How to Make a Jingle Bell Card | Cricut Project

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Today is day 11 of my 12 days of Christmas Crafts. Looking to make a cute Christmas Card? Here’s how to make a jingle bell card.

I’ve been wanting to up my card-making game for a while now. I just needed the right inspiration. Lucky for me, a friend of mine is really into card making and seeing one of her Christmas cards gave me the push I needed.

Supplies Needed for Card Making

In general, the following items are useful for card making – no matter what kind of card it is.

• medium weight card stock – available on-line, craft stores and even the dollar store
• optional – specialty card stock like glitter or foil – I’ve been lucky to find these items at my local dollar store.
• glue tape or glue pen – I personally find the tape the easiest to use as well as the least messy. Again, I’ve been lucky to find glue tape at the dollar store. A glue pen is also handy as you can put glue in small places and have more control than something like a glue gun.
• glue gun – this is good for gluing on larger embellishments like bows
• optional – to make things even easier, you can get blank cards at the dollar store. I’ve found white, off-white and kraft brown. For a basic card, they are great. They even come with envelopes.
• optional – an embosser. This adds texture to your cards which makes a big difference. You don’t really need it, but I do love the detail. I have a Sizzix Big Kick. Along with the embosser, you will need some embossing plates – these are plates with patterns that you would emboss with. You’d insert these into your embosser to make a textured pattern on your cardstock.

The Elements of the Jingle Bell Card

Broken down, here are the different parts of the jingle bell card.

• the card itself – I like 5.5 x 4, but it can really be any size. Just make sure it fits on your card stock as most card stock is sold as 8.5×11.
• jingle bell
• 2 mounting squares – you could use one, but I like the look of 2
• ribbon – an embellishment for the bell

Everything, with the exception of the ribbon, can be cut on your Cricut. I found a cute jingle bell graphic that was free and added the other elements. You can find this specific Cricut project in my Free Resource Library. In order to gain access to my Free Resource Library, you simply need to subscribe. The password is located at the bottom of my emails.

I’ve included the actual card base as well. You will need either the scoring pen or wheel. This makes it easier to fold. If you decide to use some blank cards, you can simply hide the card part. Be sure to size everything accordingly – as mentioned, mine is sized for a card that is 4 x 5.5.

When it comes to card stock, I like to use either the Medium Card Stock or Poster Board setting. The Poster Board setting cuts it twice, ensuring a clean cut.

Play around with the colours and see what combination you like best.

I embossed the front of the card, as well as the actual jingle bell. This is optional, but I really like how it looks.

Once everything is cut, assemble it using your glue tape.

I added a little bow at the top of the jingle bell using some narrow ribbon I had on hand. A drop of glue from a glue gun seemed to be the best way to secure it.

I love how this jingle bell card turned out. Here are a few variations using different colours of card stock, as well as specialty card stock like foil and glitter.

It’s amazing how something so simple can be so lovely.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for the last day of my 12 Days of Christmas Crafting.

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