Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas - May

It's months like the past 2 that make me glad I'm making a Christmas card each week !! Lots going on and hardly a spare minute to get creative. Oh, I get very creative in my mind, but actually sitting down to make something is another story altogether .. This month's cards are courtesy of a large manila envelope of Christmas supplies that I found while cleaning/destashing . I told myself that if they didn't "spark joy"  or at least inspire 4 cards this month, I would give all of them away .. As you will see, I accomplished my task.My cards aren't all that complicated since my attention spam has been about slim to none. But I am happy with them and look forward to sending them when the holidays roll around. Thank you for joining Lisa Reynolds Bzibziak and myself as the Crafty Elves continue our Countdown to Christmas.. 

Of my 4 cards for May, only 1 has stamping on it. I wanted to show that even with a busy  ( crazy at times ) life, you can make some really nice cards with just a few of your favorite supplies !! And among my favorites are washi, twine, chipboard stickers and patterned paper. I hope you are inspired to make a few of your own..

#1  Holly Jolly Christmas

• On a textured Kraft card base, I adhered some Chipboard stickers from the discontinued Basic Grey "25TH & Pine" collection.  The 6 stickers can either be used separately as frames and the central image or altogether, which is how I chose to adhere them to my card. I added some Tombow MONO Aqua Liquid Glue to the stickers backs for added adhesive.
• A piece of green twine from the October Afternoon "Holiday Style" collection was wrapped around the top of the card base. and tied in a knot. Quick and easy card, but I love it !!

#2  Family & Friends

• I love mixing and matching different elements and this card was no exception.
• On a red textured card base, I adhered a song page die cut.
• Miscellaneous ephemera were adhered at the bottom of the song page. A holiday tag, ticket, and word stickers ( and the song page ) all were from the discontinued October Afternoon  "Make It Merry Collection". 
• I also adhered a piece of ribbon under the tag.

#3  A Merry Christmas To All

• On a navy textured card base, I adhered a holiday frame and chipboard sticker  from the discontinued Basic Grey "Evergreen" collection. 
• The holly leaf adhered in the upper right corner of the frame is from the Basic Grey "25th & Pine'" collection.
• A strip of pale blue glitter washi was applied across the top of the card and  a strip of thin starry washi was placed across the bottom.

#4  Happy Christmas

• I have to admit - this is my favorite card !! I started by adhering a piece of plaid paper to a white textured card base.
• I appled 2 strips of Tim Holtz washi tape along the bottom of the plaid paper . I actually applied it before adhering the paper to the base and wrapped the edges around the paper.
• The sleigh and reindeer from the "25th & Pine" chipboard collection were adhered to the plaid background paper.
• A flag from the October Afternoon "Make It Merry"collection  was placed behind the sleigh.
• Checkered Moon and Shine  stamps from Rubber Moon were stamped on scraps of yellow paper. I cut the moon face from the stamped image and adhered it to the upper right corner of the plaid paper and the star was cut out and placed on the left side of the card. The star was popped up with foam tabs.
• I colored the moon and star with my Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pens. 

I'm hoping that I've inspired you to join us on our Countdown to Christmas by making some cards of your own. Take a look at Lisa's cards on her blog - Life of a BZ Scrapper - for more ideas.  I've  heard from several friends that they have started making Christmas cards along with us. Last month I said I would choose 1 commenter to win a bit of blog candy. Chosen at random was Crystal Minkler . Please send me your snail mail address so I can send out your goodies !! She commented -  

Crystal O. MinklerApril 25, 2019 at 11:34 AM

" Ooohhh... Debra you had me at Kraft and washi!!! These cards are all fabulous!! Thanks for the monthly inspiration and reminder!! I can’t wait to get my studio done so I can play along and start building my Christmas card stash! "

I'm looking forward to next month already as we continue our Countdown to Christmas. 

Debra Davison/ Meticulosity