Good Monday morning. I have a clean and simple holiday card to share with you today made using the newly released Impression Obsession Joy Frame paired with evergreen sprigs from the Wreath Builder set. The green frame was made using a die from the Classic Square Nestabilities. I love the simplicity of this open frame with the die cut joy sentiment.
I started by cutting a piece of red 4.50” square cardstock, placed it on the cutting platform, lined the frame die over it and ran it through my Big Shot. I applied thin strips of mounting tape on the back of the frame and attached to the white card base. I cut a piece of green cardstock 4.25” square and cut the frame opening using a square die. I applied thin strips of mounting tape to the back of the frame and attached it over the top of the red frame.
I applied pieces of mounting tape to the back of the ornament, tucked the hanger portion under the frame and attached it to the card base.I trimmed several pieces of green foliage to different sizes and attached them to the ornament. I finished by attaching several 1/8” punched circles to the foliage with glossy accents and added sparkle with red stickles.
It’s hard to believe it is already October and only a short time left to make holiday cards. This was such a fast and easy project to make and would be a perfect card to mass produce. The card actually looked totally complete without the green frame but I added it just to bring another element of green. I think this would look really great layered over a pretty holiday designer paper with a fairly simple pattern. The ornament is a separate die so you have a choice of using it or not. I think the Joy open frame would be pretty framing a snowy scene in the background.
Do you love ordering your product from Ellen Hutson? I sure do! She always includes one yard of beautiful May Arts ribbon and a cute colored image and Thank You sentiment with each order. I like to store mine up until I have at least a dozen and give them away as a blog candy thank you offering to those who follow my blog. I love sharing on my blog and it makes me so happy to think I may inspire others. All you need to do to qualify for my blog candy is leave a comment “on this post” and tell me if you mass produce one design for your holiday cards or if you send one of a kind to each of your recipients. You’ll have until 5:00 pm Thursday, October 5th to comment and I’ll announce the winner on my Friday post. PS……Don’t tell Bob that I’ve placed a dozen orders from Ellen in a short period of time. Since I’m retired now I’m always here to get the mail and I just add my new products to my stash and he never really knows the difference. LOL! Truthfully he never cares how many orders I place. He knows how much paper crafting means to me. He’s my biggest fan!!!!!
I appreciate you coming by today and hope you have a great week.
Card size: 5.00” square.
Kittie, love all of your designs. I mass produce the ones that I send to distant friends and family. For my husband, children and grandchildren I make each card different.
What a beautiful card! I make each card separate as I don’t send too many out. I find I get bored when I make the same design over & over. And I won’t tell if you won’t tell 🙂
LOL My hubby is the same way! Aren’t our husbands SO GOOD???? We are SO BLESSED!!!! 😉 Your card looks GREAT, Kittie! I can see it too with the printed papers! AND if that ornament is separate, like you’ve said, then it would look GREAT as a TAG too! 😉
To answer your question: I make my cards all at one time & make them all the same! I worry that in the years to come, I would send a duplicate to the same recipient! LOL So, that is why I do them all the same, of course, changing the card itself each year. 😉
I send the same card to everyone since I can’t remember from year to year who got what card. My husband, children and grandchildren usually get a special card.
I mass produce one card for everyone and keep one on hand so I know which one I sent in what year.
As always you inspire me.
Congratulations on being retired and checking the mail.
I am a one of a kind stamper unless it is aspecial order ( Christmas) then it’s how ever many they order.
Your card is beautiful, Kittie! I enjoy your CAS cards as well as your gorgeous scene cards, and it’s never too early to get the holiday cards made. In fact, I start in January and try to make a couple each month. I tend not to mass-produce my cards as I enjoy making each card unique and one-of-a-kind. I’m excited about your giveaway – thank you! And thank you so much for always inspiring!
I am a sometime mass producer if it’s a clean and simple design…..but I mostly make one of kind……friends generally get the mass-produced ones and family get the one of a kind.
