Mixed Media Ornament for Cherish the Memory

Wood plaque ornament for Christmas! 

An alternative or addition to Christmas cards

  

 More than a Christmas Card

As much fun as card making can be, when you're thinking about friends and family during holiday time, cards are the obvious choice. But, what if you wanted to make something relatively quick and easy and still get that WOW factor? Something that is simply more than just a card that friends and relatives might just want to hold onto longer.

To make the ornament, I used the Classic Christmas paper kit sold by Cherish the Memory along with a simple wood slice, which I found at my local craft store for a couple of dollars.

Supplies Needed:

Paper Kit 

Wood slice

Drill (to make the hole)

Ribbon

Glue/Foam Tape

Embellishments 

Embellishments 

Tonic Nuvo Crystal Drops in Red Berry 

Glossy Accents by Ranger

Paper Flowers by Recollections

Snowflake Paste by Prima Marketing

I am crazy about layers! Lots and lots of layers with the use of foam mounting tape.

A great home decor item for everyone!

A little bit about the construction

• Mark a hole big enough for the width of your desired ribbon and drill. 
• Detail the first layer of snowflake paste so that the ornament gets the "just snowed on" look! 
• There are several tutorials out there that show you how to make your own if you happen to not have the one by Prima Marketing, which is my favorite thing to use anytime I make a winter piece. 
• After drying, I took a wreath from the "Classic Christmas" Card kit which you can purchase here. 
• Add embellishment drops and left to dry. I recommend tucking in heavier duty embellishments like paper flowers so as not to overpower the more delicate pieces. 
• Slip the ribbon through to tie a bow with extra ribbon left for hanging, then, you're all done!

Making it personal

 This ornament is all about how many paper ornaments you want to use! You can make it as detailed or as simple as preferred. I am absolutely in love with how "complicated" this detailed ornament looks! Many more hours were spent on the Christmas cards I made and it makes me wish I had made more of these instead! So, if you are feeling a little adventurous and want to try something new, or just want to do something different for a change that can be made last minute, make sure to give this a try! I think I will be making these next year in addition to Christmas cards, because I like to overwhelm myself, haha!

I am a sucker for the beautifully foiled images in the card kit.

Thank you so much for checking out my blog! I hope you've enjoyed this fun, yet simple and easy alternative to a Christmas card. 

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Snow Fox Shaker Card for Cherish the Memory

"Frozen Forest" Paper Kit Shaker Card

I am officially addicted to making shaker cards...and I am so grateful to be designing for Cherish the Memory because after having received these lovely card kits, making shaker cards has been a pure breeze! Honestly, I can't seem to get myself to make a non shaker card these days. I am ALMOST done with finishing my Christmas cards for friends and family, and they have been all...you guessed it...shaker cards!

You can purchase the card kit by clicking on the images to be directed to Cherish the Memory's Etsy 

As you can see from the picture above, the pages from the card kit come perforated already, so it's too tempting to make these into shaker cards, all you have to do is to grab a circular metal die closest to the size of the image and cut the background provided within the kit, add some foam mounting tape to the back, then add your sequins and done!

Tip: When making shaker cards, adding seed beads not only gives shaker windows a cool effect, but also enhances the sound when you shake it as well as improving the movement of the sequins inside. Seed beads of all colors can be found at your local craft store in the jewelry section. The smaller the smaller the better!

To tie the elements of the card to the silver foiled background, I used some metallic silver embroidery floss and tied an ornamental coordinating die cut leaf from the kit and also to make the letters of "snow" appear to be attached. I used Tonic Nuvo drops and Ranger Liquid pearls for the embellishments.

If you like foiled papers, like myself, you will be love these kits!

I truly hope you've enjoyed my blog post! Any feedback is always greatly appreciated. Look for future YouTube videos in the near future! 

