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 :

Cherish the Memory Store

Thank you for visiting!

"Sweet Winter : Memories" Fox Shaker Tag for Cherish the Memory

A Foxy Double Shaker Window Tag 

Shake Shake Shake! Shakers are Everywhere!

I had previously made a shaker birthday card for a friend, but it was my first and although I was proud of the way it came out, I still hadn't gotten quite as comfortable as I'd like to be with the shaker technique...so I decided to challenge myself and make a tag presenting two styles of the shaker technique : a background shaker window and a dimensional window.

"Memories"

Sentiments are a great way to get the viewer to gaze at a "starting point." My starting point for this tag, as you can see is the top left corner. I chose this corner for this tag, because I wanted the main shaker window to come at the "end" of the viewing trail for most impact, since it is the second shaker window that is the main attraction.

"First Shaker Window"

Above is the first shaker window right below the sentiment. I took a journaling card from Cherish the Memory Etsy store and used a Spellbinders metal die to cut the window out and reveal the background paper which is from Cherish the Memory Sweet Winter Studio Light Paper Collection. The poinsettia flower is part of the Sweet Winter die cut embellishments that will be listed below.

"Second Shaker Window"

I used a Spellbinders die to create the frame of the second window, to compliment the fox and create a more subtle shaker window, since the fox is the main attraction and the sequins are just barely there in the background giving way to the more heavily embellished, detailed bottom of the tag.

Here are some more pictures of the detail. Enjoy!

I hope you enjoyed checking out my double shaker window tag! I really enjoyed making this tag because it features my favorite animal...a fox! Thank you for stopping by! I will link the products used below available at Cherish the Memory.

Cherish the Memory Etsy Store
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Sweet Winter " Winter Wonderland Deer" for Cherish the Memory

Wintry Mixed Media Reverse Canvas

Hello! Thank you for visiting my blog! I have this wintry canvas to share with you featuring this majestic woodland animal. Continue reading for an insight on how it was made and some tips on creating depth and dimension.

I designed this canvas for Cherish the Memory using their gorgeous winter and holiday paper collections. I will list the items I used from Cherish the Memory below in case you are inspired to make a wintry craft project or a Christmas card. Speaking of Christmas cards, I don't know about you, but I plan on making them much earlier than last year, as I waited until November to make them and found myself scrambling on top of handmade gifts.

 As I have stated in my previous posts, these paper kits by Cherish the Memory have made another daunting looking project very easy to make in under a very reasonable amount of time. This canvas took me a short afternoon to make! The thing I love about canvases, is that they are friendly for beginners and serve as a functional home decor item.

As you can see here, the frame looks like fresh snow has fallen on it, but there's never any show where I live, and it's much too soon anyway even if it did snow, so I used Snowflake paste by Finnabair Art Alchemy by Prima Marketing.

I dabbed pink opal acrylic paint around the frame to not only give an accent, but to also help connect the snowy frame with the reds and pinks of the winter scene. It always helps to connect pieces with similar elements to create harmony and create a sense of connection.

Reverse canvases are great for framing scenes. I often imagine it as a "window" that you are looking through into another world. This scene definitely isn't a scene I'd see here in my part of Texas, so it surely is fantastic, and great for getting one into the holiday mood!

Using 3D elements in a reverse canvas is a must as you need to create a bridge between the papered background and the front of the physical frame. Here I used elements that can be found in any craft store in the seasonal decor aisle. Garland that you can cut to size or wreath making accessories are my preferred items as they tend to be on the smaller side and are adjustable, making them very versatile. I used Snowflake Paste on the ornaments, to create that freshly fallen snow effect. If you are going to create that look on the frame, it makes it more believable if the elements used were "snowed" on as well!

I used plenty of elements from the paper packs to tuck in between the layers such as the cute pine cone and winter flowers to help create dimension. Use foam tape to your heart's content, I do and it makes a world of a difference if you love dimension as much as I do. Perhaps that is why I enjoy making these reverse canvases so much! They offer a different level of ability than most card making.

Some close ups: 

Well that wraps up my blog post for today! I hope you enjoyed reading and are leaving with a better sense of using a reverse canvas. Thanks for visiting!

Here are the items from Cherish the Memory Paper Kits that I have used. Click the image to be transported to the listing!