Good morning all,
I hope this post
finds you all in good health. With Christmas just around the corner for some, I
would like to share a couple of little projects I made using the beautiful Echo
Park ‘Seasons Greetings’ collection.
First of all, I made
a mini Christmas card and a matching Gift Card holder. If you do not celebrate Christmas, you can use a different paper collection and use this inspiration for any other celebration. These mini projects are handy for all celebrations. I love the cute shape of
this mini card and I have made a mini tutorial at the end of this post so
you can try making them too. You can easily make a little set of these mini cards and by using different paper, you will achieve some eye catching designs. Give it a try today.
Using the same Echo
Park ‘Season’s Greetings’ collection, I made a scrapbook layout. The embellishments (except for the
snowflakes) are element stickers from the same collection. The snowflakes were made using a Martha
Stewart punch (available from Paper Lane). I cut the snowflakes from the designer paper , distressed the edges, and added
Ranger Tinsel to give them some sparkle and i layered them for depth. Buttons were added to finish the look.
That is all from me today. I will leave you with the tutorial for the mini card. I hope you have fun creating them.
Until next time, take care.
Best wishes, Jill
Design Team member for Paper Lane
Mini Tutorial for
Mini Card
Step 1. Cut a piece
of designer paper measuring 3’’ x 6’’.
Step 2. Turn the
designer paper vertically. Measure ½’’
in from right hand edge and cut vertically from ½’’ to 3 ½’’.
Step 3. Repeat step 2
on the left hand side. So, if you hold
the paper vertically you should have two cuts, one ½’’ in from the left, one ½’’
from the right and both cuts should go vertically from ½’’ down to 3 ½’’.
Step 4. Turn the
paper horizontally and score (from the cute edges out) at ½’’, 1’’ and 3
½’’.
Step 5. Keeping the paper horizontal, score at 3’’
across the middle (between the cut edges).
Step 6. Fold into
shape and decorate as desired.