Kitty, you have inspired me over the years with all your creativity. Your name often comes up on Wednesday evenings with my group of girls (we call ourselves the Paperdolls) who are card makers and scrapbookers.
Keep the inspiration coming, I love it!
I mostly mass produce xmas cards, but do a few different from that.
Your work is very inspirational. Keep it up!
I decide on one design and then all my cards are made the same.
I love your style and try to use some of the elements that you show us here.
I always start off with the intention of mass producing one or two designs but then get lured by all the new stamps and dies and just have to try some of them!
I usually mass produce one or two designs for my Christmas cards. It just breaks up the prep work a bit. Love your simple joy card.
Good Morning, Kittie. I mass produce cards for adults an large families, using the same image but in different colors. But for children they are different images. So thankful for the Misti,it makes life less stressful.
thank you for your inspiration and details for creating wonderful designs. thank your hubby for be so gracious.Mine too. They are so special to us, aren’t we blessed.
Hi Kittie… love your card.. I love all of your cards… I generally mass produce one or two cards to send… since I am usually last minute sally in starting..Thanks for the opportunity to win some wonderful gifts..
Yes, I love the ribbons for EH too. To answer your ?, I do all one of the kind Christmas/Holiday cards. Can’t make myself do multiples; think it would be boring. My daughter (using my supplies) made multiples one year and used up all my Real Red! LOL
Kittie, Another darling card…. Sometimes the simplest is the best….. Such a clever lady who always finds more new dies for me to buy….lol. Thank you for sharing your wonderful creativity….
Really pretty card…so crisp and clean. Love it.
I have never mass produced cards, although this year may change things due to time and other issues. However, I would still make each one slightly different even if were just changing a color, a ribbon, positioning of embellishments or DSP. I’ve just always wanted each card to be unique in some way.
I tend to mass produce one card, but try to make each one a bit different, but I will also do individual cards.
Hehehe…love your line of thinking on the ordering volume. I’ve taken to sending a Christmas newsletter the past few years
but do mass produce my thank you notes.
Very pretty card! I like to mass produce for friends. I try and make a unique card for family members. I also mass produce the thank you notes. Thanks for the chance to win and for your amazing creativity.
KITTY, You are so talented, and your work is FANTASTIC. Thank you for sharing “both” with all of us.
YES, I always mass produce my Christmas cards. But this year I hope it will be a lot easier. I just received my new MISTI, and am looking forward to using it. So SORRY but I have to go now……..I have to go and practice on my new toy. LOL LOVE JUDI
Love your framed art. Yes Ellen Hutson carries a great inventory with great customer service reps who know the products. I am inspired to do frames on cards this year. Simple but elegant. And might I say, spend your money as you please. You worked enough years for it.
Such gorgeous cards! I make a lot of thank you notes and each one is different. I do think I will stick with one or two designs for holiday cards!
Love your ornament and how you have framed it all!
I usually do a few of the same but not more than 6, I get a little bored doing the same thing
Hi Kittie,
I love the elegant simplicity of today’s wonderful card and the traditional Christmas colors. So pretty!!
I usually send a lot of Christmas cards between family, friends and church. I usually make 10-15 each of several designs. I don’t get bored making so many of one design and get to use several fun stamp sets.
I too am blessed to have a husband who doesn’t keep tabs on what I buy. ?
Blessings, Jan
Love this simple but beautiful design. I make individual cards for my immediate family and mass produced for everyone else.
Love this card. It is perfect for mass production. I usually make 45 to send out, all the same design but do make special ones for the Grandkids. Kitty Thank you for sharing your cards and your talent with us. I love the wonderful instructions you give. Have a great day.
I mass produce my cards, but make special ones for my Hubby, Mom, children and best friends. Love your cards and especially love that you are willing to show how to make them. Thank you!
That’s a Great CAS card ! To answer your question, no I don’t mass produce cards so far.