The Twelve Days of Gift Tutorials: Day 9
Hello G45ers,
We're going to make your Monday merry and bright with more gorgeous inspiration for the holiday season! Welcome to the ninth day of our Twelve Days of Gift Tutorials! We've been having so much fun bringing you lots of incredible ideas for handmade gifts and cards for Christmas. All of our featured gift tutorials are so much fun to make! Plus they're perfect for crafting on a budget! Today we're going to share another spectacular card by Gloria Stengel. Then we've got a fun and easy card tutorial by Maiko Miwa that you're sure to love! Lets get into the holiday spirit with today's fun and festive ideas!
Here is a quick reminder about the amazing giveaway that we're having in honor of our Twelve Days of Gift Tutorials! Just leave us a blog or Facebook comment for your chance to win this fabulous grand prize that includes our 12 Days of Christmas collection as well as fabulous products from Core'dinations, Xyron, Petallo and Scor-Pal! This amazing prize is worth over $135 and its got everything you need to craft a perfect holiday season! Be sure to leave a comment for your chance to win! A random winner will be announced on our blog on Friday, December 13th! Stay tuned to see if you've won!
And now it's time for some stunning holiday inspiration! Here is Gloria's elegant holiday card that celebrates the 9th day of Christmas. This card really highlights the incredible array of colors you'll find in our 12 Days of Christmas collection! The traditional reds and greens look gorgeous as the background for this card. The soft blues and pinks really stand out in the forefront, but as you can see all the colors blend together perfectly! This card is so wonderfully elegant. Follow along with Gloria's fun tips and get inspired to create your own handmade holidays cards with 12 Days of Christmas.
I fussy cut the dancing lady from the Ladies Dancing paper and attached her to the card with foam adhesive. I added some stickles to her dress and shoes, plus I reinforced her head and neck with some heavy cardstock. I love the contrast of the blue and pink on this card.
I created a set of loopy bows and added a glittery snowflake and a velvet and crystal trinket. This lady loves her sparkle!
You can see the dimension, but also you get the feel of delicate femininity with this card.
I decorated the inside of the card a sticker and strips of paper.
Supplies:
Graphic 45 The Twelve Days of Christmas papers:
Graphic 45 The Twelve Days of Christmas Cardstock Stickers
Cardstock: Core'dinations ColorCore Signature Series Graphic 45 Lights Precious Pink WorldWin Papers Original ColorMates Light Berry Red; ColorMates Olde Gold
Ribbon: May Arts
Snowflake: craft supply
Velvet trinket: Prima
Ink: Clearsnap Colorbox Chalk Chestnut Roan
Glitter glue: Ranger Stickles Star Dust
Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares; Scotch 3M ATG tape runner; Beacon Fabri-trac; Aleene's Tacky Glue
Now it's time for another gorgeous card idea! This one was created by Maika and it's so fun and easy to create! Maiko used the 12 Days of Christmas 6x6 Patterns and Solids paper pad to create this sweet card. You can easily make these pretty little cards for everyone on your list! It's a great way to add personalized touch to any holiday gift! Have fun following Maiko's wonderful tutorial! It's guaranteed to get you in the holiday spirit!
Supplies:
12 Days of Christmas 6x6 Patterns & Solids Paper Pad
12 Days of Christmas cardstock Flowers
12 Days of Christmas Tags & Pockets
White Pen:SAKURA
gemstones:Queen&Co
Tutorial:
1. Cut a 3x6 inch red strip, a 1x6 inch green strip and 1/2 inch white strip of paper from the 6x6 inch Patterns & Solids piece of paper.
2. Adhere the white border paper on the green border paper and the green border paper on the red paper, the base piece.
3. Adhere a flower on the card cover and then adhere the “The Twelve Days of Christmas” tag on the flower with a 3D glue seal.
4. Line around the flower and the edge of the card with a white pen. Then decorate the flower with gemstones.
5. In the top left corner, punch a hole and then tie a ribbon through the hole.
We hope you all had a great time exploring today's fun and festive crafts for the holidays. There's more gorgeous tutorials to come on this week's Graphic 45 blog. We hope you'll stop by and see us again. Big thanks to Gloria and Maiko for their beautiful crafts today. We also want to thank you G45ers for joining us! We want to wish you all a warm and happy day!
Your Pals in Paper,
Team Graphic 45
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Posted by: lea | December 09, 2013 at 05:18 AM
I've really loved every day of 12 days of Christmas Ive seen some truly beautiful cards and amazing projects.
Posted by: Debbie Harrold | December 09, 2013 at 05:19 AM
So many great projects with this beautiful paper!
Posted by: Margaret | December 09, 2013 at 05:20 AM
Love everything!
Posted by: Barbie | December 09, 2013 at 05:20 AM
Beautiful projects!! Love the 12 Days of Christmas and I love G45!!
Posted by: Mary | December 09, 2013 at 05:24 AM
So many beautiful projects!
The papers are just gorgeous!!!
