Back again with some more Christmas cards. After all I am currently waiting for the end of the Euros final so I can go and pick the no doubt stress ridden and maybe drunken husband up from his friends where he is watching the game with his friends. So now seems as good a time as any to update my blog.
This time I decided the theme would be to add flowers … not always something you think of when thinking of Christmas cards but I love these stamped images from an old Creative Stamping magazine so went to town and stamped 2 of each image and chose a slightly different colour scheme for each.
I chose some green papers from last years Tis the Season 6×6 dsp pack. I still have a fair amount of this left so really want to use it up so I can feel justified in buying new dsp from the next catalogue!
I decided to do the same fun fold for each card and cut the bases from Crumb Cake and scored at 10.5cm from one end as well and the centre so they can be sealed at the end and then a square element for the opening.
I cut each paper into a square and and a side strip and a small strip for the inside of each card … again keeping the dimensions all the same.
For the Shaded Spruce papers I kept the colour scheme to Real Red and Just Jade colours, and for the Garden Green to Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow colours.
I did lots of die cutting using both Tim Holtz dies and Artistically Inked dies.
I found some red ribbons in the stash to wrap the end part. And the sentiments I chose were from all sorts of different places.
I also used glossy accents to add some shine and dimension in different places.
So happy with these. Love the design of this simple but fun fold to make the cards a little different!
Now come on England… one more goal in the next 8 mins so we can avoid penalties.
Happy crafting!
Catherine
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