Quick and easy holiday photo cards...

Happy countdown, everyone! We're back with another group post, this time we are showing you some new ways to create holiday photo cards.

All photos you see today were taken by my talented friend, Becky Novacek. Her photography is unbelievable, and I'm honored she allowed me to use some of her amazing photos today for my projects! WAIT 'til you see all these cute families...

For the first card, I chose a fun design in a watercolor look that's so popular right now. Since the photo was so fun and energetic, I wanted a fun look to go with it, and the "Merry & Bright" sentiment just seemed fitting! I used the new Instant Photo: Holiday stamps and the Instant Photo Pull Out Die mixed with an older set called Watercolor Wonder. The die creates a pocket for your 2.5" photos and a tag that slides out.

I chose ink colors that I thought would work well with the photo on the front: Hawaiian Shores, Limeade Ice and New Leaf. I stamped the Merry from Instant Photo: Holidays, curving the stamp a bit on my block to match the curve of the Watercolor Wonder stamps. Then two more stripes in Limeade Ice and New Leaf. Last I stamped "& bright" with Versamark ink over the bottom stripe and embossed it in white.

On the inside of the tag, I chose a larger sentiment from Instant Photo: Holidays in Hawiian Shores, then added a few more stripes from Watercolor Wonder over the top to make the look cohesive. (I didn't use New Leaf on the inside, because it would have been too dark and would have covered up the sentiment, so I opted for Harvest Gold instead.)

Next up are the One Liners dies.

THESE are my favorite item of the whole release this month!!! Here I've cut one to place on the 5x7" photo with white cardstock. It fits perfectly and is adhered with 1/8" Scor-Tape directly onto the photo. Easy! Save all that money you would put into getting them printed like this and GET this die! I'm so doing this after we get our holiday picture taken.

Here's a One Liner on a 4x6" photo. I just snipped off a little bit of the left side of the line to make it fit the 4x6" photo. Added a piece of twine.

You can also put these One Liner dies to use on cards! These aren't JUST for photo cards, oh no! They also work great for regular greeting cards too. Can you tell I love them? This one is cut in Aqua Mist and layered over a Crate Paper patterned paper.
I used Dawn's new Background Basics: Stitching stamp set with Melon Berry ink on the bottom of the card. (Melon Berry + Aqua Mist = love.) I wish I could get better photos for you! It's been raining cats and dogs here.

And the two little leaves are stamped in Melon Berry with Mighty Oak stamps/dies from last month, with a Studio Calico chipboard star added over the top.

I really enjoyed these products, hope you will too. Visit the team to see more:

Ashley Cannon Newell
Betsy Veldman
Cristina Kowalczyk
Dawn McVey
Erin Lincoln
Heather Nichols
Laura Bassen
Maile Belles
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady

All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Merry & Bright card:

STAMPS: Instant Photo: Holidays, Watercolor Wonder

INK: New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores, Limeade Ice, Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold, Soft Stone

PAPER: White cardstock

DIES: Instant Photo Pull Out Die

OTHER: twine.

Photo cards with One Liners:
STAMPS: none
INK: none
PAPER: white cardstock
DIES: One Liners
OTHER: twine.

From Our Family card:
STAMPS: Mighty Oak, Holiday Cheer
INK: Melon Berry, True Black
PAPER: white and Aqua Mist, patterned paper by Crate Paper
DIES: One Liners
OTHER: seam binding by Hug Snug, chipboard star by Studio Calico.