Good Morning Everyone,
Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend - back to the grindstone now though!
There's a brand new combo over on Creative Colour Challenges and it's a good one! I'll be honest, I had to have a right good think over how I was going to proceed with these as it's definitely a different and unusual combo - but I thought it might work as a Christmas Card, and the Vellum Panel add a bit of interest and I love the heat embossed Green sentiment.
Measurements
Cinnamon Cider Card Stock
1pc - 5 7/8" x 8 1/4", scored at 4 1/8"
Sweet Stockings DSP
1pc - 5 1/2" x 3 3/4"
Vellum Card Stock
1pc - 3" x 4"
Shaded Spruce Card Stock
4pc - 1/4" strips
Basic White Card Stock
1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"
scraps
------------------------------------
Take the Cinnamon Cider and fold along the score line to create your card base, then add the basic white panel to the inside and the Sweet stockings DSP to the card front.
Add the thin 1/4" Shaded Spruce Card Stock strips around the edges of the Vellum panel. This adds extra interest and gives a framed effect, but it also give you a covered space to add glue to adhere down the vellum panel without having any glue showing.
Make sure all the glue is dry, really dry and then stamp the sentiment onto the vellum panel in Shaded Spruce ink, whilst this is still wet, cover with clear embossing powder and heat set using your heat tool. Stamping directly onto vellum looks good, but it often takes a long time for the ink to dry fully, so adding that layer of Clear embossing powder helps to set it all, and gives a nice shiny finish too. I love this technique, because it means you can have use any colour and you don't need special ink.
Add the Vellum piece to the card front, adding the glue directly under the card stock edging, make sure when you are heat embossing you move your tool constantly and try not to get too much curl in the vellum otherwise it wont sit flat on your card front.
On scraps of Basic white, stamp three stockings from Tidings & Trimmings Stamp Set - one in each Cinnamon Cider, Shaded Spruce & Cherry Cobbler. I fussy cut these out as I didn't want a white border round the edge, but you can if you wish. Add these to the card front with dimensionals.
I think this card turned out really well and with the additional of the vellum panel, just has a bit of a different feel to it.
If you like this week's colours and want to give it a go - head on over to Creative Colour Challenges for more details.
Here's a list of the supplies I used in today's card. Click on the images to head over to my online store.
Product List
Thanks for joining me today, please make sure you sign up to my Newsletters - I send a Weekly Round Up so that you get to see all the projects I have made that week - plus I also send a Monthly email full of news and updates for the upcoming month.
Do get in touch if you would like to see a copy of our Annual Catalogue. I will also be sending out copies of the new August to December Mini Catalogue- So let me know if you would like me to get one or both in the post for you.
If you are on Facebook, why not pop over and check out our community group Craft & Banter. If you have a passion for paper craft, are brilliant at baking or a super talented seamstress then we would love to see you there. We share all types of crafting, run challenges and giveaways & generally have a right good natter.
See you soon
Vickie
Xxx
.jpg)
No comments:
Post a Comment