Tis the season to make...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE making my own Christmas cards!  Something about putting on the holiday music and crafting away in red & green that really gets you into the Christmas spirit!  And I don't mean to toot my own horn or anything.. but my cards get cuter and cuter every year.

Here's some group shots.. more close  ups and list of supplies & techniques used after the jump!

Happy Holiday Crafting!

~Lady M.

Although I don't have specific step-by-step pictures, I think y'all can manage from the end product pictures :).  

Materials Used:

• Card stock
• Scrap fabric
• ribbon
• decorative scissors
• corner rounder
• stamps & ink 
• embossing powder & dryer (optional)
• sequin ribbon
• sewing machine (optional  - you could always modge podge the fabric/ribbon in place, I have in the past but I don't like the way it makes the paper curl & look glossy, a simple gluing would probably work too)

Time: Several hours.. pop in your favorite holiday movies, these can get tedious (though I made about 20, if you are making less your time will obviously be shorter)

Difficulty: Newbie - the gentleman even popped in to do a couple 

Ribbon Technique:
-criss cross ribbon as if its a present.. ends of ribbon sewn to front of card.
-bows in corner made with 4 very small strips of scrap fabric descending in length.
-ornaments stamped to appear to be hanging from ribbon   

Wintery Look:
A blue & white color scheme is unexpected and cute in a sea of red & green this season.

Sequins stuck on with double stick tape

Ribbon in the Corners Technique:
Various ribbon & scrap fabric placed in diagonal strips in corners and sewn down onto card.

Wreath Technique:
Cut large circle from scrap fabric, run a large gathering stitch around the middle of the circle, pull threads & gather to desired size, stitch down onto card.

Tree Technique:
-cut out scrap fabric in shape of tree & sew onto card
-decorate with strips of ribbon

or
-stitch in zig zag pattern across tree for "ribbon" effect
-stars cut out of scrap fabric

In this one I cut holes in the fabric in order to place ornament stamps on the paper underneath!

Tree with ribbon close up.

Little Bow Technique:
-Take strip of scrap fabric about 2x the width of your card, fold in half,  stitch line about 2" from fold (or desired lengh), open strip to stitch, "flatten" fold side of stitch creating two folds, stitch down the middle of the two folds to hold bow shape.
-Optional: stitch down middle of folds with a gathering stitch, pull thread and knot in place to create gathered bow effect.