All I buy now are graphic 45 papers! nothing comes up to the quality and prints that you make for us!!!
Posted by: Deni | December 09, 2013 at 05:28 AM
My daily dose of holiday inspiration!
Posted by: Jennifer Wolf | December 09, 2013 at 05:29 AM
What a great tag idea!
Posted by: Sarah Stainback | December 09, 2013 at 05:37 AM
Such talented designers! I love the little gift card.
Posted by: Mary Jane W | December 09, 2013 at 05:43 AM
Beautiful! And I don't know where I'd be without these tutorials. They are so very helpful.
Posted by: Linda R | December 09, 2013 at 05:44 AM
Both projects are wonderful. Thanks for a chance to win such a great prize. Cheers.
Posted by: Melanie Ann MacKenzie | December 09, 2013 at 05:47 AM
I'm pleased to see a card that is makeable without a lot of materials. For us with limited resources, we have to be a bit stingy in order to make our 12 Days crafting last awhile.
Posted by: Marlene Iacuzzi | December 09, 2013 at 05:47 AM
Those are very gorgeous. Love them. Thanks for the chance.
Posted by: Johanne Lacombe | December 09, 2013 at 05:49 AM
Oh so pretty!!!
Posted by: Dorothy McCarthy | December 09, 2013 at 06:03 AM
beautiful cards today ladies!
Posted by: Diane J | December 09, 2013 at 06:10 AM
Such beauty in Gloria's card...a real keepsake! And I always love Maiko's tutorials. Thanks, Ladies!
Posted by: kathy/NorthCarolina | December 09, 2013 at 06:14 AM
Love the big bow and snowflake on Gloria's card! So festive!
The card tutorial is awesome! Very pretty card! TFS!
Posted by: barbara macaskill | December 09, 2013 at 06:22 AM
Wonderful yet again!! a beautiful ladies dancing card and that sweet card tutorial, think I'll be using that one for my Thank you cards after Christmas. Hugs Suzi x
Posted by: Suzi | December 09, 2013 at 06:26 AM
A sweet easy card. Thank you!
Posted by: Beth | December 09, 2013 at 06:27 AM
I love all of the fussy cutting. the lady looks so nice. the tag is really pretty and looks easy to make.
Posted by: marylouh | December 09, 2013 at 06:32 AM
All these shares are so beautiful. Now if I could only get off my duff and get to crafting.
Posted by: Stephanie | December 09, 2013 at 06:38 AM
I'm just loving the daily card inspiration. Keep them coming!
Posted by: Liz Russell | December 09, 2013 at 06:41 AM
"Evertyhing" is beautiful !! Thanks for the opportunity to win this fabulous prize pack.
Posted by: Deborah Cook | December 09, 2013 at 06:43 AM
Beautiful project. I love the collection!
Posted by: Jeniff Sthory | December 09, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Love the cars. Such a unique and fun package for scraping.
Posted by: Pat Stoudt | December 09, 2013 at 06:51 AM
Too bad you didn't do this for each Holiday season.
The smaller card would be nice for a gift to add additional notes to the recipient.
Posted by: Patricia A Paola | December 09, 2013 at 07:05 AM
G45ers, you continue to amaze and inspire us with the 12 Days papers!! Keep it up and thanks for the giveaway chance.
Posted by: PeeJee | December 09, 2013 at 07:07 AM
Are absolutely stunning.
Posted by: June | December 09, 2013 at 07:13 AM
I have to get some of these papers. Gorgeous!
Posted by: Mary Lamb | December 09, 2013 at 07:18 AM
Both projects are adorable.
Posted by: Carole Carlson | December 09, 2013 at 07:20 AM
More beautiful cards!
Posted by: Linda B | December 09, 2013 at 07:24 AM
Ok, this one is my favorite.... No, I can't choose. Plus the second one is so simple I can make quite a few of them in a jiffy. Let's get cracking...
Posted by: Kitty Strydom | December 09, 2013 at 07:27 AM
So many beautiful projects!
Posted by: Michelle S | December 09, 2013 at 07:29 AM
love the dancing lady card. You may send it to me :-)
and great tutorial and a lot of inspirations
Posted by: Karin Boschaart | December 09, 2013 at 07:35 AM
Beautiful cards and a great tut also. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Phyllis M | December 09, 2013 at 07:36 AM
so lovely!
Posted by: Kelly Massman | December 09, 2013 at 07:42 AM
just love G45 :-)
Posted by: Gunn-Eirill | December 09, 2013 at 07:53 AM
Beautiful, Beautiful. The design team continues to inspire us with their wonderful projects. Thank you G45 for your awesome products that brings out the artist in all of us. Thank you for the opportunity to win some G45 goodness. Merry Christmas to all. Hugs
Posted by: Cyndie Martin | December 09, 2013 at 08:04 AM
Beautiful cards!
Posted by: Susan Hirsch | December 09, 2013 at 08:09 AM
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful creations! I LOVE them all!!
Posted by: barbara f | December 09, 2013 at 08:10 AM