Thank you for your online order at paperwishes.com! The holiday season is right around the corner, which means it's time to start making Christmas cards. Need some inspiration? As a special thank-you for your online order, designer LeNae Gerig created three festive card projects, exclusive to our paperwishes.com customers. Enjoy, and Happy Holidays!

LeNae's Supplies:

• Cardmaker's Christmas Creative Pack
• Noel Brad Buddies™
• Poinsettia Silk Flowers
• gold mini brads
• 5"x6 1/2" blank white cards

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You'll also need:

• foam tape
• glue stick

Noel

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1. Place the card with the fold on the left. Glue a 4 3/4"x2 1/8" piece of green holly paper 1/8" from the top of the card. Attach a Noel Brad Buddy™ in the bottom right corner of a 4 3/4"x4" piece of red diamonds paper. Glue the paper 1/8" from the bottom of the card.
2. Layer two sizes of white poinsettias and add a gold mini brad in the center. Zot™ the flowers to the left side of the card front, in the space between the two papers.
3. Inside: Add three mini brads across the top right edge of a 4 3/4"x1" strip of red diamonds paper. Glue the paper across the bottom of the card inside.

Merry Christmas

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1. Place the card with the fold at the top. Cover the card front with green medallion paper.
2. Glue the bottom edge of a 1 3/8"-wide strip of green striped paper (stripes running vertically) on green textured paper and trim to 1/8". Use gold mini brads to attach four white and ivory poinsettias across the bottom of the strip. Glue the strip even with the card fold, centering the poinsettias, and trim the excess strip even with the card edges.
3. Zot™ an ornament Brad Buddy™ over the right side of the card front, layering the top of the ornament over the bottom of the striped strip.
4. Inside: Mat the top edge of a 1 1/2"-wide strip of green striped paper (stripes running vertically) on green textured paper and trim to 1/8". Cut out “Merry Christmas” leaving a thin white border, then attach to the right end of the strip with a gold mini brad. Glue the strip even with the bottom edge of the card, trimming the excess even with the card edges.

Red, Green & Gold

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1. Place the card with the fold on the left. Glue a 4 3/4"x6 1/4" piece of red tiles paper centered on the card front.
2. Mat two 2" squares of green script paper on white vellum, trimming the mats to 1/8". Attach a red poinsettia to one square with six gold mini brads in the center. Attach a star Brad Buddy™ to the other square. Foam tape the squares, one above the other, centered on the card front.
3. Inside: Glue a 1 1/2"-wide strip of green script paper across the top of the card inside, trimming any excess even with the card edges. Add a gold mini brad to the center of a red poinsettia and Zot™ it to the bottom right edge of the strip.