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From Paper Crafts Volume #31 Issue #7 | November/December 2008
Tips, Tools, & Techniques
Susan R. Opel
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Happy Holidays Traditional Card by Designer: Stefanie Hamilton
Happy Holidays Traditional Card by Designer: Stefanie Hamilton

SUPPLIES:  Cardstock: (Wildberry, Hillary scalloped) Bazzill Basics Paper  Patterned paper: (Sleigh Belle from Ting-a-Ling collection) Webster’s Pages  Accents: (blue sentiment tag) My Mind’s Eye; (poinsettia) EK Success  Finished size: 6" x  5"

1 Make card from patterned paper.
2 Trim cardstock piece. Mat bottom edge with cardstock strip; adhere to card. 
3 Adhere tag and poinsettia.
 

Happy Holidays Digital Card
Happy Holidays Digital Card

SUPPLIES:  Cardstock: (white)  Specialty paper: (photo)  Digital elements: (large, small scalloped paper from Scallops kit) www.heatheranndesigns.com; (poinsettia patterned paper from Jolly Lil’ Friends kit; poinsettia from Holiday Flowers kit) www.designerdigitals.com; (blue swirl patterned paper from Holiday Magic kit) www.shabbyprincess.com; (tag) www.sunshinestudioscraps.com; (sentiment, glitter from 12 Days of Christmas-Day 3 kit) www.heraldsplace.blogspot.com  Software: (photo editing) Adobe  Finished size: 5 1/4" x 4 3/4"

1 Create finished size project in software. Open digital elements.
2 Drop patterned paper and scalloped paper onto project. Change scalloped paper colors.
3 Drop in tag and add sentiment. To make patterned edges of tag, place patterned paper directly above tag and press Ctrl-G. (The control key makes the paper take the shape of whatever is directly beneath it.)
4 Drop in poinsettia. Make circle from glitter and place in center of poinsettia.
5 Print on photo paper; trim. Make card from cardstock; adhere piece.

Looking for more ways to mass produce cards this holiday season? Check out the “Tips Tools, & Techniques” column in the November/December 2008 issue of Paper Crafts magazine.

For more information on supplies used in this project, see our Product Guide online at www.PaperCraftsMag.com/resources.

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Paper Crafts Online   | Registered | 2008-10-20 17:21:18
Here's the link to the Cardstock Conversion Chart:
http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/images/stories/magazines/paper_crafts/NovDec_2008/TT&T-M1.pdf
Suzanne Nikolaisen   | Registered | 2008-10-16 16:10:29
The Cardstock Conversion chart is in the Sentiments and Patterns article on page 2.
kimpope08   | Registered | 2008-10-15 16:29:43
I'm looking for the Cardstock Conversion Chart as well!
pfam08   | Registered | 2008-10-15 14:51:38
i couldnt find the Cardstock Conversion Chart on website
mlscrapper   | Registered | 2008-10-13 17:09:54
Where is the Share Your Creativity with the Masses - Math Makes Cents Cardstock Conversion Chart? Thanks.