American Crafts | Be Merry Cards

I love the cheerful colors and designs in the Be Merry collection, they helped me create these fun Christmas cards for friends and family.

Supplies: Be Merry (368920) - Candy Cane Lane paper, Be Merry (368919) - Holiday Cheer Paper, Be Merry (368927) - Decorative Cardstock Tags, Be Merry (368931) - Cardstock Die-Cuts Cookies, Be Merry (368929) - Wood Veneer Shapes Snow, Serendipity (369217) - Pleather Bows, This To That (368185) - Adhesive Foam Dots

How to: Trim Candy Cane Lane paper to 4x6 and adhere to card front.  Trim a strip of Holiday Cheer paper and adhere to bottom of card.  Use a white journaling pen to add stitches to bottom of die cut "cheer" tag.  Apply adhesive foam dots to back of die cut tag and adhere to card, slightly off centered.  Adhere snowflake die cuts and wood veneer shapes to card slightly tucked in behind tag.  Embellish with sequins and gold tinsel.  Finish by adhering pleather bow to top of tag.

Supplies: Be Merry (368919) - Holiday Cheer Paper, Be Merry (368917) - Let it Snow Paper, Be Merry (368927) - Decorative Cardstock Tags, Be Merry (368931) - Cardstock Die-Cuts Cookies, Be Merry (368929) - Wood Veneer Shapes Snow, This To That (368185) - Adhesive Foam Dots, Cardstock (AM714-17) - Glitter Cardstock Gold, Styleboard (683445) - Maggie Holmes Dies

How to: Trim Holiday Cheer paper to 4x6 and adhere to card front.  Trim a piece of Let it Snow paper and adhere to back of die cut star tag.  Apply adhesive foam dots to back of die cut tag and adhere to card.  Adhere snowflake die cuts and wood veneer shapes to card slightly tucked in behind tag.  Embellish with gold tinsel.  Adhere white sequins to center of star die cut tag.  Use a white journaling pen to add stitches to bottom of "merry and Bright" tag, adhere to card.  Die cut bow from gold glitter paper, finish by adhering bow to top of tag.

30 Minute Cards with American Crafts

Hi There,

I hope you are all having an amazing week so far!  So glad that it is Friday!  I had a couple of easy cards go up on the American Crafts Blog yesterday, for Made in under 30 minutes week.  

The layered stickers and ephemera pieces in the Shimelle collection, helped to create these quick and easy simple cards in under 30 minutes.

Supplies: DIY Shop (DIY - C 66659) - Kraft Cards With White Envelopes, Cardstock (AM710-81) - White,  Shimelle (368158) - Dowdy, Shimelle (368155) - Swanson, Shimelle (368165) - Layered Chipboard Stickers, Shimelle (368178) - Embossing Folder, This To That (AM617-13) - Adhesive

How To: Trim Dowdy paper to 4x6 and adhere to card face.  Trim white cardstock and emboss with embossing folder and die machine.  Adhere to center of card.  Trim a card from Swanson paper and adhere to center of card.  Adhere "Lovely" chipboard sticker to card center.  Finish by adhering photo corner chipboard stickers to ends of cards.

Supplies: DIY Shop (DIY - C 66659) - Kraft Cards With White Envelopes, Cardstock (AM710-81) - White,  Shimelle (368142) - Hall, Shimelle (368151) - Baxter, Shimelle (368173) - Ephemera Die Cuts,  Shimelle (368178) - Embossing Folder, This To That (AM617-13) - Adhesive, This To That (368185) - Adhesive Foam Dots

How To: Trim Hall paper to 4x6 and adhere to card face.  Trim white cardstock and emboss with embossing folder and die machine.  Adhere to center of card.  Using a circle punch punch out circles from Baxter paper.  Adhere punched circles to card face in a scattered fashion.  Finish by applying adhesive foam dots to ephemera tag and adhere to center of card.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoyed my quick and easy 30 minute cards!