52 Christmas Cards with Michaels Recollections Holiday Elegance

[@Mary-el3pi]

I have these embellishments and some of the pads…I can’t wait to try some of your ideas. I, too, have been through with my cards for a while…but there’s always room for more!

[@ginaspears9168]

Thank you for the great video, mistakes and all!

[@susanstukane1272]

I too, want to thank you for sharing all your creative ideas and templates! You are my go to for ideas, layouts, etc especially when I've lost a bit of my mojo. 🤪 What you do takes so much planning, time, and energy, and I truly appreciate you, as I'm sure others do as well.

[@greenlady43]

Thank you for explaining your thought process in choosing the sketches. I’ve got a lot of 6x6 pads to use up

[@chicachatzis]

excellent cards, I have this collection in 12x12 and I loved it at the store when I got home I found it a bit challenging. I will def try to work with it again. 🤣

[@Rosie-mz4bx]

This is so helpful. I appreciate you showing us all the options we have and can make with some of the challenging paper. Also, not using mats because when mass producing, it's helpful with one less step. Nice set of cards. Thank you

[@laurawebb8307]

Thanks for sharing your talents! I really appreciate you showing us how to use those difficult papers.

[@sandraplaza5712]

Thank you for all your ideas. I would also like to thank you for showing the mistakes, it really helps to learn.😊

[@creagirl6505]

Lovely Christmas cards. ❤ Thank you for sharing your templates and ideas how to use them!😊

[@diannerobert3822]

Love, love this video ! Love the way you explain steps and options for these sketches . You are such a kind and generous person . Thank you so much ! ❤️😊

[@Decomad]

Thank you! ❤

[@jesseb5112]

Great video! I am no longer a paper pad buyer. I have 31 sheets of a single sided Christmas pad. Its Kaisercraft so it is a 6.5 pad. I got so many ideas from this video. I think it is somewhere between 6 and 10 years old. This year, it is getting used

[@ingrid2543]

Jess thanks for the walk through of your thought process. The two stickers you didn’t use can be turned over and stamped or use an oval die cut out & cover the sentiment.

[@zolagrenda7147]

Thank you for showing all of the thinking and rethinking. I really enjoy your instructions with the sketches.😅

[@jean1426]

Thank you so much for all of your templates and your content! You are so generous! I truly appreciate the video that shows how you make your cards. You're so creative! I appreciate all of your hard work!!! I also love that you didn't edit out any mistakes you made, and how you adjusted them. You rock!

[@pamelab7871]

I learned here that I need to choose papers and ephemera BEFORE I start cutting up everything! Your idea works great!

[@JoanOrloffDK]

Beautiful cards Jess 🥰 I love the paperpad, the ephemera and your card designs ❤️ thanks for sharing your creativity Hugs xx

[@cecieh]

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts, process, and templates in your videos. These are so very helpful for me as a beginner with a LOT of patterned paper packs to use up!!!

[@teresazuehls783]

Hi, Jess! I love the great tips on how to use those big prints that are geared towards scrapbooks. Loved the video. TFS!❤

[@diannerobert3822]

Love this video and you’re organizing your patterns and sketches all in each folders . 🥰😊

[@lynnettehallbick1683]

Oh goodness! I just bought 4 recollections and 1 hobby lobby Christmas 6x6 pads. And I’m supposed to be done with Christmas cards 😂

[@marthakemmann3058]

This video was amazing Jess and just what I needed to see!!

[@BarbaraRogers65]

Wow this was really awesome to watch. Thank you for the great explanation, even your thought process.

[@diannerobert3822]

Love, love this video ! Thank you so much Jess for sharing these ! ❤😊

[@sandyvaughn4083]

Thank you so much for the info. Your mistakes only add to your great advice

[@susanwade2638]

You have great ideas! Thank you for sharing them. Great idea rotating the card to open landscape if you cut it in the wrong direction.

[@jennifercrabtree4509]

Thanks so much for showing to turn the sketches to fit the paper design. Really great ideas. I have a Christmas 6x6 pad so I will try your sketches!

[@deannahogue3713]

I have this paper pack in 12x12 it’s such a pretty collection! Thanks for the video, I got some great ideas!! 😊

[@ellenmancuso2489]

Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@nancybackes111]

Wow, you really got a lot out of those papers. Thanks for sharing your thought process. I think for the directional deer card, I would have kept the layout, but just have the card be a landscape bottom open card when you are done. It would be assembled exactly like the sketch, but the way you would orient the finished card would have the strips going vertical rather than horizontal.

[@TitianTopsyTurvy]

WOW! Well done, Jess. Although many of your paper buster templates won't perfectly fit my A6 (European size) cards, I think it will be fairly easy to adjust them. So I think I will try out your style of making lots of cards from one pad for this year's Christmas cards.

[@HowDidWeGetHere_1]

Hope you're peeping your comments... just wanted to say I learn a lot from your content. Thank you!

[@diannerobert3822]

Love this video and you’re organizing your patterns and sketches all in each folders . Like that’s it 6x6 pattern paper , because I have lots of that size patterns . 🥰😊

[@sueb1828]

Thanks for sharing your process in using the Michael’s Christmas 6x6 paper pad & die cuts. I purchased several packs of Christmas 6x6 paper pads two years ago. I thought the papers & die cuts were pretty; however, i think the die cuts were really too large for A2 cards. Since then, I have passed on purchasing the die cuts. TFS.

[@hilarygreek7830]

I swear you’re a genius!

[@kathforder2045]

Lots of good ideas there, Jess, as always! I think I'd have cut the piece for the 5x7 card in a vertical orientation - looks like that might not have cut into the words...? The card would have been portrait rather than landscape, though. I have several pads that would be good for that sketch.... And several of the A2 sketches can be re-jigged a little to suit my UK A6 cards.

[@MelanieCravens]

Cut the top strip (with the deer) off the paper pad cover and trim out the deer to use as the embellishment on those two cards that are missing one.

[@loueencooke9006]

Thank you great idea s x

[@tinaf4216]

So lovely 😊

[@cindysliwa7758]

Thank you so much for sharing. I have this pad and look forward to using some of these templates. The ephemera pack I have to work with will require some 5 x 7 cards so I will be checking some of your other templates.

[@kathyaclaude4966]

❤❤❤

[@rolo7110]

I just used this paper pad. Sorry, but the designs look a little bare. I’d rather use layers that cover the card in graduated sizes. I don’t mind scraps because I use them for gift card holders or tags. This pad was challenging, but the cardstock stickers were a big help. I actually don’t take off the backing, but add double sided foam tape to add dimension. I also added some gold gemmies, which I think brightened it up a bit.

[@terridohrenwend]

Love your cards. Just wanted to ask, the sketch #40 with the directional paper that you were concerned about (the deer); couldn't you have just turned the card so that it opened from the bottom and it would have worked?

[@terridohrenwend]

Guess I should have kept watching before commenting! LOL

[@AnnBarker-pu1nn]

All my paper pads seem to be heavy like cardstock. Why do they call them paper pads when they are such heavyweight paper? Yours look much lighter weight.

[@mariephipps2118]

Do u have templates for 81/2 by 51/2

[@JessCrafts]

Hi! I have templates for 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 that might work for that size: jesscrafts.com/resources/a2/