CAS Christmas Card for Make My Monday #240

Dec 2, 2024 | Make My Monday | 0 comments

Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #240. Our host for this challenge, Paula, chose CAS (Clean & Simple) Christmas Card for the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!

Here’s my CAS Christmas Card:

Unlike my post yesterday for the Sparkles Christmas Challenge, which you can see here, this card uses all current Stampin’ Up! products.

Measurements:

Trim a piece of Real Red cardstock to 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches and score at 4-1/4 inches
You need two pieces of white cardstock; the first gets trimmed to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside & the second gets trimmed to 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inches
The sentiment banner gets trimmed to 2-3/4 by 2-1/8 inches from which the Countryside Corners die will be trimmed
Trim a piece of coordinating DSP (designer series paper) to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
Punch a 1-inch circle from coordinating DSP or cardstock and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal

Embossing, Stamping & Cropping:

Unless otherwise stated, I used multlipurpose liquid gluee to adhere pieces together
Run the 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inches piece of white cardstock through your Cut & Emboss Machine using the Painted Trees 3D embossing folder
Then, trim the embossed cardstock to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches
After rubbing down the entire piece of white cardstock with your embossing buddy, very lightly and gently stamp the trees using VersaMark ink
Cover the cardstock with clear embossing powder & gently use the brush (from the embossing additions tool kit) to wipe away excess powder from around the trees
Heat set the powder
Use your Wink of Stella clear glitter brush. to add highlights to the trees, and here’s an up-close shot of that result:

HINT: Wink of Stella will cause ink to run, even after it’s dried, so if you are using ink, be very careful when using with ink

Color a length of black and vanilla checkerboard ribbon with the dark Real Red blend
- HINT: Let the ribbon dry thoroughly before using it on your card
After the ribbon thoroughly dries, adhere it to your card
The following pictures show how I’ve been using ribbon and tear & tape:

Add a mini glue dot under the knot
Adhere the embossed white cardstock to the Real Red base of the card
Stamp the sentiment on the white cardstock using Real Red ink and crop it using a Countryside Corner die
Outline the sentiment panel using the brush end of a black marker
Add dimensionals to the back side of the sentiment panel making sure they will straddle the ribbon
After stamping the inside sentiment using Real Red ink, adhere it to the base of the card
With that, I’d finished this coordinated CAS card, envelope, and envelope seal