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. 

CHALLENGES ENTERED

The 12 Months of Christmas - Open, Must be Christmas or theme, RW - (#120) 

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

Thanks for stopping by and I will see you soon.

 

Merry Christmas

Hello and lets welcome the month of March. March is the month that introduces spring, so, we all have warmer weather to look forward to. 

I know we are getting ready for spring but for all you card makers that make Christmas cards the year round, just letting you know we have a great challenge for you. The Merry Little Christmas Challenge goes til April 15. Plenty of time to enter your card into the challenge. Also great place to get some more inspiration. 

The stamp is from Woodware and I love the Woodward line. Especially from the artist Francoise Read. 

I have quite a few sets from this artist and love them all. I added some glitter on the swirls and lightly colored the mama deer and her Baby Deer. 

To add some accent I used gold CS and glitter paper. I also used a deckle edge scissors to trim the edges of the top layer. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Please remember the Mini Album Mania challenge has begun. The challenge will continue til April 15, so you have plenty of time to make a Christmas card/project and submit it.

See you soon

Merry Little Christmas Challenge - March & April

The Merry Little Christmas Challenge has started for the March & April timeframe. Let me share my card with you

I know most everyone loves Christmas and I seem to gravitate toward flowers.  I cut 3 square frames using dark green CS. Next I layered some glittery paper for added interest on those squares. After layering them I threaded a CS strip thru the openings in the squares. That stip is layered with dk green CS as well and just to finish it off I used some glitter dots on that green CS. 

Get a head start on Christmas and make a project, Christmas themed of course and enter it in the Merry Little Christmas Challenge. THe challenge runs thru April 15 so you have some time to get your entry in. Check out the other DT projects,  read the guidelines and enter your creation here.

I'm looking forward to seeing your entry!! 

Thanks for stopping by.