{"id":18621,"date":"2016-07-22T10:02:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T08:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/?p=18621"},"modified":"2016-07-22T10:02:26","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T08:02:26","slug":"festive-greeting-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/festive-greeting-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Festive Greeting Cards &#038; Folded Trees!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Nothing says festive quite like handmade greeting cards. Taking the time to create something unique and personal says a lot. But in our busy lifestyles who really has the time to sit down and make handmade greetings for family and friends. If you make the time you will have the time.<\/h3>\n<p>But if you are smart then you will grab the new Kaisercraft Frosted Paper that is all ready for you to use and you can make cards in minutes and still send them out in time this year.<\/p>\n<p>The clever and beautiful designs of this range makes card-making so much easier, and with the collectables pack you can\u2019t go wrong. All the thinking and designing has been done for you and you can simply be creative. That\u2019s how I like to make cards &#8211; they have to be quick and easy and is a totally different form of being creative.<\/p>\n<p>So, I came up with these cards created using the stunning collectables, 6&#215;6 paper pad and some of the 12\u201d papers. I only needed to add minimal embellishments in the form of diamante for these cards to shine, and that way even if the recipient throws them away after years I won\u2019t feel sad or disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Vintage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Vintage.jpg\" alt=\"Festive Greeting Cards - Vintage\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1766\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Vintage.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Vintage-1320x1554.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Vintage-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Vintage-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Vintage-870x1024.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Vintage-600x706.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n[custom_list type=&#8221;dot&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>Fold your card to measure 14x41cm.<\/li>\n<li>Trim a piece of patterned paper slightly smaller measuring 13.5&#215;13.5cm and ink the edges. Adhere the piece of paper to the front of your card.<\/li>\n<li>From the 12\u201d postcard sheet, tear off 2 postcards and ink the edges. Adhere the postcards to the front of your card slightly overlapping each other at an angle.<\/li>\n<li>Trim the \u2018O Christmas Tree\u2019 from a sheet of paper and adhere to the right of the postcards.<\/li>\n<li>From the collectables pack adhere the sentiment using foam tape overlapping in the centre of your card. Finish off by adhering a diamond.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Frosted-Blue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Frosted-Blue.jpg\" alt=\"Festive Greeting Cards - Frosted Blue\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1766\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Frosted-Blue.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Frosted-Blue-1320x1554.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Frosted-Blue-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Frosted-Blue-768x904.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Frosted-Blue-870x1024.jpg 870w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Frosted-Blue-600x706.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n[custom_list type=&#8221;dot&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>Fold your card to measure 14x41cm.<\/li>\n<li>Trim a piece of patterned paper slightly smaller measuring 13.5&#215;13.5cm and ink the edges. Adhere the piece of paper to the front of your card.<\/li>\n<li>Trim a piece of paper 13.5cm wide x 6cm high. Adhere this strip in the centre on the background patterned paper. Just eyeball it and adhere it.<\/li>\n<li>Use a landscape postcard from the 12 sheet and ink the edges. Adhere the postcard to the centre of the card overlapping the horizontal paper strip.<\/li>\n<li>From the collectables pack adhere the tree to the postcard, and the sentiment using foam tape. Finish off your ten minute card using a few diamante.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Christmas-Trees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Christmas-Trees.jpg\" alt=\"Festive Greeting Cards - Christmas Trees\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2250\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Christmas-Trees.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Christmas-Trees-1320x1980.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Christmas-Trees-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Christmas-Trees-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Christmas-Trees-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Christmas-Trees-600x900.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Remember how I am creating a few Christmas elements to display around the house in little vignettes. As part of those collections I made these quick and easy trees using some of the 12\u201d papers.<\/p>\n<p>Simply use the template (<a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Festive-Greeting-Cards-Christmas-Trees-Template.jpg\">get it here<\/a>) in different sizes and draw them onto the patterned papers. Draw and cut 5 trees out and fold them in half.<\/p>\n<p>Adhere each half to another half until you adhere the last one to the first one to complete your dimensional standing tree. Finish it off with a pearl adhered to the top of the tree using dimensional glaze.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Products Used<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Paper Pads &#038; Packs\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Paper-Pads\">Kaisercraft Frosted Paper <strong>[COMING 1 September 2016]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Paper Die-Cuts\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Paper-Die-Cuts\">Kaisercraft Frosted Collectibles Pack <strong>[COMING 1 September 2016]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Adhesives\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/General-Adhesives\">DANT763100 3D Clear Gloss (25ml)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cardstock\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Quality-Cardstock\">AC NEUTRALS 71793 AC Cardstock 12&#215;12 Smooth \u2013 White<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Essential Tools\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Essential-Craft-Tools\">DXCU268700 Xcut Paper Creaser Set (4pk)<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-85 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/jowilna-nolte-182x182.jpg\" alt=\"Jowilna Nolte\" width=\"182\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/jowilna-nolte-182x182.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/jowilna-nolte-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/jowilna-nolte-83x83.jpg 83w, https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/jowilna-nolte-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Post by The Wholesaler\u2019s Designer Jowilna Nolte.<\/h5>\n<h5>We are very proud to introduce you to our first designer, Jowilna Nolte. Jowilna is a true creative and she will be sharing some of her passion and creativity with you.<\/h5>\n<p><a title=\"Hello Jowilna!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/jowilna-nolte\/\">Read more about Jowilna here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing says festive quite like handmade greeting cards. Taking the time to create something unique and personal says a lot. But in our busy lifestyles who really has the time to sit down and make handmade greetings for family and friends. If you make the time you will have the time. 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I started off my career in retail working in a paper shop importing handmade speciality papers from japan, Canada, India and America. We also imported a range of rubber stamps (PSX), along with Ranger Products, and Tsukineko to mention a few. This was all back in 2000. I moved to the wholesale part of the business and got involved in window dressing and opening a second flagship store for the company while the owners were overseas. I have travelled extensively to America visiting CHA and Frankfurt Germany to their biggest paper trade show \u201cPaperworld\u201d where I gained valuable knowledge regarding the industry. After a whirlwind love affair with the business I headed off into the sunset to fulfil my second dream by working in publishing. I started off as Technical Editor on a scrapbooking magazine and worked on several other craft publications in the company as well. 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