Christmas card – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com Making a Handmade Modern Home one DIY project at a time. Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:15:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/francoisetmoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Untitled-2-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Christmas card – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com 32 32 76357554 Holiday Sentiments Part Deux https://francoisetmoi.com/uncategorized/holiday-sentiments-part-deux/ https://francoisetmoi.com/uncategorized/holiday-sentiments-part-deux/#comments Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:15:32 +0000 http://francoisetmoi.com/?p=2211 Okay,  so here’s the skinny on this year’s Christmas card. These parcels of yuletide cheer came together with a little help from our friends at Paper Source who had everything we needed to pull them off with festive originality, including creative design inspiration and helpful demonstrations. I enjoyed the card making process as much as I do the final product, so here it is broken down step-by-step: Materials List: 4.5″ x 6.25″ (A6) Superfine Soft White Flat Cards 4.75″ x 6.5″ (A6) Red Envelopes Mistletoe Rubber Stamp Red Stamp Pad (I used Color Box, Cranberry) Green Embossing Powder (I used Adirondack, Lettuce) Ruler Pencil Gelly Roll Gold Pen Tea Light or Embossing Heat Tool Rolling Alphabet Stamp Red Pen Custom Address Stamp (optional) Queen’s Gold Embossing Powder (optional) Step 1. Measure and mark lightly with a pencil, roughly 1.5″ from the top of the card, and 2.25″ in from the left. This will be your guideline for where to place the top of the mistletoe stamp. Step 2. Measure and mark lightly with a pencil roughly 2″ from the bottom of the card, and 2.25″ in from the left. Also mark 1″ on either side of this pencil mark. This will be your […]

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]]> https://francoisetmoi.com/uncategorized/holiday-sentiments-part-deux/feed/ 1 2211 Holiday Sentiments https://francoisetmoi.com/uncategorized/holiday-sentiments/ https://francoisetmoi.com/uncategorized/holiday-sentiments/#comments Tue, 10 Dec 2013 14:06:35 +0000 http://francoisetmoi.com/?p=2202 Last year, between engagement and wedding photos, Ken and I had a lot of photos of the two of us, so when it came time to send Holiday cards, a photo card was the natural choice. This year, with far less photos taken of just the two of us, we decided to switch things up and try our hand at card making. Here’s a peek at the finished cards going out this week. Check back tomorrow for details on how these paper gems came together! And here is our Holiday card from last year that we did through Minted.

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