Easy Christmas Cards feat. Golden Mandala Digital Textures Set

I found this lovely set of golden mandala textures on Creative Fabrica and I thought that they would make pretty Christmas cards.  I could have used the images for the whole card front, but I decided to just print them off directly from Windows Explorer.  The resulting images were 9x13cm and would fit nicely on to the front of an A6 card.

I felt that the resulting cards needed a little bit of jazzing up, so I tried out various embellishing techniques like using glitter glue, glitter washi tape, paint markers and Nuvo Drops to enhance the images.  I also tried out different die cut and peel-off sentiments to see which worked best.

Gold acrylic paint marker around the edge of the image, some red glitter glue to highlight the red areas on the image (not very visible in this photo) and a Merry Christmas die-cut sentiment all on a black card blank.

Red glitter around the edge of the image, a few dots of red glitter glue on the image and a Merry Christmas die-cut sentiment. 

Gold glitter washi tape around the edge of the image, a few dots of glitter glue on the image and a Merry Christmas die-cut sentiment.

Gold glitter around the perimeter of the topper and a few spots on the image.  Merry Christmas peel-off sentiment.

They're simple, but pretty cards that can be put together easily; perfect for batch making.  Go check out this designer's shop.  There are lots of gorgeous backgrounds and textures - from Christmas imagery to cotton candy clouds and fairy gardens.  I've downloaded at least 15 of the bundles and plan to add to my collection!

By the way, if you want to buy from the Creative Fabrica website and you're only being given the option to take out a subscription, change the currency to US$ via the drop-down menu in the top right corner of the screen.  You should then be able to see individual prices.

Watch the process video: