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Thursday, December 7, 2023

One Horse Open Sleigh

This Designer Paper lends itself to creating some beautifully simple yet elegant Christmas cards. All the designs are so peaceful and Partnering it with the Brightest Glow stamp set worked and provided for endless possibilities. Have fun with them!

ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH CHRISTMAS CARD



 HOW TO CREATE AND ASSEMBLE:  

  1. Trim down a piece of the DSP to 3” x 5  1/2”.
  2. Matthew DSP with a 3 1/4” x 5 1/2” piece of coordinating color of cardstock (I used Early Espresso).
  3. Adhere this centered to your card front.
  4. Wrap the mesh ribbon around the left side of the card front closest to the fold and tie in a knot.
  5. Stamp the inside sentiment on the (3 3/4” x 5”) piece of white cardstock. 
  6. Adhere to the (4” x 5 1/4”) piece of Early Espresso then, adhere this to the inside of your card.
  7. Adhere thin strip (3 3/4” x 3/4”)of DSP along the bottom edge of the inside of your card.
  8. On a small piece of white cardstock stamp the outside sentiment then run through the die cut machine using the deckled rectangle die. 
  9. Adhere this to card front using Dimensionals.
  10. Embellish with gems.
  11. Adhere a piece of coordinating DSP on the card flap or Samp a sentiment to the front of your envelope.  

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

HO HO HO!

 HO HO HO

HOW TO CREATE & ASSEMBLE:

  1. Adhere the larger (5 1/4” x 4) piece of DSP to the inside of Balmy Blue card base (8 1/4” x 4 1/4” scored at 2 3/4”) and the smaller (2 1/2” x 4”) piece of DSP on to the front flap of the card.
  2. Fold card base on score line and burnish.
  3. Blend Balmy Blue On one of your pieces of white cards stock.
  4. Using a cloud template, blend with Azure Afternoon and then blend in with Misty Moonlight. 
  5. Stamp sentiment in Black.  ( optional: Also stamp the envelope flap) Color image(s).  Die cut with Deckled Rectangle Die. ( After die cutting, I went in and made it a bit smaller by slightly moving the die to trim off a bit on bottom and side.)
  6. Using the same rectangle die, die cut the other piece of white cardstock and the piece of peacock cardstock. 
  7. Mount the stamped piece on the peacock piece (if you want it matted. Set aside.]
  8. On the other white piece, stamp the other sentiment. Set aside
  9. Adhere the stamped image centered on the inside of the card.
  10. Adhere the matted design on the flap so it fully covers the inside stamped image.
  11. Wrap ribbon,  around the flap and  as close to the fold as possible  and tie in a know. 

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: 

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

BEAUTIFUL BALLOONS: CELEBRATE

 BEAUTIFUL BALLOONS: CELEBRATE


HOW TO CREATE & ASSEMBLE: 

  1. Adhere DSP  (5 1/4” x 4”) to front of card base (8 1/2” x 5 1/2” scored at 4 1/4”). Set aside.
  2. Adhere DSP(4 3/4” x 3 1/2”) to the larger part of the fun fold piece (5 1/2” x 3 1/4” scored at 1/2”) Pay attention to orientation of DSP. Here you could also add a piece of White cardstock instead if you want to stamp. Set aside.
  3. Stamp sentiment and any image you may want; on the white (5 1/4” x 4”) cardstock. Set aside.
  4. Die cut all of the balloons and the matted sentiment.
  5. Now start assembling your card.  Making sure that the design on the front of the base is small enough to be concealed by the flap of the fun fold.
  6. You will adhere down the 1/2” piece of the fun fold piece to the inside of your card lining up the fold with the top of the card.
  7. Adhere the white sentiment piece over this.
  8. Use twine for balloon strings and dimensional to pop up the balloons and sentiment.
  9. Adhere extra piece of DSP to envelope flap to coordinate.  Trim to fit.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

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