Easy Last-Minute Holiday Cards, Flora & Fauna

Easy Last-Minute Holiday Cards, Flora & Fauna

It’s mid-December! If you think it is too late to whip up some holiday cards, think again! Here are 3 quick and easy card designs I created with Flora & Fauna stamps and dies. Hopefully, with my tips and this inspiration, you will create some holiday cards soon.

It’s never too late, or too early to create holiday cards. I create my Christmas cards all year long you can see in my Get Cracking on Christmas series.

Also if you are a fan of Flora & Fauna like me, you can see some more fun cards I have created here:

• 6 Cheerful Greetings with Flora & Fauna
• 5 Cheerful Greetings with Flora & Fauna
• 7 Holiday Cards with Flora & Fauna
• 6 Fun Greetings with Flora & Fauna Goodies
• Floral Greetings with Flora & Fauna
• 4 Quick & Easy Holiday Cards, Flora & Fauna

(Want to see what supplies I used in the video? Everything is linked below in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the text below. Compensated affiliate links used when possible)

Be Merry

Tip 1: Solid Stamping

When you are in a pinch for time to create cards and want different colors on your card, solid stamps are perfect for this. For this card, I created an easy watercolored background with Distress Ink on Distress Watercolor Cardstock and then used solid stamps, stamping with Distress Oxide inks so there was no coloring needed.

Cookie Time

Tip 2: Repetitive Stamping

Stamping a bunch of images all over the background creates a beautiful background, and you don’t need to worry if you have enough pieces of patterned paper.  When creating multiples you can use a Misti to stamp the images in the same place over and over.

A bold sentiment over this background is very eye-catching, although this sentiment is individual letters which might be a bit more time consuming, you could find a sentiment where it is just one die.

Oh Deer

Tip 3: Simplify Coloring

To speed up the cardmaking process, simplify your coloring. You can see here I only colored the deer image and kept the colors for him very simple. I stick to a two-color Copic coloring approach, which is fast and easy. If you would like to learn more about this you can see my Copic 101 post here.

Time-SavingTips:

Tip 1: Solid Stamping

Tip 2: Repetitive Stamping

Tip 3: Simplify Coloring

Other Tips:

• Create multiples, and work in an assembly line method. Watercolor a whole bunch of backgrounds at one, stamp and die-cut images all at once.
• Using a stamping platform, where you don’t need to place the stamp in a perfect spot each time is a huge time-saver as well.
• Adding something as simple as glitter really makes your card “sparkle” and it is fast, easy, and inexpensive. You can see in some instances I used ultrafine glitter, chunky glitter and even Stickles glitter glue.
• Adding something simple like a stitched rectangle really makes your card look that much fancier!
• Creating a card with snowflakes, or using a sentiment with a winter focus is perfect if you think your cards may be belated. Then your recipient can enjoy them throughout the winter.

I hope these have inspired you to create some holiday cards this season- it’s not too late! None of these cards took longer than 20 mins, and if you chose one design and did an assembly line method you would have a stack done before no time!

Thank you for taking a peek at these today, and happy holidays!

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Supplies Used:

Supplies I used are linked below. Click on the picture and you will be taken to the product. I use affiliate links when available which means if you make a purchase I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support!

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Flora & Fauna, Bottle Brush Snow Globe Shop at: etc	Flora & Fauna, Holiday Sugar Cookie Shop at: etc	Flora & Fauna, Be Merry Typed Die Shop at: etc	Flora & Fauna, Outline Deer Shop at: etc
Lawn Fawn, Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables Shop at: SSS | LF	Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables Lawn Cuts Dies Shop at: SSS | LF	Lawn Fawn, Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables Shop at: SSS	Lawn Fawn, Chili Pepper Cardstock Shop at: SSS | LF
Lawn Fawn, Mermaid Cardstock Shop at: SSS | LF	Lawn Fawn, Noble Fir Cardstock Shop at: SSS | LF	Lawn Fawn, Holiday Sparkle Cardstock Shop at: SSS | LF	Tim Holtz, Peacock Feathers Distress Ink Shop at: SSS | Ranger
Tim Holtz, Festive Berries Distress Oxide Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Distress Oxide, Peacock Feathers Shop at: SSS | LF | Ranger	Distress Oxide, Vintage Photo Shop at: SSS | LF | Ranger	Tim Holtz, Distress Oxide Rustic Wilderness Shop at: SSS | Ranger
Tim Holtz, Rustic Wilderness Distress Products Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Therm O Web, Purple Tape Shop at: SSS	Lawn Fawn Merman Premium Dye Ink Pad Fawndamentals Lf1088 Shop at: SSS | LF	Lawn Fawn Guava Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | LF
Lawn Fawn, River Rock Premium Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | LF	Tsukineko Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Ranger Paintbrush Set Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Copic Markers Shop at: SSS
Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Lawn Fawn, 80 LB WHITE 8.5 x 11 Inch Cardstock Shop at: SSS | LF	Misti Precision Stamping Tool 2.0 Shop at: SSS | LF	Lawn Fawn Glue Tube Shop at: SSS | LF
Rainbow Glue Tube Holder Shop at: Shurkus	Mint Glue Tube Holder Shop at: Shurkus	Glue Tube Holder Shop at: Shurkus	Sakura Quickie Glue Pens Shop at: SSS
Lawn Fawn, Chunky Glitter Shop at: SSS | LF	Ranger, Xmas Red Stickles Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz, Distress Glitter Dust Vintage Platinum Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Fiskars Microtip Scissors Shop at: SSS
3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent Shop at: SSS | LF	Mermaid, Stamp Shammy Holder Shop at: Shurkus	Mermaid Mint Shammy Case Shop at: Shurkus	Lawn Fawn, Starry Shammy Case Shop at: SSS | LF
Ranger, Heat Tool Shop at: SSS | Ranger	Faber-Castell, Collapsible Water Cup Shop at: SSS	Altenew, Mini Blossom Die Cut machine Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Platinum Shop at: SSS