Hi friends! Since November is here, I figured I had better get a start on my holiday card series so that I would get my Christmas cards made before the actual season arrived. Let’s get started…
The supplies used were:
Altenew “Forest Canopy” Glitter Cardstock Set (Peridot, Titanite, Jadeite, & Emerald)
Simon Says Stamp “Christmas Wishes” Sentiment Strips (Reverse)
Pinkfresh Studio “Classic Edgers” Die Set
Crafty Critta “Merry Red” Hot Foil
Honey Bee Stamps “Make It Merry” Gem Stickers
Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine
Distress Collage Medium
Heidi Swapp Mini Minc Machine
Ranger Stickles “Christmas Red”
I began the project by trimming each of the three darkest colors in the Altenew “Forest Canopy” glitter cardstock set at the long edge using a Pinkfresh Studio “Classic Edgers” die (I chose the scallop one) – these will form the boughs of each of the glittery Christmas tree layers on the card front. To reduce the bulk/weight of the card, I decided to trim approximately one inch from the flat (non-scallop), long edge of my glitter cardstock pieces – the remainder will be trimmed off once they are adhered to the card base.
I used an A2 size card base with a side fold for today’s card – I’m going to turn this card base in the landscape orientation so that the fold will be on the long side at the top of the card. I drew a pencil line at 2-3/4” down the center of the 5-1/2” side (landscape orientation) to aid me with centering each of the glitter cardstock panels. I then proceeded to glue each glitter cardstock layer, starting with the lightest color at the bottom and working my way up the card base, ensuring each strip of glitter cardstock is basically centered with that pencil line I drew on the card base. I also attempted to layer each glitter cardstock strip approximately ¾” apart from each other and this measurement was taken at the lowest point of each panel. Once the glue dried on all the pieces of glitter card stock on the card front, I used the paper trimmer to cut off all the excess that exceeded the A2 size card base.
Using the Sizzix “Funky Baubles” die set and an assortment of Christmasy cardstock colors, I began die cutting each of the ornament’s layers that I chose to use for the card. I selected the cardstock colors from a 12x12 paper pack from American Crafts called “Christmas Cardstock” in addition to these I also selected Spellbinders’ “Cosmic Sky” for my blue cardstock. I glued all the layers of the ornaments together using the packaging as a guide, added foam squares to the back sides and adhered them to the card front. I also die cut the bow and two sets of holly from this die set and added those to the tops of the ornaments. I added Ranger Glossy Accents to the holly berries and the red bow.
For my sentiment, I chose the sentiment strip set from Simon Says Stamp called “Holiday Greetings Reverse” that says Merry Christmas and I used a sheet of Craft Critta “Merry Red” foil to foil the entire page of sentiments using my Minc machine. So pretty!
After removing the release paper from the ornaments and placing them and their ornament hanging strings to the card front, I put a strip of foam tape to the reverse side of my foiled sentiment strip and adhered it to the lower center of the card. My final touches to this sparkly holiday card were when I added red gems from Honey Bee Stamps’ “Make It Merry” gem stickers to the ornaments and a small amount of Ranger “Christmas Red” Stickles to each of the holly berries.
I hope you enjoyed the card and found inspiration for some of your own card making projects! Until next time… happy making!
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