Sewing Project - Handmade Xmas Stocking

This post is not about card making project, even though that's what my blog has been mostly about so far, but a sewing project. I do like sewing as well. The difficulty is that sewing projects do require more "free" time than card making. However, this year I decided to make a Xmas stocking and so spent few evenings busy sewing. Yes, I could have just bought one, but it would not be the same. 

I used Heat Bond Lite iron-on adhesive to attach materials of various colours and patterns to the red material, thus creating the picture. To make sure that the materials will stay attached I sew round the edges. To finish the stocking off, I sew black and white beads on.

I am in process of adding a sewing and patchwork online shop onto my blog. So if you like sewing, just keep checking back regularly.

Handmade Xmas Cards - Xmas Stocking with Stars

This is another of the quick and easy cards. Easy enough so you can make few of them in one evening and have them ready to post to all of your relatives and friends, just in time for xmas. Of course, you can use different Xmas outline stickers if you prefer, whatever you have in your craft box.

To make this card you will need:

• White card paper (15 x 30cm)
• Brown card with red shade (15 x 15cm)
• White card paper (10 x 8 cm and a small piece to put a Xmas stocking outline sticker on)
• Dark red card paper (8.5 x 6.5cm)
• Message outline sticker "Merry Christmas" (optional)
• Double sided tape 
• Letraset promarkers (Letraset Metallic Traditional Christmas promarkers - which you can purchase from my blog's Craft Magic Online Shop)
• Xmas Stocking outline stickers
• Craft foam pads (I used Stix 2mm thick)

Letraset Promarker Sets (Click on pictures to see more detail):


   

If you don't have Xmas outline stickers, you can use Xmas stamps or embellishments instead. Click on pictures for more details:

 


 



Craft punches:













I have set up and online shop - CRAFT MAGIC ONLINE SHOP- on my blog (top right corner). You can now purchase many crafting supplies right here. The shop is powered by Amazon, so you would be making the purchase through Amazon. I have just selected (and sorted into various categories) crafting products that Amazon sells. My blog's shop is divided into 2 parts; one offers paper crafting and scrapbooking supplies and the other one is for crafty kids and offers variety of beautiful crafty kits and products designed for children. 

Instructions: 

Take white card 15cm x 30cm and fold it in half. Take a brown card paper (size 15cm x 15cm) and using double sided tape attach it to the white card. Attach an outline sticker of the stocking on a piece of white paper and tear around the outline sticker to get the uneven edge. (if you don't have the outline sticker, you can stamp an image on the paper instead using a craft stamp) Colour the picture using letraset romarkers. Take a dark red card (size 10 x 8 cm) and cut out star shapes into the card using craft punch. Attach the dark red card to a white card (size 8.5 x 6.5 cm) using foam pads. Then attach the white card with the stocking picture to the middle of the dark red card. Attach it all to the brown card using double sided tape.

If you like, attach a "Merry Christmas" outline sticker to the card.

Handmade Xmas Gift Tags - Designer Card With String

 To make these tags you will need:

• 8" x 8" Stocking Fillers Premium Paper Pad by First Edition Paper - you will make 10 to 12 gift tags from 1 sheet, depending on size of the gift tag you will decide to make
• String (I used stranded cotton thread - grey or silver colour)

Designer Paper pad you will need to make the Xmas Gift Tags pictured above. Click on the picture bellow to see more detail.



Here are some designer paper pads that could also be used to make Xmas gift tags:

 

  

 Paper craft cutters making card cutting easier. Click on the picture for more details:

I have set up and online shop - CRAFT MAGIC ON LINE SHOP- on my blog (top right corner). You can now purchase many crafting supplies right here. The shop is powered by Amazon, so you would be making the purchase through Amazon. I have just selected (and sorted into various categories) crafting products that Amazon sells. My blog's shop is divided into 2 parts; one offers paper crafting and scrapbooking supplies and the other one is for crafty kids and offers variety of beautiful crafty kits and products designed for children.

Instructions:

Take an 8" x 8" card sheet and cut out gift tags either 5cm x 7.5cm as I did (you will get 10 gift tags out of each paper) or 5cm x 6.5cm (you will get 12 gift tags out of each paper). Make a small hole at the top of the tag and thread the stranded cotton through it.

 

Handmade Xmas Gift Tags using "Christmas Joy" Designer Paper Pad - First Edition Paper:

Handmade Xmas Cards - Silver and Gold colours

To make this card you will need:

• White card paper (25 x 18cm)
• Silver card paper (12.5 x 18cm and a small piece big enough to cut the snowflake from)
• White card paper (8 x 8 cm)
• Gold card paper (6 x 6 cm)
• Message outline sticker "Merry Christmas" 
• Double sided tape 
• Silver adhesive gem
• Craft paper punch -  small snowflakes and a large snowflake
• Craft foam pads (I used Stix 2mm thick)

To make this card I used silver and gold coloured card papers. However, the design would also look great using mirror silver and mirror gold card paper. Click on the picture bellow to see more detail.

Xmas craft paper punches. Click on pictures to see more detail.

          

        

           

Craft edger scissors. Click on pictures to see more detail.












  


 Paper craft cutters. Click on the picture for more details:











 



I have set up and online shop - CRAFT MAGIC ONLINE SHOP- on my blog (top right corner). You can now purchase many crafting supplies right here. The shop is powered by Amazon, so you would be making the purchase through Amazon. I have just selected (and sorted into various categories) crafting products that Amazon sells. My blog's shop is divided into 2 parts; one offers paper crafting and scrapbooking supplies and the other one is for crafty kids and offers variety of beautiful crafty kits and products designed for children. 

Instructions:

Take white card 25 x 18 cm and fold it in half so that you end up with card size 12.5 x 18 cm. Take a silver card paper (size 12.5 cm x 18cm) and using double sided tape attach it to the white card. Take a white card (8 x 8 cm) and using edger scissors cut alongside the edges of the white card. Take a gold coloured card paper and using a snowflake paper punch cut out snowflakes shapes into the card. Attach the gold coloured card to the white card using double sided tape. Cut out a big snowflake shape from a silver coloured card paper and attach the silver snowflake to the gold card paper using a foam pad. Attach a silver adhesive gem to the big snowflake. Attach gold - white card with the silver snowflake to the silver coloured card. 
Attach Merry Christmas outline sticker to the card.


Design variation:

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