lauralooloo: How to Make Cute Christmas Cards With Paper Scraps and Simple Die Cuts {3 Colorful Ideas!}

Are you looking for quick and easy Christmas card ideas that use minimal product, and are simple to pop in the mail this holiday season? I've got you covered with today's cute and colorful Christmas cards that use strips of patterned paper (raid your scrap bins, or make the most of a 6x6 paper pad) and simple die cut shapes. As you check out today's blog post, think about how you can take this idea and make it your own!

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Today's cards all follow the same formula. I'm a big fan of coming up with an idea that's repeatable, and can be tailored to a variety of product. Why reinvent the wheel each time? Make something you love, and then... do it again! Let's look at the formula for these cards.

To create this layout, you'll need:

three strips of paper: This is a great time to pull out a cute 6x6 paper pad because all of the patterns will coordinate nicely. But you could just as easily raid your scrap papers and play around with patterns too.
simple die cut greenery. I suggest grabbing some dies and cut a bunch all at once, from a few shades of coordinating greens.
simple sentiments stamped on simple die cut shapes. I always.always.always grab the Rounded Rectangle Layers die set from Impression Obsession and I always have a bunch of these shapes pre-cut in an envelope, because I use it so often. It's my go-to for adding stamped sentiments onto cards.
Add some washi tape, or embellishments IF you want. I stuck with glitter washi, and mini staples so my cards would still be flat and easy to mail.

As you'll see, each of these cards followed the same process, just using different colors of cardstock and papers. The paper strips are cut between 3-4 inches long, but I wasn't exact. I just worked with what I had. I mixed and matched the greenery, just to keep the size and colors balanced but there's no rules about this either. Lastly, I added sentiments and a little washi strip underneath, just to ground the sentiment a bit.

And if you're not quite ready to think about holiday card making yet. . . think beyond Christmas. Switch up the paper, and use different dies and sentiments, and follow the formula for a whole stack of birthday cards, or thank you cards. Just a simple swap of product and you can use this idea for cards any time of year.

Today's post is part of our Christmas In July day on the Impression Obsession blog. Stop by the blog for links to all the designers participating.

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