Louise has made these adorable Liberty Christmas Cards using one of our Christmas charm packs showcasing what you can do with just a little bit of Liberty fabric and some festive cheer.
Louise shares with us the tutorial of how to make each one.
“I used a mixture of our 2.5″ and 5″ Christmas charms to make my Christmas cards. Â I started by putting fabrics together to make the charms in the studio. Â I usually never have the time to make cards so to make these as part of my job – oh joy. Â I wanted to make something a bit different that showcased the beautiful Liberty fabrics but nothing too small or fiddly.”
“The first one I made was the snowflake. Â I wanted to use one subject that would fill the whole space on the card. Â I looked up how to make a paper snowflake and ironed Vlieseline onto the right side of a 5″ charm square. Â I then glued the 5″ charm onto a 6″ pre made white card. Â I highlighted the snowflake design with a glitter pen and glued some sequins on with my Dremel glue gun – it’s a very happy day when I get to use that!”
“Then I made my robin.  I had a picture in my head as to how I wanted this card to look.  I googled ‘robin on a branch’ and sketched it out from the picture l liked.  From my sketch I made card templates for each part of the robin.  I then traced the Vlieseline with the template, cut it out and ironed this onto the wrong side of the fabric.  I used this to give the Tana Lawn® more structure to glue onto the card without wrinkles.  I fitted the pieces together a bit like a jigsaw and glued each piece onto the card.  I used watercolour pens  to add a little extra detail.  The eye is a button with a sequin glued on top.”
“For my wreath card – the holly, ivy and berries used the same method as the robin card above. Â I first sketched the wreath in pencil, used a glue pen to attach the leaves and berries followed by using a glue gun for the ribbon bow. Â I added detail with my watercolour pens. Â I love a seasonal wreath on my door but felt that a simplified one would work better for a card. Â Liberty greens are a little hard to find but the Christmas charm square colours were a perfect fit for this project.”
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“For the stars card I found some free to download templates and used these for the different sized stars. Â Again, I added Vlieseline onto the wrong side of each of the stars and glued these onto the card. Â I used my glitter pen to outline each star to make them look like stitches.”
“My favourite card is the robin. Â I was blown away by the love for him on social media when we first shared him.”
Thank you Louise for sharing your gorgeous cards with us. Â They are perfect to showcase what you can do with a Liberty charm pack.”