort of being creative simply does not justify stopping at one card! They don’t even have to be fancy: just home made and something that makes use of all those supplies that I have.
With this card I tackled those terribly prickly five pronged things (brads) that I used when making my brother’s birthday card, using the edge of a pair of scissors to flatten them down and I got my fingers pinched many times over for my troubles. If you recall, the original brads look like this from behind:
Very sharp, let me tell you!
These are very simple cards to make: all you need is festive coloured cardstock and brads. Put the two together however you want and voila: instant cards! If you like to have words on the front of your cards, make use of rub ons, or if your writing is neat and legible, grab a sparkly pen and decorate the front of your card with your wishes.
Come back at the end of the weekend to see what other cards I’ve created—cards must be made this weekend so that I can send them out before Christmas.
December 7th, 2007 at 1:19 am
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December 7th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Ouchy. I can just imagine poking myself with those brads.
Just last night, I decided I wanted to start making someone a gift. Is it too late to start? Not sure…
December 10th, 2007 at 12:26 am
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