Simple Christmas Card

Oh my gosh.... where has this year gone? It's nearly Christmas already!!!

Hi there Antony here, I've made a really simple card using a few bits and bobs I had

laying round. I even used some freebies from a few craft magazines too!

So here's what I've used to make this card. Glossy card stock and alcohol inks in various

colours, gold mirror board, ice blue colour stamping ink, Centura Pearl card, white card

a free embossing folder and a free snowflake die as well as some Crafters Companions

snowflake dies and a very pretty "Let it Snow" die from the Sue Wilson range!

Step 1 Firstly I cut a large solid snowflake shape and using an ice blue colour stamp pad

and a sponge, I coloured the outer edge of it. I then used the detailed die of the

same snowflake design and cut out the snowflake using gold mirror board.

I then glued the gold mirror board snowflake on top of the solid shape with the blue

outer edge using Pinflairs Glue-it glue. I applied the glue using a sponge to the

backside of the gold snowflake.

 Step 2 Using 2 A4 sheets of 300gsm white card stock, I cut out an 8 inch card blank.

Step 3 Still using the 300gsm white card stock I also cut out one large detailed snowflake.

I then used a clear stamping pad over the cut out snowflake and sprinkled some

clear WOW! embossing powder over it. I then heated it, to give it a beautiful glossy

finish. I also cut some smaller gold snowflakes using dies from Crafters Companions range. 

  

Step 4 Next was the slightly messier part... alcohol ink! I randomly pounced a felt

pad loaded with alcohol ink and effects solution (plain alcohol) onto a sheet of glossy

card stock. Then I dripped effect solution onto the glossy card and let the solution

bleed into the colours for further effect. Then using a sheet of Centura Pearl, I cut

out a large snowflake design using a Create a Card die from Crafters Companion.

I cut this Create a Card die cut out with about a 5mm border all the way round.

I then placed the alcohol inks background behind the die cut and glued it in position.

Once again I cut an even border all the way round using a ruler and craft knife.

I stuck this onto a piece of gold mirror board and once again went round to

create an even border.

Step 5 Using a free embossing folder from a craft magazine, I embossed some

300gsm white card. Using the same ice blue ink pad, I used a sponge and lightly

went over the raised areas to bring out the texture. I then cut out the embossed

pieces of card and mounted them onto some gold mirror board to give them a

border, top and bottom.

Step 6 Using the Sue Wilson die "Let it Snow" I cut out 3 different versions.

Two on 300gsm white card stock (one which I coloured blue) and one cut

out using gold mirror board. I then created a shadow effect by layering up the die

cut shapes (a trick that I learnt from Samantha... just don't tell her!!)

You may need to practice this effect first, it's not that easy. You need each

new layer to be offset at 45 degrees and about 1mm distance from the

previous layer. To stick all the layers together I used Pinflairs Glue-it glue.

Step 7 With all the elements cut out I decided that before I glued them onto the card

blank that I lightly go round the edge of the card with the ice blue stamp pad.

This was to help tie it in with the embossed borders and large snowflake with

the same ice blue colouring.

First to be stuck into position was the embossed borders with gold mirror board

borders, then came the alcohol ink background and snow flake. Then after an

awful lot of moving things around, I stuck on the WOW! embossing powdered

snowflake. So far all the elements were stuck on using Pinflairs Glue-it glue.

Next came a bit of dimension. All the other snowflake die cuts and the

"Let it Snow" die cut were stuck on using silicone glue.

Well that wraps up this years blog posts! I hope you've enjoyed this rather

simple Christmas card as much as I enjoyed creating it, as well as all the other

posts though out the year too!

From both myself and Samantha we would like to wish all our crafting

friends a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2017!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

 
Antony