Admit it, you have started decorating for Christmas. I know I have. I cannot help it. Something about Christmas decorations brings so much magic to the house. Memories of Christmases past. The memories of loved ones. The little hands that made the ugliest mugs and plates that you proudly place on the mantel. The twinkling lights. The scents of pine and cinnamon.
Each year, I find another corner of our home that needs some Christmas magic. Being a paper crafter, I love making projects. Then the magic is paired with handmade touches. Nothing could be more special. Today I am sharing projects made with DCWV and JOANN Fabric and Crafts. Creating heartfelt projects, easily, because friends at the holidays, it HAS to be easy!
Using DCWV White Christmas Premium Stack, available at JOANN, I created several fun pieces of decor for a new shelf in our house. This pad is full of double-sided patterned papers, glitter papers, tag and journaling card pages, and a sticker page. Not only could you make tons of decor pieces, but this pad can help you make all your cards this holiday season as well.
I started by making this white shadowbox frame. A piece of wood panel patterned paper was placed in the back. Then I cut out this large journaling card from the pad as well. Its so lovely, it needed to stand on its own! From a duplicate card (included in the paper pad), I cut the house out and foam mounted it over the base image. Adding a bit of dimension really makes projects like this pop. Two small bottle brush trees were also placed in the frame. I am obsessed with those trees!
Please note that to take photos of these projects, the glass in the frames had to be removed to stop the glare. However, I did make sure that the projects could truly be created with the front of the frame intact. Big thumbs up!
Every Christmas project needs gifts! I created small gift boxes using the 1-2-3 Punch Board from We R Memory Keepers. On the top of the small boxes, I created a wreath from greenery. In that greenery, I added a tag. The tag was cut from a sheet of patterned paper from the White Christmas pad. There are SO MANY TAGS! Hello pretty gifts under the tree this year!
There were many unique tags, some smaller like this, and some traditional-style tags as well. To attach the tags, I used the small punch on my We R Memory Keepers Cropadile to punch a hole through the paper. To make it easy to attach the tag to the wreath, I cut a into the hole in a straight line, allowing me to wrap the tag around the greenery wire.
Don't forget the larger box in the background. On the top of that box, I used the We R Memory Keepers 1-2-3 Punch Board to make a bow for the top. It makes me smile.
This little frame is where this entire ensemble got started. I created a wreath from greenery and "hung" it from a piece of patterned paper inside another white shadowbox frame. To make it hang better inside the frame, the green striped paper hanger is foam mounted to the base. That allowed the greenery to lay better.
I trimmed one of the tags and adhered it underneath the wreath. There really is no place like home for the holidays!
I wish you nothing but the best this holiday season! May this season bring new and happy memories. And maybe some new decor!
Sincerely Yours,
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