Creative Cardstock Cards

We loved seeing all of the creative ways you used cardstock for this prompt ... so many awesome holiday cards.

Here are a few that particularly caught our eye.

Steffi H

added such interest to her white cardstock with splatters, die cuts and layers ... 

love the fun snowy design.

Chris

of and here's one I made earlier ...

used cardstock, embossing, glitter and coloring to create this amazing Christmas scene.

Asha

of Sunny Summer Crafts

combined soft peaceful colors with stenciled texture paste, stitching and vellum 

to create a gorgeous holiday card.

We'll be back at midnight with our next Christmas Card Prompt to inspire you.

Cardstock Christmas

We're still creating cards using Cardstock this week (embellishments are good ... but no designer paper).

These are the cards we made this week:

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "I used the sketch from A Blog Named Hero featuring Hero Arts Stamps & Die Cuts ... I also added some SRM Sticker Stitches (the perfect cardstock embellishment).

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "I've always wanted to make and decorate a gingerbread house at Christmas time, but the trouble is... i don't cook! I'm pretty good with paper, though, so I've used cardstock, sequins, brads, buttons, glitter and loads of machine stitching to make my card as colorful and blingy as possible! (And for the record, my snowy background was made by using an old-school metal embossing plate to "stamp" distress ink onto plain white glossy cardstock!)"

Cards need to be linked-up by no later than 6pm EST on Wednesday, July 1st.  Use keyword JB:15:13 for our Flickr Group and other galleries.

The 12 Days of Cardstock

As you probably guessed by the title, our current prompt is celebrating CARDSTOCK.

We're asking you to step away from the designer paper ... yes, put it away, there is none allowed ... not even a scrap.  This prompt is to create a card without pre-made patterned paper, getting as creative as you'd like with CARDSTOCK, instead. You can tear it, ink it, stamp it, spray it, emboss it ... You can add whatever embellishments you'd like on top ... but all the paper you use for this holiday card design should be cardstock!

Here's what we made this week:

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "I'm pretty sure *everyone* knows how much I love patterned paper, so this kind of prompt most definitely makes me put on my thinking cap! But that's the great thing about challenges and prompts... they force us to move out of our comfort zone and be really creative. For this card, I used two coordinating shades of purple Core'dinations cardstock to make a hand-pieced harlequin pattern (more details on my blog) that I then embossed, sanded, and embellished with some clear chunky glitter. Fortunately, there is no restriction on embellishments, so I piled a few goodies on top, including a reindeer die-cut from some very thin wood veneer!"

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I love creating with cardstock ... I pulled out some neglected Woodblock Stamps and used this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch and colors from The Paper Players."

So break out the cardstock ... whole sheets or scraps ... and get festive.  We can't wait to see what you create.

Cards need to be linked-up by no later than 6pm EST on Wednesday, July 1st.  Use keyword JB:15:13 for our Flickr Group and other galleries.

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