Quick and Easy Christmas Cards...

I was asked to make some Christmas cards to sell.  It's for the Charity I'm working with to raise funds for people in Western Kenya.  I'm going out to Kenya in January 2012 for a month and we are raising all the money we can to take with us.  Anyway, I set myself the task to make 50 cards, with a small budget but quickly as possible as I didn't have much notice (the cards were needed for a stall that was coming up very soon).

 

I like the look of embossed cards and have a Cuttlebug.  I bought an embossing folder with 5 pretty Christmas baubles on the front.  It's made by a company called "Crafts-Too" and was £4. 

I bought some packs of Christmas peel-offs with different Christmassy greetings on them. Usually I'm not a big fan of peel-offs and had considered stamping the greeting on the front of the card but it's risky as I'm a bit of a smudger and didn't want to waste any cards.  Then I rummaged in my stash for lots of teeny flat-backed gems. 

Ages ago I had bought some packets of nail-art gems from the poundshop.  The gems are really small and pretty and really cheap, so I used them too. 

I put the cards into packs of 5, in cellophane covers.  Hoping to sell them soon and raise some money to help the Kenyan people :)

Mandyh

Comments

[Debbie]

Absolutely beautiful cards Mandy, going to look around the pound shops for nail sequins, what a brilliant idea x

[Lynne V.]

I love the clean and simple lines of your cards:)
Like Debbie I will be looking out for nail art gems.
Thanks for the ideas, I need to put that embossing folder on my wish list.

[Gail]

Some brilliant designs there at low cost. Hope you make lots of money for Kenya with them.

[Katherine]

Beautiful cards - love the embossing on white and then the extra decorations :)

[Eleanor]

Classic simplicity, beautiful cards for a worthy cause.
Elx

[laura]

Very gorgeous Mandy- will be on the hunt for nail gems now!

[Erika]

Lovely WOW cards.