Sunday, October 24, 2021

October 2021 Blog2-Merry Christmas Card



         Happy Fall Ya'll! It is still nice here in Aztec, NM. Today the weather is around 70 degrees. I'm not complaining, I'm not a fan of winter. I love sitting in a chair, drinking coffee and watching it snow. I hate driving in it. 
    
       Can you believe we are going to blink and Christmas will be here? Have you started your Christmas shopping?

        I must say this is not my favorite card but I put a lot of work into it and decided to put on my blog anyway. I have noticed that even if it is not your favorite cards, someone else is going to love it. 

        Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my latest blog. Until next time have a great day and I hope you enjoy making this card. 

        I want to have apologize if the instructions are not clear. I had a hard time discribbing two step stamping. 

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Card Base: Evening Evergreen, 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”

Card Stock: Shimmery White, 4” x 5 ¼”, Scrape Shimmery White for label

Specialty Paper: Cork cut into three strips, ¾” x 4”, ¾” x 4 ¼” and ¾” x 3 ¾”

Instructions:

1.     Fold Evening Evergreen card base in half and burnish. Fold will be on the left.

2.     Randomly stamp leaves onto card front using Evening Evergreen Ink.

3.     Sponge strip edges using Soft Suede Ink. Adhere Cork strips to card front using Stampin’ Seal adhesive.

4.     Cut out largest label die from Seasonal labels dies using Shimmery White card stock.

5.     Stamp leaves (as show in card photos) using Christmas Season stamp set and Soft Succulent ink onto the bottom right-hand corner of 4” x 5 ¼” piece of Shimmery White card stock (inside of card). Stamp a leaf onto each side of the label.

6.     Using Shaded Spruce ink stamp pine boughs (stamp off on scrape piece of paper first for a lighter shade of Shaded Spruce) onto the bottom right-hand corner of Shimmery White card stock. Now stamp four pine boughs using the stamp off technique onto the label.

7.     Stamp one small pinecone base using Crumb Cake Ink (stamp off on scratch paper first) in the bottom right-hand corner of the Shimmery White card stock (this is a two-step stamp set). Stamp one small pinecone base in each corner of the label using the same technique. Using Soft Suede stamp the top of the pinecone onto each pinecone.

8.     Now stamp small -rounded leaves onto the Shimmery White card stock and the label using BumbleBee Ink.

9.     Using Poppy Parade Ink, stamp Merry Christmas and random berries onto the Shimmery White card stock.

10. Using Poppy Parade Ink, stamp sentiment onto the label and random berries.

11.Place dimensionals onto the back of the label and adhere, centered, onto the card front.

12.Tie a bow using Cherry Cobbler & Gold Ribbon, adhere at the bottom of the label using Mini Glue Dots.

          13.Adhere Shimmery White card stock into the inside of the card         with Stampin’ Seal. 

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Monday, October 4, 2021

Holly Jolly Christmas Card

     Hello, Hello! Can you believe it is October. There is a chill in the air and believe it of or not we have to start planning for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It seems like the older I get the faster the years fly by. Is it the same for you?

This bog's card was inspired  by a sketch I found on Pinterest. I give credit to Carta Bella's Flora No. 1, who used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #258. When I saw this sketch, I know exactly what I wanted to do. It is blog is the end result. 

I hope you give it a try and have fun making the card. 

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    Thank You so much for stopping by. This blog is under construction, please bare with me as I continue to make changes or if a link is not working. 

Contact me at: creativecardsbybrendaliesse@gmail.com.

Instructions: 

               1.       Fold Old Olive card base in half at score line. The fold will be on the left.

2.       Glue 5 ¼” x 4” Red Velvet Paper piece to the inside of the card.

3.       Glue 3 ¼” x ½” DPS piece to 3 ¼” x 1” DSP piece. Glue this piece to BW 4 ¾”x 3 ¼” card stock at the bottom.

4.       Stamp Merry Christmas and candy to BW card stock using Real Red Stampin’ Ink.

5.       Glue this piece onto the Red Velvet piece in the inside of the card.

6.       Glue 3 ¼” x 2 ¾” DSP to 3 ½” x 3” Red Velvet card stock. Glue 2 ¾” x 2 ¼” piece DSP to 3” x 2 ¼” Red Velvet card stock. Glue 3” x 2 ½” piece to larger piece about ¾” from the right-hand side and about ¼” from the top.

7.       Fold the 4” x ¾” piece of Red Velvet in half and cut from the fold line to the corners. This will make the piece that looks like ribbon. Glue to the matted pieces about 5/8” from the left-hand side.

8.       Glue the 3 5/8” x ¾” piece of Red Velvet piece to the matted pieces about ½” from the bottom of the matted piece.

9.       Stamp Have a holly jolly Christmas in the bottom right-hand corner of the card front using Real Read ink.

10.    Glue the matted piece to the card front about ½” from the top and centered right to left.

11.    Die cut out large Old Olive candy, two real read medium candy and 2 small Old Olive candy pieces. Die cut out one large circle, 2 medium circles, and two small circles out of BW scrap card stock. Glue colored pieces to circles.

12.    Adhere two mini dimensionals to the large old olive candy piece and place where the two Red Velvet pieces intersect. Glue the two red candy pieces to the right of the large candy piece. Glue one small old olive candy piece above the large candy piece and glue the last old olive candy piece to the right of the two red candy pieces.

13.    Adhere red Wonderful Gem above the holly on the card front.






 






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