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
your site always produces the type of cards I would to use to produce as my own, or receive!
Posted by: Gwillisinc | December 10, 2013 at 06:42 AM
Beautiful projects as always! Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Imma | December 10, 2013 at 07:22 AM
Love the gemstones !
Posted by: Jackie | December 10, 2013 at 07:36 AM
cute cards! Thank you for a chance to win a lovely prize as well
Posted by: Debbie Fisher | December 10, 2013 at 07:44 AM
I absolutely love the 12 days of Christmas paper!!!!
Posted by: Becky | December 10, 2013 at 07:54 AM
Stunning card....your fussy cutting is PERFECT!!!! Kudos to you, and TFS!
Jan
Posted by: Jan Castle | December 10, 2013 at 07:55 AM
Thank you for always sharing such beautiful projects. Also, for the best products out there!
Posted by: SuZeQ | December 10, 2013 at 08:00 AM
Beautiful cards! I'm especially fond of the 12 Ladies Dancing one.
Posted by: Darlene Propp | December 10, 2013 at 08:15 AM
Very pretty cards...
Posted by: Charlene M. | December 10, 2013 at 09:09 AM
I'm starting to need some quick projects, so this really fits the bill. I love the lady dancing as well. thanks for sharing
Posted by: Cheryl | December 10, 2013 at 09:22 AM
Thanks so much for the gorgeous tutorials every day.
The cards today are stunning.
Cheers
Trina
Posted by: Trina Millin | December 10, 2013 at 09:22 AM
I love the little 3x3 cards. thanks for sharing
Posted by: Shannah Miner | December 10, 2013 at 09:23 AM
very pretty!
and elegant!
Posted by: {vicki} | December 10, 2013 at 10:08 AM
beautiful projects and amazing details. Love the paper and colors.
Posted by: Donna W | December 10, 2013 at 10:11 AM
That card with the soft pink and blue and elegant Victorian lady is exquisite. This may be my favorite G45 collection ever. Looking forward to seeing all the best in 2014
Posted by: Jennifer Snyder | December 10, 2013 at 10:19 AM
I don't know how you guys do it!
Posted by: Jean Marmo | December 10, 2013 at 10:55 AM
Love the feminine card - love them all, actually. I hate to see this end.
Posted by: Elaine S. | December 10, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Another gorgeous project. Love the tag simple but effective.
Posted by: Mary Mac | December 10, 2013 at 11:32 AM
Beautiful!
Posted by: nitzan | December 10, 2013 at 11:37 AM
two fabulous cards!
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Posted by: stamping sue | December 10, 2013 at 02:25 PM
How wonderful it would be such an honor to win
Posted by: malett orren | December 10, 2013 at 02:53 PM
So many gorgeous projects! It is impossible to pick just one favorite.
Posted by: Carol Pinkey | December 10, 2013 at 02:59 PM
WOW! Beautiful créations!
Posted by: Carole12 | December 10, 2013 at 03:12 PM
Such an elegant and vintage card and perfect sentiment with the 9 ladies dancing.
The flower card is just adorable. I love the faux stitching too.
Nicely done on both!
Thanks for sharing with us and the tutorial.
Posted by: Lynn G. | December 10, 2013 at 04:19 PM
Such a lovely card. Thanks for all the great giveaways.
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Posted by: maida | December 10, 2013 at 09:05 PM
Love the Bling Bling
Posted by: Jenny Ham | December 11, 2013 at 02:39 AM
Beautiful Project!!! ^_^
Posted by: Inma Banegas | December 11, 2013 at 04:56 AM
Gloria and Maika ... you gals ROCK !! Wonderfully creative projects! Thanks for sharing with us!
Posted by: Lillian Child | December 11, 2013 at 05:57 AM
Beautiful card, just love it!
Posted by: Pamela Bennett | December 11, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Crazy about these cards!!!
Posted by: Emily H | December 11, 2013 at 11:41 AM
Love all the projects!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Christina L | December 11, 2013 at 01:00 PM
Everything is so pretty!! So in love with this paper.
Posted by: Birgit | December 11, 2013 at 04:06 PM
The dancing lady card is just gorgeous, the whole thing looks like candy:)...i love the card tutorial, so simple and beautiful!
Posted by: fana | December 11, 2013 at 07:27 PM
Great job! Keep the ideas coming please.
Posted by: Susie | December 11, 2013 at 10:24 PM
soooo pretty
Posted by: maria mendoza | December 12, 2013 at 10:42 AM
Really love this line of paper.
Great job!!! Thanks for the chance to win
Posted by: Faye Warriner | December 12, 2013 at 11:30 AM
Love the 9 ladies dancing. How inventive.
Posted by: Robin Craig | December 12, 2013 at 02:25 PM
lovely projects!!
Posted by: sherri P | December 12, 2013 at 02:57 PM
So nice (^O^)／
Posted by: Mieko Kawai | December 13, 2013 at 04:13 AM