Rustic Plaid Star Christmas Cards for a Card Swap

I love to swap Christmas Cards, and this year I am hosting a Christmas Card swap, so I am busy making sets of cards to swap!!  There are 50 people in the swap, and that is a ton of card for me to make.  Here is the latest set of cards and this time I went for a rustic monotone set of cards.

Here is a video on how to make these fun rustic cards.

I love this new stamp set by Waffle Flower.  It is called Plaid Play and it allows you to make and type of design and color set of plaid you wish, just change out the order of the strips of stamps and the colors of ink.  So many amazing uses for this one stamp!!!

The Xyron adhesive made the assembly of these cards a breeze.  Between the Xyron Mega Runner and the Xyron 3" Sticker Maker making these card is super fast and easy!!!

I changed up the cards a bit by changing out the direction of the plaid star, the color of the clothespin, and also if the twine was in a bow or a loop.  The little changes create a unique card all to itself, but still keeps them using all the same supplies.

Make sure you head over to favecrafts for some amazing inspiration for all your crafty needs, here is a fun related project that you might like!!!

Are you making handmade Christmas cards this year?

Supplies Used

Interested in the supplies I used in this project?  Most are listed below and some are affiliate links, which generates a me little commission (at not extra cost to you at all) when you click on the link and make a purchase.  Affiliate and product disclosure can be found here.

Large Acrylic Block – Brutus Monroe Shop at: SB | BM	Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Shop at: SB | AZ | O	Fiskars Scissors Shop at: AZ
CCB Mini Clothespins Shop at: AZ	Cuttlebug Shop at: AZ	Cuttlebug Plate C Shop at: SB | AZ
Xyron Mega Runner Shop at: SB	Colorbox Paintbox Ink Shop at: AZ	Cardstock Printer Paper Shop at: AZ
Erin Reed's CCB Christmas Kit Shop at: O	Fiskars Paper Trimmer Shop at: SB | AZ	CCB Rope Shop at: AZ
Waffle Flower Plaid Stamp Shop at: SB	Xyron 3" Sticker Maker Shop at: SB | AZ	Canvas Corp 50 Ct White Cards Shop at: AZ

How to Make 15 Christmas Cards from 1 Card Design

I am hosting a Christmas Card Swap this year and I am making some cards to put into the swap.  I get a little board making the same card over and over again, so this time I prepped a ton of supplies and made 15 cards with the same basic design, but each cards is just a little different!

Here is a video on each card that I made and how they are all a little different.

Check out my video for my HUGE CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY!!  A chance to win my amazing Christmas Kit seem below!!!  This kit is over $77  worth of supplies from Tattered Angels, Canvas Corp, and 7 Gypsies!!

Here is an overview of the entire kit!  To enter just subscribe to my YouTube Channel and leave a comment on any video using my kit!!

It all start with this one card as my main inspiration for all the rest of the cards.

I then took that idea and had some dun playing with how to make it a little different with the color of the card base, fold of the card, color of the strips, background paper, and embellishments.

So have fun making cards this holiday season, and no one says they have to be identical!!

Supplies Used

Interested in the supplies I used in this project?  Most are listed below and some are affiliate links, which generates a me little commission (at not extra cost to you at all) when you click on the link and make a purchase.  Affiliate and product disclosure can be found here.

Swingline Paper Trimmer / Cutter, Guillotine Shop at: AZ	Fiskars Scissors Shop at: AZ	Rinea Foiled Paper Shop at: R
Cuttlebug Shop at: AZ	Cuttlebug Plate C Shop at: SB | AZ	Xyron Mega Runner Shop at: SB
CCB Burlap Sheet Shop at: AZ	Erin Reed's CCB Christmas Kit Shop at: O	ScraPerfect No Clog Cap Shop at: AZ | O
ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever Shop at: AZ | O

Turn Paper Tubes into Farmhouse Decor

I love to take something that is usually a trash items and make it into something amazing.  I have been saving these paper tubes from a table set we got because I knew they would make something wonderful and be a ton better than in a landfill.  

Here is a video on how to make these farmhouse style decor pieces.

I used some very basic colors for the tubes to allow me to use them for more than just one season.  I kept to neutral colors of cream, Kraft, brown, and tan, with one little pop of red, but the red can be used for Autumn, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and even 4th of July!

To change the season you want to use it for, just add something inside like flowers that are colors of the season like these beautiful fall flowers.

These are super simple to make.  Start with the paper tubes, and the cut the papers to size and using the Xyron Creative Station Lite turn all the little papers into stickers to stick to the tubes.  I love Xyron adhesive, no mess and no fuss and works like magic!!

Add some burlap and twine to the top and you have a fun little decor piece.

You can use the tubes for more than just flowers, sky's the limit on what you can place in the little holes in the top, even use them for storage of pens, paint brushes, scissors and more!!

So before you throw something away, think how can I alter this to make something amazing!!!

Supplies Used

Interested in the supplies I used in this project?  Most are listed below and some are affiliate links, which generates a me little commission (at not extra cost to you at all) when you click on the link and make a purchase.  Affiliate and product disclosure can be found here.

Fiskars Scissors Shop at: AZ	Xyron Creative Station Lite Shop at: AZ	Xyron 5" Permanent Refill Shop at: AZ
CCB Burlap Fringe Shop at: AZ	Erin Reed's CCB Christmas Kit Shop at: O	Fiskars Paper Trimmer Shop at: SB | AZ
CCB Rope Shop at: AZ	Clearsnap Petal Point Ink Shop at: SB