Slimline Cards for Christmas
Things may be a lot different in 2020, but I’m determined to find some holiday cheer despite all of it! Since I love the idea of being able to mail cards with no trip to the post office - and without worrying about getting the postage right - I decided to try out the trend for slimline Christmas cards.
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Supplies:
white smooth cardstock (for card bases)
I had some extra fun making these cards, because I also got out my computer and designed the SVG file for the sentiment strip! It’s available now in my Nally Studios etsy store, and my readers who click this link to visit the store through Sunday (11/8) will save 20% off the file as an introductory offer!
I used my Cricut machine to cut the file but of course it’s compatible with whatever machine you prefer, like Silhouette, Brother or other machines.
To start my card project, I basically dumped out the I Love Christmas paper pack and just started mixing and matching the various patterns to see what caught my eye as looking good . It made a mess but let’s be honest…that’s pretty much how all of my projects end up!
The card bases were made by cutting 9” x 8” pieces of white smooth cardstock. Then I used the scoring blade in my Fiskars trimmer to make the crease so I could fold it into 4” x 9”.
I loved this combination of patterns because it looked very “country Christmas” to me. I gave the snowflakes a little extra sparkle with dots of my SIlver and Frosted Lace Stickles.
I wasn’t going to ink the edge of this slimline Christmas card because I thought the design would be ok without it. But then as I was getting ready to assemble the pieces, I realized that it had been way too long since I used my Antique Linen Distress and well…you can see the result! In the photo above, only the left and bottom edges of the snowflake paper have been inked. The effect is subtle, but it defines the edge a little better.
For this slimline card design, I used one of the “I Love Christmas” paper collection’s cut-apart 3x4 journal cards. These cards aren’t just for pockets - they make great embellishments for scrapbook pages and cards too!
Because the tails on the end of the sentiment strip are long, it allowed me to adjust on this card and just snip them off so they didn’t extend over the white outline.
For the final card design I went back to the same technique I used on the first one! The edges of both patterned papers are inked this time, though. I really went a bit crazy with the Stickles, adding Christmas Red to the tiny berries and Golden Rod to the poinsettia centers.
These designs are elegantly simple, not too taxing to make, and are pretty kid friendly projects (depending on how you adhere the sentiment). Let the kids go to town with the Stickles and patterned paper!
I hope this inspires you to make and mail your own slimline Christmas cards! Don’t forget to visit my Etsy store before Sunday to get 20% off of peace love joy SVG/PNG/PDF file set!
