Crafter's Delight: 2017 Christmas Gift Wrap and Cards

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The holiday season is crafting season! I so enjoy gift wrapping and card making and Christmas time is a fabulous time to get even more festive and indulge in my crafting obsession.

Last year I shared my wrapped gifts and I'm making it a tradition! But first, I'll start with making my own holiday cards.




I used my iPad Pro and the Amaziograph app to create my own holiday-themed designs. I then loaded the graphics onto my computer and printed them out on sticker paper. I used edging scissors, card stock and some holiday stamps to create a sweet holiday message on the outside of the card. I then laid the sticker paper onto white card stock, folded the cards in half and voila! Homemade holiday cards!







And on to mail the cards! First, I took two pieces of 8.5x11" card stock and used my card as a guide to see how best to create the envelope flaps by lightly folding the top piece of card stock. I used an adhesive dot roller to secure the bottom and two sides of the two pieces of card stock to create the body of the envelope and used a paper cutter to trim the envelope to size. Once the envelope was secure, I inserted the card and used my roller to secure the bottom flap of the envelope, and a second swipe of adhesive dots to secure the top flap. I then used a decorateive puncher to cut a snowflake out of coordinating card stock for each card and adhered it to the back to make it even more festive!

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And on to my favorite part - the gifts! I shop for my little cousins and I so enjoy seeing them enjoy their presents. I think they'll get a kick out of this year's gifts!


One of my little cousins is the ultimate My Little Pony fan, so it made both gift shopping and gift wrapping super fun and easy! For the first part of her gift, I found a perfect Pony picture and a Santa hat and combined the two images to make for a festive gift. I cut out the Pony and secured it to green card stock. I then mounted the green card stock on top of the red card stock I'd used to turn a plain white gift bag into something special. For the second part of her gift, I simply matched the purple, red and green scheme of the gift bag with the paper, ribbon and handmade gift tag.



For another two-part gift, I turned back to my Amaziograph app to make a green and white design that I first shrank and printed onto sticker paper. I then began laying the stickers onto the main gift in a checkerboard design. Some leftover red and green card stock from my gift wrapping projects made for a wonderful homemade gift tag. I enlarged the custom image I'd used for the checkerboard design and printed it on sticker paper which I then mounted onto a plain white gift bag. I love mixing and matching prints because it makes the overall look even more creative and interesting.


You can't really wrap a teddy bear, but that doesn't mean he can't have a festive gift bag! Once again, a plain white gift bag got transformed with the help of the Amaziograph app and some sticker paper. I used green glitter paper and red card stock to create a homemade gift tag, and a glittery red mesh ribon added the perfect final touch for this toddler's gift.


And finally, a super elegant gift wrap presentation for the teenager of the group. I used contrasting shades of gold gift wrap wrap this two-part gift and my trusty adhesive dot roller to secure the two boxes together. My snowflake puncher and some gold glitter craft paper added some wintry flair, and a two-toned gold ribbon topped the whole thing off.

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Happy holidays, everyone! I hope you'll get some creative inspiration as you prepare to wrap your presents or send off the final round of holiday cards!



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