A Christmas Card

by Sharon Jeffs

A Christmas Card

Materials

• Paper and Cardstock
• Bazzil Cardstock, White     ( BAZ-10-1005   $0.59)
• Stamps
• Stampendous Snow Brackets     ( STM-CRQ-146   $5.79)
• Inks and Embossing Powders
• Tim Holtz Distress ink pad, Barn Door     ( RAN-DP-Barn   $5.00)
• Tim Holtz Distress ink refill, Peeled Paint     ( RAN-DR-Paint   $4.00)
• Embellishments
• Kaisercraft Round Rhinestones, Silver     ( KAI-RH-750   $2.49)
• Tools
• Martha Stewart Border Punch, Holly Leaves     ( MSC-PU-42-60035   $24.99)
• EK Success Corner Punch     ( EK-PSN54-70010   $8.99)
• Royal & Langnickel Waterbrush     ( ROY-h2o   $5.99)
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Textile Texture     ( Pro-ef-1153   $4.99)
• Adhesives
• 3D Square Foam Tape     ( BC-foam-lgsq   $2.99)

Instructions

• From the white card cut out the following pieces ...
• 5 inch by 5 inch
• 4 inch by 4 inch
• 3 inch by 3 inch
• 10 inch by 5 inch
• Fold the 10 inch by 5 inch in half to create the card base.


• Punch the corners and borders of the 5 inch square piece of card.
  
  
  


• Place a drop of the green ink onto a non-porous surface (I use my acrylic block for this).
  Use a water filled brush, water down the ink droplet and paint along the holly leaves on the border.
  Put aside to dry.
  
  
  


• Place the 4 inch square piece of card into the embossing folder run through a cuttlebug machine to emboss.
  
  
  


• Use the corner rounder to round off the corners of the 3 inch square piece.
  Ink up the stamp with the Barn Door inkpad and stamp onto the centre of this card piece.
  
  
  


• Adhere four rhinestones to the centres of the four large snowflakes that border the stamp.
  
  
  


• Attach the stamped layer to the centre of the embossed piece using foam squares.


• Attach the embossed piece to the centre of the Holly Border piece of card using an adhesive of your choice.


• Gently fold up the Holly leaves along the border then attach to the front of the card base.
  
  
  

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