Welcome to the May Sparkles Christmas Challenge #184!
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I’m the host for this month’s challenge and chose Christmas Presents for the theme.
Here’s my Christmas Presents card:
Any time I don’t have to go to school for more than a week I completely lose track of the days. However, our juniors and seniors had their Prom last weekend and I was there for most of Saturday day and evening. Since then, I have been completely out of sync, and completely lost track of the days. Ironically, and sadly, I thought tomorrow was the first, so my post is late.
Measurements:
I used a template from Jackie Bolhuis of Klompenstampers, which I found on Pinterest. Here’s the template:
- Trim a piece of Garden Green cardstock to 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
- Following the template, line up the top corner at the score line diagonally on your paper trimmer
- Line up the bottom right hand corner diagonally and trim from the top left to the bottom right corner
- Trim a piece of Poppy Parade cardstock to 8-1/2 by 3 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches
- Trim two pieces of Very Vanilla cardstock to 2-1/4 by 4 inches
- I chose to use a wider margin around the Very Vanilla so more of the Poppy Parade would show
- Trim a piece of plaid Christmas DSP (designer series paper) to 4 by 5-1/4 inches, then trim it diagonally from the top left down to the bottom right
- I used another piece of DSP trimmed to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches for the inside of the card and another piece of the same pattern to 2-1/4 by 1-3/4 inches for the front
- Trim a piece of 6 x 6 inch Poppy Parade DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap
- Punch a 1-inch circle from coordinating DSP and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal
- Use scraps of Very Vanilla cardstock to stamp the sentiment and crop using a banner die from Stylish Shapes
What I Did:
- Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere pieces together
- The Jolly Delivery die set lines up perfectly with images on the DSP, allowing me to crop the bear with the presents
- I adhered all the DSP to the cardstock base pieces
- After adhering the checked DSP to the front Very Vanilla piece, I added a piece of Poppy Parade ribbon and secured it behind the cardstock using tear & tape adhesive
- I added a glue dot under the ribbon on the front to hold it down
- Using the present stamp from the Jolly Delivery set, I stamped it randomly on the Very Vanilla cardstock
- I used double stamping in Crumb Cake ink
- After stamping the sentiment in Garden Green ink, I cropped it and added dimensionals to adhere it to the checked DSP
- I also added dimensionals behind the bear aadhered it to the Very Vanilla cardstock
- Next, I stamped the inside sentiment and a couple of presents on the Very Vanilla cardstock
- After adding a squirrel carrying a present to the bottom of the cardstock, I adhered it to the Poppy Parade flap
With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Thank you for stopping by today!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
Colors Used:
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