The projects on this cover are amazing, don't you think? This magazine can be purchased here. I can tell you, I have been stalking my mailbox all week long, because this is one of my very favorite Paper Crafts issues! As you can see, there are a lot of quick'n easy holiday cards in it. And this blog hop will provide you with even more ideas! I couldn't stop after I made one card, so I have a set of four cards for you today. Here they come:
When I am trying to mass-produce cards, my go-to-recipe is: coordinating patterned paper, some dies, sentiment stamps and a bit of bling. For these cards I worked with one 6x6 paper pad from the My Mind's Eye Collection Lost & Found Christmas. (You will have the chance to win the coordinating stamp set, but more about that later!!) So, let's look at the cards closer:
Here I just covered a card base with patterned paper, die-cut various shapes from patterned paper, adhered them to the card, stamped a sentiment and added the gemstone. I would have stitched the edges if it wasn't a quick'n easy card. Here is a closer look at the tree:
Although this is a quick card, I wanted to add a bit dimension and bended the edges of the tree pieces slightly. And they are adhered with foam tape. And because I used a die that cuts two trees at once, I already had another little tree to use on the next card:
The label is the other half of the label I used above. Pretty much the same design and even faster than the first card. And another one:
I didn't even stamp on this one. I just trimmed the pretty patterned paper, added some strips of other patterned paper and the three gemstones. Done. And the last one:
Like the one before, I let the pretty paper work on its own. A little gemstone, the ribbon and voilà.
Now to more fun! Do you want to win a copy of the new special issue Holiday Cards & More? Just leave a comment on this post by Sunday, October 2. And I am quite sure you would love to win this:
Ha, I would want to! For your chance to win this amazing giveaway, be sure to leave a comment on the Paper Crafts Connection blog. Good luck!!
Now let's see what the other designers came up with! Can't wait to hop! Here is today's blog hop list:
Thanks for visiting and have a beautiful day!
Hugs and Love,
Vanessa
Vanessa
Supplies:
Cardstock, Stamps, Dies, Ribbon: Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper, Gemstones: My Mind's Eye
Ink: Tsukineko
183 comments:
Fab set of cards Vanessa. Love the colors too. TFS
Love the colour combos - the cards look great. Luv Sandie
nice and simple cards. thank you for sharing.
what a lovely set of classic style cards...great job...
This is an amazing collection! Love the colors and shapes you used, and the simplicity of it all is so great! TFS!!
These are absolutely GORGEOUS! I love that patterned paper! Love thse perfect and yet simple designs!
all three of your cards are so pretty love the dimensional tree on the first one so cute:)
These are perfect, love that you let the paper do the work! The last one is my fave, so perfect with the pretty ribbon bow :)
ooooh, I totally adore all these cards and especially the stripes and holly!!
Delightful! These are such fresh and easy ideas--thanks for the inspiration!
I love when you can showcase a gorgeous piece of patterned paper! :)
really pretty!
Wow Vanessa all these cards are beautiful, I really must get my hands on a copy of the magazine. Thanks for the chance to win.
I fell in love with MME Lost and Found Christmas a week ago so I'm happy to see your cards with all that holiday goodness. I just love them. They are SO beautiful and that Santa is awesome!
lovely cards !!!!
WOW! Your Christmas cards are adorable! I love the fact that they look like they took forever to create, but they actually didn't!
Great cards!!! And I love how you mass produced them, but they are all unique and special!!! Thanks for the tips!!!
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Love all of your cards. Very simple but just beautiful. Thanks for the tips.
aww these cards are absolutely adorable... Thanks for sharing..
Very clever...and just lovely! Thank you.
A beautiful set! Love those colors!
Love the background paper you chose. These have a great vintagey feel to them!
Such a great set of cards! Love the one with the santa in the corner =) TFS!
Oh! I have that paper collection at home. Had to buy it but was stumped about what I wanted to do with it. Now I know. Thanks for the inspiration!