Pink Christmas and Holiday Cards

Holiday and Christmas Card Trio for Cherish the Memory

The holidays are fast approaching and it feels like I have been working on Christmas cards for what seems like forever now! I'm sure it will all be worthwhile when I get to see the smiles on the faces of my relatives when they get the cards hand delivered to them. Thankfully these Studio Light paper kits available from Cherish the Memory have made making plenty of cards fun and almost too easy!

Below are the cards I have assembled with the "Christmas Romance" Card Kit that I will link to at the end of this post. 

The paper kits include pre-designed layouts of the way you can compose the cards using their perforated pre-cut die cuts, but I hardly ever do as the kit is just so generous with the paper die cuts that I almost always create a composition of my own which is one of my favorite things about these paper kits. You can whip up a card in 5 minutes using their suggestion or spend up to an hour or so playing with all the pretty foiled detailed die cuts and make it all your own.

I was a bit ambitious with this card, but it was the most fun out of the three. It's a shaker card as you can tell, but I decided to use two windows, just like I did with my previous shaker tag. 

This card was the simplest but the most beautiful to me. There really is beauty in simplicity! I always tend to add a lot of detail and embellishments, but striving for simplicity still remains to be a challenge for me, and this card was really a prize for me because it turned out to be my favorite!

I used Nuvo Crystal drops and Ranger Liquid Pearls for my cards.

Thank you so much for checking out my cards! 

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Wintry Fox Card for Cherish the Memory

"All you need is LOVE" Wintry Fox Card

I just LOVE the cool minty and cool colors provided in the card kit pad that I used from Cherish the Memory. Below, I will list the product link if you are interested in these lovely papers.

If you like foxes and or other woodland creatures, as I do, you will be pleased to see that there are plenty of fauna such as this cute fox available in the kit to use to adorn your holiday cards. Foxes are my favorite, and I thought the minty greens and blue hues in the papers compliment the fiery oranges and reds of this lovely fox.

The leaves used here are all from the paper kit. These paper flowers that I used are a mix of craft store bought flowers and my favorite, Prima Marketing flowers. Adding the paper leaves from the kit gave this card so much more dimension, and were perfect in attaching the paper flowers to the background scenery of the card.

This cute journaling card gives the card it's sentiment, and is always a great feature to have in paper kits when you don't have a particular stamp to use or just want the convenience of having versatile uses. This journaling card would have looked adorable in my planner, or art journal!

To give the card a mixed media touch, I used embellishments such as jute string, metallic embroidery floss and rhinestones.

In the overall composition, I made sure to balance the browns against the cool hues of mint and blue by using brown flowers on the left and making sure to use mint die cuts from the pack against the wooden background on the right side.

I hope you enjoyed viewing my card, and thank you so much for stopping by!

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"Royal Christmas" Cards for Cherish the Memory

Three Easy Christmas Cards

Hello, all!

 I will be showcasing three cards made from Studio Light's "Royal Christmas" Foil card kit 

available from Cherish the Memory 

 "The Season filled with joy & love"

I used gold DMC embroidery floss for this card and some white glitter petals from a Prima Marketing flower I had in my stash to add some dimension, but the card kit came with plenty of ephemera to accent the card that nothing more was necessary!

Card #2

"It's the most wonderful time of the year"

To accent this gift box themed card, I used jute cord to match the graphic, plenty of foam tape as I do with most of my cards to bring out the embellishments, and much like the card above, the card kit provides more than enough beautiful gold foiled elements to add to your cards.

Card #3

"Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year"

My favorite characteristic of these card kits, is that each card comes with separate sayings to accommodate different occasions such as using the holiday expressions, and those that specify Christmas so that there is a card for everyone! This card was my most recent card, and the quickest, but also my personal favorite of the three. I can't wait to make the rest of the cards from the kit!

This kit makes card making a simple, stress free breeze! These 3 cards were the fastest cards I have ever made and I am very pleased with how pretty they turned out to be! With the holidays approaching and an upcoming trip to see family, these were perfect to make for friends and family! So, if you are in a time crunch, I highly recommend this kit! I have listed the link to this kit below :

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