Welcome to the February, 2024 Sparkles Christmas Challenge #217! I’m the host for this month’s challenge and I chose using kraft paper as the theme. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the creations from the rest of the design team. We’d love for you to play along with us and post your creations to our gallery.
Here’s my card:
Measurements:
- The Night of Navy base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
- After embossing the kraft paper with the Snowflake Sky embossing folder, I trimmed it to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
- I used a piece of Night of Navy cardstock for the focal image stamp.
- I embossed the envelope flap using the same embossing folder. Then, I punched a 1-inch circle from a piece of kraft paper to use for an envelope seal and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker.
- Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside of the card.
Stamping, Embossing, and Assembly:
- First, I dry-embossed the kraft paper. Then, I gently swiped a white craft ink stamp pad over the embossing to enhance it. The craft ink needs to have ink added pretty much every time you use it. However, I didn’t add any this time so I could have more control.
- After rubbing my embossing buddy on scraps of Night of Navy and a piece of kraft paper, I used the Magical Meadow stamp set and VersaMark ink for all the elements on the card.
- Then, I covered all the stamped areas with white embossing powder and used my heat tool to set it.
- I used the Magical Meadow dies to crop out the trees and the foliage behind the trees on Night of Navy.
- I cropped the sentiment using a deckled rectangle die.
- Next, I added dimensionals under all the cropped pieces and adhered them to the the front of the card. I did have to use a little bit of liquid glue on the top of the Night of Navy tree piece to adhere it to the embossed foliage pieces.
- I wound a piece of Night of Navy ribbon around the kraft paper and tied it in a bow.
- After adding the kraft paper to the base using liquid glue, I added some sequins to the center of the embossed snowflakes and one on the sentiment panel.
- Finally, I stamped the inside sentiment on the white cardstock using Night of Navy ink and adhered the cardstock to the base using liquid glue.
- With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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