"There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again."

Monday, December 1, 2008

Construction Paper for Big Girls and Chrismas Card Making

My 16 year old niece and Big Sis (my 11 year old daughter) love to make cards. But not just any old cards, fun glittery cards made cute scapbooking paper.
I like to call it construction paper for Big Girls. I'm sure that many of you are scrapbookers or card makers and can relate to the fascination that is scrapbooking paper, I find my self wanting to buy more and more of it (it's almost like wanting to buy new fabric). My mom bought them 2 big stacks of paper to use for making Christmas cards. I can not tell you how happy it made them. It was as if they had died and gone to card makers heaven


These are some of the card my daughter made. It is fun to see how her ideas and creativity change and grow as she practices her craft.
I think the rick rack is a fun addition to this card.


I pulled out all of my Christmas stamps and we borrowed some from Granny too.Some of the lettering is achieved by the use of stickers or rub-ons. I have been trying to encourage them to cut out simple shapes, like the tree below. It's less expensive than using stickers, and just as cute.I love the way the girls use double sided tape, and glitter to create glittery boarders and edges.Both of the girls have a tendency to be a little wasteful. So I really encourage them to use their scraps. The book marks and gift tags are just a sample of what my daughter came up with.This year she will be making all of our Christmas cards, and gift tags. She was so existed about this idea. I think she feels like she is really making a meaningful contribution, and she is!!

Card making supplies are at the top of these Girls' Christmas lists!!

Have a delightful day.

4 comments:

Sandy said...

Wow, they all look so good! My son and I are going to make some bookmarks this week. We have scraps that are the perfect size:)

Anonymous said...

Wow...they did a really great job!!The cards and tags look amazing!! You nailed it on the head when you said scrap paper is like fabric....you just want to buy more of it. I feel exactly the same way....:-)

Shelley said...

So fun! Those all turned out really cute. I've been wanting to make cards but haven't done it yet. I love scrapbooking paper too. I always have to check it out when I'm at the craft store!

grace said...

how creative and festive! i was never very crafty at their ages, but i love things like this now. :)