I would like to say that I have been inspired by the snow of recent days for these cards but I created the background paper and picked out the ornament punchies over a week ago!! I created the background paper by rubbing dimensional snow paint from a jar onto white cardstock with my finger until it was completely coated and left it to dry. The ornament punchies (SU) are some that I received in a prize from one of my groups. I loved the red colour with the little bit of glitter they had so I thought they would look great on my glittery snow backgrounds. I trimmed my backgrounds to 4" x 5.25" and embossed them with Christmas embossing folders (SX CB). I punched several leaf branch punchies (MS) from green cardstock and added silver cord hangers to my ornaments. I positioned the ornaments on my background first and adhered them with a little strip of 3D foam tape and then positioned the branch punchies so that they could be made to look like they were hanging from them by drawing a black line (Sharpie) between the two. I glued the branches on with white glue using a fine tip applicator and added a stitch using green thread to ensure that they would not fall off as the card was handled. I then glued this layer to a white card front!! Pretty happy with how these worked out!! I made two of each which adds four to my Christmas card stash for this holiday season!! That brings my total to 82 from the 78 I had after I made these elf shoe ones. I have one more sheet of snowy glitter paper so I will have to come up with a design for four more!!
Have you started your Christmas cards?? I have been making a few every month so that they will be ready by the time I need them. It is not too late!! You can start today and have fun making them over the next couple of months!!
Therese
Therese,
ReplyDeleteThat little MS branch punchie really does the job well!
Sylvia
www.smdgreetings.blogspot.ca
Very pretty! I love the "simplicity" of these cards, even though they are not simple at all! Haven't even thought of Christmas yet. I better get on to it!
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