The big day is almost here! But did you accidently forget to make a Christmas card for someone or need a pretty card to slip a Gift Card into? No worries, you still have time to create wonderful cards in a flash. Today we’ll take a look at some quick and easy Christmas card ideas that you can create last minute. And here’s a tip: you don’t need to run out and purchase these exact products, use what you have on hand and follow the design, pattern or style of these ideas and put your own personal twist on them!
This yummy round card from Gemma looks like a Christmas pudding. She’s added a die cut gold glitter wave and word, Holly leaves and berries and a little stamping to finish the sentiment. Take a look at this quick card at the Pretty Pink Posh blog.
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Use your left over scraps of Holiday pattern papers to create simple gift boxes with jute bows and round ornaments with hand drawn hangers for cards and gift tags, finish them off with a stamped sentiment. Visit the Stampington and Co. blog for more details.
Stamping that doesn’t require any coloring helps to make a quick card like this snowflake design from Cassie. She ink blended, stenciled and stamped the background and stamped and die cut the snowflakes and words, adding a little splatter. Find step by step directions at Ranger Ink.
Solid stamps are also quick to use by adding color with ink pads instead of coloring in. Tenia’s card has a stamped and die cut tree, ornaments and sentiment in different shades of greens with a purple glitter tape stapled on for some sparkle. Learn more at the Altenew blog.
Using pre-printed items like pattern paper and printed dies also help to create quick but adorable Christmas cards like these from Tya. She also added some lacy doilies, domed gems and twine for some extra dimension too. Visit the Doodlebug blog for a closer look.
Audrey’s strings of lights card uses stenciling with colored ink pads for a very festive design. Adding little details like faux stitching, tiny stencil paste snowflakes and a stamped sentiment strip add texture and dimension. I spotted her idea using Lawn Fawn products on her Audrey Tokach Instagram page.
Rachel’s elegant card has a white frame with white die cut Holly leaves and domed gems for the red berries. There’s also a pretty stenciled green background inside the frame and a stamped and die cut sentiment. You could make several of these in one quick crafty session! Find the details at the Polkadooles Crafts blog.
I love seeing cards that are similar but not exactly the same, it keeps you from getting too bored with a design and makes each card more individual. Charlene used stencils, dies and hot foil plates to design these fun cards filled with festive Christmas gifts. Watch her video tutorial at the Scrapbook and Card Today blog.
I love the color combination that Carissa used on her popping Christmas crackers card! She die cut the textured background, confetti, holly and the crackers, adding some stamped details and a heat embossed gold sentiment. Take a peek over at the Concord and 9th blog.
Lynnea created two of the same trendy faux postage cards but one is stamped in black with simple coloring and the other is stamped with colored ink pad and no coloring. Both are quick and simple to create for last minute designs. Check out her video tutorial on the LDRS blog.
Brenda’s darling snowman card is a fun top down view created with circle dies. She also used dies and colored cardstocks for all the snowman’s details, adding a frosty touch of glitter to his carrot nose and top hat. She breaks it all down at the Trinity Stamps blog.
Marzena used an adorable print penguin scene for the focal of her super quick and easy card. She focused on the penguin by die cutting him with an oval faux stitched die and she also added a simple white die cut sentiment. I spotted her sweet card at the Whimsy Stamps Instagram page.
I hope these easy ideas have helped you out if you’re scrambling to create a few more last minute cards for Christmas!
-Heather
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