I am trying hard to continue making Christmas cards so that I don't feel panicked about them come the end of November. I have a die that cuts a tree on the front panel of a card as shown in the picture above. I decided to use it to make a few cards.
For this card, I adhered a white panel beneath my card front to add more sturdiness to the die-cut. Then I cut all of the stars from gold metallic cardstock and glued them in place. They helped tie in the gold heat-embossed sentiment on the top left.
The stars also added a little spakle to my card. I love a little sparkle!
The inside sentiment was also heat-embossed with gold embossing powder.
On my second card, I backed the die-cut area with green vellum, which I carefully fussy cut to match the right edge. The white panel was matted with gold metallic CS and adhered to the right side of my card. My stamped and heat-embossed sentiment fit perfectly in the upper right corner.
I stamped and heat-embossed a couple of hanging ornaments on the left side to add some balance on the inside of my card.
As you can see, there is plenty of room to write a note and sign the card.
While I like the look of the first card best, with its inset gold stars, it was very time-consuming to cut and adhere them. Any ideas for what else I can do to add a little sparkle?
Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl
6 comments:
These are really pretty. Love that tree die cut. The gold stars do add a lot of sparkle. Could you die cut a tree from gold foil paper and use the stars in the green one. Then you also have a gold tree for another card.
These are Beautiful.
Like you I started making my cards all year long because it makes it so much easier to get the cards done in time...
These are beautiful, Cheryl! I love your die - very cool.
Cheryl, these are so pretty! Elegant creations, my friend, and kudos to you for starting on your holiday cards already! Thanks for sharing…love that die!
Lovely cards. Can you tell us who makes the tree die?
What a great die - would be pretty easy to mass produce. Love the inside of the second card - dresses it up a bit. All of my Christmas stamps are "put away", well ok within reach though.
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