Hanging Christmas Stockings

I have been experimenting with other 3D card ideas. In this particular card, instead of gluing down my decorations, I decided to hang it, which allows it to stand out when it's displayed.

The card was embossed with a polka dot embossing folder with my Big Shot and the corners were punched out with the Martha Stewart Snowflake Corner

Using the Crop-a-dile Big  Bite, I added eyelets to the stockings, so that I can string up the stockings securely.

The stockings were designed and cut out on my Silhouette. Once the pieces were glued together, the stitches were hand drawn on with sharpies. I love my huge sharpies collection.

I was very happy how is turned out. A simple idea is really all you need for an adorable card. My co-worker loved this one because it's sooo her!

Christmas Box Card

You might think that a Christmas card is just a standard fold-up 2 dimensional card, but that's not true. you can be creative and turn anything into a Christmas card.

I saw a blog the other day where they made a boxed christmas card and decided to give it a try, since I have a co-worker who would love this kind of a Christmas card.

As you can see, it's a box drawer card.

When you pull on the ribbon, the drawer pulls out to reveal the little gifts you've stored inside. In this case, I included a pair of red mittens, a stocking, a santa hat and a 3D snowflake.

This project is quite simple, though you have to be very specific with measurements to make sure the drawer fits perfectly in the box.

Materials used:

Martha Stewart snowflake punch

Martha Steward snowflake corner punch

Scoring Board

Crop-a-Dile Big Bite

Silhouette (for the mittens, stocking and santa hat)