So pretty, I love the papers you chose
Oh! Beautiful! I especially love your choice of colors! The 3-D christmas tree is so Cute! Thank you for sharing your talent! :D
What a different color scheme--I like it!
these are all so pretty! love the papers and dies you used, so vintage and fun! :)
Your cards are lovely!! Thanks for taking the time to explain how easy it was!
ooh my gosshh.. these are so beautiful! love the pattern paper and how you design these cards
All of your cards are wonderful! I especially love your 3D tree! What a fun idea!
I like how you used text as the backgrounds on your cards - one of my favorite things!
Love these cards!! My Minds Eye paper is beautiful! You made perfect use of these papers. Can't wait to try some of these ideas.
Great cards! SO simple and expressive at the same time. Imagine. Letting the paper do the work! Brilliant! I HAVE to give that a try! :)
What a beautiful card set! Thanks for sharing! I love using my 'scrapbook' paper with the embellished corners for making cards!
Thanks for some great ideas for easy Christmas cards!! I loved all four of these. :)
Love your set! They are so elegant with a vintage feel. Great tips too. Thanks
Love that Santa stamp! Great vintage feel to these!
Wonderful holiday cards -- that paper line caught my eye too ! Appreciated your advice on how to assemble quickly.
your cards are beautiful!! love that paper pack too!
Quick but beautiful!! Love them!!
Beautifully quick, simple and gorgeous! I have been so inspired by this blog that I am pulling out my Christmas stash today, popping in some Christmas music and I'm off to create! Thank you for that.
:)
LOVE LOVE LOVE these cards!!! I like how they coordinate, but are also distinct which makes them fun! TFS
beautiful! I love the way you included the music note stamp :) So traditional.. now I want it to be christmas!! (but without the snow, please)
-rachel w k
rwkrafts.blogspot.com
they are all gorgeous, but the jolly Santa gets my vote! Great cards!
I love the vintage look of your cards! thanks!
What a gorgeous set of cards!
Gorgeous Cards and with 2 of my Fave colors I think I need to make some with this pallet :)
thanks
Love your cards, a bit of a step away from the traditional holiday card with the newsprint and music notes backgrounds, but I really like the look.
Vanessa, I love your cards! Really love the text/print background.
Beautiful cards, love the colors!
Wow love the cards. I loke the simplicity of them and the color theme. Thank you for sharing.
The Christmas trees look simple enough to mass produce, yet have a lot of dimension and look so sophisticated. I am SO making those!
Love the use of purple on your beautiful cards
Great cards! Thanks for the tips to make easy holiday cards. ;-)
such pretty cards!!
Great recipe :)
they're all so pretty! thanks for all the tips :)
Love the Christmas trees...simple but elegant!
Now I know what to do with distressing! Great cards
I love that they coordinate so well together, but yet they are all different! Beautiful!
What a lovely set of four cards, Vanessa! Have a wonderful day!
Beautiful combo of colors and images! ;)
Fun blog hop and great inspiration for cardmaking! Love the cards.
clean, simple & lovely cards!
The ruffled tree is ADORABLE! Your photography of your items is fabulous too!
Love the cards and the paper you used on them.
Simple and classic! Fantastic cards!
What a cute little set of cards! :)
What a gorgeous set of cards! Love your ideas, I am going CAS this year!
Very nice set of coordinating cards.
slrdowney at hotmail dot com
Super gorgeous set of cards, Vanessa, I love the vintagey feel of those yummy papers!
Thanks for so many ideas! Beautiful cards and great color choices!
Very cool cards!
I love the faded red and gold against the background of words and music! Very effective!
Noreen
www.make-homemade-gifts.com
Hi Vanessa! I am SO drawn to cards with text or music for a background, so of course I adore all of yours! And I so agree that having good papers makes making Christmas cards so much easier! Thanks as always for your great inspiration!
I like your recipe ! I don't like making 1 card for the holidays so it's nice to see you vary it up! Very inspired!
Hi vanessa, I love not only how you used coordinating papers but that you used bits of the leftovers for another card-clever!
