Countdown to Christmas day 4 - a quick and easy Christmas card

Welcome to my first post in the Countdown to Christmas series.

Today I have a simple Christmas card for you to make using supplies that most crafters will have to hand.  Simple doesn't come easily to me, I have to admit but I wanted to share something that you could make using your existing stash.

 

I started off using a 4" square card base and a 3 1/2" white mat.

Using a 1 3/4" circle punch I punched out a circle in green card leaving a border so I could then take a 2" punch to make my wreath.  Of course you could use dies if you don't have circle punches or even cut it free hand.

I glued this green circle to the centre of my white mat and then stamped a greeting at the bottom.

Next I took some green card candy and glued them to the wreath as shown in the top photo.  If you don't have card candy, punched out holly leaves would be fine as would sequins which was my original thought but I couldn't find mine :o

The holly berries are red beads glued on with glossy accents but it might be easier and less bulky to use red liquid pearls, nuvo drops, stickles glitter glue or even small pompoms.

I tied a bow using red gingham and added it to the top.  

I then glued the white mat to the base card.  To me it needed something else so I drew a border round the edge using a fine liner.

Below is a card without the border.   To me, it doesn't look finished.  What do you think?

So there you go, easy, peasy cards that can be made in volume :)

Thanks for popping by.

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