Merry Christmas

Welcome back. It's March 1 and time for the next Merry Little Christmas challenge. 

I decided to make a card design that was introduced to me many many, many moons ago. It's an envelope box card.  Fun to make and really makes a statement to the recipient

This is a card that would be difficult to mail but you could add it to a gift bag to WOW the recipient along with their gift.

The card is really a box with about a 1/4" thick. 
The flap that you normally close to mail stays upright so it looks like its an open envie. 

I added some clear wrapping paper and some tulle in the opening of the box as a filler.

 (Hope you can see it in the pic below.)

Next I made flowers using Heartfelt poinsettias stamps and dies. 

You can see that it is attached to a clear plastic strip.

In order to have the flowers and the holly that you see, stand upright, I attached them to plastic I save from packaging. 

I save the packaging and cut strips to hold the flowers, leaves or whatever I want to appear to be standing. Since the plastic packaging strips are clear, they disappear into the design. 

After attaching the flowers and the holly to the clear plastic strips I slide them in front of the tulle and the clear gift wrap. 

The holly I used is actually a ribbon from May Arts wrapped around those plastic strips that I cut. In the pic below you can see some of the tulle. 

I also added some glitter to a few of the plastic strips for added pizzaz

Again, here is the finished card. Hope you enjoyed this cool creation

Products used:

Clear wrapping paper and Tulle - Michael's
Holly Ribbon - May Arts (EX45) and its still available on their website.

CS - White, Green, DP

Stamps and Dies - Heartfelt Creations (They are no longer in business)

Ink - Memento - Rhubarb Stalk

Gold Glitter

Hot Glue Gun - Ryobi - Home Depot

Well that is it for this card. I love how it turned out. 

Hope this gives you some inspiration and hope you will try this one out. 

Thanks for stopping by and I will see you soon.