Getting Ready for Christmas
Ok - I have to admit it! I am getting excited about the upcoming holidays! I love the change in seasons and this cooler weather here in Iowa has definitely been a welcome change!
One of the things I have always loved about the holidays are the traditions! I remember as a kid we would all go get the tree together and decorate it - but the tinsel and icicles were put on by Mom and Dad - one...at...a...time! Our trees were so pretty! Dad would decorate our house outside - think Clark Griswold before he was a household name! And I remember making some of the decorations both inside and out - a tradition that I still love to try to do each year!
And for the past few years, I have gotten back into the tradition of mailing cards - HANDMADE cards! And why not?!? I have the stuff to do it so I just decided that I needed to do it! And I have had some really nice comments on the cards that I have sent...and that makes my heart happy! So I figured it was time to start making my cards for this year!
This is a card I made for a swap with cardmaking friends - and I thought I would share it with you tonight! Instructions and shopping list included - so when you decide you are ready to get what you need to make this card, just click on the "SHOP NOW" button on the right hand side!
Cutting & Scoring:
·
Crumb Cake 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”, scored at
4-1/4”
·
Mossy Meadow 5-1/4” x 2-1/2”
·
Festive Farmhouse Designer Series
Paper 5-1/4” x 4”
·
Very Vanilla 5-1/4” x 4”
Instructions:
· Fold 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” Crumb Cake on
score line to use as base.
· Use the Corrugated Dynamic Textured
Impressions Embossing Folder to emboss the 5-1/4” x 2-1/2” piece of Mossy
Meadow.
· Adhere embossed Mossy Meadow cardstock
to 5-1/4” x 4” piece of Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper using
Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
· Stamp sentiment from Farmhouse Christmas using
Clear Block D and Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin’ Pad onto a scrap piece of
Very Vanilla Cardstock. Die cut sentiment using Layering Circles Framelits
Dies.
· Die cut larger Layering Circles using Cherry
Cobbler scrap paper.
· Adhere sentiment to Cherry Cobbler.
· Die cut Cherry Cobbler ribbons from
Farmhouse Framelits Dies and adhere to sentiment using Fine-Tip Glue Pen. Add
Clear Rhinestones to ribbons.
· Cut 5-1/2” piece of Burlap Trim and
cut ends to form a reverse arrow.
· Adhere ribbon to Mossy Meadow.
· Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere
sentiment layer onto layers on top of ribbon.
· Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere
layers to Crumb Cake base.
· Adhere 5-1/4” x 4” piece of Very
Vanilla to inside of card.