These are gorgeous! Thanks for the tips on mass-producing! Looks like a recipe that will work for me!
This is FABULOUS! The cards turned out beautiful and would be fantastic and lovely for my holiday cardmaking!
Great cards, the colors are fabulous.
All of these are simply spectacular! Wow!!!
Oh my! These are so nice! LOVE the design!
I love holiday hops! They put me in the crafting mood!!! :-)
Just stunning...I adore each one!
You make it sound so simple and look so fabulous! TFS!
Kris in Alaska
funamom at yahoo dot com
I love your cards ! so nice :-)
Love the holiday card set. Thanks.
All of these are fabulous!
Lynn
A good idea to use the same basic color scheme but change the basic design. Doing a mass production gets tiresome if you can't change things around some. Great idea.
Great cards, and I love how quick and easy they are. I like this designer paper; thanks for the inspiration.
So love the look of these cards!
OMG! Could your cards be any cuter?
I absolutely love MME and the collection is gorgeous, I can't wait to get my hands on those papers.
TFS your creations.
take care,
Monica
Wow! I love this set of cards! Just enough colour to catch the eye, and rich-looking while being CAS.
Thanks for showing your great talent. Love the simplicity and color combination of your cards. Thanks for giveaway and for a fabulous blog hop!
Thank you for the mass-production tips! :)
Love your simple, yet elegant cards. So pretty. Thanks for sharing. jeannett_mcgee@comcast.net
Lovely cards and even better using PP to help you get it done faster!
Vanessa, each card is so sweet! Love how quickly they can be made...so awesome!
Nice set of cards!.TFS
All of these cards are beautiful! LOVE the music background--but that santa card is my FAV!! LOOOOVE:) Thanks for the chance to win--sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com
love the vintage feel of your cards.. thanks so much for the chance to win..hugs
Nice and simple, but oh so beautiful!
Great set of cards! So elegant!
These are all so pretty!! What a wonderful group of cards! Thanks for the inspiration.
I like how you used the same product to 'mass produce' cards. Great idea! The Chrismas Tree is my favorite - thanks for sharing.
wow great cards. Love the color combi.
Thanks for the inspiration with these simple cards! It doesn't make the holidays quite so daunting. The papers are lovely and provide a nice variety!
great set of cards! i love that you didn't even stamp on one, but it still looked amazing!!! and the tree on the first card is super fab! i love how it's curled up a little! thanks so much for sharing the cards!
Beautifully coordinated set of cards! Mahalo for sharing how to economically design cards for the season.
Vanessa, these are gorgeous cards! thanks for the inspiration!
I love the idea of making cards that are similar to each other, but not exactly the same. Less boring and, also, all of your family/friends don't receive the same card. Thanks for the inspiration!
such great LOs!! that newsprint is fantastic :D
Love your set of cards Vanessa... just shows that quick cards can still be awesomely elegant and beautiful!
I think your cards are gorgeous! I love the colors, the design, everything!
wonderful set of cards
I really like the vintage looking paper that is the background in the cards.
What fabulous cards -- and you made it sound so simple! Love that tree die cut!
I love your cards. The colors are wonderful, and I love the patterned papers!
Love your card projects! The colors and design are great!
Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com
Wonderful cards Vanessa:) I love how easy they are, yet look like so much work was put into them:) Thanks for the great ideas :)
sweet cards!
Love this card set - so totally awesome. Thanks for sharing.
oh oh I love the idea of the gem for a star on the tree! :)
Vanessa....WOWWWWW....what fab cards!!!! So elegant and yet so simple!The cards look like you spent lotsa time on them....they are beautiful...I luv the sweet lil Christmas tree.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful cards with us!
Love the cards!
Tina
wonderful! Love them all!
Sandra ltb
Your cards are beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
I just love these classic Christmas cards. The Santa is my favorite but all are beautiful. Thanks for the chance to win.
What great cards! Love the new MME christmas paper you used!
Great card assortment! I love that dimensional tree! So sweet!
DeniseB
I love that they all match but are all so different. Great variety with limited supplies!
