my first Christmas card
.. which is really a practice run on the idea.
Hello everyone - how is your weekend going?
A couple of days ago I decided it was time to try out one of my ideas for the Christmas cards I will be making. In this recent tidy up I saw a Christmas stamp I hadn't used - it was part of a set & I had used some of the set but not the main image.
Here is the card;
Hello everyone - how is your weekend going?
A couple of days ago I decided it was time to try out one of my ideas for the Christmas cards I will be making. In this recent tidy up I saw a Christmas stamp I hadn't used - it was part of a set & I had used some of the set but not the main image.
Here is the card;
I can't remember who the stamp is by - but it consists of the wording with a poinsettia set in the middle. So I stamped & embossed it in gold on white card, then stamped a second poinsettia. One of my new sets of frame dies was just the right size - it did pinch off a little of the lower petal of the flower, but when I layered the second flower on top that laid above the frame so it didn't matter. The next size up frame die I used for the gold card. I layered the gold card onto the base card, then the white card onto the gold card then the second flower. I had cut out a couple of the petals to give a 3-d appearance but I think when I do it again I will leave the second flower whole. The seasons greeting stamp is one of CaroLines - which I have had a long time.
Now! you must have read the post about my problem with opening the glue!!! Well I used that glue on this card. As I was pressing down on the white card to stick it to thhe gold card, some of the glue seeped out onto the gold card - so I gently wiped it away with a tissue. Perhaps I should have waited until it set then gently pulled it away - because it took the gold colour off the gold card. You can just make out the mark in the top right of the gold card. When I make some more I have decided anyway that the white card will be on thin sticky dots to raise it a little.
Bob particularly liked this card & asked if I would make it for him to send out to those he sends to - so better set myself for a good session as that's 15 cards. That should get me in the mood for Christmas.
Well, I had better go now & get started. More tomorrow. 'Bye for now.
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