Handmade Card: A Joyful Blue and Silver Christmas

Hello everyone!   I'm working with one of my favorite papers today from the DCWV Winter Solstice Stack. I was constantly skipping over this particular sheet of paper because I love it so much that I didn't want to use it. I just like looking at it. That probably sounds ridiculous, but since I usually add a lot of layers to my cards or at least a lot of die-cuts and embellishments, I didn't want to cover this paper up.

Well today I bit the bullet and you will probably notice that I left this card quite plain compared to my norm.
The scene is just too cute and the on rest of the 12'x12" sheet that this came from is a snowman with a sled. He's being used to make another card as I try to produce them quickly.

 

Instructions to make this card:

1. Cut your paper

Two pieces of white cardstock

• 6 1/2"w x 11"h (Fold at 5 1/2")
• 5 1/2"w x 4 3/4"h

Two pieces of dark blue cardstock

• 6 1/4"w x 5 1/4" h
• 5 1/4"w x 4 1/2"h

Two pieces of decorative cardstock

• 6"w x 5"h
• 5"w x 4 1/4"h (Cut out the area that you want as your scene)

2. Tape and stack your cardstock (biggest to smallest piece) centering each on the one below it.

1. 6 1/2"w x 11"h (Fold at 5 1/2")
2. 6 1/4"w x 5 1/4" h
3. 6"w x 5"h
4. 5 1/2"w x 4 3/4"h
5. 5 1/4"w x 4 1/2"h 
6. 5"w x 4 1/4"h 

3. Add your embellishments 

• Bow - I used hot glue to attach my bow)
• Rhinestone Mesh - One strip of rhinestone mesh at the bottom of the card (I used Glossy Accents to glue this into place)

• Cut a small piece of the rhinestone mesh to hang your sentiment from. I hot glued mine in place just at the very bottom of the center of the bow.
• Sentiment - I made my sentiment by using a pre-made cardboard sentiment from an old gift tag I got on clearance, but you can use a die, make a small label, or stamp your sentiment on. The sky's the limit. To color my sentiment I used light blue embossing powder that has a little sparkle in it.

Supplies

 Happy crafting and thanks for stopping by!

Handmade Greeting Card - Jingle All the Way

Hello crafty peeps! Just a quickie today since I've got to get back to getting these cards and other Christmas projects done :)   The theme for today's post is...  Making a card using paper that you skipped over and rejected time and time again. So today I'm sharing my latest Christmas card with paper I skipped over. I didn't skip it because it was ugly, but just because the other papers in the stack were so much cuter, prettier or just fit the look I was going for better. This particular paper looks so much nicer than when it was mixed with all the other papers. I may have to give this a shot with a few others. So pull one of those papers out and go for it! My supplies are listed below.

Supplies:
DCWV Winter Solstice Stack 
Darice Snowflakes embossing folder 
White Core'dination Carstock
Sizzix Snowflakes #3 Die
Fiskars Double Bubble border punch
Ribbon Trends thin, blue, sheer ribbon
Adhesive Flatbacked Pearls 

 Happy Crafting! 

Fancy Christmas Joy Easel Card

Hello everyone!

Yesterday it rained all day here in western Pennsylvania so I got a lot of crafting done, but no photos. Don't you hate it when you want to take photos and it's so dreary you barely get any natural light through your windows. I love the rain, but not the overcast sky.

I just got new cutting dies in the mail yesterday so today I'm sharing a Christmas card that I made with them. I love the dies and can't wait to show you my card, so let's get right to it :)

I made my sentiment in Picmonkey, opened it in Paint, copied it into a document where I could resize it for the label I was going to use and it was worth the time. It turned out great!

 

My card is an easel card, surprise surprise, right? I wasn't sure how to make an easel card with intricate edged die cuts and couldn't find any tutorials on it that showed an easy way of doing it. So after some messing around I figured it out and I only had to use one piece of paper. No extra measuring, folding, joining, nothing. Yeah!

When folded for mailing the designed edge of the card and easel line up perfectly.

I will be making a tutorial, How to Make an Easel for the Spellbinders Card Creator - Reflective Moment Die Cut) and sharing it soon.

 

To make the inside fancy rectangle I used a die that comes in the Spellbinders Card Creator die set called Valiant Honor. I also used this set to make my sentiment die cut.

  To make the snowflake I used the Sizzix #3 Snowflake die and white cardstock. Then I used a mix of Hampton Art embossing powders in dark blue, light blue, dark teal, and cream sparkle to color it.

I added a note-card to the easel base that can be used for a personal message, gift card or whatever you like.

 

I had to run back and take a quick photo because, of course, I didn't remember to do that the first time. Oh well. Don't you just love the background color? It looks like baby, ummm, food. Ya, baby food.

The lacy cut out edge of my card is not very strong so to make it stand more solidly I added a support piece to the bottom center. Then all that was left was to embellish it.

I used a lot of pearls and some white sparkly edged ribbon for the bow.
The printed paper for this project is from the DCWV Winter Solstice Stack. 

Happy Crafting!

Christmas Holiday Card: Poinsettia Christmas Cheer

Hello everyone!

Today I'm sharing a Christmas card. With all this Christmas crafting I'm getting excited about decorating. When I asked my family if I could put the tree up this week they laughed at me and looked at me like I'm crazy. I was just kidding, kind of.

I'm enjoying working with the rich, vibrant, traditional Christmas colors and wow do they pop on camera! My card is just a simple 6x6 inch card, but the fun thing was making my first Poinsettia out of red ribbon and I think it turned out pretty good.

Due to the small size of my flower I found it difficult to get my fingers in there to tie off each set of petals, but I got it done and I'm glad I tried it. To make the center of my flower I put a dab of hot glue in the middle and then dipped my flower into some tiny beads. There is a tutorial included below.

I really like DCWV Holiday Cheer Stack paper.

To embellish my card I used flat-backed gems and pearls and to soften the look I incorporated lace and ribbon.

  Poinsettia Tutorial How to Make a Christmas Poinsettia Ribbon Flower
I cut my flower petal shape a little bit different than she shows in the video and I started out using wire as she does, but decided to finish up my petals with thread instead.

  I found the free digital sentiment at 
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog
The sentiment is black, but I added some red to it.
To cut the sentiment I used Spellbinders Nestabilites Labels 17.
I just got this particular die set and I love the shape.
Well, back to making cards. Time flies when you're having fun :)

Happy Crafting!