I grabbed the Christmas Tags and More speciality dsp kit again as I wanted to make a quick card for this weeks Festive Friday. And this is one that once again I had to make without my usual supplies on hand so had to make do with stash I could easily access from the lounge where it was all piled up as I am still in a state of disarray!
I started by just playing with the little die cut elements and didn’t really get further than that!
There were two banners and two strips of the same size – so I turned the strips into banners and decided they would be the base for my focal element.
I grabbed the cream cardstock I had to hand to make a card base and to create a panel for the background. I then grabbed the Vintage Photo distress ink and inked all the edges of the strips and the panel.
I decided to use the bauble as a focal element but added the mistletoe and bells bunch to that to add something extra.
Then I raised the bauble up onto foam adhesive and threaded some twine through to create a hanger.
I adhered the twine to the other side of the background and then created bow to sit on the top.
I stamped a sentiment strip using magazine stamps and then inked that up too after cutting it into a banner.
This sat across the top of the bauble so foam adhesive for the end so it didn’t ‘flop’ or bend.
I used a shimmer pen to add details and then some liquid pearls onto the mistletoe berries.
I added some scrap cardstock behind the background panel to raise it up a little and then inside I added a scrap of paper which I cut into a banner and inked.
Unfortunately the craziness of my house is now set to continue longer than I thought as there was an issue with the flooring that should have been laid today – so now in addition to my lounge full of the stash and some furniture, I now have the ground floor filled with the flat packed furniture for the room that I now can’t build as no flooring! 🤬 yes all a little frustrating to say the least. Hey ho – will get there eventually!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
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