See how to craft a quick and cute Christmas card

Welcome to my second Christmas in July feature, showing you how to craft a quick and cute Cookie Cutter Christmas card! For today's card I used these supplies:

Layering Ovals Framelits Dies
$35.00

Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper
$27.00

Cookie Cutter Builder Punch
$18.00

Festive Flower Builder Punch
$10.80

Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set
$21.00

 

 

I love this card idea because you can create several through an assembly line, either on one single day or over several days, after you order the supplies you want to use:

1. Cut all paper, including layers and bits to be stamped, punched and die-cut
2. Stamp and punch all gingerbread boys and bow-ties
3. Emboss card front (or keep it simple by not embossing)
4. Stamp and diecut phrase layers
5. Adhere paper layer strips and then adhere to card front
6. Attach gingerbread boys and phrases
7. Add metallic pearls (or eliminate to keep costs down)
8. Cut layer for inside of card
9. Stamp envelopes and inside card layer (if using)
10. Tuck Christmas cards away for December mailing
11. Add note to November calendar to pull out cards and get ready to mail
12. Add note to December calendar to mail to friends and family!

Here's my card - keep reading below for a list of supplies and a full set of instructions!

Cookie Cutter Christmas card

Supplies: 

• Stamp Sets – Cookie Cutter Christmas (142043), 
• Card Stock – Whisper White (100730); Real Red (102482), Early Espresso (119686)
• Ink - Real Red (147084), Early Espresso (147114)
• Misc. – SNAIL Adhesive (104332), Big Shot (143263), Magnetic Platform (130658), Layering Ovals framelits (141706), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper (146926), Metallic Pearls (146282), Cookie Cutter Builder punch (140396), Softly Falling embossing folder (139682)

 

Measurements:  

• Whisper White: two pieces 2 1/2” x 2; 2 1/2” x 1 1/2”
• Early Espresso: 8 1/2” x 5 1/2”; 2 1/2” x 1 3/4”
• Real Red: two pieces 1/4” x 5 1/2”, scraps for bow ties 
• Share What You Love: 2” x 5 1/2” 

 

Instructions:

1. Fold Early Espresso card stock in half to create card base. 
2. Emboss front of card base using Softly Falling embossing folder.
3. Adhere two Real Red strips to back of Share What You Love strip, using SNAIL adhesive. Adhere to Early Espresso card base.
4. Ink Gingerbread Boy image twice using Early Espresso ink and stamp onto Whisper White card stock. Punch out using Cookie Cutter Builder punch. 
5. Punch two Real Red bow ties. Adhere to Gingerbread Boys using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. Add two Metallic Pearls, one to each bow tie. 
6. Adhere Gingerbread Boys to card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
7. Ink phrase using Real Red ink and stamp onto Whisper White card stock. Diecut using Layering Ovals framelit. Diecut second oval using Early Espresso card stock. Adhere two ovals together. Add to card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL adhesive. 
8. Add two Metallic Pearls to phrase to complete card.