I love making Christmas cards. When I saw this challenge, I knew the time had come for me to try something with my newest Christmas dies. I pulled out this winter foliage frame from PTI and cut it from white cardstock. Let me tell you - it was a PAIN! The first two were abject failures. I tried again with lots and lots of shims and finally got something that was almost decent. There were a couple of fussy pine branches that did not cut through completely, so you know what? I cut those babies off. LOL If you have this die and you're wondering why mine looks so different, there ya go. LOL!
Sooooo after a little water break, I decided to spray my frame with some green Mistletoe Glimmer Mist. I love Glimmer Mist! I set this aside to dry and set about cutting out the sentiment. These sentiment dies from Penny Black cut like buttah - noooooo problems! Whew! I cut it from white cardstock, and then I decided to color it with a dark red Copic marker for that traditional red and green Christmas combo.
Instead of adhering these to a white card base, I jazzed things up by using some shimmery Poison Ivory cardstock for my base. It feels like a real extravagance when I use shimmery cardstocks for my bases. :-)
Escape the heat dome and come play along in our CAS challenge this week. We'd love to see what your Christmas cards look like!
Date: Sunday, July 24, 2016 GMT Views: 909
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Sun, Jul 24, 2016 @ 9:07 PM
Love this die and your glimmer just adds so much to the magical feel of Christmas!!
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Mon, Jul 25, 2016 @ 4:42 AM
Awesome Christmas card Holly, the frame looks perfect from here and I love how you just used a sentiment for the inside.... great job and so glad you stuck with it.
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Mon, Jul 25, 2016 @ 2:41 PM
Poor girl, I have been there. Ha to try mine many times too today....but we overcame and turned out beautiful cards here....so pretty. Love that you added the red to your sentiment...stands out then so beautifully over your glimmering card base...( how fun is that)...I never think of that..Hmmm...:0)...) TFS and glad you made it, so worth the work...:0)
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.