I love that collection. It does the work for you. It's pretty great how you made such beautiful cards so simply. Thanks for the inspiration!
Fabulous cards, love the vintage feel of the text.
these are amazing! love them!
Great idea to use the already great patterned paper. So easy! And effective with your finishing touches.
Thanks for giving us permission to "cheat" by using printed paper instead of stamping.
What a great set of cards! Thank you so much for the instructions. I may finally be able to make cards this year!
Beautiful card idea!!
Vanessa, I love your cards!
Ooh, love your cards and those MME papers!
I love each and every one of these cards. Love the vintage look to them with the look of "newsprint" in the background. Thanks for the ideas for my own cards this year. April H. akirb78 at yahoo dot com
love the paper & colors; LOVE the die cut embellishments!!! Love cards that can be done quickly. Thanks for your lovely inspiration!!
Love your cards and I wouldn't mind winning a copy of the Holiday Cards magazine. Love to watch what other created.
Beautiful cards and look so easy to make! Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win!
WOW!! What BEAUTIFUL creations!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
i would love a copy so much
what great ideas and so simple and clean
What a cute quick set of cards. Love the tips for creating quickly.
Your card set is amazing! I love them all. So cute and perfectly balanced design. Thanls for sharing! :)
Your cards are so beautiful!
These are GREAT! (;
I LOVE these cards. I love the contrast of the paper in the background with stamps, patterned paper, die cuts, and ribbon.
great cards...
Love the stamp sets, love the cards, and these are great ideas for mass producing.
Love the cards!!!
I love the cards. They are great!! I love the music notes and text. That is one of my new favorite things!!
Pretty cards! Mass produced, but each one still has its own special touches! And thanks for the chance to win a copy of Holiday Cards!
These are fabulous!! They are quick and easy but look like it took hours!!! :) great job.0
Lovely cards!
Sure, use some PTI dies that I don't have but have been debating over. I'll tell my husband to speak with you about my upcoming purchase :) Love your simple yet elegant cards!!
What a lovely simple set of cards! Thanks for the chance to win a great prize! Love that magazine issue as well!!
Just love, love, love your card design ideas. They sound so easy peasy, I'll have to find that paperstack so I can do these on my own! Thanks for the chance to win.
...what is not to Luv about these... simply a fab job.. wtg.. thanks for the opportunity.. mitz_zee@yahoodotcom
Love this paper - and you've made some beautiful cards with it !!
Jeanne Kelly
Love your set of cards! Thanks for all the ideas.
Your cards are beautiful! I love the clean design. Stunning!
These look fabulous! I love quick and easy cards!
These are my type of cards to make, esp. to mass produce!! I love using patterned paper and this collection is my fave!! I really REALLY want to win this issue!!
these are all so lovely!
this I can do....loving your whole style!
Hallo Vanessa, Du hast ja wieder so viele tolle Sachen gemacht seit meinem letzten Besuch, wundervoll. Ich hoffe, Deiner Kleinen geht es wieder gut. Der Tag war wohl wirklich zum in die Tonne kloppen.
Ganz liebe Grüße, Tina
Great cards! I definately getting in the mood to work on mine.
Great cards! Love that you used the paper designs and the layered tree is super cute!!
OK -- I'm soon off to buy this Mind's Eye paper pad -- can you say "LOVE"??? I also LOVE each/every one of your fabulously GORGEOUS creations and will shamelessly COPY each/every one (as close as I can) -- between you & Maile, I'm in Holiday Card Heaven!!! TFS your wonderful talent!!!
This is a lovely card set!! I just adore this MME papers....some of my faves! And you used them wonderfully!
Love all of your cards. Very vintage!
Hope you don't mind - but I am definitely going to scraplift this set of cards. Thanks for sharing!
Very pretty cards!
I love your cards! A set of those would make a great Christmas present themselves. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks for the great ideas and for the chance to win!
Great cards, love the little detailed areas in all of them. Thanks for sharing!
Katie B.
Love the cards! Thanks for the chance to win!
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