Christmas Paper & Card Making Ideas #107

Christmas Paper And Card Making Ideas -
Create Christmas Cards With Your Computer

A Christmas Blizzard Beaded Snowflake!

It's easy to create Christmas cards with your computer.

When it comes to Christmas paper and card making ideas, your computer and printer are your friends!

Three words for this Christmas card making idea: Gorgeous. Frosty. And stylish! Here's how to make it...

Difficulty Level: Intermediate

To create this Christmas card with your computer you will need the blue snowflake 'Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas' backing paper, which can be found in our Printable Christmas Card Making Kit here...

You Will Need:

• A plain folded card (I used a long, thin card but any shape will do)
• The blue snowflake 'Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas' backing paper from the Printable Christmas Card Making Kit here...
• Silver embossing powder
• Clear embossing pen
• Heat embossing tool (also known as a heat gun)
• Coconut ice seed beads
• A large clear flower bead (or another bead of choice that fits the color scheme)
• Spray on glue (I used 3M's Spray Mount)
• PVC glue
• Craft knife or scissors

Christmas Paper And Card Making Ideas!
How To Create This Christmas Card With Your Computer

1. Print it out! Open up the Printable Christmas Card Making Kit [the what?] and print out the blue snowflake 'Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas' backing paper.
2. Spray glue it! Spray glue the front of your card. I used 3M's Spray Mount glue.
3. Cut it! From the blue snowflake 'Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas' backing paper, cut out a rectangle that's slightly larger than the front of your card. Stick it to the front and then flip your card over and trim away the excess backing paper with a craft knife.
4. Draw it! Hand draw a snowflake onto the middle of your card (just above the half way point).

Tip: Use the picture as guidance or make up your own snowflake design. You can also use the snowflake images in the Printable Christmas Card Making Kit [the what?] as guidance too.

5. Emboss it!
   • Draw the snowflake design with your clear embossing pen. Do this in stages, so that you can sprinkle on the silver embossing powder before the ink dries. Use the silver embossing powder and your heat tool to emboss the design onto the paper as you go along.
6. Add glue! Once the embossed image has cooled down, draw over the snowflake again, this time with your PVC glue.
7. Add beads!
   • Carefully stick the clear flower bead (or bead of choice) in the center of your snowflake.
   • Then stick the coconut ice seed beads onto the rest of the snowflake design.

And voila! You can now create christmas cards with your computer - and stunning ones at that! Change the backing paper and bead colors for totally different looks.